Casey
@therealmcroy.bsky.social
Pro-military Centrist Dem, Anti-Fascist, Cajun, Disabled, Full-Time Dad
Obsessed w/
Geopolitics, Int Relations, Foreign Affairs, History, Anthropology
Obsessed w/
Geopolitics, Int Relations, Foreign Affairs, History, Anthropology
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All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
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Capitalism doesn't just thrive on the caste system, it is required.
American capitalism is a social class system built on racial and gender prejudice whose rules are written in the corporate balance sheets and obscured from the process of the law.
American capitalism is a social class system built on racial and gender prejudice whose rules are written in the corporate balance sheets and obscured from the process of the law.
December 1, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Capitalism doesn't just thrive on the caste system, it is required.
American capitalism is a social class system built on racial and gender prejudice whose rules are written in the corporate balance sheets and obscured from the process of the law.
American capitalism is a social class system built on racial and gender prejudice whose rules are written in the corporate balance sheets and obscured from the process of the law.
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
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NEWS FLASH: tax cuts for the rich and big corporations only help the rich and big corporations.
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 PM
NEWS FLASH: tax cuts for the rich and big corporations only help the rich and big corporations.
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
This is why Putin chose Trump & why Trump choses his idiots.
This is why Putin chose Trump & why Trump choses his idiots.
November 22, 2024 at 3:07 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
This is why Putin chose Trump & why Trump choses his idiots.
This is why Putin chose Trump & why Trump choses his idiots.
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YESSSSSSS
November 22, 2024 at 2:59 AM
YESSSSSSS
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If you've had your fill of the Matt Gaetz withdrawal from AG news, how about some dessert: a recently unearthed recording of RFK Jr calling MAGA “belligerent idiots” and “bootlickers.”
RFK Jr's got some explaining to do!
RFK Jr's got some explaining to do!
November 21, 2024 at 9:53 PM
If you've had your fill of the Matt Gaetz withdrawal from AG news, how about some dessert: a recently unearthed recording of RFK Jr calling MAGA “belligerent idiots” and “bootlickers.”
RFK Jr's got some explaining to do!
RFK Jr's got some explaining to do!
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If Ferris and today’s 🤡GOP would’ve just shown up to class on this one day…
November 21, 2024 at 8:17 PM
If Ferris and today’s 🤡GOP would’ve just shown up to class on this one day…
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We have a shit ton of trolls coming here
They're losing traction on the hellscape & r getting desperate
So its simple:
DO NOT ENGAGE
REPORT IF THEY THREATEN OR PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE
TELL US, THEN BLOCK
If you engage with them, they'll be everywhere
Does everyone understand the assignment?
They're losing traction on the hellscape & r getting desperate
So its simple:
DO NOT ENGAGE
REPORT IF THEY THREATEN OR PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE
TELL US, THEN BLOCK
If you engage with them, they'll be everywhere
Does everyone understand the assignment?
November 18, 2024 at 9:41 PM
We have a shit ton of trolls coming here
They're losing traction on the hellscape & r getting desperate
So its simple:
DO NOT ENGAGE
REPORT IF THEY THREATEN OR PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE
TELL US, THEN BLOCK
If you engage with them, they'll be everywhere
Does everyone understand the assignment?
They're losing traction on the hellscape & r getting desperate
So its simple:
DO NOT ENGAGE
REPORT IF THEY THREATEN OR PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE
TELL US, THEN BLOCK
If you engage with them, they'll be everywhere
Does everyone understand the assignment?
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And Trump's biggest supporters are already turning on each other. It is easy to be united when you just want to crush the Dems.
Sharing power is difficult for fascists. Expect more MAGA on MAGA fighting the next couple years.
Sharing power is difficult for fascists. Expect more MAGA on MAGA fighting the next couple years.
November 15, 2024 at 8:59 PM
And Trump's biggest supporters are already turning on each other. It is easy to be united when you just want to crush the Dems.
Sharing power is difficult for fascists. Expect more MAGA on MAGA fighting the next couple years.
Sharing power is difficult for fascists. Expect more MAGA on MAGA fighting the next couple years.
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newskies, some culture notes:
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being
November 14, 2024 at 2:16 AM
newskies, some culture notes:
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being