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Sep 11 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
“King Charles III, by Grace of God, King of Australia and his Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. And with hearty and humble affection we promise him faith and obedience. May King Charles III have long and happy years to reign over us."

Bullshit. Fuck you, wanker.
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Sep 12
I will NOT mitigate my criticisms of the empire I live in by equating them with the lesser crimes of other countries. Why would you even want me to do that? The only honest reason I can think of is that you want me to go easy your cognitive dissonance. No. Fuck off. Face it.
Yes, yes, it would be easier to shake my fist at foreigners rather than demand change at home. Duh. That's why you do it. I will not.
People want me to equate the full magnitude of the murderous butchery and weaponized starvation that our western empire is engaged in with these piddling crimes of other countries so they don't feel bad. Fuck that. Feel bad. Feeling bad means you'll need/want to change it.
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Sep 11
Of course the US empire wanted this war. That's why it knowingly provoked it and actively intervened to prevent peace from breaking out in the early days of the conflict. It's been using this war to advance its Eurasian geostrategic interests at very little cost to itself.
Knowingly provoked it:
caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/its-not-okay…
Actively intervened to prevent peace from breaking out in the early days of the conflict:
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Sep 10
The Australian Football League was going to have a moment of silence for the queen but cancelled it when they realized it's the AFLW Indigenous round, meant to honor Indigenous Australians. Which actually tells you everything you need to know about the queen, and Australia.
"Oh wait it's the Indigenous round, we probably shouldn't celebrate Her Majesty."
"Oh yeah why not?"
"Well you know, on account of all the genocide and stealing and oppression and brutality."
"Wait, so you're saying it would have been okay to do this any other time?"
"Sure yeah."
Fucking #auspol
codesports.com.au/afl/aflw/afl-s…
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Sep 10
I feel like we don't talk enough about the fact that a 2019 study commissioned by the US Army found that the US could advance its geostrategic interests in Eurasia by baiting Russia into overextending itself in wars against US proxies in Ukraine and elsewhere.
Direct quote: "While NATO’s requirement for unanimity makes it unlikely that Ukraine could gain membership in the foreseeable future, Washington’s pushing this possibility could boost Ukrainian resolve while leading Russia to redouble its efforts to forestall such a development."
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Sep 9
British media are even more servile and sycophantic than American or Australian media, which is truly an impressive feat.
Like look at this. Imagine having your head this deep up inside the royal family's asshole. So deep that you look at the queen's corgi and think "Whoa, you have NO IDEA whose dog you are, do you???"
"longstanding relationship with Africa."
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Sep 8
It's possible to become so hopelessly indoctrinated by empire propaganda that you begin thinking that anyone who spends their time criticizing the most dangerous impulses of the most powerful and destructive government on earth does so solely for the sake of being a "contrarian".
No no, I'm just criticizing the most tyrannical power structure on earth to be different and feel special. I'm a contrarian like that. I see what everyone else is saying and I say the opposite.
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