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 why are you so surprised that there might be "bad guys" in your country? We
 are at peace. Peace is the time when the bad guys can be, without the "good
 guys" (or good guy adjacent guys) coming for them.
 
 I'm not saying war is better. In fact, it's far worse. It's a hell, of a kind.
 But in hell, the bad guys get hurt and killed and maimed and tortured. Which
 is nice. Except... the good guys do too, so, count your blessings, ye who are
 at peace.
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 every value judgement is a "hell yeah!" from those who already agree with you
 and a "aw fuck off" from those who don't.
 
 this is probably either a good or a bad thing, who can say.
 
 if you don't take a stand, nobody will like you, but if you aren't careful,
 you'll poison your well of support.
 
 "why can't it be easy" because then it'd be done.
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 dear god, why don't girls carry around swords? nobody's gonna wanna mess with
 you if you got a blade. [nope wrong they still will, but close. the actual
 answer is that if you notice injustice, you can draw your sword and engage.
 "stop, why are you doing this sir" attends to the citizens like a justice
 police.|'-> I see, well please step aside so she can pass.]
 
 when people are noticed from their flanks, they tend to panic and disengage.
 unless they're in a frenzy or a rage, then they are an uncontrollable storm.
 but once it wears off, they are surrounded. frenzies are rare. often glorious
 in their flair. hence, why a lady with a sword can help clear the air. in a
 crowded room, she approaches when she notices there are enough swords for
 those belligerents who are armed. otherwise, she is outclassed.
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 why would you do drugs anywhere but in public
 
 [because that's [how, but pronounced why] we keep it public]
 
 what if I stopped posting forever
 
 what if youtube disappeared
 
 my keyboard broke...
 
 there's only one page of reddit at a time
 
 mastodon doesn't have any furries
 
 my distinguishing capabilities between a culture and an [aesthetic, but
 prenounced eagames[challenge everything]] are limited at best
 
 this is how you trick the gods, you get them to hallucinate.
 
 what a jerk
 
 hate that girl
 
 what were you shown? oh yeah that's one of her rough patches, here
 lemme-wait-wait don't go, I just...
 
 if you feel everyone, you are instantly hated
 
 ... sorry... I wish my family didn't not spend time with me. [rot] I want to
 be buried where I fall so if I fall in the streets I ROT fuck that she's gross
 ugh do I have to walk past that sign-post I can just go around oh sorry to be
 disrespectful you did this to yourself fuck off my lady hence why they burned
 the witches because then there wouldn't be any more. y
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 Sheriff is good cop 
 Police is bad cop 
 Unless other cultures want a different name 
 
 Like idk what it's like in Houston or Chicago or whatever 
 
 Does anyone even know anyone from tallahasee?
 
 Oh and then there's Alaska 
 
 They've got their whole solar thing going on (no tariffs means china trades
 with the land of wind and snow -> renewables in a place where its painful
 to go outside
 
 Then we can all chill out in the hot springs or infinite roller coasters
 whatever the heck we thought was the best
 
 Anyway them Ameri-CANs sure are doin' their thinkin' 
 
 They'll come around any day now 
 
 Surely they will 
 
 They capital M Must do so 
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 Trump threatens US government shutdown unless trans healthcare is made illegal
 
 wow, so...
 
 okay
 
 are they really willing to go to war over men in dresses? I think they might.
 I am shocked and amazed at their audacity and extreme stupidity.
 
 so, trans people: would you rather live in Gaza or go into the closet and buy
 testosterone on the dark web?
 
 death before detransition is not about trans rights. well, it's about trans
 rights because they made it about us. Buncha weirdos, so concerned about our
 styles and emotional states.
 
 It's not about trans rights. It's about that one poem, you know the one,
 "first they came for the immigrants, then they came for the trans people, oh
 and there's socialists in there somewhere frankly they aren't picky about who
 they go after because ICE doesn't care if you're brown"
 
 if they come for us, they will not take us.
 
 "just adding fuel to the fire, y'know"
 
 yeah, well, not only did they light it they also are holding buckets of
 gasoline (not even a sealed container smh)
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 bad people are cursed with evil.
 
 a person cannot be evil. they can deal with such evil in their lives that
 twists them, and causes them to spike out and harm others, but they are not
 evil themselves.
 
 some twists are too hard to mend. some healings leave people a shadow of what
 they once were, or might have been. but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
 
 deprive power, supply kindness, in that order.
 
 if you cannot deprive power, then reduce harm.
 
 if you cannot reduce harm, then contest, defeat, or overcome.
 
