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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 26m

It's pretty nuts that every year the supreme court writes like 3-5 decisions declaring some part of the foundational fabric of the Union null and void, more and more explicitly and droolingly

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 1d

And another thing! This is so clearly written as someone who envisioned pre-columbian america as "the modern State of Mexico, but it is known as the Aztecs" and does not even consider that many other groups could occupy that space in addition

Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 1d

I hate this stupid fucking book and I hope this is for IBCK. In the hunter gatherer section he makes a totally uncited claim that ancient people could make a spear in 3 minutes flat. The whole thing is bong-hit-dorm-room nonsense. "Maybe the incas and ottomans could have allied" shut the fuck up

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but neither is "stop bothering with elections"

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 2d

Have we always done this shtick where ceos can just say what they want and people accept it as True and Wise instead of a sales pitch?

"Papa John says pizza most important meal for most families" okay who gives a shit

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out

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Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm no Joe Biden won in 2020

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 3d

1 I'm not talking about nation-states, America is not a nation-state 2 the amount of inequality outside of a state compared to within a state will shock you!

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

those core values aren’t just magically going to implant themselves in Americans’ heads, we have to argue for them. but a lot of people have found there’s more social cachet in sneering at them instead. it’s disgusting

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 4d

Settlers of Catan ass geography

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 5d

Because a democratic Republican state is the best version of state we've come up with, despite the limitations. You can't structure a state without hierarchy, that doesn't exist

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the thing, he's ineligible for the Presidency therefore none of his actions carry the weight of law

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 5d

who won in 2020?

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 5d

Isn't this a rail gun

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 5d

The thing that always rings hallow to me about those arguments is the presupposition that a federal Republic upholds "capitalism", which means a non-capitalist society couldn't be a federal republic, which seems like a dark road to necessarily start from

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 5d

Got this Facebook memory today of apparently seeing him drink from and then leave this water bottle? I may have taken it from the stage?

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 5d

I've written and deleted a few snide responses here but, I think you're worse off trying to recreate the state without the states checks or powers than trying to make the state in your image. I get that sometimes that isn't possible, but like... It's a matter of scale and perspective I think

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

damn got my ass

Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

There is also a substantial difference between a non-lethal projectile and a bullet. One is designed to kill, one is not. That is an important distinction.

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

I'm genuinely curious, what do you think he should be doing now

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

Then go firebomb the Walmart if you think only direct action works. Rally your armed cadres to a banner.

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

Ohhhh okay yeah that's dumb lol you never wanna be the one ordering the firing on fort Sumter

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

Wait so do you think JB should order the Illinois national guard to fire on ICE or tx ng yes or no

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

This was a tragedy and a travesty, I do not disagree with that point

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 6d

If you can't understand that there is a gulf of difference between ice firing non lethal rounds at protestors (which is Bad!) and two different national guard units being ordered to fire on the other, you're not ready for the moment

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Proud Bureaucrat @peeinian420.bsky.social · 7d

Advocating for JB to be the one who orders the shooting to start is a pretty bold strategy

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