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Stuff like this makes me just want to give up.

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:08 pm
by Derived Absurdity
https://theintercept.com/2017/09/18/the ... lege-free/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:20 pm
by Raxivace
Yeah it's pretty fucked up. It's not like we didn't spend a ludicrous amount of money on the military to begin with either.

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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:57 pm
by Gendo
Why do you hate freedom?

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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:29 pm
by Derived Absurdity
Cuz I'm a communist. We all hate freedom. It's in the manifesto.

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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:38 pm
by CashRules
Hey, the U.S. only has a higher military budget than the next eight countries combined and still stays bogged down for twenty years in illegal wars that should take three months. If we increase that to more than the next twelve countries maybe we can make two month wars last thirty years. Get your thinking in order! You're acting like you oppose the military-industrial complex that is set up to keep the entire human race in virtual slavery. Traitor!

Edit - Supported by all but four Democrats (plus Sanders) and three Republicans. Uh-huh.

Re: Stuff like this makes me just want to give up.

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:29 pm
by Derived Absurdity
CashRules wrote:Edit - Supported by all but four Democrats (plus Sanders) and three Republicans. Uh-huh.
See, the Democrats are much better than Republicans! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:41 pm
by CashRules
Derived Absurdity wrote:
CashRules wrote:Edit - Supported by all but four Democrats (plus Sanders) and three Republicans. Uh-huh.
See, the Democrats are much better than Republicans! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
Bernie Sanders wants the government to give everybody free ponies.

Re: Stuff like this makes me just want to give up.

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:08 pm
by Monk
Derived Absurdity wrote:
CashRules wrote:Edit - Supported by all but four Democrats (plus Sanders) and three Republicans. Uh-huh.
See, the Democrats are much better than Republicans! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

I mean, they are. They still suck, but not as much.

Re: Stuff like this makes me just want to give up.

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:59 pm
by Derived Absurdity
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/12 ... s-d12.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:48 am
by Anakin McFly
i clicked on a link from there, and wtf.

"As far as some of the more politically sensitive sections of the American ruling class are concerned, the current sexual misconduct scandals have two principal benefits. First, the purge of prominent figures in Hollywood, Washington and elsewhere on the mere say-so of accusers is another step on the road to authoritarian rule and the destruction of elementary democratic rights. ... the sexual witch-hunt, with its message that every woman is in the “same boat" against apparently universal male wrongdoing, is directed at muddying popular consciousness, strengthening the hold of identity politics, and diffusing and dissipating anger against economic disparities and social inequality. It is intended to divert attention from the almost unimaginable concentration of wealth in a few hands and legitimize a type of exclusivist, gender-based mobilization of females across class lines against the “patriarchy.""
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/12 ... e-d12.html

yeah no, I'm pretty sure it's about women finally speaking up against their abusers and refusing to be further silenced.

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:41 am
by Derived Absurdity
yeah it can be pretty terrible lol