lithobolos
I like learning....things.....
Most notably politics, MMA, and philosophy ^_^
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- I imagined the point being driven by poc humans and non humans . Drive home why the empire lacks both forms of representation. But hey, head canon prevails when discussing corporate monopolies over our present day "mythological" stories.
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- Yet the way a Jewish actor retook up the species to make it anti semitic was beautiful to me.
- "Ah yes, we will have non human aliens be the allegory for POC! Jabba isn't a big racist Arab stereotype...he's a Hutt! Obviously Gender discrimination was a part of the empire too, with multiple women in all these origina movies and none on the empire yet again, more random "diversity."
- Color Blind Racism is Racism.
- An Empire noble woman unable to have children but who serves in the "mother" role for these "child-like" soldiers. Thus the connection between her, him and other members of this unit becomes legit manipulation.
- The death of a fellow stormtrooper woke him up to the horror of what they were doing but then we'e cheering for their deaths moments later. It would be consistent if those were NOT the same kind. Colonial vs regulars, the brainwashed vs true believers.
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- Return of the Jedi had racial, gender, and species diversity for the rebels while the empire had none. The fascist tropes were on full display and Disney added women and POC in Nazi uniforms without comment. Finn could have easily been part of a "colonial" unit with district armor, Phasma a....
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- Jar Jar Abrams' Star Trek and Star wars both had racist casting. Khan is some white dude and the added diversity into the fascist Empire with no explanation is racist and sexist on its face.
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View full threadSame. I watched Rogue One again right after and it's an interesting contrast with Jyn Erso who became her father's surviving legacy but never got to procreate. The final has a scene where Cass and Velle* toast his mother and Sinta*. Luthan also left behind someone too so there's room I believe...
- to not see her as just a trope , sadly that's the most obvious reading, but to see her as choosing her own path FOR HERSELF. They were both done w/ war, they had both decided to leave but she felt he had a bigger role to play so she left. "The rebellion comes first" vs "the rebellion only."
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- A big issue is that the show exists in a certain time period and a social context. Bobby Hill has to know trans kids, Hank has to know about the genocide in Gaza. Dale lives in fascist country now.
- Patriarchy now targets men and boys more in late stage capitalism than in the past, leaving them with less effective defense mechanisms and an inability to create less new and beneficial ways of dealing with the world and of seeing themselves. Feminism is for everyone. Patriarch is for no one.
- Less toxic*
- Quote this post with a picture of the airplane you’ll accept as a bribe. «Veritech is a type of combat mecha used by Humans and built using robotechnology....The principle feature of a Veritech is its ability to transform from a vehicle into a Battloid, which is a humanoid form.»
- Voters: Can we have more moderate cultural or policy positions? Tim Walz: Best I can do is talk about football with podcasters
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- He started talking about social/cultural issues and brings up taxes. Incredibly sus. Just block and move on
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- "I think" I thought this was about why Dems don't win elections and are too extreme?!?!?!
- I thought we were talking about social issues. You're ignoring the real reason why the weathly a high percentage of total INCOME taxes, and that's because wages have stagnated, income inequality has grown. You're also ignoring that poorer people lack the transfers that welfare states have.
- Americans pay and suffer greatly because of our healthcare system but despite spending so much on it we don't have the same results as other countries. Why would you want poor people to pay more taxes before they even get the programs they need? And how did this issue hurt Dems?
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- Tell us please what issues the Democratic party should "moderate" on. Be specific. Who do the Democrats have to scapegoat and attack for voters to support them? Why shouldn't the Democratic party lead people by standing up for those people rather than selling them out just to get votes?
- Refuge kids from all over the world make friendships over their shared struggles and I guarantee that if one of these kids were their fellow students they would instantly realize that they are "not like us."
- Bet they can afford private schools too.
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- Nathan Fielder is a total POS. Omg.
- Saw some really good discussions on Star Wars and fascism from @goldwagnathan.bsky.social @loudpenitent.bsky.social + @nied.bsky.social and I wanted to share this old newsreel I posted about earlier. It's so outlandish it almost seems satirical but they are 100% serious.
- There's something comical about this newsreel because how obviously blind to their own hypocrisy the British are. They never ever internalized how messed up their empire was. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau...
- You are worthy of respect, support, & safety, regardless of what you have or have't accomplished, either today or in your life. Stubbornly refuse to buy into cultural metrics of personal "worth" that only exist to hijack your self-esteem & keep you rat racing harder.
