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I played so much Warlords 2 multiplayer with my siblings when I was a kid. I should check that series out again.
The death penalty is barbaric no matter how it's done, but if the state was going to put me to death then bleeding out in five minutes by firing squad seems a lot better than drug-induced tortured breathing for an hour.
Yeah, they were perfectly happy to ride the tiger when it was hurting people they hated and giving them power over ignorant bigots.
Good thing he exploited all of those people, now he'll get some good PR.
Billionaires should not exist. Being a better person than Elon Musk is the lowest bar a human can possibly clear.
I made that exact mistake a couple weeks ago, and it was just like you say. Biggs doesn't have nearly as many of those bitter ones, either.
No. It's another form of government that has its own issues, but not all authoritarian regimes are fascist.
On the other hand, neo-feudalists are reactionaries because they want to return society to a mythical past where a heirarchy of elites rules over their subjects. Fascism, neo-feudalism, and conservatism are all subsets of reactionary ideology, but they are not the same thing.
The way they're holding the bird makes it look like the owl's talons are their hands.
I agree that that is what society and government should be for.
Reactionaries, on the other hand, have a completely different set of values that is incompatible with a free society. They see the role of government as instituting a heirarchy with themselves at the top.
The recent attacks on DEI are a clear example of their insistence on hierarchies with the "proper" people sorted to the top. They believe that all of society's problems are due to leftists upsetting the pyramid.
They don't think they'll need protection, because the government works for them, since they imagine themselves at the top.
Video of the piggies in action.
Love how she berated them the whole time, you know that pissed them off so much.
I was just about to bring that book up! I'm reading it now and it's fascinating.
The Dawn of Everything for people who are interested.
Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what’s really there. If humans did not spend 95 percent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume.
The Card Says Moops is a great video that illustrates this principle.
"Illegal" Navajo-man??????????
Don't forget the conspiracy sticker covered diesels rolling coal with truck nutz.
"Illegal" Navajo-man??????????
Reactionaries just think the country belongs to them alone.
It really is that simple; "truth" to them is just whatever gets them closer to their goal of completely subjegating the people they hate, which is everyone who rejects their cultural hegemony.
It's because cops hate transparency.
It's like asking a rabid meth-wolf to wear a bell so the sheep can hear it coming.
They updated it in September:
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And his lute suites, too. Sublime.
And he clearly thought he could get away with it despite the driver not being a threat in any way.
“Reilly told the victim to get off his property, before firing multiple shots at the victim as he attempted to leave in his vehicle, striking the victim once in the back, causing serious physical injuries,” state police said.
The 48 year old, who is also a federally licensed firearms dealer, was remanded to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond, or $750,000 partially secured bond, according to police. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 9 in the Town of Chester Court.
Sounds like this guy had been looking for an excuse to use his toys. Typical Republican: either scared of their own shadow or indifferent to the grievous damage they inflict on others.
Found his party affiliation in another article, not that it's any surprise.
Reilly, a Republican, has been Chester’s highway superintendent since 2021. He was re-elected to full four-year term in 2023. He is also a federally licensed firearms dealer.
It left me disgusted with the US's long flirtation with fascism yet hopeful that we can overcome it.
I'd like her to do another season about the business plot.
The Ultra podcast has two seasons and goes in-depth into previous attempts by fascists at taking over the US government.
Sitting members of Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government. Insurrectionists criminally charged with plotting to end American democracy for good. Justice Department prosecutors under crushing political pressure. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra is the all-but-forgotten true story of good, old-fashioned American extremism getting supercharged by proximity to power.
When extremist elected officials get caught plotting against America with the violent ultra right, this is the story of the lengths they will go to… to cover their tracks.
You're given a potato (any variety) to cook. You have everything in your kitchen. How do you prepare it?