Talcosis

True for fascists in general.

…also social media, come to think of it. That’s not a worrying connection at all.

Well, in theory the poorest members of society will work hard in exchange for money from the rich, then use that money to become rich themselves.

In practice, you either get slavery or bears.

You’re confusing two different incidents. The missiles was stanislav petrov, who made the decision to not retaliate alone, as a lieutenant in a nuclear missile battery on land. The three man panel was a diesel electric sub that was trapped by NATO forces, and without contact with the kremlin for several days had to choose between surfacing and firing their nuclear torpedo. The captain and political officer voted to fire, but the third guy, who was some sort of admiral, refused to agree. So the sub surfaced, confirmed there was no war, and went back home.

…how? The US owns the infrastructure of international trade and finance. Either the US government would have to sanction itself which is analagous to (a) above, or the UN would have to create and maintain an entirely separate international financial infrastructure, which is analogous to (b) above.

They’d only read about the bible. Probably watch prageru videos, actually.

I can’t think of a single way to do this without (a) having the US government willingly abdicate or (b) the UN fighting and winning a war against the US.

There was a theory (disputed and in some cases discredited) that basically said this is why most historical empires started around a river surrounded by desert. Their subjects were more willing to put up with oppression because going somewhere else was hard.

You’re starting to realize that desperate people don’t revolt. Desperate people will sell their mother into sex slavery for the crumbs the rich leave behind.

Revolutions start from the middle. People who have the resources to tell the rich to fuck off without immediately starving to death.

I doubt it was parents. It was probably the same people that run all the parents rights groups: fundamental Christian extremists.

Same. Some things were good. Many things were not.

Well. Back to ethanol.

Eh, not necessarily. Those kidslop channels can pull in serious income, a company starting one up makes sense.

Pronounced: Schlipght

I think it’s a standard figure 8 but with one side pulled through into a slipknot.

Not sure if that has a specific knot name. Knowing sailors, it’s probably something that sounds like a drunken slur.

Okay. Well, is this dude a genocide researcher, then? Why are we not holding his feet to the fire about Myanmar, or Burma, or any of the other genocides that nobody knows or cares about?

I think “I don’t know” should be considered a valid answer from everyone who’s day job is not related to geopolitics. Because that is the truth for most people: they don’t know. Looking at Sheeran’s statement, I don’t get the vibe that he’s a Zionist, I get the vibe of someone who hasn’t spent much time thinking about the topic putting his foot in his mouth, even after his PR team told him to keep his mouth shut.

It kind of is.

Especially when half my argument is “why do people put value in the opinions of idiots that are out of their depth”

Huh. Didn’t know that.

Primarily because I place no value on the geopolitical thoughts of people whose primary qualification is playing guitar.

What did he say about Myanmar?

I’m sure he’s capable of learning new information, but that doesn’t mean he needs to have an immediate and public opinion on it. Again, he is an entertainer. His opinion on stuff that isn’t guitar related doesn’t really mean shit anyway.

That being said, Macklemore has been outspoken for some time. Sheeran putting him on the setlist is a statement in itself.

I think in this case he’s entirely right, though. Ed Sheeran is a musician, not a political pundit. His job is to be good at making noise that people like, not to be up to date on geopolitics.

I don’t understand this modern culture where celebrities are expected to have deep opinions on geopolitics. That’s what geopolitics people are for.

Similarly, even if he did have an opinion, it would be worth about as much as…some dumbass celebrity talking about shit they don’t much know about.

Kraft is the winner here: he managed to screw over a vocal supporter of Palestine while having someone else take the fall.

He became a MAGA figurehead a few years back, at least in the weirder corners. I remember an old maga getting weirdly defensive when I mentioned how I like the idea of silk road, but not the whole killing people aspect.