#why does the government keep suppressing us

[krill-god]

HB71 will make it a crime for health care providers or parents to provide ANY sort of medical care for trans youth.

Best case is to stop HB71 from even being heard. Will you take 1 minute TODAY to send a simple message?

Write to Senator Chuck Winder, and ask him to not assign the bill to a committee.

CWinder@senate.idaho.gov

Please reblog especially if you or someone you know is in America!!!

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Dean Obeidallah at The Dean's Report:

On August 20, a little before dawn, 87 year-old Lidia Martinez was abruptly jarred awake by an unexpected knock on her door. The longtime activist who for over 35 years has worked to expand voter registration among seniors and veterans in south Texas, cautiously peered out the door. Standing on her doorstep were nine police officers dressed in tactical gear and carrying firearms. After showing her a search warrant, Martinez’s home was searched as she was forced to stand outside in her nightgown in her driveway in full view of her neighbors. Martinez was later questioned for three hours after which the police seized her phone, computer, personal calendar and more.

[...]

These bad faith searches orchestrated by Paxton were predicated on the claim that the people being investigated were registering non-citizens to vote—despite zero evidence presented of wrongdoing. Very alarmingly, if Donald Trump and House GOP have their way, these types of raids would be happening nationwide with federal law enforcement under a GOP President.  That is why GOP House Speaker Johnson is now demanding the proposed SAVE Act be included in any deal to provide funding to keep the government open.

To be clear, federal and state law already makes it a crime for non-citizens to vote. But this new federal legislation would establish criminal penalties for registering an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentation proving U.S. citizenship.  That means that what we are seeing in Texas is coming attractions of what the GOP wants to do nationally.

Keep in mind despite Texas AG Paxton’s two year investigation, no charges  have been filed against any of the people whose homes were searched.  Indeed, there may never be charges because even Paxton’s basis for the search is BS. In his press release announcing the investigation, the Texas AG presents no evidence of wrongdoing. Instead, Paxton makes baseless claims like these organizations have set up voter registration booths outside state agencies where people could register inside. Paxton’s press release literally includes this question with no answer: “Why would they need a second opportunity to register with a booth outside?” But nowhere in his press release does he even allege any criminal conduct—only questions.

And Paxton—a close ally of convicted felon Trump—showed his bad faith earlier in August on a radio show when he peddled lies about non-citizens voting. Paxton declared, “There’s a reason Joe Biden brought people here illegally. I’m convinced that that’s how they’re going to do it this time, they’re going to use the illegal vote. Why were they brought in, why did he bring in 14 million people?” adding, “He brought them here to vote.”   That is nothing more than the type of BS you hear on Fox News. But now Paxton has weaponized government by targeting people registering those he believes will vote for Democrats. The backlash to Paxton’s actions have been swift. LULAC requested that the Department of  Justice investigate Paxton's office for Voting Rights Act violations. LULAC CEO Juan Proaño and the group's national president, Roman Palomares, summed up well what is really going in their letter to the DOJ: "These actions echo a troubling history of voter suppression and intimidation that has long targeted both Black and Latino communities, particularly in states like Texas, where demographic changes have increasingly shifted the political landscape.”

The Texas GOPs voter intimidation tactics are based on the faux outrage campaign against noncitizen voting.

[wolfjackle-creates]

👀👀 u no what I'm gonna ask right (please more for the uncle clark pretty please 🙏🥺)

What's this? Another 565 words? Couldn't be.

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Danny wanted to fidget, only he was floating a foot above the ground without legs. “I can fix that!” He took barely a thought and his human-half bled through to his ghost form—his internal organs started working again and his legs formed as he let gravity bring him down to the ground. “See?” he asked with a self-conscious grin. “I totally have a heartbeat and you have nothing to worry about Uncle Cl— Wait. What do I call you? Uncle Superman?That’s weird.”

Danny’s grin faltered when Uncle Clark didn’t reply right away and appeared to be taking a few deep breaths. “You just. Restarted. Your heart.”

“No I didn’t! I always had a heartbeat!” Danny tried to insist. His uncle just gave him a look and Danny laughed self-consciously. “Okay, fine. But seriously, what do I call you?”

“Superman or Kal. And how about you? Constantine calls you Prince Phantom and said you were thousands of years old when I know for a fact you’re seventeen.”

“Oh, Danny’s fine. I go by Danny Phantom when I’m like this. And dude, I can’t believe my uncle is an alien! That’s so cool. And, wait! The older superboy! He’s your clone. Dani is gonna flip when she finds out. Can we introduce them? They’re so gonna make up a mirrors-only club and talk shit about us and their creators.”

“You��ve got a— No. Nope, later.” Uncle Clark took another deep breath and Danny suppressed a wince. He was so not joining the Justice League after this, was he? But then he watched as his uncle turned to Batman. “Batman, once this gets sorted, I’ll need you to sit Danny down and give him the presentation on secret identities.”

“It’s fine! No one expects the dead kid to have a secret identity. Besides, all my rogues know who I am. There’s no secrets among the dead, after all. It’s my parents and the government I have to keep off my back.”

Uncle Clark took another deep breath and looked at Batman. “Batman, I apologize for every time I laughed at you when you complained about your kids getting up to things behind your back.”

Batman’s lips turned slightly up and he nodded his head to Uncle Clark, but didn’t say anything besides, “Hn.”

Then Uncle Clark was looking at Danny again. “Okay, we’re gonna start over. Danny, why does Constantine think you’re thousands of years old and a death prince?”

Danny sighed. Uncle Clark so wasn’t going to let him get away without answering. “Well, I am a death prince. And my regent and adviser is the Ghost of Time, responsible for upholding the time stream. He sends me to the past or future occasionally if he needs someone to intervene. Your likeness gets carved into a couple of stone tablets and all of a sudden everyone thinks you’re thousands of years old.” Danny rolled his eyes. “No one even asks anymore!”

Clark closed his eyes and mouthed something. When he opened them again, he looked straight at Danny. “Okay, here’s what’s going to happen. You and I are going to find an empty conference room. I’ll get us some tea and refreshments. And you are going to explain everything. And you know what my day job is, I’ll know if you’re lying or trying to hide anything.”

Danny winced. “Yes, Uncle Cl— Kal. Uncle Kal.”

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I guess there's a next

Again, if anyone wants to continue this, go for it! It's so much a back burner fic it's not even funny.

