Victor Caldera

[Victor Caldera @VictorC62727985]

Me cleaning leftist accounts out of my timeline every time something happens

[Blue_M4ge @BM4ge]

An otherworldy Infection pt 2

Terraria x Hollow knight
#Terraria #hollowknight

[Alex @ HispanicNomad | Freedom Based Lifestyle @hispanicnomad]

Plato was right about democracy

And the West doesn't want to learn the lesson

In The Republic, Plato laid out his political theory. He argued that the best form of government wasn't democracy at all... it was aristocracy

Not aristocracy in the sense of inherited titles and lazy nobles living off their ancestors

But rule by the most capable. The philosopher-kings. People who actually knew what they were doing and cared about the outcome

Plato saw democracy as inherently unstable. It eventually devolves into demagoguery, then tyranny. The masses vote for whoever promises them the most, not whoever is best equipped to lead

Sounds familiar? That's exactly what we're seeing right now

Now look at El Salvador 🇸🇻

Bukele took over a country that was literally the murder capital of the world. Gang violence everywhere. People couldn't walk down the street without fear

Democratic institutions had failed for decades. Corruption, incompetence, the same political families rotating power... basically what Plato predicted

What did Bukele do?

He ignored the "proper channels" and got shit done

- Arrested gang members en masse
- Built the largest prison in the Americas
- Didn't ask permission from international bodies or worry about what the UN thought

And the results speak for themselves

El Salvador went from one of the most dangerous countries on Earth to safer than most US cities. Tourism is booming. Investment is flowing in. People can actually live their lives

The population loves him. His approval ratings are through the roof

That's what happens when you have competent leadership that prioritizes results over process

Meanwhile in the West...

We get career politicians who've never built anything in their lives, making decisions based on focus groups and donor interests

Nothing gets done. Infrastructure crumbles. Crime rises. But hey, at least we followed the proper democratic procedures

Plato called this exact outcome 2,400 years ago

I'm not saying democracy has no value. But maybe the obsession with it as the only legitimate form of government makes zero sense

Sometimes you need a leader who can actually execute. Who puts the population's wellbeing above political theater

The West could learn something from El Salvador

But they won't. Because admitting that would mean questioning our entire narrative

[Boogytoons @boogytoons]

This is how it currently feels dealing with YouTube:

50 views → “Wait 90 days.”
100K views → “Thanks for flagging this!”
I’ve been demonetized for “Misleading Family Content” despite having 0 strikes.

I’m simply asking for a fair human review.

If you can help get this in front of @TeamYouTube, a repost would mean a lot. Thank you!

[niel64 @niel64_]

I was so mad at the Calamity news I had to do this

[George Alexopoulos @GPrime85]

Still relevant.

Also, subscribe here on X so I can make more of these (and maybe even make a game of my own someday.)

[Victor Caldera @VictorC62727985]

@TentaclesNot Every Dog owner felt this episode

[CSAURAGEUL @csaurageul]

This cope no longer works

Highguard was made up of a ton of ex-titanfall devs, a massive cash injection from from Tencent, who are notoriously hands off, and gave them 100 chinese employees and given one objective: make money

And they couldn't do that

We see this pattern constantly, double fine, ninja theory, undead labs, list goes on, given unlimited money, time and freedom and they had nothing to show for it for years

Bethesda had 1600 people working on starfield and where does it show?

The new halo doesnt even have multiplayer yet it has an esports team of like 10 people

Bungie had like 3000 employees when they got bought by sony, yet all they were working on was destiny 2 content, and had no other projects at the time

it begs the question, what the fuck do these people do all day?

Weve seen what they do, and its fuck all

Weve seen what they produce, and games made today take longer to make, run worse, look worse, cost more, are less fun, are made by more people, and they just fucking suck

Because the people making them fucking suck, its that simple

There is no conspiracy that le evil heckin corporations are conspiring to dump billions into making games shitty on purpose, and every failure is their fault, and every success is in spite of them

While it is true that higher ups will often push for financial incentives that may harm the final product, they are not the ones responsible for the writing being bad, running poorly, or looking ugly as fuck, or being boring or lecturous

The fact is, the AAA industry has been infested by an elitist club of theater kids who are there solely to check boxes for investors and government grants, and have treated this art form that you and I care so much about as a charity designed to provide endless welfare to a club of weird communist freaks who hate you, hate games, and hate themselves

They think they should be allowed to break your toys as much as they want, be shielded from any and all criticism, and given constant second chances when they repeatedly fail to deliver, and you are required to keep funding this unsustainable system

No other industry in the world functions like this, none of them have produced anything of value in the better part of 15 years, yet we're all expected to be super sad that the free ride is over and these people will have to actually do their fucking job for once, or find a new one

Everyone with a soul either left or was laid off over a decade ago

The layoffs don't go far enough, fire them all, shut their studios down, go back to teams of a few dozen actually talented people with smaller budgets and shorter time frames

[Alenonimo @Alenonimo]

@coreybrickley I don't really blame workers. I blame DEI activists. A lot of them took the jobs of real workers and corroded the industry from the inside though, and the way to get rid of them is with layoffs.

[Juanmao @Juanmaoao]

鸟鸟

[Juanmao @Juanmaoao]

继续观鸟

[xorgee @x0rgee]

Conduit Canyon alternate boss idea
#riskofrain

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

Flock read 1984 and said, “We can monetize this.”

[✨DIN - “Lady Cartoon” ✨ @DINOLT15]

Semi-illagers
#Minecraft #MCPurity

[Helldivers NOW @Helldivers_NOW]

Crawler Chief - Terminid Concept

by Slayden/@Stinkyboisweeg

[⚔Cross⚔ @cross_e0ft]

part 1
A conceptual framework and environment for the operation of the Void Ripple, providing some Void Wind and Enderman's own sense of time here
#MCDEchoingVoidAU

[sixty degrees of lunin @palletechnic]

been working on some concepts for a hypothetical End update recently. would Mojang add any of this? probably not, but I hope you enjoy this as much as I did making it! #minecraft #pixelart

i might work more on this, so feel free to ask questions/leave suggestions!

[Victor Caldera @VictorC62727985]

@bigbabolat

[Mrs B @attackdogX]

Just found out I have yet another Democrat neighbor (hence their political yard signs). They are from Massachusetts, one of the bluest states in the country, of course they are.

I am so sick and tired of you liberal Yankee retards moving to our SUPER RED areas & voting for the same bullsht that made you FLEE your high tax, dirty, crime ridden home town.

We are red for a reason here. If I wanted to be Massachusetts or or Maryland or New York, I would fking move there.

But of course, your home town goes to sht, you can’t afford to live there anymore, so you move down here on the gulf coast where it’s relatively inexpensive to live, it’s CLEAN, & super low crime, and yet, you STILL vote the same way.

Words cannot describe how much we deep south Southerners fking DESPISE you.