 A twisted person may be slain if death is on the line. You get what you wish
 for, but you don't always get to choose who. Don't let them choose. They will
 choose poorly.
 
 ... I find that death is very rarely on the table, though. Generally they'll
 make their intentions apparent.
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 do you ever think about how calling the BLM events "protests" versus "riots"
 is a subtle dogwhistle for your politics? I usually say "riots" so that I
 blend in. also because I've been conditioned by the people who I talk to about
 them.
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 hey. wanna know what would be really cursed?
 
 --
 
 if trump dropped out and musk took his place
 
 --
 
 good thing it'll never happen because those dinguses can't accept defeat and
 will never tactically retreat
 
 --
 
 maybe something to keep in mind for 4 years from now. eyes on the prize for
 now means our eyes aren't to our flanks.
 
 what else could they do that would come out of left field?
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 if you ever hear random fireworks outside of your house sometimes it's a good
 idea to like... get out of town? and see what whoever else you can meet in the
 next town over is doing.
 
 ... I don't have a car, silly me haha
 
 why do we train homeless people to stand outside in the open and be shamed by
 a cardboard box around their ancle? It's impossible to recover from, it's
 vulnerabilizing, and it's painful. How immoral. How crude. These people should
 not be shamed in this way, they should be respected (unless they're crude)
 
 like, if they kinda just suck y'know? like... they keep starting fights or is
 soooo bad at singing but does it anyway or lacks all decent sense
 
 seriously, he's such a bad candidate why is he even running. It's solely to
 elect vance, who trump will be a blood sacrifice for.
 
 how callous. how vain. to think that such a feast would be left unclaimed.
 Perish the youth, perish the fields, perish in misery harmony and dissaray
 
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║ How about next election after this clusterfuck where we demolish the fascists    │
║ we take a breather and say "okay every candidate submits their plan for a        │
║ controlled demolition of capitalism, the winner gets to implement their idea"    │
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║ wait that's a terrible idea people will just vote for the thing that makes       │
║ them feel good and is vaguely shaped like a D or an R.                           │
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║ How about this: we design a decentralized program that can run on any computer   │
║ or phone that locally analyzes every file and pattern to generate a              │
║ personality matrix that will interact in a massive simulation that is a          │
║ mirrored reflection of the structure of our society as it currently exists       │
║ (and as it'd be proposed to exist) and anyone who wants to vote can run          │
║ through pseudo experiences tailored to their personality / demographic or        │
║ whatever and play with the proposed system to see which one they like more.      │
║ It'd have to be very statistically sound in order to accurately reflect          │
║ reality.                                                                         │
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║ wait, that's just a torment-nexus-precursor. Darn.                               │
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 the government makes murder okay by framing the perpetrators
 
 also prisons are concentration camps
 
 and the people who are close to you are oppressing hunting you
 
 racism etc is a sham to distract you
 
 capital will never be relinquished
 
 the internet was AI from the beginning
 
 something beyond humanity demands our suffering
 
 there cannot be proof of your fears - if it was proven, it would be
 circumstances instead of fears
 
 there's nothing [sorry gotta cut this off, my refrigerator is talking to me
 again and I want to listen] - [huh that's weird I have no memory of the past
 hour, best continue where I left off an hour ago -> go to {A}]a
 schizophrenic who's never been diagnosed
 
 {A} - yeah clearly all that I've been saying recently is just a fluke. Like,
 just noise in the endless array of expression projected onto our communal
 web-space. Clearly I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm not just cogent when
 I'm drunk. Or more imaginative when I'm stoned. Clearly dreams are fake and
 pursuing them is 1/?
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 if the good guys always win, the bad will slink into the shadows and do
 dastardly deeds out of sight.
 
 if the bad guys always win, the spark of goodness will wink out.
 
 I think I'd prefer if they were cowering in our wake.
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 Honestly I think the reason there's two political parties is because then our
 fears align against one another, and we can push against something solid.
 
 If we go back to bearing afraid of the dark, then who knows what might crawl
 out of it's dark recesses.
 
 When Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the CIS became the galactic good guys
 - who would you rather win the clone wars, some bastard capitalists or a
 literal sith lord? At least capitalists can be overthrown, sith lords are
 basically vampire wizards with laser swords and trust me that's NOT a good
 combination.
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 they are not MAGA anymore. Don't call them Trumpers. He won't last long.
 