[alpaca-clouds]

What "Communism never works" misses

Okay, let me keep up the topic for the week and let me talk about one thing that will undoubtedly be thrown at anyone, who says something along the lines of: "Welp, the system is failing us. Maybe we should try communism." And that is: "Communism never works. It has never worked before!"

As someone, who had that argument thrown at them so many times before, I already know that for the most part it is useless to talk to someone who comes up with that argument. Because, well... here is the thing. The argument basically is a result of what amounts to brainwashing. The person will usually not know what communism is or how and why it has failed before. They will not know anything about communist parties or countries. And they usually do not want to know.

Usually they do not know, that communism was never tried before. Yes, several countries have tried to establish communism, but never got further than socialism. Nor do they know exactly, what the difference between all those different communist ideas are. And of course they do not know anything about the history of the USA (and other western countries) doing their best to suppress communism by any means necessary.

Which is the first thing that everyone, who uses the argument, misses. Basically...

If communism can never work, why does the USA try everything to stop anyone trying to establish it?

If it cannot work and will never work, they would not need to worry about it. It will just develop and then fail. Easy. No need to stage a coup d'etat against a democratically elected government. No need to snuggle up to fascist dictators. Just let the thing run its course and then maybe send some help, once communism has self-destroyed. Something that they say is inevitable.

But obviously they don't. So: Why?

It cannot be about saving some sort of democracy, because otherwise they would not help undemocratic forces to take over the country and allow them to hold it.

But there is another thing that the argument misses. And even bigger thing. Another question:

But does capitalism work?

Which is the thing that kinda gets left out of the discussion. Because even if we assume that communism could not work (doubtable)... There is the fact that capitalism does not work. Otherwise fascism would not again and again be established from capitalism. Otherwise capitalism would not have destroyed the planet. Otherwise capitalism would not kill millions of people per year.

See, people will always go big about the entire "Black book of communism" thing and eat it up, even though the book has so many issues in what it counts as "death from communism" - and that is even without going in the entire "communism was never established" thing. But even if we took the numbers at face-value... According to the book, communism has killed 100 million people.

Well, guess what. That is about the same number of people that capitalism kills in a decade. And while the black book of communism counts all those people killed by politics not necessarily linked to communism... Those 10 million dying of capitalism each year die of capitalism. They die because they have not money for medicine, they need to survive. They die, because they starve, while so much food is thrown away. They die of exposure to the elements, because they cannot afford a home. They die from the fallout of climate change.

So, yeah. First of all: Let's try out communism, before we argue that it cannot work.

But also: Realize, that capitalism does not work. Because it doesn't.

[krowlovesinazuma]

Hi! 🪶 anon back at it again for my Kujou Sara BS~

Can I ask for Yandere!Kujou Sara and Raiden Shogun (Separate) (And yeah, the Shogun) HCs? When you said you did soft yandere, that's the type of yandere I like best anyway, so it works out! Thank you for reading!

-🪶

Read this prologue for context! Also sorry if I made the puppet too OOC, it's hard to write for her ;-;

Scenario: Soft Yandere

Characters: Kujou Sara, Raiden Shogun (Puppet)

Sara as a yandere would be complicated, but believable if you're a holy being. She already worships the shogun, so it would be no surprise if a mythical being of legends and tradition suddenly shows up in the flesh.

However, it would be complex thanks to her previous devotion to the shogun. Yes the two of you are allies and formed a pact of sorts, but would it still not count as a betrayal if she worshipped you as well as her archon? These thoughts trouble her often.

Of course, being a general, she knows better than to reside in inaction just because of confusion, and so she shows her loyalty while her heart remains unsure. Bringing you gifts, safety in travels, and simply being a reliable partner, she stays by your side.

The answer to her dilemma honestly depends on how you treat her, both before and after your reincarnation into the world, but no matter what her decision is, she'll remain your dutiful follower, and trusted cohort.

If you used her plenty in gameplay, and showed her attention above others in the world, she'll succumb to her own desires, but it'll be hard and awkward. Get ready for some stiff hugs, and a lot of blushing, she's trying her best.

Give her time though, and her showings of affection will get bolder and bolder. Offering you dates, gifts, and everything in between, she's ready to show how much she loves you, even if it might not be enough to truly show her devotion.

If you don't show her that much attention however, surprisingly, she's one of the few people that manages to suppress her intense desires, and instead inserts you into her life in a more subtle way, treating you highly, yet distantly.

It may lead to her being a little more workaholic and devoted to the shogun for a while, but she does eventually get over it, even if her desires are still within her. Her will is strong, and her mentality is even stronger!

"Please, do not apologize for gracing me with you presence, creator. Even if you're correct, with it taking away time from my duties, your comments about taking needed breaks are also important, and I see every moment speaking with you as an opportunity to relax. So please, don't be afraid to visit more."

This would definitely be an obsession that doesn't spark in an instant, but builds up over the years that she spends as a ruler. When she was created, Ei made sure to include you in her mentality, to make sure she didn't treat the myths and folklore of you as nothing.

That's why, knowing about your legends, yet only that and not much more was a slow burn of desire to meet you, and obey you directly, much like Ei silently prayed and hoped that you could perhaps bless her region.

Her priorities were still quite screwed when it came to governing over the lands, but much like she made sure to mantain festivities alive, she made sure that the belief in your legends and stories was still alive, even if may be against her complete rule.

When she felt the signs of your coming through the traveler and the other Inazuman folk that were growing stronger, and seemingly ignoring her complete rule, she knew it must have been a sign from you. In fact, she was probably knew about your presence before Ei.

That's why, when it normally should've been time for her end, she showed a strange sense of regret, as she came to realize just how against you she was in the end, and that was enough to convince the others to keep her alive, especially if you spare her through your screen.

I won't divulge into what her role would be now, but she'd have a strange sense of regret and shame lingering in her soul, even though she believed to have listened to her commands to perfection. Did she do something wrong to have both Ei and you against her?

Even if you show up in her world eventually, I could see her being troubled with her actions and your reception to them. Would you accept her? Would you even like her after what she's done? Did she deserve be grazed with your presence at all?

That's why she'll remain hidden from sight, away from the judging stare that you may use towards her. Ei is much more deserving of your attention, and she understands that. It may be up to you to face her yourself...

