Uh oh.

That person sounds absolutely insufferable.

The problem isn’t any particular religion, but extremism across all religions.

Similarly, the problem isn’t any one system of governance, but authoritarianism rising across all systems of governance. As in, horseshoe theory is bullshit.

Not even a joke.

United Flight 93 was the plane that crashed in a field in Pennsylvania on 9/11. It was headed for some important federal building in Washington DC, but was detoured to the ground directly below it because of the intrepid actions of the plane’s passengers and flight crew. They sacrificed their lives to prevent a (potentially) greater tragedy.

I think the connection op is making is that collective action and bravery can, even in the 11th hour, prevent a larger disaster.

If you don’t believe HTML is enough, check any socialist/communist web page.

“You study diligently, while I cheat and learn nothing” You’re goddamned right we’re not the same, and I hope I never slip to the level of quality this guy does. Chuds believing what this guy believes is job security for me.

Oedibussy

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The US has held hegemonic dominance over at least the western world economicly, culturally, and militarily for the past few decades. It’s really hard to go against that so a lot of countries got on board. Some got really rich because of it.

I think of it this way. When your ready about Roman history, you usually see a map that shows the reach of their empire, but not really the boundaries of what you’d consider the core of the empire. Those maps show the extent of their political and military reach.

So just imagine how history books will show the American Empire. The US has hundreds of military bases, everywhere. Its a global empire. It’d be impressive if it weren’t so awful. I mean, can you imagine what life would be like if you lived in a country that has a resource the US wants? It must be a nightmare.

Oh dude the CIA has their fingers in soooooooooo much shit in the era between WWII and… now? It’s all published on their web site.

Organized resistance overcoming more powerful enemies. You know, that thing the US always claims they’re known for. Although I suppose an honest look at the past would reveal that America has always been slow (putting it lightly) to organize on the right side of history.

I’m not suggesting violence, necessarily, but I think America’s protests have been relatively toothless and misguided compared to their ancestors. During the first guilded age people protested outside John D. Rockefeller’s house for months._ Can you imagine people protesting outside of Musk’s, Bezos’s, Zuck’s, or Gate’s houses?

The Montgomery Bus boycott lasted an entire year. Headed by people that had no other means of transportation. Can you imagine people depriving themselves of an essential service, like, say, the internet, for an entire year?

I just don’t know that people are prepared to do what, historically speaking, it takes to get better living conditions. Not violence, but the patience and persistence it take to truly change society.

I’m even here writing this long comment instead of doing something in real life.

Or do the world a favor after living in comfort at their expense for decades, grow a pair, and fight.

Shhhh they still don’t know radio free Asia is a CIA project.

Wrong post, but you should be nicer.

We cannot choose the period of history we reside in, but we can rise to meet the occasion.

Exactly. This should be framed as a failed coup that will result in social reform/revolution. These clowns are poorly organized, on drugs most of the time, and have no clues how the social organism works.

It’s pretty shitty that they’ll cause a lot of unnecessary pain tho.

Remember the hanging Chad fiasco? After that Congress appropriated money for a digital solution, but did literally no work to standardize or ensure ethics. So a bunch of shit companies bid bottom dollar and got the contracts.

Fucking Silicon Valley is in California. Alabama has …? Extreme poverty? Did the Alabama senator die of dramatic irony?