I have this hypothesis that people’s sympathy can only extend as far as their capacity to imagine themselves in that situation. Basically, they could imagine themselves as an IDF soldier just following orders, but can’t imagine themselves in an open air prison being slowly killed after trying everything except violence. They’ve been to a music concert, but they haven’t been in a hydrologic press of systemic violence.

They can imagine themselves as landlords and as renters, they may even know some of both. So maybe they want some compromise, but a restructuring of society where they needn’t be subjected to a landlord is outlandish. It’s a lot harder to imagine themselves disenfranchised and subject to the whims of carceral state.

Therefore, I postulate, when they have an interaction with Marx more generally, you might tell them “society can work perfectly well without some asshole acting as an all powerful middle man between you and what you produce - on the contrary, it would work better!” They can’t accept it because they have a very vivid image of them exploiting the surplus labor value themselves.

Uhhh hello? Based department? You’re gonna wanna check out this comrade

“No leftist can kill me” - Hitler in a bunker

I am totally open to being wrong and changing my view:

That seems like a reasonable stance to me. It actually really fucking sucks to have your infrastructure in Austria. Perhaps this would land better if they made an attempt to move their infrastructure out of Austria. But I don’t want my shit confiscated or have the dog shooting murder-thumb gang come to my house. It’s a really fucked up and chilling law.

Again, the lack of “I’d leave it up if I could” and “I want to fix this” speaks volumes. Arguably it’s all you have to cite. But short of that it seems internally consistent.

Nope, I just changed my own mind

Is it getting in the way of things you need to do, want to do, or your relationships?

Bit idea: innovation where, instead of making shit worse and more exploitative, you just make something better and it’s awesome. That way people will come to you to purchase a good thing instead of spending billions marketing bullshit.

Zetsubo Billy let’s goooooooo

I don’t know if it’s the place or time, but I’d be down for a jacked Jedi with a shot putter’s physique turning evil. It’d be like Zaheer from Korra. He was kinda rad.

No troop has ever done anything braver in the United $$nake$$ of

Intrapersonal? Like the call is coming from inside the house?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy2fr9d5J3M

Get ready for a blessing upon your cultural pallet

If you’re new to the stream, watan means nation. I’m just using slang, chat

I love this one. Especially because I can’t see it without considering the ignoble existence of Starbucks

WAIT I JUST GOT IT. THATS ACTUALLY SO FUNNY

This is the shit I’m talking about. ButtBidet always comes up with the most F-tier, dogshit bits

Potassium is a good place to start - like a banana. If you don’t have enough of the right electrolytes then some interaction regarding your smooth muscles making enough potential for normal function gets screwy

In the hospitality industry, it is used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but the term seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s.

Military personnel might use “86” informally to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., “That old radio got 86’d”) or ending a plan or mission (e.g., “The op was 86’d due to bad weather”). It’s not an official term in military doctrine or manuals, but it’s part of the informal jargon that soldiers, sailors, or airmen might pick up and use, influenced by broader civilian language.

Defending Comey isn’t really my bag. I just kinda wish anything meant anything. How cute is the coincidence that a bygone character of the civil soap opera is done in by his contemporary: alternative facts

Some people have all the luck…

Did anybody make any rules to prevent a 2008-style crash? I thought it was a bail out and then right back to it.

I was just thinking about this story! I’m glad WIND VILLA is doing okay.

Feeling upset that you have to choose between indiscriminate slaughter & atrocity and people liking you is wild work