[thealogie]

why does the "left" immediately equal marginalized voters in your message. it's not all trans immigrants of color, some are in fact privileged white people just hating on dems. but also if these "marginalized" voters don't see how trump is worse for them they should absolutely be blamed the same as anyone else responsible for this mess. it's one thing if they couldn't vote because of various voter suppression tactics, but if they just sat down and went "nope, not voting for a dem because they are not leftist enough for what i want my ideal candidate to be", they are complicit in making actual marginalized people (both in the US and worldwide) suffer the consequences of this government. as much as dems should finally learn their lesson and change their strategy, i fail to see what's realistically possible at this point, since americans keep ushering MAGA in and populating all branches of government with radicalized conservatives who then let billionaires have free reign with essentially russian style propaganda and brainwashing. it's insane how much this can all be traced back, among other things such as terrible racist sexist republicans, to bernie bros having a hissy fit and not voting dem in 2016, and while admittedly the democrats haven't learned much since then, neither in fact have the leftists, and the only people winning are the far right and governments hostile towards the US. dictatorship is now a realistic future, and it's not just because of racist white women or far right young men as you keep saying, it's *also* because of leftists, and it should very much be a conversation. dems can run on the most leftist campaign possible and then in practice it will all be blocked to hell because of SCOTUS or republican senate or whatever, and the only possible path is voting dems in ALWAYS no matter what, and then pressuring them once they are in office, and then not turning on them and then actually electing them again so it's just majority dems everywhere and shit can actually get passed for a change. if there were just a few election cycles of everyone left of center voting for dems, this could all still be fixed. mild republicans will keep sitting things out because they don't actually believe in democrats (until they actually see things working), so it should be on leftists, as dem policies are closer to what they want anyway. but it's the principle of things, right, dems are not leftist enough, and leftists shouldn't vote for them until they change, huh. you did the right thing but many people who essentially share your views didn't, and everyone suffers, but you still won't judge their actions as harshly as they should be judged and keep saying it's just on the party alone. imo dems' main responsibility right now should be countering disinfo better to stop right wing pivots, but sticking with their party is the responsibility of voters themselves and for now leftists should accept their party is the democratic party (only until we leave this timeline of "far right and even more far right" so that actual leftist reforms become possible again)

I was saying “don’t blame marginalized people” because the only evidence we have of an organized effort from the left to sit out the vote is from Arab Americans who object to the Democratic Party slaughtering their loved ones!

But beyond that - this is fine. You blame leftists for sitting out. You are free to do that. I don’t feel the same as you and the fact that I don’t feel the same will not change anything because feelings do not change anything. When it comes to action, operating from a place of “you should fall in line behind the party that’s closest to you” does not and will not persuade anyone. So I focus on a sentiment that’s “we should continue to vote in people who have some interest in creating a different kind of party and stop blaming voters for their own failure to create enthusiasm”

[valiantthearts]

Okay, I’m getting a bit cranky, so I need to get this off my chest.

Caitlyn is not a fascist. In fact, there are things about her that make her the opposite of it. If you want to look at a Fascist, Ambessa is RIGHT THERE.

Let’s break this down.

An ideology and movement with a dictator in charged, forcible suppression of opposition, heavily military emphasis, silencing all who would oppose this new autocracy and government is characterized as fascism. Fascism is also heavily involved in violence and believes that violence is not negative and is vital to its regime. Not just that, but it is believed that violence and war are a means to national rejuvenation; aka, it will make the world a better place.

Now, let me show the two characters we see in power.

Caitlyn

- Yes, Caitlyn is in charge, she is the sole power in the autocracy. However, listen to her belief system. One, Caitlyn, is HIGHLY against the violence that Ambessa is placing upon the Zaunites. Caitlyn also is not creating a system of discrimination. Her check points are not to control the population but was in an attempt to bring Jinx out of the road work. All Caitlyn wanted was Jinx. She was NOT creating a discrimination against others. - Now, as an enforcer, she did as she vowed. She took down shimmer; she located Jinx, and she stopped all criminal activity done by the chem barons. These Chem Barons are NOT GOOD PEOPLE! They are dictators as well, and Silco is a prime example. I’ll get into Silco, maybe another post; but Silco is NOT a good person. Was what he wanted valid? Yes, independence for Zaun. But don’t tell me that drugging your civilians, creating monsters, child labor, and murdering people is okay. Was she a bit over the top in episode 3? Yes. Was she doing the wrong things for the right reasons in her head? Yes. I am not saying gassing Zaun was good; it wasn’t. But her concept was meant to try to keep people out of the streets and force Jinx out of hiding. She was NOT trying to gas the zaunites; she was using it to clear streets. Again, I am NOT saying Caitlyn is in the right. There were other ways to go about this. But you also have to understand that Caitlyn was not thinking clearly. However, there was still a hint of morals within her that she wanted to protect people. - Caitlyn did not perform mass massacres, she did not cause deportations, nor genocides. She did not round up Zaunites and killing them because she could. She was NOT oppressing Zaunites. What she wanted was Jinx. Look at her focus. It was LOCATING JINX. That was it. Fascist regimes focus heavily on committing these concepts to remove the opposition. Not once did we see Caitlyn killing ANYONE! - Caitlyn often expressed things to Ambessa. “Why is violence always the answer to peace?”, “It was your men who incited the violence!”, “I didn’t want this,”. Caitlyn often argued with Ambessa about her actions. Caitlyn did not approve of them or the Violence. She wanted Jinx, but did not want to attack Zaun. Caitlyn was the ‘scapegoat’ but the true culprit for all of this was Ambessa. Ambessa had Caitlyn as the face of everything, but it was Ambessa who had control.

Now, I am not saying some things Caitlyn did was right. Like I said, gassing the streets, and other things. However, I think it is a bit extreme to call Caitlyn a fascist when literally everything she has done or is doing does not line up with the concept.

Ambessa.

