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Chud Eddy Arnold
@El_Gabacho_
Passage Prize Vol 1 “The Yuppies Take Tucson”; IM-1776 “Everywhere in the American West All At Once”
Jan 1 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
America’s Latin American Future:

If the US transitions into a country resembling our southern neighbors, what should we expect?

First understand that there are two classes in Latin America:
- The humiliated class
- The class which humiliates

🧵 Image Latin America is strongly hierarchical: some a legacy of the Spanish Casta system but it’s mainly due to a mass sorting of race/ethnicity/class.

To be a humiliator doesn’t always mean being on top. Police, biz owners, low-level bureaucrats, gangsters all can be humiliators.
Dec 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A Christmas Trivia Game: the answers are hidden behind the images.

The softest softball to begin...

What well-known figure personally travels and delivers presents all over the world? Image Widely and historically known as a miser and skinflint, this figure still has an outsized influence in American storytelling. Image
Dec 22, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
A thread of major contributions of minorities during WW2:

Private Louis Till: Made certain that female civilians in Italy were fully punished for entering the war against America. Tragically KIA when he fell while wearing a rope around his neck.
Image Susan Wolcott: Joined Scott-Hartman as a seamstress making socks for GIs. Her actions in overlooking clear instances of sexual harassment improved morale of male managers at the company which led to a critically higher output of socks to the Army. Image
Nov 20, 2023 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
If you’re Javier Milei… what now?

First things first, treat your victory more like it’s a coup than an election. Whenever Outsiders gain victory against an institutional system (Trump, Bolsonaro, Orban, even Putin), it’s now a race to consolidate state power.

How’s it done? 🧵 Image A coup is defined as an abrupt change in leadership of an organization or state.

What follows a coup is a need to assume control and authority over institutions so you can project power from them.

Failure to do so opens you to stagnation or counter-coup (2002 Venezuela).
Oct 20, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Mystery Grove Movie List (in case you never saved it):

“All You Can Eat” (1986) - a group of teens from the wrong side of the track take over a summer camp and challenge the wealthy, snotty kids to a pie eating contest. One of the best commentaries of the Reagan era. Image “Des Moines” (1993) - Two cops that live outside the law, Harrison and Tariq, take on the town of Des Moines after a drug dealer takes over the city. The action sequences and stunts are some of the best you’ll ever see. Image