if ANYONE at all has ever made any type of bioweapon, now would be the best time to release it on the US. Probably even the top brass wouldn't be able to detect it, if they're even interested in trying.
I think :thinky-felix: made the argument that if Texas got it's wish and became independent, the drug cartels in Mexico would immediately take over, since they are far better organized and armed than whatever would remain of the Texas population, and in some cases might even help the population a bit, since they have historically tried at least in small part to remain on good standing with the locals of the area they operate in.
Claiming heterosexual marriage is what made Western civilization successful
I wouldn't say this is true nor would I call it a good thing but there is a nugget of something there
Hetrosexual monogamy has been a highly effective system of control that keeps people divided while making it even harder for anyone in the lower classes escaping the economic class they are born into
It obviously wouldn't matter without capitalism or at least feudalism but it supports and preserves those systems by maintaining a status quo
Plenty of non-western places have heterosexual marriage as the norm and have not been “successful” in the sense that they haven’t conquered the world or looted it - such as African nations or Iran. Dominating the globe has little to do with heterosexual marriage and everything to do with the capitalist imperialist engine.
Cultural and ideological structures like marriage and family structures are part of the cultural superstructure. They are an effect, not a cause
Yes, I'm not trying to blame imperialism on enforced hetrosexual monogamy but there are ways that enforcing it made imperialism more palatable to imperial subjects in the core
When there is only one way to live your life, enforced by the church and the state, it becomes easier to accept arguments from the same church and state that we need to force that way of life on others even if the real reasons for the war and conquest are imperialism
Monogamy was mostly about the upper class families only having one legitimate heir who takes everything, thus building and maintaining intergenerational wealth. Despite having a single heir, ruling class families are otherwise organized the way a mafia family is
Polyamorous communal families, including queer ones would provide a direct challenge not only to the preserved status quo but also a potential material challenge to the wealthy families that have historically ruled throughout most of feudal, mercantile and capitalist history
2 peasants or serfs will remain poor together, 5 or more and you suddenly have options and opportunities that wouldn't exist under enforced monogamy. It's not a revolution but it's the kind of thinking that can easily evolve into revolutionary thought
Enforced hetrosexuality is mostly about making women into baby factories and raising those babies into soldiers in service of imperialism so that's another way this is related
Sorry I may have gotten too high and lost my own train of thought
My favorite parts have got to be:
Like yeah, I expected the trans genocide stuff but this stuff was pretty out of pocket!
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dont forget wanting to make lockdowns to control plagues illegal
china quick do a biowarfare
China release the t virus challenge
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lol I made this same comment a while back
if ANYONE at all has ever made any type of bioweapon, now would be the best time to release it on the US. Probably even the top brass wouldn't be able to detect it, if they're even interested in trying.
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its mostly ironic
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They succeed, mexico immediately invades and takes back their land
More like they secede and chud militias start 14 different pogroms against marginalized people.
It can be both
comrade ezln im a poor texan child living in an unbearable totalitarian state please liberate texas
I think :thinky-felix: made the argument that if Texas got it's wish and became independent, the drug cartels in Mexico would immediately take over, since they are far better organized and armed than whatever would remain of the Texas population, and in some cases might even help the population a bit, since they have historically tried at least in small part to remain on good standing with the locals of the area they operate in.
the cartels will come in to help the Latino/Black people from the inevitable mayo wigouts
Honestly possible that Mexico gets some land back
I have a feeling both parties in the remaining states would be clamoring to join the war on the side of Texas.
the most likely answer, although I dont think theyd be happy with texas seceding.
I wouldn't say this is true nor would I call it a good thing but there is a nugget of something there
Hetrosexual monogamy has been a highly effective system of control that keeps people divided while making it even harder for anyone in the lower classes escaping the economic class they are born into
It obviously wouldn't matter without capitalism or at least feudalism but it supports and preserves those systems by maintaining a status quo
Plenty of non-western places have heterosexual marriage as the norm and have not been “successful” in the sense that they haven’t conquered the world or looted it - such as African nations or Iran. Dominating the globe has little to do with heterosexual marriage and everything to do with the capitalist imperialist engine.
Cultural and ideological structures like marriage and family structures are part of the cultural superstructure. They are an effect, not a cause
Yes, I'm not trying to blame imperialism on enforced hetrosexual monogamy but there are ways that enforcing it made imperialism more palatable to imperial subjects in the core
When there is only one way to live your life, enforced by the church and the state, it becomes easier to accept arguments from the same church and state that we need to force that way of life on others even if the real reasons for the war and conquest are imperialism
Monogamy was mostly about the upper class families only having one legitimate heir who takes everything, thus building and maintaining intergenerational wealth. Despite having a single heir, ruling class families are otherwise organized the way a mafia family is
Polyamorous communal families, including queer ones would provide a direct challenge not only to the preserved status quo but also a potential material challenge to the wealthy families that have historically ruled throughout most of feudal, mercantile and capitalist history
2 peasants or serfs will remain poor together, 5 or more and you suddenly have options and opportunities that wouldn't exist under enforced monogamy. It's not a revolution but it's the kind of thinking that can easily evolve into revolutionary thought
Enforced hetrosexuality is mostly about making women into baby factories and raising those babies into soldiers in service of imperialism so that's another way this is related
Sorry I may have gotten too high and lost my own train of thought
:stalin-smokin:
Texas :libertarian-approaching:
Yeah, there are definitely no monogamous straight people outside of the West.
Parable of the Sower lathe time