#ideological framework

[kazifatagar]

New: Mufti Bill requires consultation as it impacts both Muslims and non-Muslims

The Mufti Bill (Federal Territories) 2024 has sparked concern due to its potential impact on Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society. Though aimed at the Muslim community, the bill’s emphasis on a singular ideological framework risks undermining diversity and pluralism. Critics argue that the bill grants excessive immunity to a specific position while rejecting differing views, which could lead to…

[naazaif327]

So, I was initially kind of disappointed by the reveal that by the time we get to the Pit Girl Hunt from the pilot, most of the girls have still not fully given in and still don’t “want” to do any cannibalism or hunting besides Shauna. There was never a point where they really shifted into wanting to hunt and eat without the direct threat of starvation, and most of them don’t seem to really believe in the “religion” behind all the costume and ritual by the end. And I’ll be honest, I still kind of am a little disappointed because I feel like that was telegraphed for quite a while in the show. But then looking back to the beginning I honestly think they were pretty successful at answering the big question of the show: “how could a group of normal teenaged girls from American suburbia descend into a vicious cannibalistic cult that hunts and eats each other?”

There were a lot of possible answers the show put forward. Was it supernatural? Was there a dark wilderness god or the ghost of the cabin man influencing them into evil? Did the threat of starvation and exposure and proximity to death push them past the point of no return? Were they so horrified and angry at their unbearable circumstances that they started taking it out on each other like when Shauna beat up Lottie?

But the real answer is given in the pilot by paralleling their cutthroat behaviour in highschool to Mari’s hunt. It’s the vicious social hierarchies that teenagers, especially teenaged girls, find themselves trapped in by society and their peers. A vicious queen bee (borne from a combination of the repressive shackles of society, an underlying cruelty, and the catalyst of violence and trauma after the crash) finally blooms after spending most of her life as a wallflower and uses her social power to strong-arm them into doing things they didn’t want to do, because she revels in having this newfound power over her peers.

It’s Regina George making Cady tell Aaron that his hair looks sexy pushed back, it’s David from The Last Of Us convincing the small religious community he leads in the apocalypse to partake in cannibalism (when it’s implied that they might not need to) with a sadistic little smile because he likes making them do things they don’t want to do.

And not to absolve Shauna or make it seem like this is entirely the fault of society or misogyny or something, but these power dynamics and hierarchies were in place before and after the wilderness. We see it in the team freezing out Allie, with Lottie still going along with it even though it “doesn’t feel right”, we see the ways in which Shauna feels compressed into roles that she doesn’t fit into, wife, mother, sidekick; and the same society that pushes her into those roles is also the one that grants her the tools to take over and abuse the power the way she does.

Absolute power does not necessarily corrupt absolutely though, as we see Natalie reigning over the group without ever taking revenge on girls like Tai who slutshamed her and ridiculed her drug issues back in the real world. This is important because it’s not just that “it’s society’s fault that this happens” or “everyone is corruptible” or “Shauna is a completely unique monster” but rather that certain social hierarchies and societies that consolidate power for certain people are very easily exploited by people have a desire and capability to harm and dominate others.

Idk, I’m rambling a lot at this point but I just think it’s so fascinating that after all the twists and turns of what would turn the Yellowjackets into monsters, this was (at least a big part of) the answer.

[thedupshadove]

Okay concept. Bruce Wayne becomes the target of the Leverage crew...only thanks to his Nebulous Contacts, he's heard of these people, and recognizes what's happening halfway through the con.

Since being targeted by the Leverage crew means that you're the asshole, his response is to pull them aside and be like "Please tell me how I've been the asshole and how I can fix it."

I'm not sure yet whether the inciting wrong against the client-of-the-week is something he's being wrongly blamed for, something his subordinates did without his knowledge, something he let happen through passive carelessness, or something he genuinely did on purpose (and might take some convincing to even see as wrong) but I think any of those options have potential.

[elbiotipo]

You know all those dumb arguments that planned economies can't work because inefficiency or human nature or whatever. I've seen so many dumb and harmful shit going on just this past month with "free markets" that I actually believe command economies are a necessity to keep us safe from dumb and harmful shit, something essential like public water works.

