#this was supposed to have a color to it but i did it in black and white first and it looks much better than everything else i tried

[artificialcaracal]

I have to say that I heavily disagree with this take. the very formulation of racial hierarchy in the united states colonies was for the explicit purpose of dividing the working class. While the U.S. colonies were extracting wealth through colonial expansion, the distribution of this wealth was primarily to the land-owning upper class. however, to serve the ever-growing need for labor during colonial expansion, there was also a vast working class consisting of imported indentured servants signed to labor contracts meant to pay off their passage to the colonies, who upon reaching the end of their contracted terms, would be released to join their fellow poor workers. At this point both black and white laborers would congregate freely amongst themselves, and fearing the possibility of a mass insurrection, the land-owning bourgeois population needed a way to prevent working people from effectively mobilizing. This is why the u.s. colonies began offering small plots of land to white indentured servants at the end of their contracts and pivoted to the use of imported african slave labor.

african slaves, having had their entire lives upended, and no support networks to turn to in the colonies, were much easier to keep socially separate from even other free blacks. other poor white settlers were then given the role of overseeing this new labor force. quashing slave insurrections, hunting down and returning runaway slaves, preventing interracial gatherings, all to facilitate the hyper-exploitation of african slaves and their descendants. racism and chattel slavery did not simply spontaneously appear in the U.S. colonies. it was deliberately carried out and enforced by bourgeois interests. it was presented as "beneficial" to the african slaves who needed to be enslaved and kept in line "for their own good", and provided working class whites a population that it was acceptable to scapegoat and brutalize instead of the bougeois themselves. to claim the enslavement and subordination of african slaves was not a part of a fascist movement and a fascist state is to deny the material realities it was enacted in. it's to deny that there was ever a crisis of labor of in the u.s. colonies to begin with, and ignores the ways in which it was addressed in 1776 and is continuing to be addressed today.

is it not fascism when african slaves are denied their humanity, when members of their community are split apart and sold at the whims of their owners? is it not a fascist movement taking hold when former slaves in the southern states were immediately made second class citizens at the end of military reconstruction? is it not a fascist state when black people are killed by members of law enforcement without penalty? is it not a fascist movement taking hold when white supremacist organizations like the klu klux klan terrorize black communities, and are later celebrated in widely distributed films like "Birth of a Nation"? is it not a fascist movement taking hold when statues of confederate states leaders are constructed by white supremacist organizations to "celebrate their heritage"? is it not a fascist state when japanese citizens are systemically dispossessed and locked up in camps due simply due to their heritage? is it not a fascist state when the government willing, knowingly, allows millions to die from aids because it's hurting queer people the most? is it not a fascist state when leftist movements are actively monitored and destabilized, and their leaders killed by federal organizations because they pose a threat to bourgeois interests?

I suppose it doesn't count then. Because there's never been a serious economic failure or threat to capitalism in the u.s., and there's never been a leftist movement of any kind here either, and it doesn't count when it happens to immigrants, or people of color, or indigenous people, or queer people. it just never counts then. maybe when some cishet white people are the victims of state violence we can finally say that there's a fascist movement in the u.s. granted at that point, they might not be considered white, or cis, or het, or people at that point. maybe when state violence systematically happens to real usamerican people, whatever that will mean in the future, it'll count.

Any analysis of fascism that posits the USA in 1776 as a fascist state is one where 'fascism' is just an edgier way to say 'capitalism' - what capitalism isn't fascist, in this view; and what's the purpose of the term in that case?

Fascism is a specific formulation of capitalism which emerges when the capitalist system is in extreme crisis (specifically a crisis of entrenched fixed capital devastating the rate of profit). It is characterised by the extension of imperial methods to the population of imperial core itself - an autocannibalism when all other sources of profit have dried up - and the mobilisation of the petty-bourgeoisie. It explicitly borrows the methods of settler-colonialism to apply not only to its colonies, but also to itself. Fascism is not simply 'when genocide happens' - capitalism under liberal-democracy carries out genocide just as well.

In this regard it is essentially appropriate to say that fascism has been superfluous in the USA - a fascist movement has historically never been able to seriously gain ground in the USA because the needs of fascism are already met by straightforward settler-colonialism. There has been no deep crisis to spur on fascism, and no need to divide the populace and expropriate some portion of it, because the USA already has an exploitative and expropriative relationship with its internal colonies. This arrangement is not fascist, it is straightforwardly colonial.

There can only be a real fascist movement and fascist state in the USA if two conditions are met: 1) the settler state can no longer wring enough profit out of the exploitation of the indigenous and black peoples; and, 2) serious economic failure and crisis threatens the existence of capitalism, by inspiring popular revolt and communist organisation.

[brodygold]

Because He’s Hot

(All characters are 18+)

Jared was never one for sports. Or people in general for that matter. He was a shy introvert among shy introverts. Being gay made things even worse in his small, tight knit community. He was expected to look and act a certain way, but couldn’t bring himself to do it. He was a true outcast and wanted nothing more than to be left alone. Being in his senior year of high school, he couldn’t wait to move away and never see anyone here again.

