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This podcast seems to have pretty good analysis. In this episode from last week they talk about the EU, Ukraine, and Venezuela. An interesting take is that the current dynamics aren't really all that similar to the fall of the Roman Empire, but to the fall of the Roman Republic and advent of explicit, unapologetic imperialism.

Colonial Outcasts: The EU Is A US Colony: How the Ukraine War Lets the U.S. Plunder Europe & Block BRICS

I am less clear about the effect of turbo raindeer farts, but I do feel like people ignore that this Clause guy is a coal supplier to the obviously "naughty list" fossil fuel industry.

Yeah. I live in California, where gun ownership is already pretty harshly curtailed, and all forms of carrying outlawed except by permission from the pigs. You can shoot at a range, and you can keep some shit buried under fifteen tons of concrete just in case someone breaks into your house to murder you (anything less than that and you'll be hit with murder or attempted murder yourself).

The state made damned sure no example like the Black Panthers or the (much more effective, due to actually being willing us use their weapons) Deacons for Defense would ever spring up again.

No dialogue or negotiation, all the measures must be repealed first.

FUCK yeah! Hope the rest of the international labor movement is taking notes!

What about when the state relishes the excuse to...

Nah. Probably he's just envious. That must be it.

Also, the story omits the fertilizer and fuel which Exportia needs to grow and harvest the turnips, and which it has solemnly promised Importia (on pain of losing its shares and export license) it will never produce itself, giving the nations of Fertlandia and Fuelandia the chance to also grow wealthy like it has.

Nice. We should really normalize dressing like Robin Hood, TBH.

Now I hate to sound like a gun rights activist....

You shouldn't hate to sound that way. Gun control is always, always, always classist, racist, queerphobic, ableist, etc. By its very nature.

We shouldn't worship guns or violence, of course. "Gun culture" is toxic as fuck and must be dismantled. But under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary. (Not often I actually quote Marx as there are plenty of other leftist philosophers I prefer, but when you're right, you're right.)

Always and for fucking ever.

The series Dark Matter was all right. The "physics" explanation for its premise was stupid (like if some dumbass business executive sat through a single physics lecture and thought they had gained a masterful understanding of how quantum mechanics works). It would've made more sense if they had just said "magic". But the plot and mechanics and exploration of realities were kinda cool. And holy shit the series is worth it for the last episode or two, which are fucking hilarious!