Cripple. History Major. Irritable and in constant pain. Vaguely Left-Wing.
“Last gasps” is a strong word, but symptomatic of a weakening of misogyny in general society, yes. Time will tell if this weakening is another step towards crushing that particular bigotry, or if it’ll experience a second wind in these sickened circumstances.
Uh, then ‘no’.
I’m saying misogyny is, culturally, hundreds of generations deep.
Pity American firms in China
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I can’t think of any realistic situation in which the fate of the rulers does not rely on the complicity of the masses short of full AI army shenanigans.
I think the decline of misogyny is the reason. As it’s not as normalized as it once was, yet still a very powerful lingering thread in our culture, men are seeking validation for it where they would have otherwise found validation for misogyny, unasked for and unconditionally, in their everyday social circles in previous eras.
Always been a Clutch fan, but I’ve been listening to Three Golden Horns a lot the past few days.
Contrarianism. Being anti-“Popular Thing” just for the sake of being anti-“Popular Thing” marks you out as having no thoughts worth hearing out.
The intense amount of propaganda in NK is necessary in order to maintain that control - and it is always a struggle between the public’s perception of reality and the ability of those in power to distort it. If there was no hope of the state being overthrown, there would be no need to struggle against the public’s perceptions of reality.
Authoritarian regimes are often enduring but brittle, like glass. They can last decades of storms and tempests without a single crack, but the right stress will shatter them in an instant.
Wish I could claim credit for it, but I just stole it from much wittier folks.
It won’t mean anything. Whoever they pick will likewise be an incompetent fascist cretin, just like WhiskeyLeaks.
The Polish Home Army was instrumental in enabling the uprising.
Honestly, the attitude in this place is contagious!
Yes, to keep in contact with 6 people.
I tend to believe the Yemeni version because of the earlier evidence, but you’re correct that neither origin is definite, and history probably will never be fully certain on the matter.
“Burnt water” is how I described the taste to my coffee-loving grandparents after numerous (and enthusiastic! I wanted to like it) attempts to find coffee I liked.
I don’t care for the taste, but the smell is truly fantastic.
Chewing the beans, I believe.
Why?
Of all the tools for oppression and murder, advanced weaponry is pretty low on the list for what actually makes the murdering happen. If you work for a company that does any kind of business with any repressive regime (ie most companies above a certain size), the simple fact that you’re working for a cog in enabling the economy of the repressive regime to pay its cops, its soldiers, its secret police and informants and massive bureaucracy, is as much as a contribution as “I was .1% of designing a multirole jet that’s 10% better than the previous multirole jet”
Hell, anyone making steel of the correct grade to go into small arms probably kills more innocent people, by that standard, than your average person working for Western defense contractors.