People did not change their mind even after the occupation. Their children and grandchildren did, but the original supporters of Hitler died thinking his greatest mistake was starting a war. Because it brought them personally a lot of hardship, not because of an ocean of suffering and a mountain of corpses.

[the germans who supported NSDAP] did not know before 1933 that Nazism was evil. They did not know between 1933 and 1945 that it was evil. And they do not know it now. None of them ever knew, or now knows, Nazism as we knew and know it; and they lived under it, served it, and, indeed, made it

They thought they were free, Milton Mayer

Is there a TACTICAL version with BULLETPROOF CASING for REAL MEN?

rose flavored tho I’m not an animal

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

I see you missed the dark brandon saga :) it was quite the time, so no its not maga only, and its not even an insult

Did the voter population elected a fascist because people with “a 'tude” kept rolling their eyes at a centrist grandgran running for office? Highly doubt it.

I agree let’s give the average american what he wants and bring Brandon back. It’s not joever yet!

This is like a Roman Legion being sponsored by a fire insurance scam

Most of them do not see opposition as mentally disabled, they see it as an internal enemy. And in dealing with it, punitive psychiatry is a times tested method.

Fair enough :)

Steam has an algorithm feeding you game suggestions

Its almost as if a single dimension is not big enough to describe the diversity of human political thought.

Fair on both counts.

I would not risk travelling to russia as a resident of its neighbor, both because russia can send you to jail/trench, and because your residency can be easily revoked/not extended. Permanently living somewhere as a non-citizen is a vulnerable position, and getting a citizenship is often outside your control.

Thank you for going mask off so we can all block you 🙃

You need 10 years of residence before you can apply, and from what I hear from friends it’s not a sure thing. So you may be stuck living as a resident for much longer than that.

Is it fair to not being able to go see your relatives for years/decade+? I’d pay that price for getting out of russia (well I already am paying it, albeit not to Lithuania) doesn’t make it right tho.

But then again, as long as ru/br immigrants are still able to enter, live and obtain citizenship, can’t really be mad at the baltics they’re in a tough position.

Could you imagine 20 years ago that forum troll culture would lead to international obsession with owning the libs… Brb gonna blow up the world economy cause europe is too gay lmao

It will be a big fucking fight, simply because that same ecosystem wasn’t built with power transition in mind. There’s no successor, no committee strong enough to fallback to, no independent power brokers.

The result is pretty much a coin toss, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for a better outcome.

I’m not huge into drugs, can someone explain to me why a billionaire takes ketamine? Isn’t it a prescription painkiller?

Shouldn’t he be smoking brainstem of an endangered rainforest frog, or some nameless lab chemical synthesized personally for him?

Thanks for the link, I’ll def be more critical about it in the future.

I’ll still use it (for now) because as a no-nonsense customizable search engine its by far the best I’ve tried.

Consider it an expenditure to secure the american market. As in, the America.

Do people not care how a shitty ai image makes their article look equally shit?

Or was the entire thing automatically written, posted, and probably commented upon.

I would love to discuss this with anyone that’s willing. If their government is as awful and fucked up as everyone says why does the average Chinese citizen generally have a better life than the average American in their respective societal totem pole (in cities specifically) ?

Because the social contract of 21st century authoritarian societies is “We give you prosperity, you do politics through gov-approved channels.” Punishment for dissent depends on how insecure the state feels right now.

On the plus side, the government cares about your prosperity. As long as it lasts, elites can divide power among themselves however they like.

On the minus – society doesn’t control its government (power transition happens by committee, not elections) and it can’t force any kind of change when elites are against it. Modern states have so much repression power, they can shut down any activism when they don’t mind bloodstains.

And when prosperity ends, the new contract will be “Do as we say and nobody gets tortured”.