@admitsWrongIfProven they are a pathology we share.
[new draft post] A theory of Elons https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/02/25/a-theory-of-elons/index.html
@isomorphismes the best time would have been X years ago. the second best time is now.
if Europeans can get over their debt phobia (or tax the effing rich), a private sector depression would be a great opportunity to devote a few years to building the military they now urgently require.
@Harald_Korneliussen i mean, i don't need to be in charge, i just need existing actual laws to be. admittedly we're not there. let's put it on the TODO list!
on the left you have people annoyed they can't make rent and might die while they appeal their chemo denial. on the right you have people annoyed they'd get in trouble if they called someone "retard" and broadcast it to potentially millions of people. both sides have legitimate grievances.
a thing about cutting medicaid is it's the most cost effective piece of the American health care system, with the possible exception of the VA.
i worry Trump's fantasies with respect to the Gaza Strip may create incentives among hopefully credulous Israelis to create a similar circumstance in the West Bank.
"Trump clearly doesn't want to be president in the sense that it's a job. He wants to be president in the sense that it's a status, and would prefer to be king." @RebeccaSolnit https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-the-stupid-coup-is-going-week-five/
this derives from a report in Greek media, which may ultimately prove inaccurate.
but i feel like it is a proposal we should mobilize to put under sharp public scrutiny.
https://defence-blog.com/trump-shuts-down-us-base-in-greece/
@artcollisions one definition of a conscience might be a kind of lassitude that overtakes a person when one considers terrible actions.
@artcollisions you are too good to.
Text: I’m sorry, but there’s a certain irony in the ruse of billionaires consolidating their power under the pretense of “reducing deficits” when it’s exactly the massive deficits of recent years that have boosted their income, profits, and financial market “wealth.” There’s a certain irony to see foxes with mouths full of feathers claiming that they’re defending the henhouse; minding the store while their fingers are deep in the cookie jar of government contracts and foreign quid pro quo. They’re selling a house of cards, and everybody’s merrily picking out furniture.
@artcollisions i know you won’t.
you can just do things. terrible things.
people for whom sincerity and consistency are entirely orthogonal.
from an excellent essay by @williamcb.bsky.social https://williamcullernebown.substack.com/p/between-russia-and-america
Text: This darkness is a fear that both liberals and social democrats share. However, it is only the social democrats who have the capacity to reach out to the force likely to ultimately tip the balance in this contest - the working class. Thus the basic political arrangement that friends of freedom and democracy should adopt is a broad front led by social democrats.
@landley sorry, my “drafts” conceit has left the site with a sometimes less-than-readable font. if your browser offers a “reader” mode, that usually works well. i may add a switch to a more readable body font. plaintext is not a bad idea. there’s no reason not to publish the markdown i mostly write them as.
“there’s egg on your face” is the new Prada.