Seems innocuous to me? Neutral and concise way of differentiating. I see similar linguistic patterns pretty much everywhere, in work settings and hobby groups and such.

General words often accumulate particular connotations in specific contexts. That's just how language works.

Imagine being 71 years old and still having that yearning for your father's approval look in your eyes

Won't be me cause I'm not gonna live that long

The voting against paradigm is gonna favor party turnover. Things are going poorly under one party's admin? Vote for the other party (or don't vote).

Meanwhile the trajectory of the empire machine remains largely unchanged regardless of which mask it's wearing.

Really putting the anal in analysis bc the author pulled this straight outta their ass

eBay thinkpads have been my last few laptops, ranging from t430 to t480. Depending on your use case you can pretty easily get one running for under $100.

Finally moved to a place I can bike commute and I love it. If I never drive again it'll be too soon.

I gave away my copy; isn't it all sourced from western media and the CIA itself? Vaguely remember something about that in the intro

Great read, very concise and digestible. Big fan of prashad.

Pairs well with the one-two punch of Jakarta Method into If We Burn