Oh my god he really is dead and CNN probably figured out he was genuinely lying about talking to him and they’re trying to distance themselves from him in the event of any legal blowback lmfao
The "Middle Class" was a 50-year fluke designed to prevent a communist revolution during the Cold War. Now that the threat is gone, the elites are systematically dismantling it. You aren't "falling behind"; you’re being pushed back into the peasantry.
Don Draper drunkenly leaving work at noon and wandering into a Magic the Gathering tourney in a cafe, lighting a cigarette and whispering to some guy in shorts asking what’s happening.
Reading How To Sell A Genocide, the NYT called every major population centre in the Gaza Strip a "Hamas stronghold" at some point.
They actively worked to militarise civilians in Gaza to justify genocide
One informal gauge I use to see how much a political issue breaks into Normie World is if it has hit fishing media. B.A.S.S.—the major freshwafer bass fishing organization, one that does not lean to the left—is now anti-data-center posting. Hating these things can heal America.
MacFarlane: I think the pope is also channeling the voices of any number of young people who are petrified of this, dispirited by this, worried about what this means for their future. Pretty silent on the home front from political leaders here. It’s nice to see the pope talking about it.
Alasdair MacIntyre likely has the *wittiest* opener to a philosophical essay in 1971's "Is a Science of Comparative Politics Possible?" where he imagines the data-mania of a social scientist hell-bent on statistically establishing a universal scientific theory of *digging holes*
Hi 👋, person who was lead strategist on his race day 1 here.
People should understand also that part of what made this doable was clearing the left lane early, raising viability money early and knowing that his state rep district overlapped well, so field would be advantageous
community college challenges every classist notion of education and academia and having access to it has changed my life. it should be preserved, supported, and destigmatized with everything we have. hard to name a more precious educational resource for those over 18.
sometimes it feels like i'm exhausting the superlatives and doomsday rhetoric. then at the same time it feels like these things aren't being said nearly enough.
this is beyond dystopian. and it's not some worry for the future, it's happening now.