- Ambessa is the leader of a military organization that works to conquer, destroy countries and force them to assimilate with Noxus. If you don’t, you die. Literally, tell me this isn’t genocide right there! Ambessa has no problem killing people that can rise up and create opposition. She will kill and murder anyone who will cause her problems. - Ambessa often encouraged violence. Look at the people who are doing it in the streets? It is primarily Noxians. We already know that there are some Piltovans (for example, Maddie) who assimilated to Noxian values. This is part of assimilation, Ambessa was working to take over all of Piltover and have it under her control. And Ambessa placed Caitlyn as the figurehead. Who’s going to get all the blame? Caitlyn. But who is the one playing the game? Ambessa. - Another thing with Ambessa is literally shutting down a group organization led by Sevika. When you see it, it was raided first by Noxians, with enforcers behind them. Ambessa was the one who lead the charge, and Caitlyn wasn’t even AWARE of it until she was told when she got to Stillwater. Again, Ambessa is pulling streets, she has ultimate control. - Ambessa believes that violence and war are the answer to peace. She believes that once a place is attacked and conquered; you remove those who will be a symbol and who will lead people against them. Caitlyn was literally of “use” but when she wasn’t anymore, guess what Ambessa was going to do? A public execution. And then, no doubt, all of those other enforcers would have been shot down as well. This public execution is literally a massacred. they were going to shoot them all in the back of the heads. Again, this imperial form and war are literally classic Fascism views. - Ambessa is the sole leader of her clan. She leads, and she does not accept anyone questioning her. Look at the noxians, they all look the same, all in uniforms, they all have a mask. They are all assimilated. They have the salutes and all. Literally, this extreme state of ‘purity’ that the noxians are the ones who are the true power is literally again these ideals. And Ambessa has no problem removing anyone who is a problem. Vi, for example, she was ready to kill to ensure she keeps her puppet (Caitlyn) in control. Ambessa had EVERYONE imprisoned in Stillwater, all those Zaunites. Was Caitlyn there? No. Look at who is in charge. Ambessa is trying to recreate hextech. Was Caitlyn there? No. Caitlyn’s focus was on jinx, but it was Ambessa who had ultimate control and manipulating everything.

And yet everyone wants to look at Caitlyn, and so easily throw around this term “Fascist” but I don't think people TRULY understand what it means. The most Fascist person in that show was Ambessa, not Caitlyn.

But everyone seems to want to hate on Caitlyn, throw around like she is some evil supervillain that needs to die. Yet... no one is saying anything about Ambessa?

Seriously, people need to learn to read their history and study up before using words they don’t know how to use.

[asmallmoon333]

Halloween season! So monster AU Lawlight. What do you think they would be? The rest of the cast?

Fun question!! I'd say in a Haloween setting we'd have:

Light: Demon, particularly one with powers of compulsion, contracts, and death. Makes a contract in exchange for a life, the contractees never get what they think they will and all end up dying of heart attacks. Alias Kira, goal to purify the world. He's a pretty young supernatural, only a year old after dying as a human at 23. Demons are humans or supernaturals that died with unfilfilled desires, but ones so strong they become demons rather than ghosts. Helps if they contracted another demon before dying. They can also very sucessfully pass as the human/super they used to be, making them difficult to find.

L: Vampire, very old and powerful, has spent most of the last few decades napping. May or may not have been due to an epic sugar crash. He heard Demon blood tastes wonderfully sweet from an anonymous source and now wants to confirm >v>. Goal: to have cake and nibble on Kira.

Misa: Witch, she's been working ages to make a love potion that works on a demon. Has been unsuccessful. In the meantime tries her best to kill L with unique spells. Also unsuccessfully. A very powerful witch as she has a demon familiar who shares her powers with Misa.

Rem: Demon familair, Misa's in particular. Her original form was something aquatic, deep sea horror-type supernatural. She bound herself to Misa willingly out of love and gave Misa full access to her powers. That's why Misa is a very powerful witch despite still being human, and why Light keeps her around.

Ryuk: Also a demon, but uncontracted. Was a tengu before dying. He was the one that made a deal with Light was the latter was human, and the reason Light was reborn as a demon after dying. Is having the time of his life.

Mello: Vamp, sired by L so he took some of his traits. Mello was dying one night from a gang fight and L saved him and then just vanished. Mello wants to meet L to ask him why he turned him. He's competitive against Near. Doesn't try to control his bloodlust at all, and becomes the head of the mafia that killed him in a very brutal takeover.

Near: Also a Vamp sired by L, doesn't care as much as Mello does, but is still curious to meet him. Was half-fae on his mother's side but no one knew it since he was an orphan, the fact that he managed to turn successfully into a Vamp shocked a lot of people. Is under constant watch by the US government. He can control his bloodlust very well and has muted emotions. He's ambivalent to Mello.

Matt: Sylph, electric specifically. Likes to static shock people for fun. Was Mello's friend when he'd been human but didn't tell him about the supernatural community. He and Mello are sometimes at odds because of it since Mello thought they'd told each other everything, considering they grew up together.

Watari: Mad Scientist/Professor Fankenstein type. Can bring inanimate objects to life. He woke L from a very long sleep and now works with him to police the unruly supernatural community in exchange for the blood of criminals L catches. His main goal is to stop Kira.

Kiyomi: Siren, her voice and words can compel people to believe her. Acts as Kira's public voice. She thinks her voice works on Light; it does not.

Mikami: Werewolf or werecat. Hates it. His main goal in life is to be able to suppress his animalistic transformation completely. Hates both humans and the supernatural community, loves Kira for culling them.

Matsuda: Wizard. Very bad at it lmao, but born into a powerful family so he has access to a lot of good tools and relics for hunting demons.

Soichiro, Sayu, Sachiko: All human, Light's family whom he still protects. Light pretends to be human still and lives close to them. Soichiro knows about supernaturals since he works in the government, and has his suspicions of Light.

Rest of the cast: a menagerie of humans and otherwise, but my brain is tired. In general, the governments of every country know about this but keep it quiet for public panic reasons.

So, yeah, thanks for the fun question!! It ended up turning into a whole AU with background involved lmao.

[exitpursuedbyasloth]

Radovid?? Fucking RADOVID? WHY?

