https://nitter.1d4.us/grobewankenobi/status/1663512564444135424
This whole thing is getting really strong monster movie (like Cloverfield or Alien) vibes:
- Mysterious chunk just missing from a building
- Limited search for survivors
- Armed guard to prevent access (some sort of infection?)
- Rapid destruction of the site
Except the monster is just the incredibly corrosive effects of Capitalism.
Except the monster is just the incredibly corrosive effects of Capitalism.
:gold-communist:
imo one of :jordan-eboy-peterson:’s stopped clock moments is how the flood myth can be seen as a cultural analogy for civil dysfunction. We build up giant systems collectively over generations and by the time they start falling apart due to corruption, the effects of their failure can really feel supernatural.
Jose Saramago's Seeing addressed this too if I remember correctly, except he was a full-on marxist, so there was nothing "stopped clock" about it.
Worth noting that the apartment building is owned by Andrew Wold Investments — whose registered agent happens to be Robert H. Gallagher, attorney at GMG law firm, and most interestingly, the father of Robert S. Gallagher — mayor of Bettendorf.
https://nitter.1d4.us/tilraunir/status/1663560067990581250
How could President Xi do this?
Did someone want to develop the area but this building was in the way?
This would be like the background for the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor, where the entire operation was essentially about evicting folks out of properties so they could be flipped for profit or redevelop completely.
The pic of the pigs in front of the fence makes me think that cops learned a lot of lessons from the George Floyd protests. They build barricades pretty fast now it seems
