Tofu_Lewis 4d ago • 100%
The success of the 9/11 attacks cannot be understated (see Jean Baudrillard's The Spirit of Terrorism).
After a supposed victory over an ideological opponent (USSR), the US engaged in building the "rules based international order" and, after a frenzy of neoliberal export (Bosnia), began to show rot. The cultural angst of the late 90's - unintentionally enunciated in Fukiyama's "End of History" - reflected the hollow promise of the capitalist vision.
The 9/11 attacks forced the contradictions of this aimless and self-destructive impulse into overdrive and spawned an unfocused frenzy of jingoism which served to mask the profound disquiet festering at the core of the American psyche.
That ideological bankruptcy has forced into focus the fundamental inability of capitalism to build a resonant faith in structural stability and justice.
Tofu_Lewis 4d ago • 100%
Tofu_Lewis 4d ago • 100%
Luffy diagnosed with oppositional-defiant disorder and dosed with lorazepam from age seven.
Goku in special education classes and sent to wilderness camp at age thirteen.
Tofu_Lewis 2w ago • 100%
I know this is the most tired of tropes but ... Wiemar liberals reborn.
Tofu_Lewis 2w ago • 100%
You can definitely tell they they went ... whoops and tacked on the last 30 minutes of the movie to make him seem like the bad guy. The entire film goes into a severe tonal shift.
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
Ahoyhoy, my Black Book of Agriculture has the count at trillions. Checkmate
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
So I'm relying on more knowledgeable bears here, but this is basically a manifestation of unions without theory right?
Without state support unions will be assaulted by capitalistic mentalities and turn into gangs?
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
The power of beans and rice compels you to succeed!
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
Liberalism is in the spinal cord - this move excises liberalism.
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
Ahhhh - well that definitely plays into the Midwestern dad who tells fish stories vibe he's doing.
Amazing. Incredible. How could you deny this perfect pokemon? Are you stupid? EDIT: You're not stupid, I just like it so much - so cute.
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
I mean, the "Tiananmen Square" that Americans think of is just one picture on one day, but there were student protests for at least three months right? So he could have just said he was there during the student movement of '89? Daddy football was pretty garsh darn flustered tonight for sure.
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
Funny story: one time I was talking about what kind of socialism/socialist project I thought would be most effective (before reading theory of course) and I said the best way was to make socialism work in one country first. Astute people may recognize that this is Stalin's "Socialism in One Country," but being ignorant at the time I said, "it would be called like, national socialism or something."
Good times.
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
Ohhhhh, okay - well mine was just saucy tofu. But that sauce could have been chicken broth based ... boo.
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
I ate the same thing but ... what's the meat???? Please don't tell me there's fish/oyster sauce in there???? It didn't taste like it....
Edit: So the sauce is usually made with chicken broth? :-(
Tofu_Lewis 3w ago • 100%
Arachnox the Butt-Peeker
Tofu_Lewis 1mo ago • 100%
Haha, great video thanks
I still love them anyways
Tofu_Lewis 1mo ago • 100%
Yeah..... :-(
I still love them
Tofu_Lewis 1mo ago • 100%
Boo
Are you kidding me? This 'mon is a workhorse of hp absorb and dealing damage. In Violet they wreck the opposition. Hidden OP. Yes, I have a foil cardboard copy. EDIT: Okay, Grass Flying type??? But in Violet they get Dragon type moves ... interesting
The Grass pokemon are the cutest, what are your favorite grass pokemon? Also, is Grass competitive in the current meta?
Very sleek stuff, but reading the analysis gives bad vibes - what is their deal? Trot stuff? Can someone give me a good workup (I'm lazy)?
A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. It goes without saying that a nation, like every historical phenomenon, is subject to the law of change, has its history, its beginning and end. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm
Some good shit. "Massacre at Central High (released as Blackboard Massacre in the UK) is a 1976 American thriller film directed by Rene Daalder and starring Derrel Maury, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Andrew Stevens. The plot follows a series of revenge killings at a fictional American high school, after which the oppressed students take on the role of their bully oppressors. Despite its title, it is not a slasher film but an unusual blend of political allegory, social commentary, and low-budget exploitation; with the exception of the final sequence, no "adult" characters (such as teachers and parents) are seen. It was shot on 35mm film, and has a running time of 87 minutes. The film's director, Rene Daalder, described Massacre at Central High as "eerily predicting punk and Columbine". It has also been cited as a possible influence on the 1988 black comedy Heathers."
Credit to https://hexbear.net/post/640651 for the image.
The color palette just makes me so sleeeepy. And it feels like an attempt to emulate Villenevue's laconic style. Movie could have been good if not for the third act.