In Age of Empires 2: Franks/Huns/Mongols feudal cavalry push. If you’re getting into build orders.

The real basic way to play: boom without walls and resign at the first sign of enemy military.

We all agree that the system is corrupt and ineffective. Republicans subvert that truth in order to undermine the law and cut government programs. In other words, while Dems are complaining about overreach of presidential power, Reps take that same energy towards SCOTUS.

I myself am on the far left so this is not an endorsement, but rather an observation on their clever tactics.

Fair enough, I read too much into your comment

The history of these countries cannot be seen in a vacuum. Socialist countries were historically enemies of the United States. The U.S. did everything in its power to weaken them (including economic policy and assassinations) in the USSR, South America, and Asia. And then people knowingly proclaim that socialism can never work.

Yes there was corruption, bureaucracy, oversight, and abuse. Of course, there were missteps and injustices. The same can be said, however, for the U.S. today. At least the communist countries have the excuse of having to stand against the richest and most powerful country in the history of the earth. They did not have the luxury of developing an alternative system in peace.

If history were different, we would still live under the “divine right of kings” and people would argue that parliamentarianism is an untenable mob rule. So we surfs should just continue to work the land and suffer the abuses of the king and his vassals. But our course of history has proven this a lie; we know that the status quo only serves the interests of those who exploit the labor of others.

But did you watch the video though? Chris Hedges is a legit intellectual, his YT channel is worth your time

$20 mil is pocket change for this guy. Elon makes ~$100 million in his sleep. The richest people are so wealthy that they can’t even spend it all.

Here’s 139 billion dollars to scale: https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ . Note that Elon is worth more than double this amount.

Clearly Bernie Sanders is a positive force for actual left-wing policies. But the criticism (that you all so readily downvote) is that Bernie will redirect frustrated Americans to continue to vote for Democrats. While we can’t be sure that this will happen again, it sure has happened in the past.

We cannot expect politicians to save us, because they invariable work within a system that is incapable of significant positive changes. Both parties take donations from billionaires, both parties play in the stock market, both parties give corporate welfare, and both parties will fight tooth and nail to maintain the two-party system.

The real way forward is bottom-up, not top-down. The American people need to save America: grassroots organizing, mass protests, labor strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience. If we don’t actually go outside, things will only continue to deteriorate.

The people need to save this country. Yes that means you and me actually going outside. We need to stop expecting systemic change to come from politicians within a two-party system.

I’ll vote for a Bernie AOC ticket if it ever materializes but I won’t hold my breath. You people keep expecting politicians to save you when we need to be taking a note from the French. Grassroots organization: labor strikes, boycotts, civil disobedience. It’s the only thing these leeches understand.

Voting is the least we can do BUT… do not expect systematic change (that helps the working class) to come from the top down. Both parties agree on legal bribery, insider trading, “good billionaires”, the voting system, and the two party system. Meaningful change is going to require more effort: i.e., grass roots organizing from the bottom up. Start in your own community and the change will grow organically.

Feel like it’s too arduous to pirate music these days

edit: Thank you guys for all the suggestions

just float them on a barge out at sea

I hope I can pass that test.

I hope this is hyperbole.

But what are the numbers behind those percentages? Did Trump just throw more at the wall to see what would stick?

By the time people realized democracy is gone it will be too late.

Congress denied Obama’s SCOTUS pick, Trump rushed through several judges, and now Trump’s signing executive orders prompting the SCOTUS to reinterpret the Constitution. Even if you agree with Trump this sets an incredibly bad precedent.

• Step 1: Reinterpret the 14th Amendment so tens of thousands of immigrants lose their citizenship
• Step 2: Mass deportation

• Step 1: Reinterpret the 14th Amendment so hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose their citizenship
• Step 2: Mass deportation

• Step 1: Reinterpret the 14th Amendment so hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose their citizenship
• Step 2: Mass deportation

Oh how I wish that were true

Shit like this makes people go back to reddit. At least there’s more content and getting banned from one million user subreddit doesn’t stop you from going to another big sub. Here, if you get banned in one or two of the big instances you have to become a lurker. I take pride in being able to disagree with the dominant opinion in a reasonable way, but these .ml mods are unreasonable.