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26 | He/Him | Aspiring writer, unfunny poster, and socialist with too many opinions | Profile picture by @mannyandbo.com
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If I recall correctly, the fascistic side of the Empire's ideology is human supremacism, but I don't think it comes up very much, and is pretty subtle overall
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Not only is China not an ethnostate, it's gotten constant shit for literal decades for how it treats its ethnic minorities, so it's like the worst example she could've used here
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Yep, and they get nowhere near enough shit for it, hence why I think it's the only one of the listed countries that's actually a valid comparison
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Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren also used to be Republicans, and both made the party switch later in life than Kat did.
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I've seen some multipolarist types speak favorably of the coup belt as a strike against western imperialism, but I don't really see them praising any of the dictators specifically except for Ibrahim Traoré, mainly because he's deliberately tried to portray himself as a successor to Thomas Sankara
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"BLM Riots"
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North Korea apparently does have its own smartphones which do in fact use Android, though it wouldn't surprise me if they ran on a modified version of it.
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Please chip in to Safaa's campaign if you can and share it widely: www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebui...
Her parents both have diabetes and haven't had proper treatment in nearly two years, not to mention her father lost an eye
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One of the quote-tweets I saw literally blames the prevalence of antisemitism on Israel's genocidal actions, and like... man, read a book.
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I'm reminded of an idea I had for a Star Wars horror movie a while ago after seeing the final scene from Rogue One, which would basically be a slasher movie where the slasher was Darth Vader.
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Surely the people saying that are equally up in arms about the numerous Russian airstrikes on civilian centers, including on hospitals and orphanages, right?
...Right?
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Pretty sure it's a reference to the Spanish Space Program and its first and only astronaut, Luis Carrero Blanco
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"How can teachers be working class?! They don't work in factories, or wear overalls or jumpsuits, and most of them aren't big burly sweaty men!"
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I'm fairly certain that like far too many others, he cooked his brain on Twitter
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He was once. This blog is from 2012
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I hope this meme ages poorly, but I'm not holding my breath
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Fair point.