https://lemmyverse.link/sh.itjust.works/post/49034330

The do say stuff like that. Every time Obama’s name comes up.

And hoarding billionaires ruin everything for everyone. Class warfare, not generation.

I strongly suspect that is not the determining factor in the yearly acid trip.

Thank you for the links

I’ve seen many statements to that effect. I have not seen political science studies that support it though.

Huh, is his triumph after his struggle? Maybe an autobiographical novel he could title “my struggle”?

Every article title there is vomit inducing.

Media control over time is exactly how you build a base though. It’s very fair to be concerned about the monster they could grow into in the future, especially with all the different news sources getting picked up by billionaires. By the time they’re running the school boards and town halls it’ll be too late.

Assuming this is a good faith comment;

In a .ml thread, try criticizing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s role in oligarchy, or Russian state handling of gender.

A yes, the benevolent ruler, almost as common as the benevolent slave owner.

Funded infrastructure

Or, returned a small amount of the value extracted in order to facilitate further extraction

Hired knights to

Keep his interests safe

(Hoarded resources and returned a pittance to prop up) food stores and the economy in times of famine

Negotiated with neighboring kingdoms

To further state interests

Funded research

At public expense for private gain

Opening match you know you get to watch your own team play.

His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god. Circumstances being what they were, neither admission could be of any benefit.

Lord of Light Roger Zelazny

Why prioritize MS compatibility?

Quantity OC right here.

Before that, everything bad in modern US has roots at Reagan.

(And war on drugs, and Jim Crow, and slavery, and genocide of native populations, and puritanism, and)

Most inspirational speakers should just have their program titled “selection bias”.

Totally fair, and makes sense.

Might be a fine line for a non public figure, but it’s not too different from providing someone’s Twitter handle after mentioning they were a dipshit. Assuming it’s a public facing blog.

Can’t talk bad about fascists in America anymore.

Sure you can. Just, you know, don’t need therapy.

To an American it just sounds like “kwah?”