NERVous breakdown

Maybe I’m idealistic but I think that people would be horrified. A lot of Americans would brush it off and forget about it but I think that it would cause permanent damage to America’s perception in the world and in foreign relations. I’ve heard people say that the WW2 nukes were or weren’t justified, but never that they don’t care. I’m sure those people are out there but the perception of those nukes comes across very differently because it was the first use of atomic weapons, and because that war is and was seen as justified. I don’t think that this war will be seen as being justified to the same extent.

Human beings aren’t rational. The same way that 12 people dying from systemic, indirect, capitalist violence doesn’t pull the heartstrings like a shooting does, the dropping of an atomic bomb, seen fucking live and filmed from 10,000 different angles will hit people in places they didn’t know they had. Of course many will cheer it, and many won’t care. But I think, that this will damage the US’ reputation more than supporting the genocide did/does.

I believe that if the US nukes Iran, it will be remembered as the day the US empire fell, or at least the beginning of the end. There are lines that can’t be crossed, points of no return, and while genociding brown people is not one of them, dropping a nuke is. Its an upsetting of the order, a permanent mistrust and wariness that will follow the US for a century.

Because its the next big thing, and its still cheaper than cycling, motorsports, traveling, eating out, fashion, wargaming, many types of art, and a lot of other activities. Also, the release got delayed and has been anticipated for a long time, so people have had the chance to save for it.

They’ve actually produced a ton of units. Its one of the most successful console launches ever. Like, 3m in a week or something.

Ottomans took a slow decline over centuries after institutions based on constant expansion failed.

British were unable to maintain all their colonies after WW2.

Assyrians were too brutal and it made them unstable.

Achaeminids were outclassed in terms of military theory, tactics, and equipment

A bunch more due to famine.

Incans and aztecs from smallpox.

No powerful state at their apex fell from anything other than military defeat, unsustainable institutions, catastrophy, or poor leadership.

Internal dissent can overcome a weak state, but not a strong one, at least not without support from foreign powers.

It doesn’t mean that internal dissent is useless, just that it won’t be the biggest factor in decline.

I did a pedagogy of the oppressed book group at the local DSA with my boomer aunt. She’s cool too

What percentage of liberals are going to blame this on the protestors?

Which one did it for you?

Legume systems research sounds like one of the most worthwhile things you could possibly research.

Extremely nutritious crop that nourishes soil? Nah, definitely not worth researching for literal pennies on the US budget

yeah the Nazis had to spend a long time dealing with internal dissent before the genocide proper. Israel never had to dissapear israeli communists or others before they started. There has been basically no instability since the nakba.

Bruh we don’t even have the right to tell our boss that they don’t feel like family to us

soooooooo this is going to be used on trans women isn’t it.

ALSO! castration doesn’t fucking work because sexual violence has nothing to do with desire!

basically all the loot games are slop. I remember trying to play Diablo 4 after playing Hades at high heat. Going from that to one dodge roll per 10 seconds was pretty deflating.

Literally number go up the genre

Look up Ital food movement you appropriating heathens

Me then: wow that sounds intense she seems pretty fucked up

Me now:

I think the Ukraine war put the pacifist crowd firmly into the US hegemony camp. Everyone seems to think the war is entirely about Russian territorial expansion, rather than responding to NATO. If you believe that it’s only natural you’ll drink the red white and blue cool aid

The kind Vladymir Illyich Lenin would have scratched everyone here