@maryturfah@thebafflermag It’s insightful of you to point out that they metabolize their guilt into self-gratifying proof of their innate goodness in order to insulate themselves and their society from guilt’s ability to compel them to change and act morally in the future
Weird as it may sound, THIS might be one of the best articles you can read in order to digestibly understand Israeli society. It touches on everything: The post-90s hippie aesthetic, the made up "PTSD" bullshit, the Israeli delusion that the world thinks they're (cont)
Totally false. There IS a permanent underclass of mentally ill and addicts, but in fact a huge amount of homelessness is composed of ppl who were mid-class or even rich & had several catastrophes happen at once (usually 2+ of: divorce, job loss, death, and/or serious illness)
@dollshojo I saw a post back in like 2021/2022 talking about how post-pandemic we were going to see increases in fatphobia and ableism because health would basically become a commodity/class signifier and it's been surreal watching that slowly unfold.
the widespread use of the r slur is nothing but a symptom of the rise of fascism and right-wing narratives, as well as the need to be seen as “cool” or “nonchalant” (even within progressive spaces) by not caring about the feelings of certain minorities. congratulations.
my family in bulgaria would talk to us about the bad corruption in their political system and every single thing they mentioned was just how the US actively operates