Perhaps a European ideal of Libertarianism. US liberal politics is a facade of good will to hide the same pro-corporate agenda pushing that the other party does while hiding behind a facade of moral vitriol. US libertarians believe in enforcing one’s own freedoms with force rather than relying on government force to defend your rights. US leftists have no political base in our elections, by design.
Gangster’s Paradise, 1st verse.
My voting disctrict in Omaha is megablue so it’ll be a tough fight for them to get it back.
Is that… 5 AC10’s in CT? Or a really weird looking RAC20?
I would suddenly feel very sad for the one of them that bottled it up for 40 years, and for the other who obviously has known for many of those years…
How about an awful shambling corpse of a book that’s trying to extend the story from a satisfying ending because the publisher wants more books.
Cultural, for sure. I had to tough it out for the first bit, only really liking the detective. But then when all the main characters got replaced over and over, I began to see humanity as the main character, collectively, and then I was hooked, which I’m sure was the intent as the story spans >!all of time in the universe 2 times over,!< It’s worth revisiting.
Other direction dude… 2nd dimension. Also that spoiler was for a reason.
You know that shit’s gonna peel like a boiled egg
I regularly hallucinate my code. I don’t see the problem here /s
Read the book please… The trillogy* is on Audible. Some truly terrifying stuff. Like, >!living in a dying universe that was once an infinite garden because of the dark forest attacks that flattened spacetime into fewer dimensions, which could happen again.!<
*the last book (or some 4th book, I forgot) isn’t written by Chixen Liu, but they liked it so much they wrote off on publishing it in the series as a means to wrap up some critical questions.
Underlegislation leads to a bloated, extortionate upper crust that weilds disproportionate power over those who rely on said financial system. There is a balance, and the problem you outline is the lesser of the two extremes.
Helldivers 2 is 25-35 on medium and smooth. Very little stuttering.
That mentality is surely broader than fascism itself. You see it in any hypernationalist state. Rome had “the barbarians.” The British Empire had “the savages.” Nazi Germany had “the jews.” There is always an “other” when the state needs it. Unless you’re painting a broader form of fascism, perhaps.
Glue-Extractor™
That’s what you’re hung up on? There’s a whole subgenre of sharks with tits.
There’s an art to it. I’ve read books where the villain wins only for it to be revealed that the protagonist was fighting for the wrong side. The only one who’s title comes to mind is Columbus Day, where humans team up with aliens to fight other aliens that invade earth, only to realize that they joined the “fascist-leaning” side of the conflict as a species-wide pawn.
Let’s take a page from Helldivers and call it “Managed Capitalism.” Surely far better than rootstock /s
Rich people