Asher Broadbent

Stream of consciousness

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

People pay attention to material change, not ideology.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Imagine serving modern food with MSG to a medieval emperor

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Maintain revolutionary optimism!

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

@hasanthehun We’re all at the mercy of scared, PTSD-ridden drunken abusers dictating who will die today.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Why should we provide “defensive weapons” to a country whose own actions are creating the very security crisis it claims to be defending against?

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Workers are far less disposable than capitalism often treats them as, just as CEOs are far more dependent on the broader social system than they’re portrayed. I think putting individuals on a pedestal is stolen valor when in reality it’s the system that truly creates the man.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Yes, people who start businesses are a fundamental and indispensable part of society. So are workers. Civilization isn’t built on a hierarchy of human worth. it’s built through cooperation between countless people performing different but equally necessary roles.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

I don’t think enough leftists, especially white leftists, acknowledge and recognize the fact that, without black socialism, there is no socialism. Claiming the ideology of socialism is not an automatic shield against racism and I think that must be recognized.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Every path demands the death of another path.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

The right, by comparison, often has a broader framework that is more willing to support individuals who can advance their objectives despite personal flaws or contradictions. This power-building may be one reason the right has often appeared more effective at securing influence.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

The left faces a unique political handicap: its emphasis on empathy, moral consistency, and ethical standards can make it harder to garner support for candidates who are willing to do whatever is necessary to gain and wield power in pursuit of the cause.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

@HaleyforMI Gonna be tough to beat Druski wearing whiteface makeup

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

@SethSoup Grok is the new God

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Everyone online is served by a personal algorithmic deity.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

The woes of the world weighed on me, and a beer looked like the simplest answer to it all.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

How will the journal of time record you?

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

“It’s the migrants, it’s the poor people leeching off welfare, it’s YOU - the working people, who are the problem,” he says, while reclining on his $600M superyacht, taking out yet another loan against his assets to minimize his tax bill.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

I’m drawn to astronomy by wonder, not by equations.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Life is just about backpedaling sometimes.

[Asher Broadbent @broadbentobox]

Cope enacts change.