VraatVeel

There is no such thing as free market

[VraatVeel @VraatVeel]

@GeertNoels Correlatie is geen causaliteit.

[Geri Perna @GeriPerna]

A farmer, tired of rats destroying his crops and stealing his grain, came up with a clever but cruel plan. He threw a dead pig into a deep, abandoned well. Attracted by the smell, nearly 80 rats rushed into the well to feast on the carcass. At first, everything seemed wonderful. There was more than enough food for everyone, and the rats ate until they were satisfied.

But when the food was gone, they discovered something terrifying. The walls of the well were too steep to climb. They were trapped. Days passed, and hunger turned into desperation. Desperation turned into aggression. The rats that had once eaten peacefully beside one another began fighting for survival. Eventually, they began killing and eating each other.

One by one, their numbers dwindled until only a single rat remained. Its eyes were bloodshot, and it had survived by consuming its own kind. Then the farmer returned, lowered a rope into the well, and rescued the last surviving rat. But he didn't save it out of kindness or compassion.

The farmer knew the rat had learned to survive by hunting other rats. When he released it into his fields, it would continue killing its own kind instead of eating his grain. The farmer had turned his enemy into his greatest weapon.

And that is the lesson of divide and conquer. Those who control the trap don't need to fight the battles themselves. They simply create the conditions in which others turn against one another.

The rats believed their enemies were the other rats. They never realized that the true enemy was the farmer who had put them there.

The greatest danger isn't always the enemy standing in front of you. Sometimes it's the one who created the conflict and stands quietly watching you destroy each other.

Before you turn against your neighbor because of their political beliefs, ask yourself who benefits from keeping Americans divided. While we fight each other over Republican and Democrat, we may be overlooking those who profit from the conflict. Perhaps the real question isn't which side you're on, but who built the well—and why they want us fighting at the bottom of it.

[Lode Cossaer @LodeCossaer]

(Plunderingen zijn - uiteraard - erg. Maar de ongelooflijke luiheid waarmee mensen dit causaal verwijten aan de groepen die ze altijd al zagen als de vijanden van de samenleving (links, moslims, migranten) is, ja, het probleem op X.)

[BANDALOS @BandalosSC]

🇫🇷 | La imagen del día en París

[Anthony Tifa 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @MikeDelaney1971]

@DarrigoMelanie @lisa_liberal They learned this from @Starlink

[Randy Martens @randymartens]

De realiteit is, de tech-oligarchen kunnen dit straffeloos doen vlak voor verkiezingen. Niemand kan het stoppen. De beïnvloedde uitslag is binnen en wellicht pas veel later betalen ze een kleine boete.

Wie het nog niet ziet: de vrijheid staat op het spel.

[Mark van Dongen @MarkvanDongen1]

De #SGP is sinds jaar en dag een reliek uit het verleden. Ze hebben nu meer invloed gekregen, omdat de rechtse partijen, #PVV, #FVD, #BBB, niets liberaals meer hebben, zich alleen richten op asielzoekers. Ideologisch volgen zij de mannenbroeders. Vrouwen hebben geen rechten.

[🇩🇪Der Bertram🇺🇦⚓️ @SPutinism]

Wie sich die Zeiten ändern.

[kremlak @antyKremlak]

USA właśnie zablokowało działanie Starlinków na Ukrainie.

Oznacza to, że w wielu przypadkach Ukraińcy pozostaną bezbronni przeciwko rosyjskim pociskom - oznacza to po prostu śmierć ludzi, wielu ludzi.

Co za skurwysyństwo.

[VraatVeel @VraatVeel]

@Don756217315170 @ajboekestijn Heeft iemand Yandex weer aangeslingerd? Het ruikt weer naar diarree.

[VraatVeel @VraatVeel]

@yrippen @omroepbrabant Je bent er zelf natuurlijk geweest

[Alevino🇪🇺🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱💉 @alevaloysiuus]

Prachtig toch dit?
Hoe Oekraïne iedere keer weer Poetin als loser te kakken zet. 👍
Ze zijn niet voor niks kwaad nu bij FvD en PVV 😂
https://t.co/YM5dmBrl6V

[Klaas Meijer @klaasm67]

X today. Now that Zelensky has liberated us from Russian bots by taking out data centres in Russia, where are the conspiracy nuts going to get their information from?

[Tomáš Zdechovský @TomasZdechovsky]

If confirmed, this is telling: Russian data centres get hit, and online activity around AfD suddenly plummets. 📉

So much talk about German patriotism… then the connection from Russia goes down. 🤔🇷🇺

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

twitter without russian bots is noticeably better