I keep rejecting the idea that it’s immoral to bring children into this world cuz like how bad can it really be compared to all of human history?
And then I see some shit like this. I’m so sorry son
Can we please be a little more specific about “defund” (good, correct and still necessary) vs “woke 1” (wrecker shit, died as soon as brands realized it wasn’t profitable)
It will never stop surprising me that there's so little protest action around the war the United States is waging right now in the Middle East. So little that a Republican Senate candidate - In Michigan - says that he never hears of it. Nary a peep from the antiwar movements on a US war.
Obviously not a hot take just the most common belief at least among Americans
After a few months of deep diving into European history WW1 makes total sense because it’s everyone’s fault. WW2 is weirder because it’s so much bigger but mostly just caused by one crazy guy
@BigMeanInternet A religion teacher at my Jesuit high school introduced us to Marx as one of the most important atheists to understand if you have any conception of social justice
@barbarismcrit I imagine most just actually believe in a “even lesserer evil” approach as more important in the short term than the socialism brand. Or that opposition to the most timid reforms as socialism means the increasingly unhinged right and center will do the work for us
Actually the peak of woke 1.0 might have been in late 2023 when my militantly anti-woke anticommunist Czechoslovak FIL was driving us through Brno and he yelled “Karen” at some lady in front of us who was arguing with the cops and slowing traffic
I’ve been considering getting my ear pierced again and I just without even thinking looked up which one is the straight one. Woke has officially reached its lowest point and it’s only going up again from here
WOKE 2.0 has begun 5/30/26
It’s wild how many people can’t grasp that someone else’s political stance might just be “I can’t support war crimes.” Categorically. Without the caveat “…if the victims of it can hurt you back”