#these questions are rhetorical
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‘Socialism has never worked’?
What do you call Russia, China, and Cuba functionally eradicating homelessness and illiteracy in their respective spheres within a few years of the massive upheaval of revolution, and radically improving the living conditions of millions after generations of poverty? What do you call the Soviet Union bearing the brunt of the greatest military conflict the world has ever seen and emerging victorious? What do you call the Soviet Union holding out for four decades of sustained military and economic warfare against the greatest military and economic superpower the world has ever known? What do you call Vietnam defeating the greatest military empire the world has ever known in its anti-imperialist resistance campaign? What do you call China emerging from the 20th Century as the most populous country on earth with the highest GDP? What do you call China reducing daily covid numbers to double digits in a population of 1.4 billion? What do you call Cuba thriving after six decades of brutal embargoes? What do you call Cuba passing the most progressive and practically protective legislation for family and LGBT rights in a world historical moment marked by increased LGBTphobia among the Western powers? What do you call the people of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe shrugging off the muck of ages to usher in an era of progress, all while Western powers conspire to sabotage them at every turn while growing fat off the earth they’ve scorched?
I’d ask what history books you’re reading, but I know that you’re not reading any, and the only information you have on the subject is spoon-fed into your colonised mind by the people’s enemies, whose vested interest in fabricating events is readily apparent to any who bother to look into these things.
‘Socialism has never worked’? It has been one of the dominant political-economic models of the past century, and has made drastic strides on every front despite its relative infancy and constant opposition from Western superpowers. If you fear socialism, what do you really fear? Socialism is the people. Socialism is me; socialism is you; socialism is all of us, together.
‘Socialism has never worked’? Socialism has always worked. Socialism is working right now. We will see socialism work again, always.
#socialism#socialist#communism#communist#original#btw I know that if bootlickers find this post they'll call this 'propaganda' or whatever and like...#what do you think your anti-communist histories are?#who wrote those versions of events?#could it have possibly been enemies of socialism with vested interests in expanding global capitalism for the profit of a ruling class?#these questions are rhetorical#bootlickers fuck off
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immigration is so intrinsically part of britain. the country would not exist without it in so many ways. like for fuck's sake can these national front wannabe fuckers not remember primary school history lessons? do they not see how vital organisations/institutions/pieces of infrastructure like the nhs are kept alive by the fantastic work of countless immigrants and people of colour?
#these questions are rhetorical#sending my love to anyone in the rest of plague island who needs it#these fascists will be defeated. it will not stand
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Telemachus, crying that he finally gets to meet his dad: “For twenty years, I never could outgrow you”
Odysseus, the short king, also crying: son, you are several inches taller then I am
#he definitely says it while in tears tho#we love our short king#Telemachus: stop giving literal answers to rhetorical questions!#i can’t help but wonder#the ithaca saga#epic the musical#epic#epic fandom#epicthemusical#odysseus#epic musical#odyssey#epic odysseus#epic the ithaca saga#odysseus of ithaca#epic telemachus#telemachus#telemachus of ithaca#who else had this thought
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hey so if sex is "immutable" does this mean we are going to stop the whole 'surgeries on intersex infants' thing, or is this more of a "we hate trans people for existing and don't understand basic biology" kinda vibe
#rhetorical question#i already know the answer#intersex#actually intersex#lgbtq#trans rights#trans#us politics#amelgay
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fellas is a pedophilic for a trans man to call himself a "boy" 😭😭😭😀
this is getting so ridiculous
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Harry works on his resume
#disco elysium#fanart#Harry du bois#disco Elysium skills#rhetoric#I think about Harry trying to apply for jobs so he can quit being a cop a lot#can you IMAGINE this man interviewing for some grocery job#halfway through the interviewer realizes Harry’s been the one asking the questions for the last 10 minutes#logic check to explain why he’s the best candidate for the job but it fails
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Did the FBI ever finish analysing that balloon? Are they having fun with it? Have they found a way to report that it's not a spy balloon in a way that's still racist?
