got distracted from granting boons momentarily and started reading old Bloom County cartoons
society has become stagnant since the 80s
discourse is closed
here are some comics that were nationally syndicated in the 80s
see how far we have fallen
on Christmas:
race and politic's
corporate wokeness
treatment of donald trump that was marginally funny. almost. almost.
gender wars
i think everyone ends up owned
@nitguptaa won a pulitzer in 87
thoughtful treatment of the aids crisis
if you want a touchpoint for how free you are, go look at media that existed thirty or forty years ago and compare how expressive it is relative to what exists today
how much is permitted now that wasn't then? and, vice versa
in this specific case the exercise is depressing
have a related exercise in mind for this gem which @selentelechia picked up for me for Christmas which was probably $3 used and is one of the best things I got this year
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realistically there's no way to stop people from tacitly or explicitly allocating taxes and benefits on the basis of race and large portions of the country have interests in this happening or ideological commitments to doing so
the norms to which new immigrants are assimilating and young natives inculcated are immensely ethnically charged without any public and common ideal of transcending race for an american identity, an identity which frankly doesnt even exist anymore
the rheinweisenlager were a bunch of concentration camps in the original sense where surrendered wehrmacht soldiers were held for several months in 1945
the camps were run by the US, apparently, and that's important
my only yarvin story is that we met in a temporary teahouse and he spent an hour watching my kid while moon and i took a break, and he sent us off with advice on early reading for her
it's a small thing but it was a welcome kindness for us, bare acquaintances
no one except lord myles has "adventures" when they travel
you are staying at a hotel, paying large sums of money to have a far worse experience than you could have in your own home and a far softer experience than you could have by spending a weekend in jail
"i love to Travel" why have you failed to establish your home as a place of serenity and joy, to the extent that you feel psychically uncomfortable there and strive to get away from your life whenever you can, viewing it as the highest good?
you are not well
"i Travel" you can go wherever you like in the world but you will never escape yourself