- But I'm lazy and sort of an asshole 😢
- Effectively a full repeal of the largest climate bill in history. There’s no strategy for America’s future. We all get sicker and pay more in energy bills and suffer climate disasters, while some rich folks pay less in taxes. That’s it. Disgraceful.
- The House Republican's budget bill is starting to drop. It extends trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy while effectively crippling US manufacturing & energy industries and raising energy costs. It's effectively full repeal of the IRA. Here's tax portion waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/u... 🔌💡
- What we are seeing is colonialism turned inward.
- Not to go off topic but I can't help but see an odd sickness of English classism and colonialism being tied directly to their inability to put empathy above order and what's "proper." Seeing this video essay from @mattbaume.bsky.social shows how this works through homophobia.
- There's something comical about this newsreel because how obviously blind to their own hypocrisy the British are. They never ever internalized how messed up their empire was. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau...
- Just looking at the British view of colonialism and homophobia you can see a straight line into the ruling classes' ability to colonize themselves by selling out their own people. youtu.be/Eq9I14EoM04?... via @novaramedia.com
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View full threadThe English upper and upper middle class are the most talented people in the world at being comfortably numb to cognitive dissonance and tunnel vision. It's amazing and scary. Richard Dawkins' comments on past child sexual abuse being "mild" for example. It's crazy.
- It's a very strong shame culture that is similar to Japan to a degree because it's not based on religious guilt. "It's not proper" "Don't talk so loud dear."
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- "Centrists" captured the party and forced out everyone with a spine left of center. The Labour party is a corpo party now. No saving it. The Democratic Party is also most of the way there but is more regionally strong with its left wing elements so it doesn't fall off the deep end and go rightwing.
- It's 100% a Nazi talking point and has been for decades. It's all in the open. This is a Nazi administration.
- Waiting for the people of the world to wake up to the fact the billionaires want to have even more social controls than China's social credit system. Their putting the chains on us right now.
- This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...
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- It's not corruption if the Mafia pays you a salary only if they contract you for a specific job.
- 100% When all is said and done Eric Lipton or people like him will be subpoenaed and interviewed by Congress or whatever comes after to find out how fascism waged such a successful war on liberalism. That's assuming we win.
- Exactly. No one is detaining me for two hours without probable cause I did a crime.
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- "If you're a cop who has a mafia salary it's not corruption" is quite a take of being on the take.
- "It's not corruption if the police officers is a salaried employee of the Mafia, only if they pay him for each bad act." -Eric Lipton
- Donald Trump isn't corrupt at all! He's a selfless patriot! 🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲 If a Quatari slaver gave him a check for $400 million he would selflessly let our beautiful Marines hold the check FOR FREE until he finished his term and ONLY THEN he would cash the check. 💰 💰 💰
- I think the desire to show up at Trump's DC coronation and cause "good trouble" is honest but it's definitely a setup let's them choose the "battlefield." Protests should either be for the accomplishment of our goals or an immediate spontaneous reaction, (South Korean coup attempt etc, BLM.)
- That's why it's ultimately wise of @indivisible.org to avoid confrontation.
- This is exactly what they want.
- this is what happens when you use masked gestapo goons. other evil people will start using the same tactics. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/u...
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- That sounds like science fiction
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- "Supreme Court weighs if foreign countries can give sitting Presidents Flying Castles that that he gets to keep" is definitely not something we should let slide. Standing seems to be the main issue for Emoluments Clauses which is stupid. I suggest someone just vandalize the thing just to get it.
- Does anyone have more sources about the alledged execution / assassination of Rami Al-Kokhon in the West Bank? I don't want to post the disturbing video without proper context and warnings but the picture by itself says a lot. 😨 @zeteo.com @owenjones.bsky.social #FreePalestine
- "The Miles Dyson Story"
- Because now we get chronic conditions instead of DYING OUTRIGHT. This is actually fantastic! It means we get eczema and arthritis at 65 because we didn’t die in childbirth at 25!
- I think it's fair to say we see the wealthy living longer and healthier lives here in this country because health and wellness are systemic issues tied to oppression. That's NOT what the fash are saying obviously and their solutions always mean making things worse.
- I think it's important we respond with a vision of people being active, creative and connected their whole lives because society helps them rather then society poisoning them physically and mentally and then punishing them for not being healthy afterwards.
