crazy how just a little bit of reading into postcolonial game studies reveals how often games will casually reproduce imperialist attitudes; stuff like fog of war mechanics, resource extraction loops, civilized vs barbarian binaries, etc... it's everywhere
@snowflakeflamer@Paulysolo@CeeDeeWai@drmistercody They wouldn't get to do what they want, though. They will be let go and have no alternative, because the U.S. (or any other country, really) isn't about to set up universal income. You can see how it all would short-circuit extremely fast.
📢 Publication alert
Today @routledgebooks released a new title in its Studies in Fascism and the Far Right, Matteo Albanese's 'The Transnational Making of Italian Neofascism'! It 'examines the transition from historical fascism to neo-fascism'
#PoliticalHistory#Fascism#Italy
@EmLynx@terminallyOL I had/have the exact same issue and the exact same fear, and I couldn't have been more wrong: trudging on as I was made things worst. I needed to be in the psych ward, it gave me a radically different perspective. Please, take care.
@Chichibear2773@lalit_yadav_596@bree_eze Both indigenous and non-indigenous men, statistically. The latter prey specifically on indigenous women within reservations, because they know they'll likely get away with it.
@Kahlissee Nobody should be forced to show a part of their body they are uncomfortable showing, whatever the reason. That is also an issue of bodily autonomy.
@LegalizeItLala_ @atensnut@CollinRugg I think you're right on the money. Saw a few comments in this thread alone saying "apparently she's an addict", and we can guess where that insinuation came from.
1150 innocent people were killed or injured within 10 minutes while collecting food aid yesterday. The Israeli government statement said their ‘soldiers felt threatened’
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY
The fact that the Western ruling classes treat both climate breakdown and plausible genocide with such extraordinary nonchalance demonstrates once again that they are entirely comfortable with mass suffering if it serves the interests of capital and geopolitical hegemony.