Lina Khan is a hero and we need more like her.
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2025
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Damn good news. Lina Khan is a beast who might actually get to enact some change with a plurality support in NYC versus dealing with a gridlocked D.C.
I really hope they can set a great example for the rest of the country.
I can’t wait until she is put back in a position of real power. She was on track do to SO MUCH fucking good on her last role.
i think i remember an interview she did with Jon on TDS. she's a badass.
edit - here's the interview:
FUUUCCCCKKKK YYEEAAAHHHH!!!!!
Came for this, leaving satisfied.
(fuck yes)
...how socialist to appoint a copetent person...
I mean, how is it fair? You cannot pay to play! How is this a meritocracy, dare I ask?
…i like you…
DoorDash also gave $1 million to a pro-Cuomo super PAC.
tsk tsk
I wish all the delivery app and ridesharing companies didn't suck.
Right on! Let's fuckin' GO!!
KHAN!!!!
Khan (and Kirk) were both eugenicists
Uh. Kirk was not.
Oh, or . Do you mean Charlie Kirk?
Yeah, he was.
No, captain Kirk. Re watch the episode he first encountered Khan. At the end, he laments saying that Khan is genetically superior to other humans.
No human is superior to other humans. Kirk was expressing that he was a eugenicist, which was super popular in the US (and, well, obviously still is for some subcultures).
I think that's kind of a stretch. I mean. I acknowledge khan was genetically superior. He literally was designed to be smarter, stronger, and healthier.
I think there are other traits that are more valuable in humans.
But those are pretty big ones. Especially the health one.
I'm not for eugenics. But I admit khan is superior to humans on those traits. Kinda seems like an objectively true statement.
I also do acknowledge your point about the culture at the time the episode was made. But I still don't think that one line from Kirk supports he thought eugenics was a good thing. I think he was pondering it's usefulness and ethics.
Eugenics today is used for people with generic diseases to not have offspring with those diseases. Is that not a good thing?
It has a place. It just shouldn't be applied broadly. We need diversity in humans.
You're a eugenicist.
The only conclusion that can be made is that inbreeding made Khan better in some areas and weaker in other areas. You cannot have a person be genetically superior then other humans. That's what we learned in the 40s.
Thinking otherwise is falling victim to junk science of eugenics. It's bullshit bigotry.
No. I'm not a eugenist.
You are seeing things in black and white. That's not how reality works.
I do not support endeavours like creating someone like khan.
I do however support endeavours to remove genetic diseases.
Not the same things.
Also. Lots of people are genetically superior to me in various ways. Healthier. Better brains. More athletic.
Humans are not equal. Genetically.
That's just objectively a fact. .
However, we have to clarify that specific races are not genetically better.
Mostly because race is a social construct. But even biologically, specific ethnic groups are not superior to others.
Though some may be more predisposed towards specific diseases.
That's a complicated area of research tho because diet and environment are bigger factors for many diseases.
My point is. Yes. Individual humans are different in traits. Both behaviorally and biologically. And some are better than other humans at those things. Making them superior. Like how an NBA player is superior to me in basketball.
It's not eugenics to acknowledge that.
I think you need to read up about what eugenics is.
Understanding biology is not being pro eugenics.
"Eugenics is a discredited, immoral pseudoscience based on the belief that the human population's "genetic quality" can be improved by selective breeding and the elimination of individuals or groups deemed "unfit" or "inferior". It is strongly associated with scientific racism, ableism, and human rights abuses, culminating in the atrocities of the Holocaust. "
Literally the only person I like from the Biden admin.
Some more good news!
Based.
Legends.