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16 Nov

The reason I am against the humanization and anthropocentric treatment of pets is because it is a fundamental mistaken value judgement that treats non-human life at the same level as human life. To elevate the moral value of a dog to that of a human is not a sign of benevolence

or moral superiority but rather moral confusion and to degrade the value of a human life to that of a dog's. The human capacity for compassion, rather than an infinite ocean which we imagine it to be, is rather a limited and shallow well. Whenever we as human's pour out a little

of it to others, less remains for every one else. This is a fundamental reality that many people are not willing to acknowledge or accept, but it doesn't stop it from being true. We are not saints or boddhisattva's with limitless compassion. We are human beings with all the flaws

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16 Nov

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None of these countries really have anything at all in common aside from being enemies America made. Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela actually have elections no more "fortified" than American ones, it's just that they've elected governments the US doesn't like. China really is the

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odd man out in that it is an explicit Leninist state without even the pretense of elected representatives. You've got a wannabe Islamic Republic, three non-ideological states, and an official atheist state under the guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism. It's really a disparate

collection of so-called bad guys. The "good guys" are on the other hand remarkably identical. Representative oligarchic democracies mostly under US military occupation with a nomenklatura comprised of compradors. The real separator between what the US calls good and bad is not

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14 Nov

You can tell that the US and it's pets don't give a shit about self determination or popular sovereignty by the complete non reaction by the media, ngo, and think tank circus to the fate of Catalan independence. No black and white dramamentary features on the BBC, no parading of

of separatist sob stories on CNN, no senior analyst fellow arrogantly announcing the end of Spain in the NYT. Not a word from the editorial board at the WaPo how this is a sign of papist tyranny manifesting in the black souls of the Spaniard. Just mass arrests of all the leaders

followed by a quick trial and a dozen years in prison for the lot of people them followed by a pardon after nearly 4 years in jail all dutifully reported once and never ever mentioned again. Western state media works by not on what it reports, but on what it repeats. It is the

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11 Nov

The next two decades are going to be the high noon of American stoogery across the world. People don't actually change their opinions but are rather shaped by their formative years for the most part and carry that those preferences and prejudices to their death beds. Those who do

re-evaluate their priors and adopt new positions are few and far between. What the generational shift means is that those who came of age in the late 80s to early 2000's are coming into the prime of their careers. That was the apogee of American power and influence, a proverbial

belle epoque where everything that emanated out of Washington was accepted without reservation as right and proper. This generation came of age where the idealized image of America, both it's intentions and objectives, were uncritically accepted as true (what is known in America

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9 Nov

Does it dawn on Europeans that their refugee woes of the last decade are principally the result of the US regime change fairy trying to destabilize governments? Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Turkey, and now Belarus are all situations where US intervention resulted in increased

tension, general chaos, and migrant outflows to Europe. The US doesn't really have to face the consequences courtesy of two oceans but it routinely takes a giant dump on Europe's periphery leaving them smelling the roses so to speak yet from European politicos you would think

that the shit fell out of the sky like mana from heaven or even worse, Putin was somehow responsible. Actions have consequences and even quietly and cowardly going along with US destabilizing ops opens up Europe to pushback. The US failed to color revolution Belarus and is now

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7 Nov

Present Anglo nationalism isn't particularly unique. An almost exact historical parallel was the nationalism of the late Hapsburg Empire, except with the ideologies opposite. Rather than revolutionary Liberalism the Hapsburgs espoused a genteel Conservatism of God, King, and the

old order. Other "petty" nationalisms were suppressed but tolerated to the extent where it was more economic too. It did not particularly espouse German nationalism nor did any of elites despite the reality of the monarchy being a German dominated system which everyone was

cognizant of. Likewise the Anglos are not allowed to espouse their nationalist impulses in being Anglos qua Anglos but within the trappings of the empire which they ruled even while subject people's were allowed to, within limits. To say that Anglo Nationalism doesn't exist under

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