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Anarchic history, queer defiance, cooking and — of course — fighting city hall.

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A very lovely look.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
* That probably didn't need two particulars. Clearly I need more tea.
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If one wants to know more about the oft-maligned medieval european peasants — no, they didn't work less, but they did revolt way more often and were way better organized than you may think — I wrote about their struggles in some depth here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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So, it's important to hit the weak points obviously, but if those other two start to crack they're really in trouble.

* Anything to counter fear, bolster morale, strengthen resolve is good.

* Attack compliance. Refuse excuses, make it have real (social, financial) costs.

The more the better.
September 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reposted by David Forbes
Mainly two things:

* Fear. Fascists sow a lot of it. It's their first weapon before anything else and they get far, far weaker if it starts to crumble.

* Compliance, at this point especially from liberals and centrists. They're getting a lot of this from other gentry and establishment media...
September 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There are some tragic exceptions, of course, but that seems to be the general trend.

The gentry are exceptionally prone to delusion. A lifetime of being spoonfed that the world is set up for you, specifically, creates the most gullible of marks.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yes, I know it was over in the blighted kingdom. No, this aspect's not really that different between the u.s. and u.k.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
You ain't the only one thinking this for, like, well over a year now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
No. Different poetic vengeance.
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Like down to random neighborhood discussion groups in small cities, where the posts are increasingly either "we need to abolish the police and seize airbnbs to house the homeless" or "the poor must be hunted down on horseback. Also with drones."
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM