enlightened autocracy is an oxymoron!

2 is one of my favorite films, but 1 is also high ranking. I just think the editing in one is a total mess lol -- it's clear someone was like "actually this story isn't gonna work for us" at various points near the end and just ... cut things lol

totally LMAOOOOO

Wandering Earth 2 is one of my favorite movies but I'm not confused about the "hit you over the head" political messages of the movie both about quantum computing and global governance (Wandering Earth 1 was even less subtle lol)

Since I can see that some of y'all are gonna act like fools in my mentions, let's remember that words mean things

Plenty of American films are propaganda and it's preposterous (and racist!) to suggest that China can't do the same lol

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaga...

absolutely

because the films were literally propaganda lol

I didn't actually comment on which hegemon if any should be in charge

Dismantling ACA isn’t about punishing insurance cos. The subsidies Dems were haggling for are tax credits. That’s our money. Not theirs. They’re talking about health savings as pre-tax dollars like your 401k. This is deregulation. Letting insurance cos resume denying coverage and selling junk plans.

They’re not concerned with affordability. The whole reason the ACA exists is to get insurance to people who were otherwise denied coverage for preexisting conditions or shunted into terrible, high-cost plans with poor coverage. It was to ensure access to preventive care to reduce catastrophic need.

Sanders isn't a Democrat

"I will say this whole thing is a travesty but fuck if I'm gonna notice Chuck Schumer's existence and role on this particular today" <looks the other way>

-- literally every Senate Democrat right now

Technically also not a Senate Democrat!