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It's kind of crazy that no techbro ever thought to do anonymous ager verification. But then again, that'd mean less data to sell.

Hey, that's what happens when Labor fails to do a class struggle. You start reaching for new classes to struggle with!

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Tragically, the Noble Savage is a pillar of modern Marxist theory.

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Obviously, all nouns are rhetorical pejoratives. How else would you post on the internet?

Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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I trust everyone is being normal about Michigan right now

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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Disqualifying for 2028 imo

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

They were more mad at the decline in the UK Left's power than they were about the antisemitism.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I maintain the only thing the internet was ever truly good for was porn. Maybe niche hobbies, but one could argue that's a type of porn.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The core premise of Socialism is that economics alone is not a substitute for society. And it's just so funny that modern leftists are insisting that a society they invented in their head is the perfect economy.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This would be a no-brainer a decade ago, but Bernie Bros are still convinced that any reporting about the unpopularity of their guy is a rig of the election.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Almost exactly my feelings on They Live, which is this plus that whole "they control the media" thing...

Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I assume they want Mapai to rise from the grave?

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

They really expect "DNA Evidence" is an excuse?

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You know, maybe the reason so many people who voted for Donald Trump feel like they've been screwed their whole life is because they're idiots who are easy to take advantage of and they just don't possess the processing power required to recognize how stupid they are.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I definitely don't believe that inventing a "K-word pass" or some analogous concept makes someone anything like an authority on acceptable behavior.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The New American Soviet will be a nation of extremely uninteresting fusion restaurants and the relevant industries to support their proliferation.

Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If the Biden years have taught us anything, 45% of America has zero desire to return to status quo ante bellum. If the world's situation is likely to improve, it's probably going to come at the cost of North Dakota's (for example) political power.

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Yeah, that's extremely not happening. This is a few word swaps away from what Bush tried to sell us in 2003. We have hindsight, you know. There is no way we're going to repeat such an operation, and less chance of getting allies to help us do it. "Regime Change" is a joke, man.

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You and every non-Israeli in the world seem to have this impression that someone else ought to do it. So it's more of a wish of yours than a serious ambition. Whatever "intervention" you had in mind and don't seem willing to describe in detail is simply not happening.

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Ugh. Look, for what it's worth I do think the US should do something about the war crimes. But if you genuinely feel bad about the US intervening militarily in the ME, I highly doubt there's the stomach basically anywhere to do the river-to-the-sea fantasy scenario you have in your head.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Israel has not even killed as many civilians as Serbia, and likely never will.

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I just love this double whammy today of median voter interviews and "Canadian smoke" nonsense. It really drives home how screwed America is.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Good, the hand shall not leave the stove until the GOP is gone.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

1. Declare the Enemy™ 2. Announce your intention to engage in conflict in such a manner that you are seen as the principal agent of authority by your followers but also cannot be contravened by Congress. 3. Warfight™ 4. ??? 5. Victory is declared. Enjoy the benefits you believe will result.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I do wonder, though, if Gender would be less of a national issue if we had a tradition of stumping government officials...

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I suppose if the point was to prevent nepotism, stopping families at the source is pretty effective.

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Why comprehend anything contradicting your strawman?

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Isn't the whole point of critical theory judging movements on their outcomes and not rhetoric?

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They got their way by promising whole nationalities the benefits of top-down state policy. It's absolutely true that many fascist groups started as labor organizations. Calling out semantic theory differences doesn't exactly cover the fact that the whole appeal is "People's Power" 2/2

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Like, there's always the urge to point out that fascists weren't strictly Marxist and therefore can't be "Socialist" but that's splitting hairs from the fact that the general thrust of reactionary authoritarianism is collective in nature (even if in practice it serves special individuals). 1/2

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I would argue that even if a bi-national state were possible, a 2SS is a prerequisite to even get there.

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Cheevie @thecheevie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Yeah, it's becoming clear to me that much of the US is interested in being some kind of Nationalist whilst benefiting from some kind of Socialism that their least favorite ethnicity at any given moment doesn't. Gosh, I wish we had some kind of historical precedent or name for these kinds of people.

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Honestly, it's the funniest one-sided beef in international relations. How dare the UK's Army fight another Army? For attempting to change territorial possession by force? The audacity!

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There's really no way around these things. I just become disheartened when the lines repeat themselves. The most infuriating thing isn't that it keeps happening. It's that everybody doesn't remember that it keeps happening. Since when was that "Liberal?"

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I remember I once wanted to see every gun in this country melted into ingots. I also remember feeling that it was a cold reality that being armed is a grim necessity for our times, a right worth killing to keep. Now I feel like guns print themselves in our screens, walls, and brains.

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And do we really have a society if valid concerns about that society's very psychology are left dismissed on grounds of convenience and untested ideals?

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We're being asked to make a statement about society that might be a falsehood because it happens to be politically convenient. Do we really think we will accomplish anything with a firearms ban in a country with the most guns ever, or are we just mollifying a useful political operator?

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Why can't I, or any other citizen, broach this topic to interested parties without being treated like some kind of bloodless alien for suggesting their pet anxiety is something to look at clinically, with a chance for a change of heart?

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It seems like a strange thing to demand some objective truth out of something as mercurial as public discourse, but basically everybody who cares about this issue earnestly believes it is a matter of life and death. Certainly, it's an issue that drives voters.

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Do we have a heuristic for determining whether liberal society is willing to maintain a prohibition on some item of culture? Has that even occurred to anybody who has ever supported a gun ban? Has it occurred to anybody who has ever opposed a gun ban?

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Yet one was repealed within just a couple of decades because, apparently, despite the political will to pass a whole amendment (not an insignificant task!), American society did not consider alcohol a sufficiently anti-social object to maintain that state of affairs.

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Which brings me to Slavery and Alcohol Prohibition. Obviously, we consider enslavement to be anti-human and so overcame the opposition of its supporters to ban the practice. Alcohol prohibition was championed by people who identified drinking as a social ill worthy of prohibition.

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Naturally, there's the argument about tradeoffs between security and freedom, and that's a very trodden path. The focus of that argument descends on what the public considers to be socially humanist and antisocially ahumanist.

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Nominally, a Liberal should be considering how best to limit state interference in lifestyle. Yet prohibition of firearms ownership is a clear example of state intervention. Why is a ban Liberal and universal arms ownership Conservative?

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