btw the reason you end up with a candidate like Biden that lacks sufficient sway within his own party, ignores constituents, and is unfit for his position is that all you have to do is bank on people's fear of their basic rights being revoked outweighing their faith in democracy. You can repeat this cycle ad nauseam and so long as your voter base keeps acquiescing to having their wishes and demands ignored, you can remain in power while ignoring them indefinitely. That's how two-party democracy crumbles and devolves into fascism.
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Me: "hey game developers, especially AAA ones, are getting laid off en-mass and it's awful for our industry"
Gamer: "well I only play INDIE games and the problem with AAA games is they are creatively bankrupt"
Me, slamming my fists on the table like a baby: "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT A BUSINESS PROBLEM PERPETUATED BY CAPITALISM NOT A STATEMENT ON CREATIVE DECISION MAKING"
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Five Dollar Fridays!
Can you spare $5 this week? If not, please reblog this post so it reaches someone who can!
Otherwise, please donate $5 to one of the following verified fundraisers for families in Palestine and then reblog this post:
(verification) Sohaip's Family (£1.070/£10.000) [10.7%]
(verification) Basel's Family (CHF 8.238/CHF 60.000) [13.7%]
(verification) Muhammad's Family (€17.375/€82.000) [21.2%]
(verification) Malak's Family (€6.688/€25.000) [26.8%]
(verification) Moamen's Family ($8.218/$30.000) [27.4%]
(verification) Samer’s Family (kr 139.822/kr 450.000) [31.1%] *note $1 = kr 10 conversion rate; ie. goal is roughly $45.000
(verification) Nadaa's Family (£8.967/£25.000) [35.9%]
(verification) Musab's Family (£6.613/£18.000) [36.7%] *new goal and campaign, see here.
(verification) Nabila's Family ($3.685/$10.000) [36.9%]
(verification) Wafaa's Family ($21.225/$50.000) [42.5%] *new campaign, see here.
(verification) Asmaa's Family (€21.157/€45.000) [47.0%]
(verification) Laila's Family (€30.693/€45.000) [68.2%]
(verification) Youssef's Family (€15.758/€23.000) [68.5%]
(verification) Mohammed's Family (€30.531/€40.000) [76.3%] *new goal
(verification) Amira's Family (€30.078/€39.000) [77.1%]
(verification) Mohammad's Family (€28.987/€37.000) [78.3%]
(verification) Fadi's Family ($39.973/$50.000) [79.9%] *new goal, see here.
(verification) Nada’s Family (€14.474/€16.000) [90.5%]
(verification) Abdelrahman's Family (€18.903/€20.000) [94.5%]
(verification) Yousef's Family (€18.971/€20.000) [94.8%] *new campaign, see here.
Time stamp: Sep. 20, 2024
More information and campaigns under the read more.
(Conversions: $5 = kr52.36, €4.66, £3.89, CHF4.30)
Daily Campaigns @writing-prompts-for-palestine
Match Me Monday
Ten Dollar Tuesdays
Do Something Saturdays
*** the follow campaign has been closed/is no longer accepting donations. I am looking for an update from the vetters or organizers.
(verification) Tala’s Family (€13.967/€40.000) [34.9%]
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imagine how bizarre this fandom looks to the outside world. we're all gay asf and screaming about two middle aged men and making the most random references. we send neil the most unhinged asks and get equally unhinged replies. try looking at the tags "archangel fucking gabriel", "bildaddy the shuite", "welsh seduction machine" and assorted years like 1941 and 1827 or whatever else without context.
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