HalloweenSnarry
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Pretty much this. If we really wanted to stop some illegal immigration, the most optimal thing to do would probably be to delete shit governments from across Central and South America--but very few people have the appetite or political will to even consider such a thing.
HalloweenSnarry
13d ago
Pretty much this. Does SS wish the "American Empire" was a real thing? It seems to me that the current tension between the US and the EU boils down to the fact that the alliance of old was forged to create a united front against the Soviets. The Soviets are no more, and with them, an enemy that the "free world" could stand against. Nowadays, we just have a broad, semi-vague "axis of evil" of clear, yet not overt rivals. I think the only remarkable thing is that it has taken so long for the US-Europe alliance to fracture once the USSR was a thing of the past.
HalloweenSnarry
16d ago
I have developed the impression that Peter Thiel and his creatures, and Palantir specifically, are fairly well connected in the current American establishment.
I am under the (admittedly probably incorrect) impression that Thiel works from the sidelines, and even if he is well-connected, will not exploit these connections and opportunities to the hilt so as to keep his exposure to risk within an acceptable level. I say this because I think the single most overt political act he ever did was bankroll Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker, and he only seemed to do that because it was personal. After that, it's mostly just donating to political campaigns. Palantir, I have no clue.
HalloweenSnarry
16d ago
I think you duplicated one of your paragraphs near the end.
HalloweenSnarry
17d ago
I do always think of the local-ish story of the Native American law student forced to take math classes at ASU. Now, sure, depending on the specific field of law, math may actually prove to be a useful skill to have, but I could probably imagine some areas of law where it's not really necessary.
HalloweenSnarry
17d ago
Weighted fonts are one method by which things can be made easier on dyslexics. Notably, Comic Sans is surprisingly useful as one in a pinch, though still beaten out by purpose-built fonts.
HalloweenSnarry
17d ago
or is there room for people doing "just OK, slightly below average, could've been amazing at something else" to keep the show going on?
"Field Fillers" and Jobbers are a thing in the more entertainment-oriented sports, at least.
Yeah, if this were the peak of the Cold War, an antagonistic nation would probably spurn Western aid.
Heck, if you swapped the name of the President in the headline, you could even argue that we "punished South Africa for independence" during Apartheid. Now, granted, the main consequences of the embargoes on South Africa were things like "Israel is one of the only countries they can trade with" and "there's basically no foreign-made shows on TV besides The Sweeney," and possibly not things like "AIDS will ravage the population."
HalloweenSnarry
21d ago
I must begrudgingly second FC here, your assessment does not square with how I remember the political climate of the 2000's, unless you really want to lump Michael Moore and Adbusters in with MAGA.
(Admittedly, Moore himself did make comments around 2016 to the effect of "Trump and MAGA is what the neoliberal establishment deserves.")
HalloweenSnarry
23d ago
As Ross Scott's video about it suggests, it's quite tedious, not to mention glitchy.
HalloweenSnarry
24d ago
I understand there'd be some friction between English and Boer, but you'd think that by 1965-ish and on, both whites and blacks in South Africa would draw much less of a distinction between the two.
HalloweenSnarry
24d ago
Yeah, this is the sort of thing I'm referencing, there's going to be a few political seats up for grabs in the near future.
HalloweenSnarry
25d ago
There's like a few Senate(?) seats potentially available for grabs due to some runoff elections or something, I think. Again, I didn't memorize the details that well and I've already wiped the texts, and I don't even live in the East Coast where this would be more relevant.
HalloweenSnarry
25d ago
If you have a big bankroll, you can keep going with that for a while, but eventually, that money runs out. I think 2024 was a big year for when many of these decision makers finally recognized that they were able to see the bottom of the barrel of money they've been feeding their projects. In video games, we might see an actual closure of Ubisoft this year, depending on how their next Assassin's Creed game - one that had direct inspiration from the BLM riots of 2020 according to a developer, IIRC - does, after the mediocre reception of their Star Wars game last year.
This has pretty much been because of the zero-interest-rate regime, which was recently-ish brought to a close with help from the pandemic (which itself served as one last turbocharge of money and growth for entertainment and tech). Now the growth has slowed down, and wokeness is not safe from the chopping block, even if the blade has not yet fallen.
HalloweenSnarry
25d ago
I am starting to suspect the OP may be fishing for comments like yours to show how bad we are, or something like that. It's odd behavior if they aren't being underhanded, but are instead being sincere.
HalloweenSnarry
25d ago
(even homeowners aren't onboard with price rises at this point)
Since I haven't seen Grendel-Khan around in a while, would you care to go into detail? I'm curious.
HalloweenSnarry
25d ago
Tangential anecdata: I've been getting a whole lot of political-ad texts over the past several weeks alerting me to Democratic campaigns (didn't bother to read them in detail, though, I just sent an unsubscribe response and deleted ASAP). It seems that some Dems are finding the willpower for #Resistance, despite this being the kind of time where few might blame them for keeping their heads down and muddling through.
HalloweenSnarry
26d ago
Having read that article, I'm beginning to think that the political thrust coming from Trump, Vance, Musk, and others is more about morals, values, and aesthetics rather than advancing some more coherent goal. The Vance quote seems to illustrate it, especially taken in light of his comments overseas during that security conference: this is about establishing and enforcing the superiority of a specific set of values, not just within America, but also among the West as well.
Which, sure, duh, "MAGA" has been Trump's slogan, but I think now the strategies, such as they are, make a lot more sense when not viewed at from a game theory perspective.
HalloweenSnarry
26d ago
I have to wonder if it only started running out of battery in that clip.
HalloweenSnarry
27d ago
This is a very fair point to raise, I'm just wanting to point out that the "what about the Ukrainians?" line of argument ignores all the ways that Russia can keep reducing the Ukrainian population even in the event of capitulation and surrender.
HalloweenSnarry
27d ago
Also my resume is mostly a bunch of crappy audio games that are not on Github.
Are they on Itch, at least?
HalloweenSnarry
28d ago
HalloweenSnarry
28d ago
...Ah.
HalloweenSnarry
28d ago
Worth also remembering that Zelensky became a Presidential candidate in the first place because he was caught on camera ranting about corrupt politicians, IIRC. His fashion choices are indeed most likely motivated by him wanting to distance himself from the politicians of yore.
Hell, what happens if, by some nebulous social mechanism, the immigrants just stop wanting to do the shit jobs for sub-par pay, but keep coming anyways?
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