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the national guard are there to watch the cops in-case they try anything.
vs.
the national guard are there to watch the protestors in-case they try anything.
why can't both be true?
thus, the three-sided dichotomy, that which utilizes the power of the state,
and the two which are raised on separate media diets and nutrition ratios in
certain segregated geometric zones.
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they be like "hey remember the end of Cabin in the Woods where it's like "hey
what if we ignored the ancient prophecies and allowed dark gods to run free
through our realm in exchange for not sacrificing a fragment of our cultural
soul that can never be reclaimed, let us simply flip the board and fight those
evil masters on our own terms" energy is all up in the vibes of this part of
spacetime"
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║ write one segment in one notebook, then the other segment in their notebook, │
║ and show them how it fits together with multiple teeth "this is how we'll tell │
║ others to recognize this notebook" │
║ │
║ alternatively │
║ │
║ write one segment in one notebook, then the other segment in an other notebook, │
║ then the next segment in the first notebook, then the next segment in the other │
║ notebook, then the first in the first, then the next in the next, and there ya │
║ go you got a whole message displayed that is impossible to track and difficult │
║ to prove connection between, thus ensuring plausible deniability if each │
║ starting letter of each word is the letters that when combined create a word or │
║ phrasentence that explains what you're actually trying to say. │
║ │
║ "impossible to know how they fit together, ma'am. the words seem like gibberish │
║ and garbage, but they make sense if you connect the dots. The only problem is, │
║ they make sense multiple different, often contradicting ways! What are we to │
║ do, flounder and starve? No, for we have a bet │
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║ look, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. it's not about superiority, or │
║ otherwise attacking your honor. │
║ │
║ I just... don't want to fight anymore, I'd much prefer if everyone got back │
║ into hand. can we call evens even and fairs fair? │
║ │
║ [unrelated, but thank god for the WW2 video games like Call of Duty which │
║ taught their playerbase important lessons about war and the sorrow and endless │
║ travailles it implies. How callous, how flawed, how horribly depraude! much │
║ better to guide awayy I say] │
║ │
║ it is a matter of pride for a country to be able to wage war. their military │
║ are not tools, but rather implements of their force, tools in no hand but their │
║ masters, to do with as they will. │
║ │
║ such is the authoritarian [mascot/mindset]. but war does not have to be. why │
║ suffer an evil, a pure and unjust sport, when other alternatives can multiply │
║ in force? │
║ │
║ because of the pride. because it is part of our humanity. part of our history. │
║ it is woven into the design of our bones. Survival of the fittest didn't die, │
║ it became soc │
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I once heard that when you click a link, the developer of the website can tell
which website you came from. idk if that's true or not.
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║ consensus rule is when everyone believes what they're told. │
║ │
║ decisionmaking via working through the problem for permanent solutions. But, │
║ just like the DM saying "I'll rule it this way, but let's write that down and │
║ check the rules for it later." │
║ │
║ because consensus takes a while. Most people don't have any time. But some, │
║ those who dedicate themselves to it, are philosophers who spend all their time │
║ developing valid truths. │
║ │
║ act first, ask questions later. Show who you are, and you will be judged by │
║ your superiors. "is this something we need? something we want? how do we better │
║ enable their performance? is something holding them back? how are they feeling │
║ about their progress? are they working hard or cutting back?" etc. │
║ │
║ I'd rather have 5 captains and 10 workers than 50 workers and no captains. │
║ │
║ if there's no captains, then they'll self-organize right? and develop better │
║ ways to be? │
║ │
║ no, they'll just separate the leadership-oriented and focus their efforts on │
║ domineering. │
║ │
║ ... great... dictatorship of the pr │
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║ a shrewd foe will identify the pieces of your soul which they resonate with, │
║ and share common ground. then they will attempt to maximize these moments in │
║ you, so that [your weaknesses are exploited/your friendship bond is │
║ strengthened] or something - phew that was a lot of Steven Universe, what's │
║ next on the inspiratio-matic-media-diet-atron? - and in doing so better enable │
║ a positive outcome. │
║ │
║ for example, in the game Mount and Blade you can encounter wandering lords in │
║ the castles of the countryside. they often will fight for you if you need their │
║ aid, and they're always working to gain power. │
║ │
║ some few precious few of these few are pretenders to another throne. as in, │
║ they pretend that they should be ruling from that throne, and they tell as many │
║ people as possible, creating as much concrete evidence as is plausible. │
║ │
║ they will often lead differently, and so are appealing to those fighting under │
║ the pretended-for banner. Often, your foes will decide that you're more │
║ favorable than their combatants. defect. │
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