With S3 of The Witcher rapidly approaching, I find myself consumed with questions of....fucking RADOVID? WHY? Why him, of all people? I do not trust the Netflix Witcher writers one iota, but especially not when they go looking for a male love interest for Jaskier, they end up choosing Radovid. And have to radically age him up just to be a love interest Of all the characters, why choose Radovid? It’s like sand in my earball. It makes no fucking sense. They must have a reason, a motivation, for him over any other male character (unless they literally just yoinked his name out of a hat). So what made them, what is unique about Radovid that they want to add to the series and yeet into Jaskier’s bed? He’s the prince, then the King, of Redania, and Jaskier has connections to Redanian government with Dijkstra. He was briefly betrothed to Ciri as a child, but that was broken by his father (I believe this will be cut from the show, given he’s much older and a second son). He and his father (now brother) were manipulated by Phillipa, with it starting when he was child (still possible even with his aging up). And Radovid becomes a genocidal fascist who persecutes and slaughters elves, sorceresses, and other non-humans and magical folk, inspired by his hatred of Phillipa’s manipulation and influence (this is from the games, but is hinted at at the end of the books, though he’s still a child then). They could radically alter Radovid, sure, but A.) why call him Radovid at all, and B.) they still had to choose him from all their canon male characters to chose from, so what made them choose HIM above all others? There are plenty of nobles Jaskier could get with, if the goal was to have a noble with some power on their side. So Radovid isn’t singular in that regard. So, was their reasoning behind Radovid being Jaskier’s lover because he’s Redanian nobility and Jaskier works for the Redanian Intelligence Network? Is Jaskier being sent to honeypot Radovid, keep an eye on him and/or spy on him? Although Phillipa does seem to confront Jaskier at one point, it doesn’t immediately appear that way, they seem to be framing the romance as genuine, but they could be misleading us and it is a possibility. Which would be...christ like maybe a very competent team of writers could pull of this storyline, but not from the people who brought us Tree-Eskel and Yenn trying to sacrifice Ciri for her own gain and drunk hooker party at Kaer Morhen the super secret Witcher fortress lol let’s laught about how they’re too drunk to remember where they are...which is too drunk to consent...lol tits! Or is it that they want to connect Radovid to Jaskier because of what Radovid will become in the near future, to his brutal suppression of non-humans and magical humans, his bloody campaign against them? That is Radovid’s most prominent feature, what he is most known for, what makes him stand out from other potential candidates. Is this why? Is it supposed to be irony, since Jaskier is the Sandpiper, and rescues persecuted non-humans? Do they want Jaskier’s relationship to put Ciri and Geralt at risk, will his choice of bedmate endanger them, for added cheap drama? Will Radovid be seducing Jaskier under false pretenses, attempting to get close to Ciri or Geralt to hurt them, as hinted at in the leaked audition scene where Radovid mentions Ciri to Jaskier, tells him to bring her to Redania she’ll be safe here, while Jaskier lies and says he hasn’t seen her for years. Will Jaskier end up trusting him, bringing Ciri to him only for it to all go pear-shaped? Will the narrative blame Jaskier for what Radovid does to his friends, was it even necessary to drag him into it, as Radovid probably would have targeted them anyway? Or will Jaskier leave Radovid for his Gang of Non-Human and Magical Friends, thus spurning on Radovid’s genocide in the first place, cause Jaskier ‘betrayed’ him in his eyes? Which has got to be the most garbage option and I sure hope this isn’t it, this is below even what I think the Netflix Witcher writers are capable of. And there is always the possibility that there is no reason, they literally just picked a name and ran with it, who gives a shit what it means, they don’t have time to think things through and write and rewrite, not when there are slow-mo action shots to shoot and tits to shoehorn in and rapey fathers to give Father of the Year awards to. Things just happen in this show, with little rhyme or reason. The S3 trailers look even worse, a sad desperately flashy spectacle that fails to be spectacular. I don’t trust these writers to do anything good with this romance, I honestly don’t expect anything from this plotline other than to marvel at their ability to make bisexual rep feel a bit like a hate crime.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

If you don’t go to church and don’t believe in God, does this mean you are not a religious person?

Well, the answer is no! Everyone has a worldview, which means everyone has a religion.

Almost all atheists claim that, because (supposedly) there is no God, their own worldview is not a religion. Many of them would argue that they have a “nonbelief.”

One of the definitions of religion in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, however, is this: “a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.”

Atheism certainly fits that definition, and many of its adherents are quite zealous about their faith system.

Atheists have an active belief system with views concerning origins (that the universe and life arose by natural processes); no life after death; the existence of God; how to behave while alive; and so much more. Honest atheists will admit their worldview is a faith. Atheism is a religion!

One candid atheist wrote, “My attitude is not based on science, but rather on faith . . . . The absence of a Creator, the non-existence of God is my childhood faith, my adult belief, unshakable and holy.”

This secular (anti-God) religion of atheism is growing. Atheism is all around us in various forms. It is practiced (and funded) by almost all government schools. In essence atheism has become the religion of the state, and it pervades the media, courts, museums, textbooks, the internet, science journals, and influences many people you encounter.

About 85% of children from our church homes attend government (atheistic) schools. Your kids and grandkids have likely been adversely influenced by this religion . . . and they may not have even realized it.

Actually, however, there are no true atheists—just those who claim to be. The all-knowing God of the Bible informs us that he has made it evident to all people that he exists, but that unbelievers try to suppress that knowledge (Romans 1:18). In Romans 2 we read that God has given everyone a conscience about right and wrong.

While atheism is a blind faith (really a faith that lacks credulity), its followers will still cry out, “We are not part of a religion!” Why do they plead this? First, if atheism were identified as a religion, atheists fear that their views might get kicked out of public places, like government-run schools. Second, these secularists will be less likely to be able to deceive children into thinking that their teachings (supposedly “neutral”) are not in conflict with the religious beliefs of students. Secular is not neutral, it is anti-God. The Bible nowhere teaches neutrality but informs us that one is either for or against Christ. There is no in-between.

Secular humanistic religions—like evolution, atheism, and agnosticism—are part and parcel of the same belief system. These worldviews have free reign with tax-supported dollars not only in America but also in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and many other countries. It’s ironic that under the rallying cry of “let’s keep religion out” of the public arena, secularists have kicked Christianity out of the classroom and have replaced it with another religion (their religion): the religion of naturalism, which is atheism.

There is a simple way to test this claim that a worldview is not “nonreligious.” If atheism really isn’t religious, then why do atheists strongly oppose religious claims? Their approach is illogical! That’s because it is a spiritual issue, a religious issue. Does the atheistic view of origins (big bang, millions of years, and evolution—each involving supposed natural processes) oppose the religious view of special creation by God in six days? Yes. Therefore, secular views of origins are religious.

Anyone who claims that they are not religious and then makes judgments about religious topics (e.g., the deity of Christ, the existence of God, the morality regarding adultery, the truthfulness of the Bible, and so on) has made a religious statement. Though they may “claim” to be irreligious, they reveal that they are indeed religious when they attempt to refute another religious view. Does atheism oppose the religious claim that God exists? Again, yes. Thus, atheism is religious. Popular atheist John Dunphy, writing for a secular magazine, admitted:

“I am convinced that the battle for humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as the proselytizers of a new faith: a religion of humanity that recognizes and respects the spark of what theologians call divinity in every human being.

“These teachers must embody the same selfless dedication as the most rabid fundamentalist preachers, for they will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to convey humanist values in whatever subject they teach, regardless of the educational level—preschool day care or large state university.

