• hypercracker
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    2 months ago

    stability

    there's that word again

    • MF_COOM [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      There was this guest on citations-needed a few years ago who said in an aside "at a certain point the word 'stability' should make your skin crawl" and it's been rattling around in my brain ever since

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        2 months ago

        Found it

        Nima: Well so it kind of reminds me of on the eve of the Iranian revolution Jimmy Carter called Iran under the Shah like an ‘island of stability’ and its just because we like them and we prop them up and then as soon as that changed now they’re evil and terrifying.

        George [Ciccariello-Maher]: Oh, of course. And like there’s a certain point where the word ‘stability’ should make your skin crawl.

        • MF_COOM [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Jesus. Black magic pulling that quote up nice Google-fu comrade sankara-salute

    • HamManBad [he/him]
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      edit-2
      2 months ago

      Bolting the lid on my pressure cooker to keep it stable macron