After they bombed 100 Venezuelans to death, after they caused the equivalent of 3 Great Depressions by sanctions, after they kidnapped the president, the CIA finally admits that there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the Venezuelan government ever committed election fraud.
Justice. Some 25 years ago, I handled the appeal of a young Lebanese man who, with friends, sent an orphanage established by Hezbollah some $3500.00. Sentenced to 155 years, it took us some 10 years with multiple appeals, including one to SCOTUS, to get it reduced to 30 years.
A rocket hasn't been fired from Gaza in 18 months. And Hamas has handed administrative control over to a technocratic interim committee. Yet the apartheid state continues killing children daily. Almost as if it's a holocaust and not a war
While I can understand the sentiment, in this context it’s babble. The first thing the hypothetical mother says is “I will not allow…” which is an overt demonstration of authority. Having taught preschool, I can say the second method is better than the first if your goal is…
I seem to recall Zizek pointing out how rather than being forced to comply against our will, we are now culturally pressured to actively participate in and enjoy our own subjugation.
To have the child stop. No one, kids included, likes to submit to authority without reason. While the mom’s final sentence can be described as “permissive authoritarianism,” it can also be read as the mother’s real desire, expressed so the child knows the rule isn’t arbitrary
Everyone who carried water for the Totenkopf-tatted Abu Graihb guard who worked for Blackwater and are only now disavowing him because of rape allegations lodged by a woman in the imperial core are social chauvinists who need to get their heads straight
i think people from the US officially lost their right to being smug and mock chinas authoritarian surveillance state the past decade or so
you have AI flock cameras, palantir, massive surveillance state, being slave to billionaires, cant even touch a pool of water
That is correct. There are no “rights,” there is only power and the struggle over it. Once you understand that, you can adjust your strategy accordingly and stop being shocked every time you’re reminded of the fact.