#cw usa

[unholyglitch404]

I feel like, at this point, I already need to take a break from US politics. Like, I'm just sitting here, getting more and more stressed the more I hear of it, and for what? I can't do shit. I can't fucking vote. I can't add any input, because what politician actually cares about trans minors, beyond using us as fucking ammunition for their power-hungry bullshit? I can't even fucking leave! I'm just stuck in a so-called "democracy" that's actively falling apart at the seams!

[newtsoftheworldunite]

🚨 Terrible Pun Warning 🚨

Q: How do you know that the United States of America is an xtian country?

A: Easy! Anybody can tell you that American automobile infrastructure is proof of the in car nation.

[futurebird]

Court Transcript

Judge: OK prosecution when do you want to have the trial?

Prosecution: How about January the second, twenty, twenty-four?

Judge: Noted. How about you, defense?

Defense: … oh …uh… … how about … Neverbember the nopeth, twenty, nuh-uh-uh?

[snoozerin]

good afternoon to those who celebrate!!!!

[would-you-punt-them]

United States Congress

[hazeltongzhi]

"Terrorism" is a term largely used to discredit any movement that is outside of the interests of western imperialism, at least within the political superstructure of the west. Of course, this is because terrorism is a relative term. The "terror" of a revolting peasant, liberation fighter, or revolutionary is one that seeks to upend imperialism and bring forth self determination. But the real terror to the bourgeoisie is the disruption to exploitation and extraction; the direct attack of property rights that are held to such a divine level that is the gravest attack, more so than any life lost. Yet, the terror of the bourgeoisie, of western imperialism pales in comparison to the "terror" of any liberation movement: genocide, invasion, bombing, rape, the list goes on and on.

From this we see two main points. The first point is that "terrorism", as a concept, is entirely relative. The revolutionary's liberation is terror of the highest level to the bourgeoisie, but the bourgeoisie's mundane daily terror is nothing but a price to pay at best, or a worldly good to "contain the poors" at worst. The second point is that no serious analysis of actions considered to be terrorism can be done without an accompanying understanding of the material conditions which give rise to "terrorism". Indeed, it is the sheer brutality of imperialist terror, that is countless orders of magnitude worse, which is the root cause of revolutionary "terror".

Finally is the use of terror as a tactic. Both the imperialists and liberation movements use it. But one is done to oppress and subdue a population while the other is used to shake off oppression and liberate a population. Indeed, imperialist terror, more often than not, achieves the exact opposite goal it intends to. The mass murder of Vietnamese peasants drove thousands to join the NLF; the indiscriminate home raids in Iraq drove thousands to join the insurgency; and today, the genocide of Palestinians drive thousands to join the resistance. On the other hand, liberation "terrorism", often does achieve its goals. Hezbollah's strikes on israeli and usamerican targets in Lebanon kicked both out of the country by 2000; ZANLA and ZIPRA's attacks on rhodesian settlers drove them to leave Zimbabwe in droves; and today, Al Qassam and its allies drive israelis out on the daily.

To blindly dismiss liberation "terrorism" as immoral and unjust is to ignore the context behind such actions and the material gains and goals they seek to achieve, and downplays the far worse terrorism committed by the imperialists and settler-colonists.

[blusical]

The 2024 Paris Olympics: Images of the Moment

(sorry for the weirdness, tumblr only allows 30 images so i had to combine them)

[haveyouheardthisband]

[creacherkeeper]

put in the tags where youre from im so curious

[prairiedeath]

[houseofpurplestars]

People being like "omg the presdent is a dictator now! they never did this before" .... my sibling in christ this colony was founded on slavery. What....what oblivious life have you been living? There is no "good old days." Are you trying to talk about civil rights? Cause white settlers hate that shit.

[beequestionsthings]

I don’t have a ship to obsess over and now I’ve lost my purpose in life. I have tried ALL MY OLD SHIPS and let me tell you nothing hits like a true new ship

[snoozerin]

Nuclear waste

[would-you-punt-them]

Florida