[gynandromorph]

maybe it's just the context that i have? i'm sure i've posted this before

even then???!?!?? there are people who still go to church after God kills their mother!!! there are people who still go to church after the pastor drops dead during the sermon because God decided it was HEART ATTACK TIME!!!!!! THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO START GOING TO CHURCH AGAIN AFTER GOD GIVES THEM STAGE 4 CANCER

SO I CAN'T EVEN SAY "NO ONE WOULD DO THAT" CLEARLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD DO THAT

[helenvaughans]

[alientitty]

look i don't wanna be an asshole about it but like. anyone who thinks the word "liberal" in the context of political philosophy just means people roughly aligned with the democratic party of the united states instead of the republican party is not really worth listening to. might as well be talking to the new york times

[transkholins]

"people are more empathetic towards women than men" why does the word "bitch" exist. answer quickly, crypto-fascist evolutionary psychologist.

[scarletfasinera]

I think Akasha would have really benefited from Communism genuinely. this is NOT a joke

[fellhellion]

Ngl, I’m not entirely sure where the “Miguel and Hobie hate each other” reading comes from, when from their like. One interaction i don’t personally get the impression they think much about each other at all shdhdjfjf

Miguel seems kind of exasperated with Hobie sure, but the tone of that interaction is relatively lighthearted. It’s more of a joke that by virtue of Miguel being a stringent rule follower, Hobie not caring overly much about those rules exasperates him. And Hobie knows it annoys Miguel and thinks that’s funny, thus prodding him again with the “I’m not even here/nah still here” routine. But there doesn’t seem to be like, genuine personal anger on either side. Just an ideological divide that actualises even further when Miles’ very existence provides another answer to the overhanging stakes.

[tamarintoe]

Ebert being crushed by the weight of a totalitarian regime that seems utterly compelled to dismantle every fibre of his being

[tinylittlecubby]

No more sympathy

Definetely no more empathy

They are the enemy that we must fight

(Hasan is not the enemy, right wingers that are supposedly so lonely are the enemy. "Sorry ma'am your sons were deported because the man that reported them was lonely, have some sympathy for the lonely man" fucking bullshit)

I THINK a blindspot that hasan has when trying to convert people is that A LOT!!!! of people do not have a political back bone.

Most people do not make active decisions based around their political beliefs because they have none.

Their priorities in life are:

-Being PERCEIVED as a good person (not actually being one)

-Being liked as much as possible (even to a point where it doesn't make sense. So many people struggle with the concept that it is mathematically impossible for every single person they know to like them. This takes people decades to become okay with and that's if they even get to that point)

-Obviously basic human needs like food shelter but even then, people will neglect functional things often for the above

-being accepted by the coolest person in the room

Unfortunately, Hasan is often seen as the coolest person in the room cause of course his looks whatever but he is genuinely a nice awesome person! I say unfortunately though because when he starts rejecting someone or something that someone heavily personally identifies with, that person or people react as if one of their basic humans needs as stated above are not only being met but taken away, and taken away by Hasan.

I think thats why Epsteiny, Ethan and all the stalker chatters that were ex Hasan fans can be so persistent and actually fucking dangerous to themselves and others because they feel like they are being rejected by the cool kid in highschool.

They are pathetic for thinking and feeling this i want to be clear.

[n3vertwice]

huge swaths of people are only "communists" because social media has rendered a lot of peoples' relationships to politics a shallow game of aesthetics and will turn around and blame communism for being shallow.

There's just certain segments of the "online left" who in like 5 years time if they do a heel turn and say "the communist social media brainwashing monopoly rly had me tricked when I was young and naive. Now im a nuanced social democrat who believes [...]" it rly wouldn't come as a surprise whatsoever

[giantalienspidussy]

Growing up, I was dragged to Lutheran church by my mother. I have since left and have been actively deconstructing for years at this point, but having grown up in it, I can say with authority: it makes no fucking sense. The book contradicts itself so much it's like you can pull just about any message you want from it, even in the comparatively small section that Lutherans focus on. Any contradictions are explained away in thought terminating cliches, and upon any real examination it all falls apart. But, even that is explained away as "not believing hard enough". It's so bad that the arguments I have with my mom about politics and religion always leave me speechless - not because I can't argue back, but because the shit that is said is *so* wrong that it's hard to find where to start, and when I *do* try, it's like arguing with a brick wall. One that attributes just about everything to their sky blorbo.

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

Ah. So americans are about to find out what it feels like to be sanctioned and embargoed by major members of the international world stage.

Cool, cool.

I'm sure we will learn normal things from this as a society, and not, for example, set off a raging global conflict triggered by the mass coalescence of abusers and enablers into the highest offices of the land.

[tenth-sentence]

Enclosures are encoded in their writings, customs, laws and religions, and these cannot be unwritten.

"Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking" - Tyson Yunkaporta