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no greenlander ever called me a libtard
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
no greenlander ever called me a libtard
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some people love quoting "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." That was Athens saying that at the height of its empire. Few of those people seem to remember what happened to Athens the very next year.
January 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
some people love quoting "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." That was Athens saying that at the height of its empire. Few of those people seem to remember what happened to Athens the very next year.
1. I think if you look into empirical work done you’ll find that there is a causal relationship between housing prices and homelessness. 2. Afaik couch surfing because you can’t afford to rent *is* a type of homelessness, just not visible
/chronic homelessness.
/chronic homelessness.
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
1. I think if you look into empirical work done you’ll find that there is a causal relationship between housing prices and homelessness. 2. Afaik couch surfing because you can’t afford to rent *is* a type of homelessness, just not visible
/chronic homelessness.
/chronic homelessness.
I think my big issue with it is that it was clearly written by someone raised prot. the movie feels completely inauthentic wrt what a parish is like or what a conservative catholic priest is like. I consequently couldn’t really suspend my disbelief and enjoy the plot
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I think my big issue with it is that it was clearly written by someone raised prot. the movie feels completely inauthentic wrt what a parish is like or what a conservative catholic priest is like. I consequently couldn’t really suspend my disbelief and enjoy the plot
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How did a bunch of men all convince themselves that Tariff Otaku would actually be better for the economy and give them all free stimulus checks unlike that shrill nagging bitch Kamala Harris it is a mystery
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
How did a bunch of men all convince themselves that Tariff Otaku would actually be better for the economy and give them all free stimulus checks unlike that shrill nagging bitch Kamala Harris it is a mystery
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we've come full circle where Republican lawmakers are regurgitating the inaccurate criticisms levied against them in the past as actual policy positions
full simulacrum baby, let's ride
full simulacrum baby, let's ride
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
we've come full circle where Republican lawmakers are regurgitating the inaccurate criticisms levied against them in the past as actual policy positions
full simulacrum baby, let's ride
full simulacrum baby, let's ride
Sprawl is subsidized to a huge extent, directly funded by urban cores through massive infrastructure costs, but also indirectly through things like roads in cities that privilege suburban commuters while limiting space for local urban residents. I’m skeptical of downplaying the role of policy here.
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sprawl is subsidized to a huge extent, directly funded by urban cores through massive infrastructure costs, but also indirectly through things like roads in cities that privilege suburban commuters while limiting space for local urban residents. I’m skeptical of downplaying the role of policy here.
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the truly forbidden take is that the vibecession and by extension basically all negative economic sentiment since 2008 is probably just the middle class being jealous of their rich friends and not actual economic strife (outside of stuff like housing costs in cities)
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
the truly forbidden take is that the vibecession and by extension basically all negative economic sentiment since 2008 is probably just the middle class being jealous of their rich friends and not actual economic strife (outside of stuff like housing costs in cities)
theres a freaking cheeto in the white house
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
theres a freaking cheeto in the white house
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Amazing how much 2025 was a hyper correction for the fact that in 2024 voters clearly didn't know what they were voting for because the media didn't report on Trump's actual policies/voters refused to believe what they were voting for.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Amazing how much 2025 was a hyper correction for the fact that in 2024 voters clearly didn't know what they were voting for because the media didn't report on Trump's actual policies/voters refused to believe what they were voting for.
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People say that Swifties who are convinced she's a lesbian are gen z QAnon but in reality their tortured and convoluted interpretations of plain language using baffling and irrelevant secondary sources reveal gaylors not as gen z qanon but as the gen z federalist society
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
People say that Swifties who are convinced she's a lesbian are gen z QAnon but in reality their tortured and convoluted interpretations of plain language using baffling and irrelevant secondary sources reveal gaylors not as gen z qanon but as the gen z federalist society
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The way I think about it, especially with tech, is that they are trying to get ahead of an emerging consensus that their products are addictive/destructive by destroying the state incentive/capacity to regulate them. Basically as if Big Tobacco did a coup once it became clear cigs cause cancer.
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The way I think about it, especially with tech, is that they are trying to get ahead of an emerging consensus that their products are addictive/destructive by destroying the state incentive/capacity to regulate them. Basically as if Big Tobacco did a coup once it became clear cigs cause cancer.