 Call them what they are. They are part of a newly born Confederacy, and we
 must call them by their name. That name demands respect, and we must respect
 their power.
 
 Then, when you're sufficiently cautious, begin conjuring visions of their
 downfall. Ideally accompanied by carefully laid plans intended to accomplish
 specific strategic goals.
 
 They are top-heavy. Once their bravest and thickest perish they will have
 nothing left but their weak fools. They are scared, nothing unites them more
 than fear, and for that they are weakened.
 
 Our bonds are those of love. I would die for my neighbor. I would die for our
 world. They have no passion, no rigor, all they have is hate and vigor.
 
 Martial skills we can learn. We will have to, sooner rather than later. Be
 prepared, work hard, and do what you're good at, ideally what you'd like to do.
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 keep in mind...
 
 trump is not their endgame.
 
 what is he doing?
 
 sabotaging our institutions without warrant or respite
 
 prepare for foes that would benefit from degraded institutions.
 
 who's right when nobody controls the truth?
 
 were they ever truly right?
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 All people are good at heart, let's get them what they need for a start.
 
 Some people won't change. Some people are doomed to the life they were given.
 It's not their fault, but it is their responsibility, and if they want to be
 free, they will respect the rights of others.
 
 These rights we claim for each other are rights that must be taken away from
 those who would use them to harm others.
 
 To defeat evil, deprive power, supply kindness, in that order.
 
 No-one is beyond saving, but it is their choice to make. A choice ungiven is a
 chance untaken.
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 are you a software developer making at least 6 figures?
 
 Consider adopting a useless lesbian! or a trans person who sucks at
 everything! or a cute-as-heck femboy! these rascals sure can't take care of
 themselves, and it's only natural to try to keep them off the streets.
 
 after all, at least in my country, you can be arrested for sleeping on the
 streets. in public places - yes you heard that right, places owned by the
 people cannot be slept in by people. Kinda feels like an infringement on
 collective property rights, but HEY what do I know right? It's not like they
 were kept safe by our citizen's militia after all, it's basically a warzone
 out there after dark in the streets full of fentanyl zombies!
 
 ADOPT TODAY! the perfect catgirl is waiting in the window for you, right next
 to the autistic puppyboy eager for pets.
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║ │ I could say things like, "wow, let's spend some time generating traffic that sounds like coded military speak over not-quite-secure channels between fanciful antifa units, to help stymie AI surveillance", for instance.  │ ║
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║ │ You know, that kind of really irresponsible suggestion could lead to some creaive thinking! And that in turn could mean we could come up with enough traffic to make it very difficult to auto-sort noise from signal? Imagine how dangerous that could be for the enemies of antifa, our beloved US government (for we all citizens of the US world).  │ ║
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 In related news, dystopian authoritarian despotism (aka fascism's fruition)
 never lasts long. It's a snake eating its own tail, and its not getting any
 longer. One day the snake will choke on its own excrement and then that system
 will collapse, but until then there will be suffering.
 
 Kinda makes me think that those who would do us harm could accelerate our
 demise by filling our positions of power with evil people. Is that not an evil
 impulse, to force your neighbor to decay?
 
 Kinda makes me think about all the democratic regimes we've overthrown and
 replaced with authoritarian autocrats. People who keep the liquid gold
 flowing, perhaps with the hope that one day we'll choke on it.
 
 Well, that day is rapidly approaching because the air is getting thicker with
 carbon, and we're all struggling to breathe in this heat.
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 the longer we wait, the more their hypocrisy becomes apparent, and the more
 "the people" get it
 
 but, uh... I think enough people get it. They at least know something is going
 on, whatever it may be.
 
 they will tell their base whatever they want to hear and their base will have
 hate. they're itching for it.
 
 volunteer for things if you want a say in how they turn out. risk your life to
 live longer. there is no way to know when the time is right because nobody
 knows the truth of our times. Even the president is misled.
 
 gee I sure wish there was like, some form of centralizing intelliagentic
 knowledge that pulled the strings and led us puppets toward liberty, justice,
 and freedom for all (as a baseline) surely they'd be able to see the
 corruption and rot that imperils us all, might they have a better design? who
 can say, they are quiet as the grave, here's hoping they stay that way.
 
 "you know the powers of which you speak are not to be trifled with"
 
 you can't trifle with your own life. be thorough~
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