This line is currently in popular usage by online liberals who are forced to work through their brainworms as China ascends, as DPRK approaches normalization, as Iran demonstrates its regional force, as Ukraine inevitably loses, as the US murders and still loses, as Sahel states inch toward sovereignty. These contradictions are becoming more striking and difficult to hand-wave. And in the first phase of this dissonance, the reflex is to allow the dissonance no matter how deafening.

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[–] Renin@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago

"Both Things are True at Once."
"I'm not Political Anymore.'
"Actually, everything is bad, leave me alone."
"Nice arguments, however all political power comes from..."
"Authoritarianism is bad, real peace can only be achieved when everyone is equally armed."
"The world is going to be solved once we sell enough newspapers to make sure everyone is enlightened enough. This requires you to pledge full support to the only enlightened ones who see through the maze - US!"
"I'm just going to commentate on all this, without explicitly taking sides with anyone, because I know the worst place to be is between the blades of scissors."