as though being adjacent to catastrophe is some kind of protection from catastrophe.

Extremely correct comrade. Like it or not, we live in a very interconnected planet, even if you only look at some parts of it via your phone.

They tried this in the 60s-70s, hopefully this time it goes better

Plus he frankly doesn’t seem to be politically astute enough to run a party

I think hot war with China is more likely to happen in the Philippines, not Taiwan.

And what’s the strategy? Cut another 60b dollar cheque, as though that hasn’t been tried before. Remember the last two armies ukraine dashed on the rocks of Russian defensive lines?

Fucking idiots.

It was a lot whiter and more segregated though

I was thinking Duel of the fates or maybe o Fortuna

But she’s a woman so she’s inherently more political (read: woke) than alternatives

communism is when you share the dog and stalin gets the head and everyone else gets the ass

Wouldn’t it be nice if German adults were prepared to take the L

I fucking love science!

Kid starver

That’s pretty brutal though. 20% increase in child poverty over a decade is wild, especially compared to peers.

I wanted this to be a starcraft joke

They should call it wokeywoke

also

I got a new cat the other day and she’s very affectionate. Whenever she climbs up on my lap and demands pets I always think “PETS FOR THE PETS GOD” like “blood for the blood god”

She’s pretty insistent