The collapse of the Soviet Union saw the greatest peace time reduction in life expectancy and standard of living of any major human population ever. Just an fyi.
the narrative is like “kamala wouldn’t have done this!” and sure, maybe so. but also… she’s not speaking out against any of it. she’s not a leader!
it would be an easy layup for her to start making headlines by saying “I wouldn’t have done this!” but she isn’t!
do you guys understand that states are not material? states are not living things. they are concepts social constructed to consolidate power over land.
no state—not a single one—has an imperative *right* to exist; people have a right to exist on their native lands.
The Animorphs. Each one only takes like an hour and they’ll keep your interest throughout. By the end you will have an attention span again and can move on to Lenin
It has been clear for a long time that if we do not figure out how to actually cobble together a coalition for a butlerian jihad against the tech sector, its financiers, and their various reactionaries, then we will lose what remains of our culture, politics, ecology, and minds
Imagine if the population of Boston started going back to Ireland and kicking off the irish from their homes and claiming that they (the Bostonians) are the true irishmen and that the irish are actually british and then push them all to County Sligo and then bombard it
There’s a lot wrong with Hamilton: it’s whitewashing of history, it’s co-option of revolutionary aesthetics, it’s uncritical embrace of obama-era optimism. But by far the worst thing about it is that its a really, really good musical