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My mission: Regain control of our food supply Enfranchise workers by democratizing capital Destroy the modern aristocracy 🐮🛠️🌳🌎🌌🙊 🚫Hate Essays @ https://silkythick.substack.com/ Audio versions available https://www.youtube.com/@SilkyThick

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Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · Feb 8

Industrialized agriculture has saved and created billions of lives, but our reliance on it risks taking millions back. Localizing our food supply with sustainable economic food production models is essential to securing our future against the potential for famine and bankrupty.

Picture of a US Foods semi truck next to text that reads:

Our food distribution network is controlled by 5 major corporations.
You probably see their trucks all the time…

Sysco

US Foods

Gordon Food Service

McLane

PFG (Performance Food Group)

For so few companies to be able to decide what foods go where and how much it costs is a very precarious position for us to be in. Trucking food all around the country, while it may seem necessary, is extremely wasteful and expensive. Economies of scale are good for reducing costs within a fixed system, but we can’t ignore the importance of localized food production which empowers communities to control their own diet and pricing.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 13m

That is exactly what happened, Jensen Huang invested heavily in the regime and his ass better be on trial too when this is all over.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 17m

All libertarians are pedophiles, it's become very obvious.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 20m

If you use "liberal" as an insult or think anyone who doesn't march in lockstep with you politically is part of the problem, you really need to wake up.

EVERYONE who makes society work is a centrist. Without the people you deride, you wouldn't even know how to feed yourself. GROW UP. Cooperate.

I've had it with these folks.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

Adam Curtis called them "the Old Powers" and I think we should adopt that framing. Even new money from tech is part of it; they joined the Old Powers because their collective self interest is power maximization.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly that. Legacy media is owned by the people who pushed Brexit and knew full well is was going to harm Britain. Nothing broadcast is trustworthy, everything broadcast is propaganda now.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

Translation: People who already bribed me tens of millions asked me not to do it, so I'm holding off until I feel like making a fuss is politically useful again.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

Translation: People who bribed me tens of millions already asked me not to do it, so I will pretend to respect their wishes until such time as I feel like making a fuss again.

David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 7h

The use of "surge" here is so fucking grotesque. Trump is using Iraq War language against the citizens of his own country.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

That's why he wants it, he's trying to recreate the gilded age and ballrooms were a big thing then

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

You'll get there one day

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

Right now our biggest concern is stopping fascisn. No, I don't care about healthcare or military spending or gaza right now. I care about restoring our democracy because it's literally the only way any society has ever progressed.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1h

I don't think they were. I think they were pushing ack against your assertion that Democrats do nothing for progressives. They try, it's an uphill battle when the country has been held hostage by insane assholes because of the senate. That's exactly why the ACA got gutted to the point of uselessness

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 4h

Key provisions were gutted by conservatives in order to pass it, the original plan was a far cry from UH but it was a hell of a lot better than what we got. I may be splitting hairs but you may also be over generalizing. Nuance is important, especially in politics.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 4h

When they shot that priest in the face I was shocked nobody was talking about how close to being lethal that was. Different angle, different spot, that's a fuck ton of kinetic energy to hit someone in the head with. Literally attempted murder.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 4h

What did old muttonchops even do anyway? I have a feeling Chester is going to be one of the last presidents he covers lol

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 4h

Right but just because it came from conservatism doesn't mean they're the same thing. They are unique philosophies and I think distinguishing them is important, especially since nobody seems to know what neoliberalism even is: a conservative trojan horse.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 5h

The way they're tearing it down made me wonder if that wasn't the intent. Compromise the building's structure as an excuse to level it. He is petty enough to do it just to piss off Americans.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 5h

Our opinions diverge, it was a joke. The left really needs to crawl out of their collective asshole and learn to communicate like actual humans.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 5h

Is being a dick fun for you or are you so miserable as you make other people?

Talk to me like a person or fuck off.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 5h

It was very much a neoliberal plan,the conservative approach to healthcare is "fuck you." Romney identified as conservative but he was very much a neoliberal, especially compared to today's "conservatives."

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 10h

Think tanks don't make policy or direct candidates. This headline might as well read "club for nerds has bad opinion that nobody cares about."

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 10h

You call it idiocy, I say hiding your mistakes is cowardice. Isn't diversity wonderful?

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 23h

He knows the military won't do it, not surprising he's stupid enough to try to build a secondary military for attacking US cities. I really don't see how that works out for him though, he's already lost a shitload of support.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 23h

You're not wrong but you are deflecting. It's shorthand for "you are doing harm", you know what you were insinuating. That's a shitty thing to do to someone, if you want to call him a nazi or nazi sympathizer just present your case. Don't just say "it's weird" and hide behind an implication.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1d

No what's weird is making insinuations about someone's character without actually outright stating your indictment.

You're not the good person you think you are when you treat people this way.

Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 1d

You're a very rude and angry person. Therapy is more effective than lashing out at people online.