Do "professional" activists have any marketable skills?

[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

When I happened to hang around Occupy for awhile, dealing with back issues I needed surgery for to fix, so I couldn’t work, I saw dregs of humanity. I saw individuals who had really no marketable skills being there, beating drums. I saw one progressive politician type, who ran for office, and organized, who lived with his mother. He ran for local office. As far as I could tell, he didn’t really have much other skills, outside of BSing.

I see the likes of Anita Sarkeesian also, who is an individual who failed at Internet marketing, and decided to market feminism. She couldn’t make money any other way, so she went off to attacked videogames as an attack on women, and raked in cash.

And then, take the likes of Richard Spencer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_B._Spencer

He is an White ethno-nationalist who makes money collecting donations and doing speaking gigs. Does he possess any real and marketable skills?

I leave out successful business types here, who then pursue politics. I am speaking of individuals who all they do is activism. They go off and do feminist studies or whatever, and can’t seem to do anything else. You also have the Kochs and Soros of the world, who donate money to cause and lobby, who do other things. This is a different breed. What I speak about it the career activist.

Maybe there are some other exceptions here, but isn’t it true, for the most part?

"I am my own thang. Any questions?" - Davis S Pumpkins.

[Anonymous 42]

Do “professional” activists have any marketable skills?

Live target practice, that’s about it…

[xanthineParticipant 4903]

No, they do not, which is why they are all unemployed. People with jobs don’t have time for that s~~~. All those people really are is useful idiots to the elite. They get table scraps from wealthy billionaires to throw a huge ruckus and make it look like their cause is a huge deal that everyone cares about, but in actuality they are the biggest losers with the loudest voices, the most time on their hands and absolutely nothing to lose. They sold their souls to the devil for barely a pittance. They really are the worst humanity has to offer.

[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

xanthine wrote:

No, they do not, which is why they are all unemployed. People with jobs don’t have time for that s~~~. All those people really are is useful idiots to the elite. They get table scraps from wealthy billionaires to throw a huge ruckus and make it look like their cause is a huge deal that everyone cares about, but in actuality they are the biggest losers with the loudest voices, the most time on their hands and absolutely nothing to lose. They sold their souls to the devil for barely a pittance. They really are the worst humanity has to offer.

Or, you have trust fund kids, who the parents don’t know what to do with, and they send them off to top schools, where they major in liberal arts courses and wonder why they are miserable. Life isn’t perfect and they have to find out why, so they see “systemic” problems, like the “patriarchy” they need to find. I believe the whole ubermodern feminism coming out of Canada is a bunch of affluent women and manginas, who are guilty about doing well, have to see systemic problems everywhere they have to battle, to placate their guilt. In the case of Richard Spencer, he was born to an affluent family, as per wikipedia article, resolved to have his life call to be “raising hell”. He has an atheistic form of Christianity or something, and I guess needs his own ethnocentric utopia or he won’t be complete.

I am noticing a trend. A lot of these YouTube types are actually coming out of Canada. Feel free to look this up, I believe you will find a bunch. Sandman and onward is there. It seems a number of Canadians have too much time on their hands. Well, the latest version of MGTOW, the non-MGTOW Manifesto type, I believe came out of Canada.

Maybe getting rid of universal healthcare, causing people to be in a constant panic state about their lives, reduces all the whining about first-world problems being unfair.

"I am my own thang. Any questions?" - Davis S Pumpkins.

[MonkParticipant 16995]

No legal ones.

They are pretty good at self-promotion and conning cash out of people though.

If they had more self discipline, some of them would be running multi-million dollar ponzi/pyramid schemes.

[xanthineParticipant 4903]

Yeah quite a few of these assholes are rich trust fund babies. Those people are even worse. They still have no skills or jobs, but unlike your run of the mill broke losers, they have money and don’t really have to do anything for it. They don’t have to be protestors or SJW’s, and if they were smart enough to learn from their parents, they could make their own money and become filthy rich too. But instead they waste years of their life to become SJW’s and for some reason their parents allow it and pay for it rather than cutting them off. It makes no sense.

I dunno. I’m well past the point of trying to understand all these liberal f~~~heads. I just want them to stay away from me, and as long as they do, they have nothing to worry about…and if one of these protestors gets in my face, no matter who they are i will treat them as a threat. That would be completely rational and justified after all, considering how violent they can be…and if i happen to take immense pleasure in my chosen method of self defense, well that would really have no bearing on any kind of a legal conflict i happen to find myself in afterwards.

[Old BuckParticipant 3596]

Don't chase tail. Turn yours around, walk away, and live free!

[Anonymous 43]

community activist Barry Sotero became President of the United States.

[harpo-my-“SON”Participant 2410]

Marketable skills?
The world stage a place
designed for narcissistic
idiots.
Stupid people will celebrate
standouts in their genre.

Look what passes for entertainment in this day and age.

I was bound to be misunderstood, and I laugh at those who misunderstand me. Kind mockery at the well intentioned, but unfettered cruelty towards those would be prison guards of my creative possibilities. This so as to learn as much from misunderstanding as from understanding. Taking pleasure in worthy opponents and making language fluid and flowing like a river yet pointed and precise as a dagger. Contradicts the socialistic purpose of language and makes for a wonderful linguistic dance, A verbal martial art with constant parries that hone the weapon that is the two edged sword of my mouth.

