We’re aligned against the rich, the police, the military, the judges, Congress, the president, the (most influential American) priests, and the press. And every major social media platform. And the government is currently shut down.

And they need you to “be violent” so they can justify what comes next? If that’s what they need, the violence will occur by hook or crook. Disasters are frequent, and none are being wasted.

It’s past time for a prolonged general strike. Short of that, the only hope for a return to norms is a military coup, and even that is only a fool’s hope.

And then they sold us Skyrim. And then they sold us Skyrim. And then they sold us Fallout. And then they sold us Skyrim. And then

It all started with that shitty horse armour

Tbh it is if if you have undiagnosed myopia

I’m sure they are hyped, delighted, and filled with espirit de corps about all of this.

Rows what rex is, will do it for Scooby snack

It’s always projection. I’m almost bored of saying it.

You can never go back in time. Better to think of what ideals would be typified by a new revolutionary spirit.

Americans can always be relied upon to do the right thing, once we’ve tried everything else. You don’t have to keep reminding us every decade.

It’s basically the only scenario I can see on the table where normality even has a chance to return in our lifetime. The military would have to clean house on both sides of the aisle though, force primaries for everything, and basically flush the toilet on the last 150 years of party politics.

Duke of York, famous republican

I saw the episode of Dark Tourism where they go to Turkmenistan. It seems like quite a grim and sheltered country. I wouldn’t have thought they sent anyone abroad for education, are you expected to return with certain skills?

We’ve created a world where corporations expect to treat with countries as sovereign nations in their own right. They already forced America to treat corporations as people. This is why you never give an inch.

I’m not cut out for military. I’d sooner resign than be summoned in this way

It is all artificial, isn’t it?

A difference with too little distinction

I can’t resist the feeling he’s self destructing deliberately.

Maybe. Hard to say what would have worked at this point, without sounding like we were caught by Scooby Doo. “It would have worked too, if it weren’t for you meddling oligarchs!” Rome tried reforms too, but it was too late.

Hundy p. Aside from the sanity-thin norms holding back the American empire from pure naked tyranny, the whole thing was built on slaves and stolen land, and still is through the 13th amendment.

I was one of the kids who was raised to an ideal of inclusivity and egalitarianism that has never existed in the real America. I left, and now find myself an immigrant from a place that doesn’t seem to exist. Sometimes I feel like a cryptid or something.

They should invent some kind of an intermediary layer between the voters and the elections to ensure that demagoguery and sensationalism cannot prevail. That would fix everything.

/s for the kids who skipped civics