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Turk E Butt

@turk-e-butt.bsky.social

I don't recall if I shared this a few weeks ago, but here it is....
hate on China due to amerikkkan anticommunist propaganda if you want, but it's undeniable that amerikkka wants its people dead....
also, this should probably be corrected from "social darwinism" to social murder, Engels' term....

Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 11h

The Chinese are educating themselves on the social darwinism of US capitalism and are calling the precarious line of depravity 60% of americans find themselves on "the Kill Line", bc recovery from one single set-back is a near impossiblity.

Read the full theory:

James Wood @commiepommie
X.com
A phrase is going viral in China right now: "the US kill line" and it isn't propaganda, it's a metaphor that finally names a reality Americans have lived with for years.
In gaming, a kill line is the point where defence no longer matters. Cross it and one hit ends you. Applied to the US economy, it describes a society where millions are just one shock away from irreversible collapse.
Illness, job loss, a missed paycheck or a medical bill are just some examples.
Below that line, the system doesn't help you recover, it accelerates your fall.
This isn't a theory, by late 2025:
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Over 770,000 people are homeless
• Only 30% can access temporary shelters
• 40+ million rely on food assistance
• 30 million have no health insurance
• 37% of adults can't raise $400 in an emergency
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That's not poverty in the traditional sense, that's fragility engineered into the system.
The "kill line" matters because once you fall below it in the United States, recovery becomes structurally difficult.
Lose your job, then lose your address
Lose your address, then you can't receive welfare No address, then you can't get hired No car, then you can't commute No credit, then you can't rent
This is a closed loop, not a safety net.
Americans even have a formal term for it: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE).
You're above the official poverty line, but below the real cost of living.
Believe it or not, in 2023, 42% of US households were already there.
This is where the so called K-shaped economy kicks in.
Not sure what the K-shaped economy is? Read on...
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At the top: exploding asset prices, tax optimisation, political access.
At the bottom: inflation, debt, layoffs, shrinking welfare.
The richest 1% now hold more wealth than the bottom 90% combined, yet often pay lower effective tax rates than ordinary workers. Everyone knows this, but are either in denial or ignorant to it. This isn't an accident. It's the result of money and policy being tightly fused.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: The US system doesn't just tolerate inequality, it relies on it. Very much the same way that it relies on war.
You can see the social consequences everywhere: • Mass protests
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Criminalisation and alienation of homelessness Benches designed to repel homeless people
Cities debating "drug rooms" instead of housing • People dying quietly out of sight
That's what "social Darwinism" looks like when it's fused into institutions.
The Western media hates to discuss this. as if this topic is taboo. But it needs to be discussed.
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Let me make this crystal clear: this will never happen in China. Not because people are magically richer, but because the system is designed
differently.
The Chinese Government actually works for the people.
Here in China:
• Extreme poverty was systematically eradicated (800+ million raised out of poverty)
⚫ Universal medical insurance exists in multiple tiers ⚫ Housing support is embedded in local governance • Income redistribution isn't left to charity
⚫ Local officials are evaluated on social stability, not donor satisfaction
People can fall, but they don't disappear and there is no institutionalised kill line. That's the difference.
You can hate on China all you like, but you cannot change the fact that one system treats human beings as inputs, while the other treats social survival as a governance responsibility.
No system ever fixes itself by pretending the damage is normal. Until the kill line is acknowledged as a design flaw, not a personal failure, the problem will continue.

January 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

To world war? To what? Lmao

Not gonna happen anyway, there will be no ceasefire. This is all empty posturing which is why Starmer can commit to it.

US wants EU to take over a war that is already lost. Negotiations are theatre. This war will go on until Russia wins, Nazis in NATO *need* this war.

The independent: "Starmer's pledge to send troops to Ukraine is a step forward"

January 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM

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Dr Eleanor Janega

@goingmedieval.bsky.social

The Labour government is actually fine with CSAI if a rich guy is making money off of it.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer's spokesman says the reports of Grok's activity is "disturbing" but doesn't say UK Government will take any action

January 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM

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New Year, Old Gordo

@posting.fan

A problem ignored is a problem solved 😊

January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

I hope you learnt the following things in 2025:

1. Securing your digital space by banning US corps from operating psy-ops in your country is NOT CENSORSHIP: IT'S LITERALLY LIKE SAYING FOOD CAN'T CONTAIN POISON

2. Get nukes immediately.

3. The US/West is a non-agreement capable Nazi terror regime

January 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

The Adults are BACK in the room, ignoring that they are fourth in the polls now, bay-bee!

