CicadaSpectre

My best guess is Nepal will be used to try and force a divide between India and China. Idk if they'll pull some Ukraine-style land dispute that pulls one or the other into invading and causes border drama, or if they're just going to use it as a base for ethno-nationalist tensions and trying to tear the Himalayan region apart through sedition. Hopefully both countries can keep the shit contained and, within another decade, we'll see leftists booting out the puppets in Nepal again.

Yeesh. Not a pleasant time.

I would have been surprised if they did. There's just a lot of misinformation and overcorrection going around, so I'm hearing "they're making up the trans roommate" more often than not, and it's all getting confused for me.

So, is the trans partner/roommate thing true or not? It's hard to get any facts straight.

I would if I could, but aside from teaching English (which I have terrible experience with), I don't think I have any labor to offer that would get me a visa or a job there...

This would make a great short film. Like an episode of Black Mirror or something in that vein.

What is the name of the song?

PSL says "anticommunism is the unofficial religion of America" and it's true. Both major parties claim the other is communist, because to many Americans, communism is just the equivalent of Satanic.

What annoys me is how blatantly constructed the narrative is to try and convince Americans that Trump is a foreign and unique threat, and only by continuing arming Israel and Ukraine can you truly show your opposition to Trump and other "tyrants".

I looked into 50501 to try and get a feel for their platform, since these protests were suspiciously well-advertised and didn't seem to say much beyond "Trump bad". All I can find are the usual Democrat talking points: vague promises of civil rights and justice, punctuated by an explicit promise to arm Ukraine and Israel and support them no matter what. Well, Ukraine is explicitly mentioned, Israel is implied.

I've also noticed the narrative keeps trying to focus on the imagery of a military parade as "authoritarian", when it's not inherently so. Media, influencers, and protesters keep comparing Trump to Mao and Stalin, and the whole of the Democrats' messaging has been giving very big "what are we, a bunch of Asians?" energy.

Protestors, thankfully, aren’t really out there for 50501's platform; they're there in solidarity for immigrants and Palestine as well as being anti-Trump.

But yeah, they have been more insufferable than ever lately. Tbh, I've talked to Trump supporters whose heads aren’t as far up their asses.

But saying "No Clowns" will alienate our allies like Ukraine 😔

Okay, I'm glad I'm not the only person put off by this. 50501 and the "No Kings" movement has been rubbing me the wrong way, and being unable to quite describe why had me second guessing myself.

Western history for sure, but I imagine Russia, China, and most of the world will recognize the truth. It just sucks for us stuck living in the empire.