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I'm suspecting that critical thinking is overrated. Maybe I'd like to be able to eat a Twinkie without thinking about it on levels.
I suddenly understand Douglas Adam's whale vs bowl of petunias. We are the bowl of petunias saying "oh no, not again".
It's worked since the Cold War lol. But instead of doing nuclear strike drills by hiding under desks, kids are doing mass shooter drills by barricading classroom doors.
It is grotesquely alarming that the conservatives have gone into the "fuck it, burn it down" stage of the life of liberal democracy instead of keeping up kayfabe of liberal democracy.
Goddamn this is such a suscint description of my mood today. I've got lib friends on my socials and they made me want to scream. More than one of them was saying a variation of "I thought we were making progress all these years :("
WHAT FUCKING PROGRESS? WE'VE BEEN BACKSLIDING FOR FIFTY YEARS. WAKE UP!!
:guts-rage:
I just deleted my draft. I love them, but dammit they have their heads in the sand.
There's been "progress" only if you completely divorce socio-political rights from economic rights, then completely disregard the latter.
They have a theory:
When bad things happen, it’s the left’s fault.
When good things happen, it’s because of liberals.
Simple as
ok I know its privileged but I had an edible a while ago and the post title is literally me rn
