Leftist, but right about everything
Mikhail Bamunin
Leftist with pretty dark sense of humour. Will be talking a lot about political, social and scientific subjects. My real name isn't Mikhail Bamunin, it's a similarly witty play on the word Bam. Named after Mikhail Bakunin - Russian anarchist.If you already know me IRL, it won't be hard to find out it's me, I was pretty involved in Scottish politics for years in a socialist party. If you don't know me, you may not be able to find out who I am. It's a level of anonymous I appreciate.
Leftist, but right about everything
Views
Very left wing. Closest term I've come to is council communist, or whatever the word is for syndicalism using communities instead of worker unions.Generally anti-war of aggression, but not a pacifist. Sometimes war is neccessary, as much as I hate it. Pro Ukraine, Palestine and any other liberation movements, but of course there's nuance with what I consider liberation and what I consider terrorism, so feel free to ask about specific movements and orgs. Hamas is the most common one just now, as they're basically both.I support public ownership and wealth re-distribution. Especially public ownership of needs like housing, utilities, including internet, transport, food production, gyms etc... Anything that is a public good and is needed to live healthily and happily, the profit motive should be gone, even if we are forced to live in a social democratic society instead of a socialist one.I support science. I'm pro vaccine, GMO, fluoridisation, I believe climate change is not only real, but exacerbated by human activity and fucking terrifyingly close to destroying humans.I'm extremely socially liberal. I'm an atheist, but support the right to practise religion and hold views counter to mine, assuming those views don't hurt people. Don't come at me with the tolerance paradox bullshit. I'm absolutely pro-lgbt, anti-racist in all its forms, that includes antisemitism, despite being pro Palestine, Zionists. I'm pro-choice. Generally pro-freedom, again, as long as that freedom doesn't try to take away someone else's freedom.Happy to discuss anything I may have missed, assuming it's in good faith. If it's not in good faith, and trust me I'll figure it out - get fucked.
Leftist, but right about everything
Interests
Obviously a keen interest in politics. I like learning, in general, though I am not an expert in anything, officially. I have done courses on multiple schools of economic thought, including Austrian, Keynesian and Marxian economics. One of them definitely being more bullshit than the other two.I'm a newbie, but absolutely in love with weight lifting and exercise. Combined with nutrition, I've done a lot of reading on this. I lift for strength, I cycle for cardio health and I eat for fat loss. Unfortunately that's in order from most likely to least likely in terms of consistency. Been three years, still fat as fuck. But fuck me, I can explain electrolytes and areas of kinesiology like a motherfucker. You need exercise alternatives to train around an injury? Hit me up. Again, not officially, cos I am not a professional, but like between friends - I got you.I love sports, just not the ones most people like. I love snooker. I'll talk about that shit regularly. Pool to a lesser extent, but I also love and keep up with strongman comps too. I also love skateboarding and parkour, but I don't keep up with the competitive side of those sports, just the entertainment side of seeing cool shit.Keen gamer, but I'm kind of a shitty gamer. I don't like RPGs or anything that's too grindy. I love FPS games, pubg mostly just now, RTS games, like AOE and COH and I found out recently I love simulator games too.Hip hop enthusiast. Not knowledgeable like some losers are. But if you walk past a house in Scotland and you hear Apathy, Nas, Joe Budden or something similar? Congrats, you just found out where I live - please don't doxx me.Absolutely love comedy. Don't tell anyone, cos I know he's kind of gross, but I still think Louis CK is one of the best comedians on the planet. Sorry. But there's cooler ones, too. Tig Notaro, for instance. Super dope. Todd Barry, again absolutely dope. Super underrated. And to rep Scotland, cos I haven't yet - Daniel Sloss!Feel free to talk to me about anything I brought up.
Leftist, but right about everything
DNI
This should be obvious, but unfortunately some people are fucking braindead.Don't talk to me if you're under 18.Do not even fucking try and talk to me if you're a racist, anti-lgbt, specifically pro zionist at the explicit expense of Palestinian territory and people or pro Russia. If you hold anti - vaccine, climate change, GMO, fluoride or any other anti science beliefs - fuck off.If you're on that red pill, "woman suck" shit - also fuck off. Anti abortion people too.Basically at this point, if you're to the right of Bernie Sanders - fuck off.