beat me to it! 😃

General S.L.A. Marshall estimated that only 15-20% of soldiers actually even fire their weapons, and although his methodology (and that estimate) has been challenged, the gist of his conclusion is broadly supported across a range of times & places.

And of course don’t miss YOJIMBO (1961, lower left), directed by Kurosawa, starring Mifune, with Nakadai as an incredible antagonist.

Eternal thanks to the late, great @tikkunolamunist.bsky.social (z’’l) for turning me onto those films.

It practically reads like an excerpt from Les Chants de Maldoror. Frickin’ exquisite.

It’s such a uniquely despicable form of child abuse.

(I only mention this because it’s such a common myth that it’s direct profit motive that drives the rate of policing and incarceration, and imho it’s essential to understand the fuller picture, which is far more complex and far, far worse.)

It’s at the peak of the hallucinatory nightmare form.

The “facts don’t care about your feelings” crowd will never agree.

sadly the quote post of a quote post doesn’t show the quoted post

when I type “lost h” into the youtube search it autocompletes “lost highway call me”

youtu.be/p0sggaOZsuw?...

I don’t like the complaints about it, even when I agree with them.

Astounding masterpiece.

dude's having a happy little time, telekinetically juggling soul gems in a little wreath of kirbycrackle

plot twist, RABM trio Propaganda of the Deed hijack the time travel magic for other purposes