NaturalsNotInIt [any]

This level of service is pretty much the norm in the US for a town with less than ~75k.

https://www.newsweek.com/will-why-liberals-love-trains-68597

Time was, the progressive cry was "Workers of the world unite!" or "Power to the people!" Now it is less resonant: "All aboard!"

I was a drug addict with a godly line of credit.

Just be rich, that's what they all are.

The ruling class is very racist against Russians.

The US literally has a naval base and a prison camp on the territory of a country we've been openly hostile to for 60 years.

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A lot of it is projection as well, another form of Capitalist Realism. If you're a STEM/adjacent person in the West, odds are you work in Defense, Oil&Gas, Auto, Aerospace (which rely on the first 2), or Tech/Entertainment (which makes money the same way tobacco or alcohol or gambling companies do, addiction).

Regardless of what exactly you make, odds are someone down the line you come to realize that what you do for a living is based on either killing people, or killing the planet, or making people miserable by selling them more pointless shit to coerce them to keep working for the empire. So it's definitely possible for you to develop a mindset where you can't even imagine the things you work on being used for anything but Bad - prime example is how Silicon Valley leaders shelter their kids from tech more than fundamentalist Christians. You hear about AI, and of course your brain goes to "how are we gonna use this to sell ads, get people addicted, or bomb other countries"? Because that's what the capitalist world makes technology for.

Creating new alts helps you avoid the crazy reddit/4chan people most of all. It's questionable if it works with Feds tbh, doubt it hurts though.

Interestingly, China doesn't even consider them part of Taiwan (the province). They're part of Fujian, the mainland province right next door.

A source with direct knowledge of the matter, who was not authorised to speak to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity,

:doubt:

Told Reuters the carrier Shandong sailed close to the Taiwan-controlled island of Kinmen, which sits directly opposite the Chinese city of Xiamen

Around 10:30 a.m. the CV-17 appeared around 30 nautical miles to the southwest of Kinmen, and was photographed by a passenger on a civilian flight," the source said, referring to the Shandong's official service number

Let's check the map

https://www.google.com/maps/search/kinmen/@24.4712622,118.5626342,10z

30 nautical miles to the Southwest.... Looks like a Chinese carrier was spotted near the coast of China. How provocative!

They are fascists, what do you expect?

Yep, China pit out a statement the other day saying something to the effect of "Taiwan is not comparable to Ukraine because Taiwan is not a sovereign state, it's part of China. We want peaceful reunification, but all options are on the table if anyone interferes with peaceful reunification." That's diplomat speak for "I wish a mfer would". Yankee is gonna push it, like he's wont do.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/15/china-ambassador-us-where-we-stand-in-ukraine/

They hate Russia and Russians, plain and simple. It's racism that predates the 1917 Revolution, when it really kicked into high gear. It's acceptable to liberals because "they're white".

Putin is simply an avatar for that hatred, and a convenient one at that because he's a white, right-wing, nationalist that's acts kinda Trump-like who's also friendly with China and speaks positively of the USSR (even if he denounces communism frequently).

It's literally what they've dreamed of their whole lives. I'm not exaggerating when I say that like half of American/Canadian adults over 45 have been fantasizing about blowing Russia to hell their entire adult lives. It's really sick, and it's really scary what they're gonna to do China in a few years.

Most people who aren't religious just identify as "nothing in particular", not necessarily as an "atheist". Bisexuals at 4-5% I can see when you account for older people (from what I remember it's like 20-40% of Gen Z IDs as any kind of not straight vs. single digits for older adults).

Imperialists showing their loyalty, same deal as McDonald's and Ford pulling out of Russia, despite that meaning a loss of profit. Part of the deal of getting the Empire's loot is that when the Empire says it needs jumpers, you show 'em how high you can go before they even ask.

Oh no, whoopsie 🤭🤭🤭

Every aspect of Western society is racing to wall themselves off from Eurasia and just expects the Global South to follow their lead because We're Better and We Say So. You love to see it tbh.

Zizek is a central Euro Boomer. I'm shocked he's not calling for a no-fly zone or a nuclear exchange with Russia tbh.

😡😡😡 This is becauee Biden, AOC, and the other Green New DUMBocrats will not let public schools drill for oil on their land.