“The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new—the rotting corpse of Christianity, together with all its adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism.”

When it is financially beneficial or otherwise helpful to their cause, atheists want to receive the benefits allowed for groups that are widely seen as religious. For example, atheist and other secular groups are eligible to receive tax benefits that other religious groups get. In addition, secular and atheist chaplains’ function within the military. These atheists want to have their cake and eat it too. The atheist worldview is religious because its adherents behave in religious ways.

Ultimately the battle is between two religions: God’s true religion and man’s false religion. This battle has been raging for six thousand years and won’t end until Jesus returns and makes a new heavens and earth.

Atheists believe they cease to exist when they die. Why then do they even bother to oppose Christians and aggressively work to impose their religion on the culture if all is futile anyway? The atheists’ battle against Christianity clearly illustrates the spiritual struggle raging around us, pointed out by the Apostle Paul: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12)

[gwydionmisha]

Real Democracy

I keep thinking about a conversation I had with Newest Millenial in early August. We were close to the primary due date for the state and local election ballot (Our Presidential primary is seperate and way earlier in the year.) Both Goth Millenial and Newest Millenial had misplaced their ballots in the speed move. They were like, we should probably spend tomorrow looking for them, and i was like, "It's probably be way easier to vote in person down at the courthouse." Them: O.o

So I explained that the provision for people who's ballot has gone astray in the mail or been misplaced is to go down to this one easy to find office during business hours and they'll give you a ballot which you can either take home or fill out and turn in right there at the drop box. It's a super low hassle process, especially if you don't wait until the last minute, when there might be a short line. I cautioned them to destroy the mail ballot when they find it. (They went and used this method of voting. It was fine).

Newest Millenial had lived their whole life in Souther extreme voter suppression states that pretty much want people like them dead let alone voting. They turned to me on the way back to the car and said something like, "It's amazing living in a real democracy for the first time in my life."

I think about that alot. I think about how much easier things are here because we do have real democracy. I think about all the ways they make registration and voting easy, quick, and low hassle. I think about living under a state and local government that responds to constituants and makes an effort to not just keep people alive, but improve the quality of life instead of make it worse, a government that cares about infrastructure and safe drinking water and affordable housing. The government here isn't perfect and I'd love if we went to ranked choice voting, but it really is Democracy. We of course still are in constant danger from Republican christo-Fascists at the national level, but for the most part, life is good here.

I think about the way Newest Millenial is slowly, but surely feeling the weight of a lifetime of living under constant threat from a government that will do everything in it's power to harm lift.

I want for all of you to live under real democracy. I really really do. It's why I keep pushing so very hard for people to not only vote, but make sure everyone you know does. We could have this everywhere if we all wanted it enough and worked together to get it.

[semi-imaginary-place]

answering more questions from reddit: why did edelgard start a continent wide war?

The two main parts to this are Edelgard's personality and her backstory. As well as that well, she was right in that the Church, nobility, and crests have got to go.

Edelgard is extremely determined this is both good and bad once she's decided on a path its my way or the highway and the more she'll challenged the more she will dig her heels in. Once she is committed she is committed and this sees her achieve impressive feats but also means she won't give up even when she should take a moment and reconsider her plans. She'd the type willing to break a bone to mend it, she doesn't like the war but sees it as a necessary cost (I think she's wrong but that's another matter). It is important to note that Edelgard DOES NOT THINK WAR IS EXCUSABLE, she thinks its pretty reprehensible to cause so much suffering but she's also willing to play the villain because she thinks this is something that must be done and if someone must do it it might as well be her.

The second part of this is that the Agarthans have been manipulating her for years. They tortured her and they know she hates them but she also needs them for their power and influence in Adrestia. Not only that but besides the Adrestian Enperor game of telephone, the Agarthans are her primary source of information on Rhea, the Church, and the Children of the Goddess so they have had well over a decade to tell her propaganda about how Fodlan is secretly ruled by monsters with no care for humanity. Now their information probably wasn't mostly lies but comparing what Edelgard tells you in CF with what the player can see for themselves in VW it's obvious that the Agarthans were slanting the story in their favor and against the Church.

Part of the context you might be missing is that as a lot of characters point out (Claude, even Dimitri, etc.) Edelgard has a lot of good points, the Church is super shady, very unjust, oppressive, and has indeed been meddling with international politics to maintain its own power for centuries. We see this in game when Rhea sends out Byleth to assassinate opponents of the Central Church for the high crime of daring to be a threat to Rhea's authority. Even the leaders of at least 2 nations (Adrestia and Faerghus) derive governing authority from the Church. The Church wields massive overarching, unilateral, and unchecked power over Fodlan and uses this power not for the good of the people but to maintain its own position, suppress progress and innovation, keep Fodlan isolationist, and enforce the crest and nobility system. The last one was more of a side effect but Rhea sure didn't do anything to stop it. And the whole game is about how much the crest and nobility system suck, it's massively corrupt and exploitative.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

DON'T YOU QUIT!

TCINLA

JUL 13, 2024

If the Cretin News Network Baby-Kissing Competition two weeks ago was the bottom of the campaign to date, President Biden conclusively demonstrated with his speech last night in Detroit that the Baby-Kissing Competition was a one-off “bad night.” This speech was the top, the definition of a “barn burner.”

The speech was give at a rally at a high school gymnasium in Detroit. Biden walked on stage to audience chants of “Don’t you quit!”

In the speech, President Biden pitched his plan for the first 100 days of a second term with a Democratic Congress:

Restore Roe v. Wade.

Eliminate medical debt by having the government buy up such debt and cancel it.

Raise the minimum wage.

Protect workers’ right to organize.

Ban assault weapons.

Continue to “keep leading the world” on clean energy and addressing climate change.

Sign into law the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would end voter suppression, and the Freedom to Vote Act, which would protect voter rights and election systems, as well as end partisan gerrymandering.

Biden reminded the audience that he was the first president to walk a picket line, because “when labor does well, everybody does well.”

“When Trump comes here to tell you how great he is for the auto industry, remember this: when Trump was president we lost 86,000 jobs in unions. I created 275,000 auto jobs in America. In fact, what’s been true in the auto industry is true all over America: since I became president, we created nearly 16 million new jobs nationwide, 390,000 of those jobs right here in Michigan. We’ve created 800,000 manufacturing jobs nationwide, including 24,000 in Michigan.”