[Anonymous 1]

These activists are all from wealthy back grounds. They are all riding on the back of Daddy. Daddy pays for college, fancy apartments, big parties etc.

They were always patted on the head and told how special they were, that is why we call them SNOWFLAKES.

It’s the same types on both sides, Richard Spencer and Antifa have a lot in common. They all probably went to the same prep-schools and know each other.

Some of these activists will be on the Federal Government pay roll, or George Soros Pay roll, as professional provocateurs.

The funny thing is that the Communists and champions of the working class are always from the upper class. Same thing with the Bolsheviks.

[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

xanthine wrote:

Yeah quite a few of these assholes are rich trust fund babies. Those people are even worse. They still have no skills or jobs, but unlike your run of the mill broke losers, they have money and don’t really have to do anything for it. They don’t have to be protestors or SJW’s, and if they were smart enough to learn from their parents, they could make their own money and become filthy rich too. But instead they waste years of their life to become SJW’s and for some reason their parents allow it and pay for it rather than cutting them off. It makes no sense.

I dunno. I’m well past the point of trying to understand all these liberal f~~~heads. I just want them to stay away from me, and as long as they do, they have nothing to worry about…and if one of these protestors gets in my face, no matter who they are i will treat them as a threat. That would be completely rational and justified after all, considering how violent they can be…and if i happen to take immense pleasure in my chosen method of self defense, well that would really have no bearing on any kind of a legal conflict i happen to find myself in afterwards.

They could of did like Trump, and go from the millionaire bracket to the billionaire bracket, by leveraging, learning how to self-promote and other things. They don’t.

I hold they have an empty feeling in their life, and want to try to put a dent in the world. They then feel they can engage in social engineering, push a movement, and think they can impact the world. They end up having enough money, they can live as a parasite, and push ideas.

I contrast these folks, with philosophers and theologians, who do actual work. They are also different than ministers, and those who engage in charity work. The activist individual wants to change mines so that they control the gun, and can compel others to comply with their whims.

Anonymous wrote:

community activist Barry Sotero became President of the United States.

The case of Obama, I am not sure is a case of a trust fund baby, just a case of some individual who did the activist route and was good at doing public speeches.

Anonymous wrote:

These activists are all from wealthy back grounds. They are all riding on the back of Daddy. Daddy pays for college, fancy apartments, big parties etc.

They were always patted on the head and told how special they were, that is why we call them SNOWFLAKES.

It’s the same types on both sides, Richard Spencer and Antifa have a lot in common. They all probably went to the same prep-schools and know each other.

Some of these activists will be on the Federal Government pay roll, or George Soros Pay roll, as professional provocateurs.

The funny thing is that the Communists and champions of the working class are always from the upper class. Same thing with the Bolsheviks.

I recall reading how Marx had an idea that Marxist intellectuals would end up leading things. You do have individual like Paul Elam, who apparently had financial problems, and then decided to go the men’s rights route. Idea is, because you have issues succeeding elsewhere, you need to compensate by thinking you can come a leader of masses. I would say, almost always, it is a case of unskilled individuals either having rich folks, or they befriend rich kids. Unless a Bill Gates, who is a Ivy League drop out, who decided to launch business, and got lucky with DOS, these individuals want to try to do social engineering, to be able to control the gun of societal pressure.

These activist and social justice types don’t grasp economics. I tried to get involved with a game space near where I am, and they wouldn’t do anything really to try to launch businesses. They were interested in diversity, and making all backgrounds game designers. The state where I am wants to have game development to create businesses that would then create jobs. These activist types are economic parasites who believe that every sector is strong enough it can withstand their whining, and make developers waste resources on game content people won’t buy or care about. You get liberal arts students ending up being activists demanding STEM have more said disadvantages groups get more breaks, and have more diversity, while not actually entering the area. Individuals doing such things, like Big Red, end up not contributing anything. The videogame industry is skating on razor thing margins as is, and no one is stopping them from creating games that would be more universally appealing. Thing is, with the likes of videogames, individuals like Anita Sarkeesian don’t even have any clue about game design at all, but just whine. I know a ton more about games than her, and yet, she makes a living being a social parasite, trying to be a Lorax on an issue, and speak for X, Y, Z and pushing for patreon support.

I just saw a video on here, where a nationalist tells everyone to fight for power, and that is all that matters. It is for the grandkids he says. In the comment section, he is bugging that people donate so he can put out more content. Damn it, get a freaking job, will you?

"I am my own thang. Any questions?" - Davis S Pumpkins.

[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

harpo-my-“SON” wrote:

Marketable skills?
The world stage a place
designed for narcissistic
idiots.
Stupid people will celebrate
standouts in their genre.

Look what passes for entertainment in this day and age.

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Well, if you can be like a Kardashian, and be able to spin the marketing into hype, and sell stuff, you are doing a business. Idea is to be a freak show, and get associated with sponsors. Logan Paul did this also, and ticked off the YouTube ecosystem. Well, Logan Paul managed to force YouTube to change things.

As for the whole reality TV as business model, it is a lot cheaper to produce, so they go with that. TV found this out a number of years ago, when I believe there was a writer’s strike, and they needed something else. People will sell their soul for fame, so you can actually have them pay out of their pocket to end up on a show, and make a studio a bunch of money. You can go with Will Hung route, and mangle a song, and turn it into a paid gig.

"I am my own thang. Any questions?" - Davis S Pumpkins.

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