The most effective way to resist this modern brand of fascism isn't to completely immerse yourself in its propaganda. You're actually helping their message spread. Go and make art or read a book or spend time with offline people. You can't marinate in the horror and emerge unscathed.

if the us military were not built on a foundation of servile submission to power, you'd see a whole lot less shit like drill sergeants, abu ghraib, and guantanamo

it never ceases to amaze me how thoroughly the forces of neoliberal capitalism neutered meaningful organized leftism in this country. the cold war is still beating our asses to this day

blue maga shit is so fucking annoying

this is a good one. white cis women specifically i think have a lot of social leverage to fuck things up for cops in a way they can't really respond to

[hand on hilt] have thee any words, knave

"aaa wa. ma ma"

you've won this day

i think a lot of this is knock on effects of "influencer" shit. people love to be seen looking like they are doing something and the quickest and safest path to that is being outlandish and performative in a way that doesn't actually affect anything

best version of this is the guy that dresses an unaffiliated white collar worker on a bike and rides the gap between the cops and protesters

tv-static-y jpeg of a trade school application with "don't die wondering" captioned on it

this is the guy at denver airport

You must investigate!

You must not talk nonsense!

idk i feel like i am increasingly less tolerant of broad sweeping statements about many things. i'm by no means a both sides type but i feel like nuance is dying a weird death