Sometimes though, life doesn’t give you what you want. As Jared sat outside at the bus stop on his way home, a stranger came up and sat down next to him. Grumbling to himself, Jared turned to look at him.

“Damn,” he thought. “He’s hot.”

The stranger was everything Jared liked in a guy: tall, athletic (if the shiny gold soccer jersey he had on meant anything), and had a great smile that could light up any room. His smile was so warm and welcoming, Jared almost forget he was going to tell the guy to leave him alone.

“Hey there. Name’s Brody. This bus heading to the soccer field?”

Jared gulped, not remembering how to form words for a second. He normally wasn’t one for talking to strangers, but thought he might as well answer him. Brody was hot after all.

“Oh. Um. Yeah. It does.”

“Great. Thanks man. I was supposed to catch a ride with my teammates but had something come up. You going to the field for tryouts?”

Oh that’s right. Jared remembered the jocks at school mentioning something about that. How some group called the Golden Army was in town holding tryouts to get people to join. There was no way he’d be caught dead around that group though. Right?

“I’m good, thanks. It’s not really my scene.”

“That’s alright bro. What is your scene?”

Jared paused and looked away at that. Well he tried to at least. Brody’s perfect smile was still drawing him in. God, those lips looked so kissable.

“Don’t really have one…” he eventually squeaked out.

“Well, if you want to, we’d love to have you, bro. We could be your scene. You could be a real bro.”

The idea almost made Jared laugh. Him, a bro and a jock? Who knew this handsome man was also funny? Still, a thought creeped into his mind. If he tried out, he could avoid his annoying parents and see this stud even longer.

“Might as well. What do I have to lose?”

Brody clapped Jared on the back. Jared blushed at the contact. “That’s the spirit bro! I got the perfect thing for you actually.” He reached into his bag and pulled out a golden jersey, shimmering in the sunlight. He held it out to Jared, who took it in his hands. It was so soft, almost melting in his hands.

Was he really about to put on this jersey just because some guy told him to?

Yeah, because he’s hot, Jared thought as he put it on over his hoodie.

He felt a tingle as soon as he put it on. He didn’t notice how his hoodie and ripped jeans vanished and turned into a pair of black soccer shorts, leaving him slightly chilly in the crisp fall air. Nor did he notice his skinny arms and legs becoming filled with muscle or his chest becoming two pillow pecs. His shaggy hair become a perfect sporty cut, the color turning from blonde to brown.

He was too busy staring at Brody and his smile. He certainly didn’t notice Brody’s eyes glow bright gold, drawing him in even more.

Jared memories and mannerisms disappeared the more he stared. The quiet, nerdy, outcast of a guy turned into a true social butterfly, hanging out with his bros any chance he got, on or off the field. Even the name Jared felt like a distant memory, being replaced with Jackson, a perfect name for a hot jock.

Brody’s eyes finally stopped their golden glow, a knowing smile on his face.

“You ready for tryouts, Jackson?”

“Hell yeah, Captain bro! Let’s go!”

Jackson felt so pumped for tryouts and knew with Brody by his side, the two could accomplish anything.

Why? Because they’re hot!

[musubiki]

my favorite fields of mistria boys 🥰

[poorlydrawninstarsandtime]

hey guys i think somethings up with that octoling on the other team. they seem kinda out of it, maybe we should call a halftime and- is that a fucking knife.

[id in alt]

[saradika-graphics]

hi!! i know my last request wasnt that long ago, but was wondering if you had any supernatural dividers, especially for Sam?

@superegosystem

Hi @superegosystem! 💕 I made some themed Supernatural / Sam ones for you - I also have links to some completed in the past that might work as well:

vampire | werewolf | halloween

[Free] Masterlist Headers & Dividers!

Please consider liking or reblogging if you use 💕

[real-odark]

gatsby designs. does this make any sense.

[cozylittleartblog]

long way down

[restinpeacesensei]

traditional style 💖

[triglycercule]

HELP I DONT KNOW WHAT IM DOING HELP!!! HELP!!!!! its not don yet,,,,,, eoaugh. shoutout to like the 20 coloring/rendering tips and tutorial videos i watched you all did NOTHING to help. GOD. how hard is is to get a tutorial and help for something that actually ISNT naturally intuitive to me???

waaa waaa lineart hard 🥺🥺 waaa waaa sketching hard!!! ok man how about you struggle with figuring out basic color palettes (color is my absolute worst element of art ive yet to even improve on. this backfired on me i shouldve done more coloring pages when i was younger)

[nonokoko-draws]

Do you guys see my vision

[tridentrans]

our brave cringe loser

[anxious-chaos-art]

What if I made a short story....haha jk... unless?👀👀👀

Edit: here it is!

Vers without text

[demon-prosecuted]

❝ What a wonderful day it is to have been born a brunette. ❞

[beneathsilverstars]

She Has Been Printed !!!

i even put her on the wall bc the teacher told us the newly-cleaned wall is too clean for a screenprinting room lmao, and if i'm gonna put Anything on the wall ofc it would be my darling Naiakiir!!

[arolesbianism]

Some au antag doodles

[lemonsweet]

I want to know more about what goes on with the pokemon character designers so bad