Everyone says she looks like Ivanka. And I agree. But she also has a bit of Hila Klein from h3. At least in this photo. It’s freaking me out.

Yes. The comment was meant to be tongue in cheek in reference to that. We don’t have to live stream it. I think it would be better to sell tickets. Do it in a major sports stadium.

You might not have. But Americans reelected Bush after all these awful post 9/11 policies. There was no appetite for an antiwar and anti surveillance state post 9/11. Americans aren’t all victims. They are just mostly sheep.

Famously, anything that happened before I was born, is not relevant to my life.

I think a live streamed execution of George W. Bush would be a good way to build back the patriotism after we destroy the Patriot Act. A legal execution of course after he is found guilty for his countless war crimes. Then we can do Clinton, Obama, Biden, and Trump.

Villages were not distant from each other but often within sight, revealing a fairly high population density, and contrary to the assertions of Roman sources, only about 30% of Germania was covered in forest, about the same percentage as today.

Are you still just repeating your high school history class knowledge? Yes, the Romans said that the “Barbarians” (which by this point was very muched used as a slur like savage is) were just destroying forest for no reason.

Like, just read some of the wiki I linked mate. You are doubling down on bad history you learned.

That’s the type of pseudo history I’m talking about. Thanks. You are summarizing thousands of years, hundreds of tribes, and countless conflicts inside and out as “Barbarians”.

The germani tribes were largely farming tribes for most of history. Like, this oversimplified definition is literally the main focus of the first paragraphs of the Wikipedia article. This grouping of “germani” and the false association of them all being historically associated with modern day Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples

You read a comment that I made that was primarily about how history is written, taught, and simplified; how words are used to otherize and simplify people of history. And then you thought “nah, my high school history class said they were all “barbarians””.

Come on mate.

I’ll help you out. You clearly have problems with your brain. You, see, it’s functioning. In order to see what that person is seeing you have to take a hammer directly to your frontal lobe.

Once you hit it hard enough you’ll be able to see that what really happened is that all of that same information will tell you that she is an evil Muslim woman. So, with that focus, and with no functioning critical thinking you don’t have to do much. What you perceive as having happened will be reinforced by the same exact article you originally read with a fully functional frontal lobe

“Barbarian” is mostly used to describe the inferiority of a country or people that are outside of the western world. Used by western and white supremacist to otherize the victims of our own Imperialist interest. It’s fitting that the word lives on today with the same use because the Roman empire did the same thing. The people throughout history that are called “Barbarians” are rarely the ones that live on to define their own society.

I’d say we are being significantly more exactly what we have always been. The primary difference is in the aesthetics. And maybe I’m too autistic to understand; but the state live streaming an execution is more about the message and purpose. Fascist are looking very very weak right now. They are trying to portray strength by doing this in a time they are losing popularity and power.

You can go look at the executions of countless innocent Palestinian children with the weapons we send to Israel. Look at the execution of the children in Iran our military triple tapped (attacked the same school 3x to ensure the first responders die as well).

Are you wrong to be upset about this live streamed execution? Fuck no. But, I think some self reflection is in order. We, as Americans, are upset with how this makes us look, and less about why it is bad. Our government has been posting the video executions of fisherman for months.

If anything, we hate this mostly because we want to go back to being able to ignore the executions. But, if the first one happens, before long, it will be as normalized as the bombings we have done on innocent people all over the world for decades.

Things that will never happen, for 200, Alex.

I have a feeling the first part of this comment is going to age poorly

My comment was about polling and how I think they are being underestimated. Not sure why a mod removed it. I mentioned Kalshi betting as a joke. Is that really why? Maybe consider the context and what the point of a comment is before you remove a well written comment for making a joke about betting ods.

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Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that phrase in written text in my entire life. I think I only ever heard someone say it. I just literally have always used it wrong. Though always pronounced it as “keel”. Probably related to my dyslexia in some way. Thanks.

I’ve literally never heard someone say “ex-president”. Are they paying per letter on this title?

It’s “former president” or just “president”. The title is retained. This is standard journalism.

“Ex” has a colloquial negative feeling behind it. So much so, that I actually misread the title and thought it was referring to a president of some Latin American country. Which is the only time I see the phrase. When American journalist are trying to apply negativity towards a foreign state.

Really odd.

If I had a hindu swastika outside a temple and wanted “do a modern redesign” I’d definitely avoid rotating it by 45 degrees, removing the inner circles, and choosing a red, black, and white color pallet.

If I happen to do that by mistake. I’d definitely absolutely understand when someone pointed out that my “modern design” just suspiciously made it look MORE like a Nazi symbol. Which would clearly be the opposite intention behind a symbol that already has a similar look.

Point being. If we have imagery or symbols from the past that are similar to a white supremacist genocidal state and we were doing a “redesign” there is no possible way a well intention person could accidentally make it “more Nazi looking”.

It’s on purpose. It’s not gonna help your fox news parents. True. But anyone with a brain can understand what is being done here.

Nah. Friend was doing some “Plex and Chill” and it worked out well for them.

The silent generation is essentially the same. The vast vast majority didn’t fight in WW2 and reached adulthood just in time for the benefits of a post WW2 America.

First, I don’t agree with the comment you replied to. I don’t think they “aren’t working class” But I think they have a point; that they defined badly.

There is a difference between a generation that has been the majority voting block for decades is targeted and offered concessions by the ruling class to maintain their loyalty; and people with disabilities that we acknowledge as a society we want to take care of.

I do agree that when “generations” are the target of conflict in order to avoid mentioning class that that is unhelpful. But, it’s not “generational reductionisms” to understand why a generation of the working class (a specific race and gender as well) has been offered concessions from the ruling class.

It’s a massive reason for why the “trans panic” or “immigrant panic” worked with boomers. They were taken care of. They don’t understand why their children are having such a hard time. It can’t be the system that gave them everything. It can’t be that they were “given everything” they worked hard.

It must be the socialist and woke shit that is the problem.

It’s ok to understand class conflict and intersectionality in the context of how a generation forms it’s ideas that direct their political support.

When we are talking about “boomers” we are talking about this major disconnection in material conditions they grew up with when compared to the results of neolib and neocon policies long after they “made it”. Well, at least I am. And I think the term “boomer” is better vocabulary for explaining that “without explaining that”.

I don’t think they were talking about “senior care” in the way we’d discuss"care for those with disabilities". I think they just have a horrible understanding of “class” and how much a specific generation of working class people have been conditioned into a way of thinking due to the concessions they have been given.

The average American voter usually votes off vibes they get from the one or two direct exposures to candidates one or two weeks before an election.

And that’s ONLY in the 5-10 states in the US that actually have campaign ads running because that state is actually close enough to have a chance of being contested.

40-45 of the states in each presidential election are essentially fueling a politics of indifference.

That feeling of indifference disappears when the material effects of politics actually impact people’s lives. People suddenly care when they start realizing that all that stupid political shit is making their lives worse.

The average voter is not spending each day listening to the news, listening to political discourse, you are “weird” for even commenting about politics. You and I are weird. We look at politics and care about the impact it has on the lives of others and that don’t impact us directly. We are weird.

Why do you think suddenly Trump has lost popularity with 40% of the people that once supported him? If you’re going to criticize their stupidity; you need to acknowledge their newfound “intelligence”.

Sure, I think it should be 100%. But you’re acting like it’s 0%.