chaotic wastrel
chaoticwastrel.bsky.social
chaotic wastrel
@chaoticwastrel.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
to be fair, it's hard to recover from being this unapologetically wrong about the state of our politics and his role in the system

www.bangordailynews.com/2024/07/02/o...
Opinion: Donald Trump is going to win the election and democracy will be just fine
“Democrats’ post-debate hand-wringing is based on the idea that a Trump victory is not just a political loss, but a unique threat to our democracy. I reject the premise.”
www.bangordailynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
As I have posted in other replies, voters should know about these posts when making their decision. I'm glad I learned about them. I'm just saying that Mills is throwing stones by proxy and that she has done more harm during her tenure in office.
October 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Nope, voters should know about these posts when making their decision. I'm glad I learned about them. I'm just saying that Mills is throwing stones by proxy and that she has done more harm during her tenure in office.
October 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Nope, voters should know about these posts when making their decision. I'm glad I learned about them. I'm just saying that Mills is throwing stones by proxy and that she has done more harm during her tenure in office.
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Mills keeps vetoing legislation that is bare minimum decency for native tribes, she is hostile to the state public defender offices because she is a prosecutor at heart, and she is anti-farm-worker-rights
Governor Mills Continues Her Oppression of the Tribes in Maine
Gov. Janet Mills vetoed LD 2004, a bipartisan bill that would allow Maine tribes to access some federally beneficial Indian laws. Read our statement.
www.wabanakialliance.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The posts are not good, but I think the replies here give good context for why we shouldn't assume this is a Fetterman situation. Also, this stuff is clearly being pushed by interests aligned with the Janet Mills campain, and Mills has done worse while in office than Platner has posted on Reddit
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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September 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The exact fucking world he wanted is the world that did this to him

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September 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A primary way their empathy suppression works is by "othering" whole groups of people- it's a get out of jail free card for feeling empathy for that group. It allows them to feel unconflicted joy in dominating others. We are in a power struggle against this unified movement.
September 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So that's what I would say we should be fighting against, and that's why it should absolutely not be framed as reconnecting Republicans with their abstract ideals. It's a power struggle above everything else.
September 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
But way too many people take pleasure in having power over others, and this conflicts with empathy and so they ignore or suppress their empathy. We are talking about a whole political movement that enjoys having power over others to such an extent that they claim empathy is a moral failing.
September 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I do not believe humans have some inherent calling to these abstract ideals; it's just that as a thinking and feeling human being, it's hard to avoid the inference that other humans are thinking and feeling in the same way and should be treated as such. It's just empathy that we should expect.
September 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
every day we get great new black metal that is not goosestepping fascist bullshit... if this author was only in it for the vibes and she was only drawn to the fascist black metal, then fascism was the vibe she was going for

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One of the albums I’ve had on heavy rotation lately. Excellent Hellenic black metal style album, courtesy of Phil Tougas of Chthe'ilist, Worm. Quite technical and heavy on power/thrash riffing, without sacrificing atmosphere. Also, antifascist lyrics

productionstso.bandcamp.com/album/la-gra...
La Grande Heresie, by Zeicrydeus
7 track album
productionstso.bandcamp.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
makes me feel better slapping these @blueheronfarm.bsky.social stickers on everything

blueheronfarmcajeta.com/collections/...
Laws Aren't Real Sticker
4" x 4" reminder for those who need it
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July 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
yup, but there's still a chance at the local level to apply that power for good- as an indigent defense/eviction defense/child welfare attorney, just showing up in court for a client is a surprisingly effective fuck you to entrenched power. Does not scale nationally, however
July 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I wish I could articualte this better and if anyone has written a book on this topic I would love to read it
July 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I think you're right about abundance and boredom in the 90s, and I think it also has something to do with the hypercapitalist destruction of traditional kinds of community support and resulting solipsism
July 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM