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@duckyaisha.bsky.social
communism with Etruscan characteristics
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Obviously Athens wasn’t an ideal society by any stretch (still displays all the exploitation and stratification of Sparta) but it’s pure cope to pretend that in the long run thy weren’t the more influential Polis.
How many Spartan philosophers, playwrights and poets do people read today?
How many Spartan philosophers, playwrights and poets do people read today?
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Obviously Athens wasn’t an ideal society by any stretch (still displays all the exploitation and stratification of Sparta) but it’s pure cope to pretend that in the long run thy weren’t the more influential Polis.
How many Spartan philosophers, playwrights and poets do people read today?
How many Spartan philosophers, playwrights and poets do people read today?
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Sparta was always the right wing fever dream of a militarized society built on exploitation and rigid stratification - that never changed. It worked for a few generations until it didn’t but they were too conservative to adapt and then they became a historical footnote
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Sparta was always the right wing fever dream of a militarized society built on exploitation and rigid stratification - that never changed. It worked for a few generations until it didn’t but they were too conservative to adapt and then they became a historical footnote
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Within the right wing Sparta valorization narrative, they can’t offer a single coherent rationale for why the Spartans were defeated and reduced to irrelevance - can’t pretend that they ever went “woke” by extending citizenship, just have to accept that their glory was a flash in the pan!
February 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Within the right wing Sparta valorization narrative, they can’t offer a single coherent rationale for why the Spartans were defeated and reduced to irrelevance - can’t pretend that they ever went “woke” by extending citizenship, just have to accept that their glory was a flash in the pan!
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A quick "whoa, really? that's really fucked up, man" from a white dude to another white dude for expressing a conservative opinion is (sadly) one of the most effective ways to change that white dude's behavior. Not usually the underlying beliefs, but the behavior. It gets in their kitchen.
Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men. This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. This is because almost everyone else is already off the Trump train.
"I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again"
Notes on changing brains. And Brians.
www.thefarce.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
A quick "whoa, really? that's really fucked up, man" from a white dude to another white dude for expressing a conservative opinion is (sadly) one of the most effective ways to change that white dude's behavior. Not usually the underlying beliefs, but the behavior. It gets in their kitchen.
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had occasion to observe earlier today that "i think we should prosecute everyone in the government who has committed a crime to the fullest extent of the law" is, in literal fact, very close to just proposing The Terror at this point
February 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
had occasion to observe earlier today that "i think we should prosecute everyone in the government who has committed a crime to the fullest extent of the law" is, in literal fact, very close to just proposing The Terror at this point
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Lol
Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
February 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Lol
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The headquarters of the Republican Party in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, was vandalized.
February 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The headquarters of the Republican Party in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, was vandalized.
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This is a really good point about the value of publicly- funded knowledge work. Having to beg wealthy people for research money means only the kind of research values by the so-called elites gets funded.
One advantage of the NIH public funding system is that the scientific community—average scientists—influences funding decisions.
This is a more democratic process than a system that involves begging Jeffrey Epstein for largess.
This is a more democratic process than a system that involves begging Jeffrey Epstein for largess.
February 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This is a really good point about the value of publicly- funded knowledge work. Having to beg wealthy people for research money means only the kind of research values by the so-called elites gets funded.
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Newsom vetoed a bill that would've prevented insurance discrimination against trans people and allowed people to stockpile 6 months of HRT.
So yes, not only would he do this, he is actively doing it right now by endangering our access to healthcare in order to protect insurance companies.
So yes, not only would he do this, he is actively doing it right now by endangering our access to healthcare in order to protect insurance companies.
I've literally had people on here tell me in replies that a President Newsom would murder trans people.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Newsom vetoed a bill that would've prevented insurance discrimination against trans people and allowed people to stockpile 6 months of HRT.
So yes, not only would he do this, he is actively doing it right now by endangering our access to healthcare in order to protect insurance companies.
So yes, not only would he do this, he is actively doing it right now by endangering our access to healthcare in order to protect insurance companies.
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this quoted post is uninformed nonsense. policy changes towards trans people have been profound at both the state and federal level.
the EEOC won’t even process charges of trans discrimination right now for fucks sake.
the EEOC won’t even process charges of trans discrimination right now for fucks sake.
now, personally, I don’t care about making fun of streamers but I simply wouldn’t pretend to give a shit about trans people while minimizing their oppression and doing this in support of vote shaming for a transphobe like Newsom 2 years early
February 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
this quoted post is uninformed nonsense. policy changes towards trans people have been profound at both the state and federal level.
the EEOC won’t even process charges of trans discrimination right now for fucks sake.
the EEOC won’t even process charges of trans discrimination right now for fucks sake.
Easily almond cluster it will make me sweaty
February 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Easily almond cluster it will make me sweaty
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"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
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sometimes you'll learn that, like, Napoleon did legal reforms which are the basis for many countries legal systems today. with slavery you learn that men would rape people and enslave their own children
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
sometimes you'll learn that, like, Napoleon did legal reforms which are the basis for many countries legal systems today. with slavery you learn that men would rape people and enslave their own children
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
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This is 100 percent true and every single person who laments the loss of the antebellum South in any way should be forced to read firsthand accounts of what planters did to enslaved people with their eyeballs pinned open until reality sets in
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 15, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This is 100 percent true and every single person who laments the loss of the antebellum South in any way should be forced to read firsthand accounts of what planters did to enslaved people with their eyeballs pinned open until reality sets in
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valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
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Some people are calling it the flag of Woke 2
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Some people are calling it the flag of Woke 2
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A benefit of free buses I hadn’t heard enough about until this piece from @galvinalmanza.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
A benefit of free buses I hadn’t heard enough about until this piece from @galvinalmanza.bsky.social
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This is probably ok
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is probably ok
Fondly remembering that the biggest fights w admin during bargaining when I was in HGSU were about third party arbitration for sexual harassment allegations
kinda on the nose that all the worst men in academia were emailing a literal human trafficker for advice on their "i sexually harassed yet another grad student" type problems
February 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Fondly remembering that the biggest fights w admin during bargaining when I was in HGSU were about third party arbitration for sexual harassment allegations
they tried to upsell me on donkey………….
they tried to upsell me on donkey
February 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
they tried to upsell me on donkey………….