I've been through full immersion on these book/reading tracking apps from Goodreads, to Storygraph, to Hardcover. etc.
Finished this very early this morning, completing my dystopian trifecta (We, Brave New World, and 1984.)
It took U.S. years to lose a war in Vietnam. Trump lost one in days.
Impeachment->Arrest->Firing Squad
Or we could just drag that m--f-- into the street with the rest of his gang and let the sewers take care of what's left.
Fighting forward is the only way now. I will not be voting for more of the same.
Israel bombs desalinization plants. Water that is meant for civilians. The US cuts off energy to Cuba so it's citizens will suffer. The cruelty is inhumane.
No. The cruelty is profoundly human. That's it. No other creatures on this planet would behave this way.
Those of us who don't want this kind of world, are we like Ents? ...
I’m about ten years older than my immediate group of friends with one or two exceptions. I’m not sure they have the same sense of immediacy...
The New York Times - Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done⤴︎
I remember having this argument with people online when I was back in New York. The old, “We need to run this country like a corporation!” So simplistic, and even more importantly, very cynical.
I would often respond by asking, “In this scenario, who are the shareholders and who are the customers?” You don’t have to follow this metaphor for very long before you realize how problematic it is.
Right off the bat, you see Yarvin’s inability to make a distinction between Trump and a quality leader. And with Vance, he gets a pass because both he and Roosevelt were from the educated class?
There will never be a time when I trust the billionaire class to sort themselves out and produce effective leaders. Never.
I've made this site. I should populate it with some content. That was my intent after all...
The big bugaboo. How much social media. All in? All out? The decision to leave Facebook in 2023 wasn't very hard,
These things are true for the most part I think.