On a collective scale, we’re just plainly unwilling to accept any serious degree of discomfort.

“What would you guys do to end the regime?” As it turns out, not a whole lot!

I really need to make an effort to introduce myself to as many people in my neighborhood as possible

Something about self-selected community not being enough to guarantee systemic change and collective safety, I think

Especially this year of all years 🥴

They are so cartoonishly evil it’s hard for me to think that I have any other option

I have felt more myself over this past year than I ever have, even with the very small amount I’ve accomplished so far

Seems tricky to accomplish OP’s idea though. Employers send their income taxes to the federal government directly, so the state would need to mobilize every power imaginable to change that.

May as well just hold a referendum on independence?

If it came down to a court ruling in the Fed’s favor and how they choose to enforce it, I definitely think so

I’m sure there’s plenty of other ways to get there though, including armed conflict within the state over such a law attempting to pass

Bruce Sterling’s Maneki Neko was a brilliant soft introduction to this concept

Some people never had a writing teacher send students into the hall for using “like” as a filler word three times in one class, with a running scoreboard of who got sent out the most during the year, and it shows

When you elevate yourself above others, you are always downrange

“Dear liberals, if climate change is real, how come I forgot what I was going to say next because my house is flooding for the fifth time this season oh shit oh fuck”

With heavy hitters like Sleve McDichael and Todd Bonzalez on the lineup this season, the Yarters will definitely give the Cincitaati Athletics a run for their money

Kinda how a lot of the Tom Clancy novels I used to read feel in retrospect

Do they have a catchy jingle when you enter or do I need to compose one?

I personally can’t think of anything more impotent than “we’ll file a resolution if they actually go to war”