Forcefully contrasting his own record with Trump, who he called “a loser,” Biden said, “Donald Trump is the only president in American history, other than Herbert Hoover, who lost more jobs than he had when he came in. That’s why I call him Donald ‘Herbert Hoover’ Trump.”

Biden also brought up Project 2025, the policy plan written by the Heritage Foundation on how to install a right wing dictatorship in the first 180 days Trump is in office.

Pointing out the calls in the document to criminalize the shipment of abortion medication, deny contraceptive coverage, make cuts to Medicare, and eliminate the Department of Education, he went on to say, “Project 2025 is the biggest attack on our system of government and our personal freedom that has ever been proposed to this country. We’ve never seen anything like this. It’s not a joke. It’s time for us to stop treating politics like entertainment and reality TV. Another four years of Donald Trump is deadly serious. Deadly serious.”

He ended with a joke about his age, saying “I know I look 40”, telling the crowd that “with age comes wisdom. I know how to tell the truth, I know right from wrong, and I know I have demonstrated how to do this job.”

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes called the speech “the best performance Biden’s given since the State of the Union”.

What was the response of the “Democratic elites” to the speech?

The New York Times reported that so long as Biden remains the nominee, major donors will put on hold “roughly $90 million in pledged donations”.

Let’s remember that among the Masters of the Universe, aka the “Major Donors” of the Democratic Party are the financial geniuses who keep funding the artistic antics written by, directed by, and starring George Clooney (“The Monuments Men” anyone? How about “Leatherheads”?), master of all those “Nespresso” ads.

Despite the Press Corpse, there was good news for Biden yesterday: polls show him improving since the Atlanta Baby Kissing Competition, and that there was no great loss in support after that - other than among the collection of clucks in Washington who remind us that Mark Twain’s 1873 observation: “Consider a congressman, then consider an idiot. Bah! I repeat myself!” is still true.

The NPR/PBS/Marist poll released Friday shows Biden leads Trump 50%-48% in a head-to-head matchup.

Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the dean of the Congressional Black caucus, told NBC that Biden “sometimes mangles words and phrases but all of that is almost natural for people who grew up stuttering. He has one of the best minds that I have ever been around … and so I would hope that we would focus on the substance of this man … and how he has run this country.

Asked by the reporter “Is this the same Joe Biden that we saw four years ago?”, Clyburn said: “No! I’m not the same Jim Clyburn that I was four years ago and in ten days I’ll be 84. But I’m a bit wiser than I was before … It’s biblical. When I became a man I put away childish things. Joe Biden has put away childish things because he has become a man. His opponent is still a child.”

Charlie Pierce said of Biden’s press conference on Thursday: “I was wavering. I admit it. But I’m not anymore. That was a president onstage on Thursday. But I’ve watched the dynamic of the past two weeks play out time and again. It chased Bill Clinton for eight years and it chased Al Gore for eight months. Clinton survived, barely, and Gore lost an election to trivia and some really horseshit reporting from the campaign press, which, in combination with the Florida Hijack, gave us the previous Republican Worst President Ever.”

According to The Clinton Rules, which the D.C. Press Corpse has followed ever since the Lewinsky “scandal,” once The Story is birthed, no matter which set of ratfuckers or bad reporters are its midwives, The Story must be kept alive. There will always be another document, another “issue,” another set of questions leading to Clouds and Shadows over the politician in question.

What continues to piss me off is that this time there are dozens of Democratic political geniuses (looking at you, Axelrod and Plouffe) and Masters of the Universe who continue to push their bullshit regardless of what President Biden does, none of whom seem to have any idea what they want beyond forcing the incumbent president off the ticket.

And this morning the 538.com forecast has Biden winning 51 to Trump’s 48.

President Biden's full speech in Detroit

[erigold13261]

I can see there being an uptick in people applying to have themselves/their children in Nueva York after the events of NSR, since it proved that having powers can possibly lead to devastating consequences.

There's probably waves of upticks every time something happens with someone with powers, but the NSR revolution is one of the biggest upticks the company has ever had.

Instead of taking the NSR revolution as a sign of political corruption and a fight for freedom under a tyrannical government, people would see it as "normal" people fighting against those with powers who use those powers to suppress and bully those weaker than them.

Miguel, like I think I've mentioned before, would definitely use the NSR revolution to gain more residents and learners. It's such easy propaganda for him, especially for people who aren't anywhere near Vinyl City and just read headlines.

I can see Mama being horrified at Miguel for twisting the revolution like that and wanting to confront him on it. She tries to talk to him, since Papa, Miguel, and her used to be friends, but Miguel just berates her for almost killing her daughter because she lost control of her powers and offers her and Yinu space at his organization which Mama refuses outright (probably getting mad at Miguel and just proving his point in his eyes).

Also (and I will keep adding this in because I want to lol, it doesn't have to be canon to this AU, but it is in my heart) the Psychonauts would hate Miguel's organization because they realize how he is trying to "help" people with powers. The way he is doing things is wrong in their eyes and they would try their best to get more psychics to come to them instead of Miguel. They don't really have any ability to help people with other powers so they can't do much in that regard (think of it like how Mama controls plants but not with her mind like an Herbaphonist, or how Tatiana controls fire but not like a pyrokinetic psychic does).

I don't know why, but if we actually do add Psychonauts and Hi Fi Rush into this au, I feel like it would be called the Age of Revolutions or something like that because Vandelay Tech., NSR, and Nueva York would all be experiencing revolutions in such a short amount of time. I don't know if Psychonauts would (it would be like 20 years after the events of the games in this au) but they could also be going through a kind of revolution to restructure how their organization is, or they could be the beacon that people look to for hope in how these other organizations should be helping other (yeah, sorry for rambling about a technical other AU on your ask, I just really like making complicated shit like this, it's fun lol. Ignore what I said about PN and HFR if you aren't interested or don't know those medias)

[bohba13-writing-den]

To clear things up, this isn't about the spyware. (Though I would LOVE regulation on that) This is about who is using it, how they can use it, and the fact this has been a known vector in the past. (there used to be a blanket ban on media companies operating in the US being foreign owned, the FCC now assesses such purchases on a case-by-case basis)

Several things you need to know first. China is ABSOLUTELY hostile to the US and its allies. There are a myriad of reasons for this that are too numerous to explain in detail, both good and bad. HOWEVER know that China is hostile to the US.

Now, one might think that this isn't an issue. Bytedance is a private company, that China can't force them to do anything.

And to that I say "bless your heart."

Because if you think the US is bad, and it is, China is WORSE!

