#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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are we Actually living in a time where an unprecedented number of people are incapable of engaging with subtext and prone to treating all fiction like moral parables or are we just living in a time when more people than ever before in human history have the ability to share their uninspired, surface level, and completely off-based opinions on fictional media where thousands and thousands and thousands of strangers can see it.
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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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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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[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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I mean. I literally do???
#the entirety of pakistani media is a plot by a shady islamist style organization#basically what they say right after this#'news' broadcast#self described gender critical ppl just love racism and western centrism#like im probably one of the ppl for whom 'do you usually read [non western] media??' rhetorical questions is least applicable lmfao
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pleasepleaseplease draw oscar straddling arthur like in that one reblog. i need them both carnally you don't understand (i'm lying i am asexual but i still have eyes. jesus christ are they hot) also all your art is so fun good job :D
everyone say thank you @koszmarnybudyn for blessing us with the og image I think about it constantly (anon I also need them carnally. however I’m not asexual so you have to keep an eye on me or something bad will happen.)
#LIKEEE OKAYYY HIII#me and who rhetorical question Emma where are you#ask#malevolent#blind faith#arthur lester#oscar malevolent
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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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I hate how Jews here feel the need to give the "I'm pro-Palestine, pro-peace and donate to Palestinian aid" disclaimer before daring to call out 1930s grade antisemitism.
I have my disagreements with anti-Zionist Jews(NOT synonymous with the Jews Idiscussed above), but if they'll have me(BIG big if), I will not hesitate to jump to their side when it comes to calling out Protocols of the Elders of Zion tropes with swapped words.
I know why they do it - because that's the only way they have a faint chance of being taken seriously when they talk about receiving death threats, being doxxed and dismissed on the spot as "being hysterical".
Why is Jewish humanity conditional on centering everyone but ourselves?
Why can't Jews as a whole be seen and believed when we say "we experience antisemitism"?
Why do some Jewish opinions(ones that don't involve centering goyim, Palestinian or otherwise) make your stance on antisemitism invalid?
#all rhetorical questions#dehumanization#antizionism#anti zionism#silencing of jews#antisemitism#leftist antisemitism#jumblr
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What are you waiting for? He's your dad too.
#arcane#arcaneedit#arcane spoilers#jinx#vi#vi arcane#powder#isha#vander#vander arcane#arcane league of legends#arcane s2#arcane s2 spoilers#mine#gif:arcane#this family.... ;-;#can vi finally catch a break?? rhetorical question tbh#;-; i havent seen ep 6 yet so pls no spoilers#league of legends
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“or, hell, it could even be the grinch himself” is such a fucking baller line. but why is it on a dungeons and dragons podcast
#i know why this is a rhetorical question don’t at me thanks#naddpod#not another dnd podcast#surprise round
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Whoever got given the task of animating this smile for the game I think ur wonderful and you did a fantastic job. Look at him. He <3
Guys can I be real for a sec. Can I be so real and ask a strange little question.
Did Shadow ever stop to think that Maria wishing for everyone to be happy included wishing for HIM to be happy? Does he understand that his promise to her goes beyond fufilling a duty to others and is a prompt for him to seek out his own joy in life too?
I hope so.
Shadow has his whole "I do what I want. But. Im also under the guidance of Maria's wish" thing, where he can be edgy enough to be like don't tell me what to do but nice enough to still help save the world n all should the time come. He says he does what he wants, but what actually is that? What does Shadow the Hedgehog want aside from fufilling his promise to Maria? Truly? Does he even know? Does SEGA know? Is that discovery something thats ever been/going to be explored?
Obviously a lot can be and has been implied or stated off to the side in external media like social posts and wikis (and I want to say the comics buuuut i havent read them yet), Im thinkin more about genuine confirmation in game.
If I'm honest, I think I'm really just asking about the future.
Is there a new hope for Team Dark getting closer again? What about Sonic and Shadow as a duo, considering all that happened and how little we saw them interact in the game?
Now that Shadow has had another chance to reconcile with his past, where will the Ultimate Lifeform go next?
There's more of me yapping abt this but it was bc i was rambling in the tags akrjwjf lmk what u think!
#you can take that question as rhetorical if you like but I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks!#ejwkfhkwd sxsg has reorganised my brain frfr im losing it/pos#Shadow is such an interesting character and Im always wondering about what aspects of him sega will deem “worthy” enough to portray him wit#and what gets left unsaid or very lightly implied#he smiled at Maria and i died btw#softest canon look ive ever seen on his face ever.#the whole reason im asking this question actually#is there anything out there that would get shadow to smile like that again?#what brings him so much joy that he would choose to smile if not his beloved older sister?#because YES that smile was a choice. he did not have to smile there that was not an involuntary reaction. he smiled. FOR HER.#anyways im dead i love them sm sob#shadow the hedgehog#sonic the hedgehog#maria robotnik#ark siblings#sxsg#sonic x shadow generations#sonic x shadow generations spoilers#sticks can talk!?#sth#sonic
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