Diego
@ryukyu-hsr.bsky.social
Southeast North-Rhine-Westphalia.
Blog: metrovelododo.wordpress.com
Blog: metrovelododo.wordpress.com
That's going into the Holocaust inversion textbook
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
That's going into the Holocaust inversion textbook
Erotic beheading? Who gave mantis access to the internet?
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Erotic beheading? Who gave mantis access to the internet?
When the contemporary French argue about laïcité, it's somehow never about the Concordat still applying in Alsace-Lorraine, but about women wearing the hijab in public.
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When the contemporary French argue about laïcité, it's somehow never about the Concordat still applying in Alsace-Lorraine, but about women wearing the hijab in public.
Also I suspect he's courting Vlaams Belang voters.
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Also I suspect he's courting Vlaams Belang voters.
I wonder how much of that is contingent on Mitterrand's 1981 campaign to reduce the retirement age to 60. Well maybe it dates from earlier, idk how long the socialists had been agitating for that
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I wonder how much of that is contingent on Mitterrand's 1981 campaign to reduce the retirement age to 60. Well maybe it dates from earlier, idk how long the socialists had been agitating for that
The fact that hardly anyone believes in Marxism anymore is part of what's changed.
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The fact that hardly anyone believes in Marxism anymore is part of what's changed.
Btw part of the 20th century answer, at least in Western Europe, was having social democratic parties giving the industrial working class a believable promise that they'd be the future ruling class. And that this could be achieved by working through the democratic system
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Btw part of the 20th century answer, at least in Western Europe, was having social democratic parties giving the industrial working class a believable promise that they'd be the future ruling class. And that this could be achieved by working through the democratic system
I think we're getting at a far right voter archetype: working class, past middle age, alienated from their children.
(We could add some race or gender privilege in the mix to explain why they believe they were unjustly denied a better life)
(We could add some race or gender privilege in the mix to explain why they believe they were unjustly denied a better life)
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think we're getting at a far right voter archetype: working class, past middle age, alienated from their children.
(We could add some race or gender privilege in the mix to explain why they believe they were unjustly denied a better life)
(We could add some race or gender privilege in the mix to explain why they believe they were unjustly denied a better life)
Fair, I was going to follow up with that. I don't mean to idealise the social peace of trad societies, I just mean that I have a better understanding of how they answer the question of managing the losers of their system
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Fair, I was going to follow up with that. I don't mean to idealise the social peace of trad societies, I just mean that I have a better understanding of how they answer the question of managing the losers of their system
And I believe a big factor for social peace in a vertiginous hierarchy is that the limited options for social mobility feel meaningful once you've made your peace that you won't have your own castle.
Maybe you feel you've made when you're a wealthy farmer
Maybe you feel you've made when you're a wealthy farmer
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
And I believe a big factor for social peace in a vertiginous hierarchy is that the limited options for social mobility feel meaningful once you've made your peace that you won't have your own castle.
Maybe you feel you've made when you're a wealthy farmer
Maybe you feel you've made when you're a wealthy farmer
Nobles had enough of a preponderance of power to crush peasant rebelions. And when they couldn't, the result was high levels of violence such that eventually most people long for the restoration of "order".
So the rigid social system was backed up by the lived experience of anyone who challenged it
So the rigid social system was backed up by the lived experience of anyone who challenged it
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Nobles had enough of a preponderance of power to crush peasant rebelions. And when they couldn't, the result was high levels of violence such that eventually most people long for the restoration of "order".
So the rigid social system was backed up by the lived experience of anyone who challenged it
So the rigid social system was backed up by the lived experience of anyone who challenged it
Hustling works while you're relatively young. Past middle age you may switch to resenting the wealthy life you've been unjustly denied
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Hustling works while you're relatively young. Past middle age you may switch to resenting the wealthy life you've been unjustly denied
Reposted by Diego
I wrote Between Two Rivers to share something I love in a way that anyone — whatever their work, prior knowledge, or exhaustion levels — could enjoy.
So many writers have done this for me on topics I’d never have time for a deep dive on (trees, the ocean, eels), and I wanted to do this for others❣️
So many writers have done this for me on topics I’d never have time for a deep dive on (trees, the ocean, eels), and I wanted to do this for others❣️
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I wrote Between Two Rivers to share something I love in a way that anyone — whatever their work, prior knowledge, or exhaustion levels — could enjoy.
So many writers have done this for me on topics I’d never have time for a deep dive on (trees, the ocean, eels), and I wanted to do this for others❣️
So many writers have done this for me on topics I’d never have time for a deep dive on (trees, the ocean, eels), and I wanted to do this for others❣️
Not just the US. Idk if the modern world has a convincing answer for why those at the bottom of the social/economic scale should support the system.
In the Ancien Régime they were told they were Born This Way, but now that social mobility is possible?
In the Ancien Régime they were told they were Born This Way, but now that social mobility is possible?
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Not just the US. Idk if the modern world has a convincing answer for why those at the bottom of the social/economic scale should support the system.
In the Ancien Régime they were told they were Born This Way, but now that social mobility is possible?
In the Ancien Régime they were told they were Born This Way, but now that social mobility is possible?
In Belgium, funding is proportional to the number of representatives you already have. Private contributions aren't banned but they're heavily regulated and there's a very low donation cap per person.
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In Belgium, funding is proportional to the number of representatives you already have. Private contributions aren't banned but they're heavily regulated and there's a very low donation cap per person.
Luxembourgish irrendentist claims on the Belgian province of Luxembourg. Or alternatively, Belgium taking a page from Greece and bullying the duchy into renaming itself East Luxembourg
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Luxembourgish irrendentist claims on the Belgian province of Luxembourg. Or alternatively, Belgium taking a page from Greece and bullying the duchy into renaming itself East Luxembourg
Also properous means more military might, which is a big factor here tbh
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Also properous means more military might, which is a big factor here tbh
They blew any chance of a peaceful handover (not impossible, cf. Hong Kong) by attempting and failing a takeover by force.
Irredentist resentment ain't helping, what would help is being a prosperous country such that the trade & proximity argument would carry some weight.
Irredentist resentment ain't helping, what would help is being a prosperous country such that the trade & proximity argument would carry some weight.
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
They blew any chance of a peaceful handover (not impossible, cf. Hong Kong) by attempting and failing a takeover by force.
Irredentist resentment ain't helping, what would help is being a prosperous country such that the trade & proximity argument would carry some weight.
Irredentist resentment ain't helping, what would help is being a prosperous country such that the trade & proximity argument would carry some weight.
Same for the intentions of the British empire in the 19th century
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Same for the intentions of the British empire in the 19th century
They never seem to complain about such drives, made "unnecessarily" longer because there's an arterial on the way, with limited crossings for orthogonal traffic.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
They never seem to complain about such drives, made "unnecessarily" longer because there's an arterial on the way, with limited crossings for orthogonal traffic.
"I don't know what a shopping cart is and buy groceries once a week at most"
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"I don't know what a shopping cart is and buy groceries once a week at most"
In that same period of time, Argentina was committing genocide within its borders. During the war in the 80s, it was a far-right junta.
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In that same period of time, Argentina was committing genocide within its borders. During the war in the 80s, it was a far-right junta.