@leehanloveb0t@prettycritical For a job that involves writing, certainly. For a job pouring coffee and mopping floors being on time and not being drunk/high puts them in the top quartile of employees
@Bagodictionary scorsese being middlebrow is not controversial and also does not impugn his work. he very purposefully made films that were extremely accessible and watchable for the masses. its marvel idiots pretending marty is high brow fart sniffer cinema that are committing the greater sin
@ZaidJilani There were actually lots of americans who opposed and protested the native american genocide. Ben Franklin wrote a lot explicitly condemning "settler violence". The most important book on the subject "A Century of Dishonor" was written in the 1800s.
@RashmanTheHorse i think political fallout of biden actually following through with the long-announced withdrawal is a pretty good indicator. that plus hypernormalisation is a recipe for a war nobody felt compelled to end.
@PorcellianView@memeticsisyphus i'm glad you agree that college degrees benefit the country at large and young people in particular. maybe your tax dollars should go there instead of israel.