Prior to the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s, where the CIA installed a military dictatorship that the lives of millions, the country’s communist party technically did warn about the peril. The problem was that this warning had been made in a reactive way, and therefore wasn’t nearly enough to prepare the people to fight back.

Not always 100% with Shea but worth reading

  • RaisedFistJoker [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    "my ancestors discovered the river [hudson]" from his autobiography, just absolutely ridiculous stuff https://twitter.com/RodericDay/status/1771204149763309634/photo/1

    • cipher_unknown_lyrical_satirical [none/use name]
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      8 months ago

      this is like genuinely appalling and shows that Rodrick has done nothing other than just be on Twitter for years and years and years. i'm sorry that you've never encountered an academic before but yeah we're going to have a little cultural revolution if you want I'm down

      showing off how you didn't make it past the introduction and credentialing is not the way to do that imho

    • cipher_unknown_lyrical_satirical [none/use name]
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      8 months ago

      I already read that Rodrick is just seething without making any arguments. Also try to talk to him he will instantly block you no matter what you say as long as it disagrees with him.