New Year, Old Gordo @posting.fan · 3h

Much like Kier, I also ignore my haters as well as my profound personal problems so I don’t have to acknowledge them

January 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

Now I want Trump to do it, Trump Accelerationism is doing our work for us. Disintegrate NATO and the EU trump! Destroy the fragile neoliberal power structures of Europe for us.

Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 6h

European states’ joint statement on Greenland.

They’re clearly concerned that their major ally, who most refused to challenge over Venezuela, is actually planning to attack the territory.

January 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM

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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🇻🇪 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸

@belalugosisdad.bsky.social

Bristol Antifascists call out against the racist anti-migrant hate group, "Bristol Patriots," this Saturday, 10th January, at 10 am at The Cenotaph.

We go again, Bristol. It is the Year of Our Lord 2026, and every day is the Battle of Cable Street.

Happy New Year motherfuckers.

Let's fucking go.

BACKGROUND IMAGE: Kier Starmer in negative black and white

TEXT: Counterprotest against racists’ sneaky “anti-Starmer” march
10am. Saturday 10 January @ The Cenotaph

We hate Kier Starmer more than you.

This is more than just a chant. Starmer’s Labour party has cut disability benefits, vilified trans people, proscribed activist groups, introduced anti-migrant policies and are now pushing forward Digital IDs. These policies pander to Labour’s wealthy donors not ordinary people. However, when racists like ‘Bristol Patriots’ call ‘anti-Starmer’ marches, it’s because they believe he is housing asylum seekers – they just wish he was more authoritarian and further to the right. We stand against Bristol Patriots because of their racist and anti-migrant views, not because we ourselves support the current system.

Make no mistake. This is an anti-migrant hate rally dressed up as anti-Labour.

Everyone is welcome. No-one is illegal. For a world without borders.

January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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@ahhhhhlt.bsky.social

This is how they are framing him saying that he had not been read his rights until he got into the court room

Polymarket v @Polymarket
X.com
JUST IN: Maduro reportedly "surprised" by how many rights America grants its

January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

And neck a neck or behind Greens, which Guardian doesn't say for obvious reasons.

Anyway, if you ignore it, it isn't real, right?

Starmer tells cabinet to ignore polls as YouGov puts Labour behind Reform UK and Tories - UK...
GThe Guardian. 4h
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January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

I would sell Starmer for 1 peppercorn

January 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM

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Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

"mat damon" voice: "Heg seth"

Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 2d

literally hegseth lmao

one of the puppets from tea, america world police looks like hegseth lmao

January 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM

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Drop Site

@dropsitenews.com

🔴 Gaza: UN says food rations reach full caloric minimum for first time since Oct. 2023

➤ The United Nations says that for the first time since October 2023, food aid stocks in Gaza are sufficient for UN and aid agencies to disburse rations that meet 100% of the minimum daily caloric needs of...

January 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM

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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🇻🇪 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸

@belalugosisdad.bsky.social

The dumbest motherfucker on the planet, Simon Jenkins, once again pretending he's smarter than everyone else.

No one is "surprised" by the Venezuela coup, you fucking clodpole, theyre just furious about it.

Why the surprise over Trump’s Venezuela coup? US presidents promise isolation – and deliver war | Simon Jenkins

Last week’s events in Caracas come in a long line of American interventions. The White House has awesome power and is never shy of using it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

January 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

Don't update your ps5 lmao

Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 6h

PS5 jailbreak 😎 lol lmao YESSS

January 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

PS5 jailbreak 😎 lol lmao YESSS

January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM

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Lamentably Awake

@lamentablyawake.bsky.social

If the left had attempted Jan 6th, bone fragments of rioters would be being discovered around the capitol, so completely would they have been annihilated.

Biden would've put forth fire and brimstone from the bully pulpit like you've never heard and all the organisers would've died resisting arrest.

January 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM

Former Pingu Child Actor

@heresy.bsky.social

Everybody knows Mossad is behind the extended unrest in Iran, in fact Mossad announced their involvement, and I still see people report it as "something good against a theocracy", no cunt, it's a regime change operations by the cunts that gave you Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza & Venezuela

January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM

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Sophie in't Veld

@sophieintveld.bsky.social

While everyone is distracted by Circus Trump, European countries let his far-right sponsor and mentor of JD Vance in via the backdoor. No European government should work with Palantir. None.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 16h

Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.

Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal

The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.

www.politico.eu

January 6, 2026 at 9:46 AM

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape

@breakify.bsky.social

The contradictions of end stage capitalism are unreal. Manufacturers can completely fuck over consumers and their stock prices still skyrocket because they're selling memory to other, bigger corporations at massively inflated prices due to AI.