built_on_hope

Yeah like what idiot lent this guy the money?

Ideally something that can be done and dusted on one’s day off, or at most, over a weekend.

Oh god I fucking hate that whole strain of calling any problem they don’t want to confront “nuanced” or “complex”. It’s not complex, you just don’t want to admit that you’re the kind of person who’s fine with letting others suffer

Failure of a country tbh

I think it’s something to do with fash/lib infighting…? Maybe…?

The funny thing to me is that these people will also defend the use of violence in “self” (read: property) defence. Like they will condone violent fantasies about what they’d do if someone hurt their family or robbed their houses. But when it comes to other people’s children, or indigenous people, or poor people, it’s all kumbaya-didn’t-you-know-Martin-Luther-was-a-pacifist

I don’t like isekai generally but I enjoyed the one about reincarnating as the perfect villainess. Female-oriented romance, and quite funny. +1 to Apothecary Diaries.

Yaoi wise I liked Yuri on Ice

To add to the excellent points here: they are incredibly propagandised and treat-brained. While they recognise the social evils of fascism and some of the micro oppressions of capitalism, any position or person that asks them to admit that current systems are fundamentally, structurally broken (or worse, to do something about it) provokes a wave of anxiety about losing what they know and guilt about benefiting from the system/not coming across as leftist as they wish to appear. “Tankie” is simply a deflection, a manifestation of their avoidant behaviour so that they don’t have to feel those difficult, shameful, but ultimately growth-provoking feelings.

Also, by co-opting a term from leftist infighting, they can signal that they consider themselves lefties, without needing to actually engage in any of the critical thought required.

In their minds, revolution has to be perfect and polite to be worth trying at all

I hate these ghouls to the very last fibre of my being

I was thinking of the Spanish Armada being driven away from England by storms (English still claimed it was their victory tho)

I’m not American and I’ve been to/lived in a good number of cities around the world. In terms of politics, cost, ease of transport, architecture, vibe etc Vegas was by far the least pleasant place I’ve ever been