By law, any "privately" owned business must have 80% of its shares owned by the local "union."

Oh, that's great, the workers have control of the company right?

nope. Unions in the PRC are in fact extensions of the local government, which are in turn beholden to the provincial government, who are then beholden to the national government, who are again, may I remind you, actively hostile to the US and its allies.

Next, there is a law in place in China which basically means the CCP can walk up and demand the info they have on their users, and they must comply. No warrant, no probable cause, nothing. Just, hey we want your data, hand it over.

Now, honestly, this isn't what I'm scared of. It once again goes back to their highly invasive algorithm.

So there are several factors to this. First and foremost is the fact that this algorithm can peg you down very quickly, which is honestly kind of scary. Then, once it finds out what will keep you on the app, instead of feeding that to you constantly, which would result in you eventually putting the app down, which they don't want for many reasons. Instead what they do is they put that at random intervals so that it works like gambling, resulting in you being hooked on the app.

Again, while ethically dubious and should be highly illegal, this is not why the ban has bipartisan support.

This has bipartisan support because all of this put together, results in a social cyberweapon.

Remember how much damage Russian bots were able to do? Now imagine if they had TOTAL CONTROL over a platform that had the popularity and reach as TikTok.

They could use the invasive info gathering to create categories of users with very high specificity, feed them information to do X Y or Z, and have a high likelyhood of those people doing that thing.

They could selectively radicalize users and have them act within their rights that are otherwise potentially damaging to national security.

Now yes. This does sound crazy, especially to someone not familiar with how exactly the CCP oppresses their people. (And no, it's not with social credit, that died in the proposition phase)

China uses the app on their side of the "Great Firewall" to control the flow of information. They use it to push their propaganda and suppress dissenting opinions, factually and/or morally right or wrong.

TikTok goes well beyond any platform in information gathering and invasiveness. Knowing the bodies involved, this is a tool meant for Chinese intelligence to compromise millions of Americans to act in hindrance of US interests, whether those interests be good or bad.

Why do you think it has become such a strong platform for pro-Palestinian information to disseminate? because that information actively undermines the current US position (Which I also do not support because Israel needs to back the fuck off and actually care about civcas.) Why do you think we have heard exactly jack and shit about the ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs on TikTok?

It's because at the end of the day, they are completely beholden to the CCP.

A very qualified YouTuber (Even if I disagree with some of his takes when it comes to Gaza and Bushnell) has a video on how easy it is to astroturf political movements and protests merely using the app's advertiser services, and you know that Chinese intelligence has beyond premium service in that reguard.

This shit is fucking bonkers, but as someone who has been paying attention to that side of geopolitics for a long time, this is completely on brand for the CCP.

I hate that a lot of people are going to lose their jobs, but Chinese companies are generally not allowed to operate in the US for exactly this reason. Huawei has installed hardware backdoors in the past for example.

Chinese companies are merely extensions of the state, and are used as such whenever it suits them.

so the house of representatives just passed a bill that will now move to the senate to BAN tik tok completely in the united states and they are expected to argue that “national security risks” outweigh the freedom of speech and first amendment rights. biden has already said that if it gets to him, he will sign it. whether or not you use the app…….this is something to be worried about

[valla-chan]

With the recent, foreseeable news about Gaza, I feel like I am just going insane??? Literally ALL of this from the very beginning is one of the most obvious coverups for genocide even humanly possible, like the language use and recorded actions could not be more clear.

Literal mass slaughter of women, children, the elderly, civilian men, medics, reporters, farmers, etc.... the bombing and total destruction of some of the oldest cultural monuments in the entire world?? The complete wiping out of civilian populations with the completely opaque goal of stealing their homes and properties????

Like, this is insane, this is insane, why does half the country (US but also others) not see this, why do 99% percent of politicians ignore or actively support this, why can't our protests and words seem to do anything to sway these monsters?? As a country we have a debt of blood on our hands so great that we will never be able to wipe it off, and it keeps spilling and spilling and we have no say in that.

Our country and our tax money that we earn is being used as a tool of funding genocide and we have no say in that. We can't even afford our own lives and our money is being funneled into killing children and civilians in a brutal genocide. I just cannot get over it.

It feels like we should be able to do something.

It feels like we should be able to stop this horrible government somehow but peaceful protests are a farce and these.people quite literally either don't know the facts and/or are willfully suppressing that for obvious political gain.

Like it's actually fucking crazy to me. We are trying and trying and it's been over a year since the recent beginning of the end for Gaza and literally our words have swayed nobody in government and this war still has major support and all major news outlets still lie to us and refuse to say the big G word and refuse to treat Palestinians as people and I feel like I am going fucking crazy!!!

I feel like I am going fucking insane that we are going to go down in history as the good guys despite basically funding the new Nazi Germany! I feel like I am going fucking insane at the state of the world and how effectively whipped the people are by the politicians that literally do not even take our words into consideration to stop not even one bombing. Politicians literally signing their names onto bombs. I. Feel. Like. I. Am. Going. Fucking. Insane.

We are going to see the worst case scenario happen and the world will look and do nothing, worse than nothing, and even celebrate it. And in the future we'll will look back and say how terrible, this is what the Govt did in X Country as we always do! Fuck! Why can't we fucking change anything???

I cannot even fucking fathom how.it feels for Palestinians to know that these world leaders and a lot of their people do not give 2 shits about their whole lives and country and are willing to wipe out their entire lives ans all of their culture. I literally cannot even fathom this even from my own place in seemingly undesired minority groups.

I don't have a point to make.

I don't have solutions to offer.

Keep donating and sharing posts and being vocal and whatever else you can think to do.

All this is, is me seeing the ugly side of the world for its true undiluted self again and just wondering, what the fuck is wrong with this fucking place, and being hit with a tidal wave of despair that our countries are allowing and encouraging this to happen. With this and everything else that my government is going against logic to support or condemn, I feel like I'm losing my grip on any kind of hope in anything good in the world ever happening again.

Don't let these words sound hollow and think "Why would you ever have faith in your government lul" stop. Feel it. Feel the fucking rage. Feel the fucking rage with me that we are represented by racist bigoted pieces of shit that condone murdering children and lying to us and the world. Hate them till your face turns fucking red for making this normal. The energy we need to bring into 2025 is one that is going to wear us out and make us old quickly but we have to hold strong against this insanity of thinking this is normal and to be expected, even though it is expected and it is now treated as normal. This news about Gaza should make you want to rip American and Israeli heads