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Seen a lot of posts about people coming into your notifications out of nothing and liking your entire blog, but here's a shoutout to the people who do Not follow you, who appear out of nowhere, reblog One (1) post that you are Not the op of, and then you never see them again. Where did you come from girl.
#EDITED bc I think this one goes on ppls recommended pages now#HEY GUYS the question in this post is rhetorical ! i don't actually care. you can stop telling me honeys its ok#i like the mystery. i don't needta know everything#also when i say shoutout. i mean it. i love you guys i am not annoyed. you're all wonderful. keep doing you.#posts by ME#tumblr#like ... you didn't find the post thru tags because I just reblogged it#i made no addition. how did you find me#be free you majestic creatures I'm glad I got to witness you in passing#how tf tho.#did you look at my blog but only one post made the cut. amazing. i love you.
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~ Kiss Kiss Fall From Heaven ~
@biboomerangboi your tag on my last picture opened my third eye, Xie Lian literally starts the series off by accidentally breaking shit and getting himself into ridiculous debt where's my Ouran High School au???? guys??????
#this is not a rhetorical question has this been written yet because the need for it is BURNING me#also @biboomerangboi i sure hope that was an intentional ohshc reference because if it wasn't i made it one#tgcf#hualian#hua cheng#feng xin#mu qing#shi qingxuan#he xuan#yin yu#ouran high school host club#heaven official's blessing#my art
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something something the way they both immediately looked at the other for their reaction
#lestappen#now that im back to normal from yesterday i can recover and reflect on the way they were behaving last night#do they even gaf about the conversation at hand#or just what the other thinks#rhetorical question btw.#charles Omega phermones just stanking up the air
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They’ll probably take it out of changeling game, but i still think of that line from her classic route
#LIKE WHY IS HE OFFERING HER ALCOHOL#HE THINKS SHES 12???#andrey stamatin you are so funny to me#the question is rhetorical i know why he does this#but it cracks me up#and he gets all smug when you ask him to trade as clara oo i knew you’d like my product eventually#bro she’s like 5 days old she should NOT be at the club!!!!!!#pathologic#daniil dankovsky#pathologic 2#clara pathologic#digital art#clara saburova
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tae: *exists* jk & jm: oh, you're handsome
[cr. @jung-koook]
#jungkook#jimin#taehyung#are you sure?!#vminkook#maknae line#maknaelinegifs#bts#btsedit#btsgif#gif#userkelli#usersky#annietrack#userdimple#raplineuser#rjshope#tuserandi#useremmeline#underbetelgeuse#usermaggie#dailybts#i mean... are they wrong???? (rhetorical question)
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why do people dislike the terms "USians" and "usamericans" so much. literally what else are you supposed to say to specify who you mean
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[Brainstorming couple's costumes for a chatter who's getting married]
Phil: [Reading Kristin's chat message] "Oh, if it's two men getting married, then maybe Sonic and Knuckles costume." Ohhh.
Phil: Shadow and Sonic would be toxic yaoi. Sonic and Knuckles wouldn't be as toxic I think, so like... it depends on the relationship vibes, if they wanna do a toxic yaoi or just a regular yaoi— [Wheezes and laughs]
#Philza#August 21 2024#Phil#Why do we talk so much about Sonic yaoi on this frickin stream 😭#<– Rhetorical question. Phil is just Like That
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#dan wilds#matt boyd#all for the game#fanart#danmatt#WAAHHHHHH i have drawn dan before and ive drawn matt like three times before and now it makes FOUR... but GODD DANMATT IS A FIRST#They're soooo cute....#But i will say im like stupidly annoying about how cute i think dan is#she was my favourite character while reading#and i always imagined her as like... the cutest girl in the world LOL#Actually the way I imagined her hair when I first read her description was way shorter than this#hence the implication of this being like 2008#actually did i mess up when tf does aftg take place i forgor#rhetorical question no one bother answering jane is gonna tell me anyway#anyway this one was one of my favourites to do#other fandoms#other fandoms: all for the game
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the stereotype of tumblr going back to like 2013 in most other places is literally “the male tears mug website”, do these people even know what they mean when they call someone a terf
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