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Many of you don’t want to hear this but the liberal international order currently rests upon the shoulders of a Ukrainian Comic and a former AQI insurgent
September 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Many of you don’t want to hear this but the liberal international order currently rests upon the shoulders of a Ukrainian Comic and a former AQI insurgent
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It’s odd to me how absolutist folks get about practical issues. Was USAID also an imperialist soft power tool? 100%. Did kicking it over with no replacement plan result in millions of deaths nobody seems to care about, also 100%.
Sometimes good gets done for selfish reasons.
Sometimes good gets done for selfish reasons.
September 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
It’s odd to me how absolutist folks get about practical issues. Was USAID also an imperialist soft power tool? 100%. Did kicking it over with no replacement plan result in millions of deaths nobody seems to care about, also 100%.
Sometimes good gets done for selfish reasons.
Sometimes good gets done for selfish reasons.
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far and away the most compelling argument for pro-natalist policy is how fucking dysfunctional greying countries are becoming politically. can't cut elderly benefits. can't raise taxes. can't let in workers. no throw only fetch politics until something collapses.
September 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
far and away the most compelling argument for pro-natalist policy is how fucking dysfunctional greying countries are becoming politically. can't cut elderly benefits. can't raise taxes. can't let in workers. no throw only fetch politics until something collapses.
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george lucas made a three film opus about how a combination of tariffs, incels, and anxiety would give rise to fascism and we all made fun of him smfh
September 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
george lucas made a three film opus about how a combination of tariffs, incels, and anxiety would give rise to fascism and we all made fun of him smfh
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honestly it's beyond even doing undemocratic things--they're horrified by the idea of doing politics *at all.* the idea that liberalism might conceive of itself as a political movement fighting it out in the bloody arena is anathema to them
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
honestly it's beyond even doing undemocratic things--they're horrified by the idea of doing politics *at all.* the idea that liberalism might conceive of itself as a political movement fighting it out in the bloody arena is anathema to them
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i have zero notes
September 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
i have zero notes
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Combine
“Donald Trump backs away from almost anyone who challenges him”
with
“Donald Trump has suborned Congress, the Supreme Court, top law firms, universities, multiple media conglomerates, and the business community”
to learn something interesting about American elites!
“Donald Trump backs away from almost anyone who challenges him”
with
“Donald Trump has suborned Congress, the Supreme Court, top law firms, universities, multiple media conglomerates, and the business community”
to learn something interesting about American elites!
Certainly looks like we scared the President away from Chicago. Fighting like hell works.
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Combine
“Donald Trump backs away from almost anyone who challenges him”
with
“Donald Trump has suborned Congress, the Supreme Court, top law firms, universities, multiple media conglomerates, and the business community”
to learn something interesting about American elites!
“Donald Trump backs away from almost anyone who challenges him”
with
“Donald Trump has suborned Congress, the Supreme Court, top law firms, universities, multiple media conglomerates, and the business community”
to learn something interesting about American elites!
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Everyone is sexy and no one is horny —> everyone is political but no one is civic
September 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Everyone is sexy and no one is horny —> everyone is political but no one is civic
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the answer to "why has the supreme court gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has elon musk gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has my uncle gone insane" which is that people mostly mirror the prevailing beliefs in their social environment and they're immersed in nazi media
September 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
the answer to "why has the supreme court gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has elon musk gone insane" is the same as the answer to "why has my uncle gone insane" which is that people mostly mirror the prevailing beliefs in their social environment and they're immersed in nazi media
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Earlier this year, SCOTUS tried to construct a stupid legal framework where the President was allowed to destroy basically all independent institutions except for the Federal Reserve, which was deemed too economically important.
Unsurprisingly, even that was not enough for Trump.
Unsurprisingly, even that was not enough for Trump.
Hard to pick the most morally indefensible thing the Supreme Court did this year, but the most legally indefensible thing they did was say Humphrey's Executor is overturned except for as it applies to the Federal Reserve because their sugar daddies don't want that.
August 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Earlier this year, SCOTUS tried to construct a stupid legal framework where the President was allowed to destroy basically all independent institutions except for the Federal Reserve, which was deemed too economically important.
Unsurprisingly, even that was not enough for Trump.
Unsurprisingly, even that was not enough for Trump.