Elysium [he/him, any]

Richtie Torres: “Guys. This is a distraction. We need to discuss serious issues. Why aren’t republicans currently passing a bill to give Israel $15B more? Why do they hate Israel? Wanna prove you love Jewish people? Stop talking about Israel’s greatest agen-- err. Epstein. And pass more aid! Right now!”

There’s a lot of things going on, but one which can’t be ignored is the “Holocaust Industry.” As Finkelstein laid out in his book with that title, Israel and Zionists worldwide rely on the concept of the Nazi Holocaust being “unprecedented,” “unique,” “the worst ever and that ever will be.”

For them it’s seen as a “watering down” (or whatever) of the Holocaust if something else is called genocide or a holocaust (small h).

Zionists rely on the narrative that Jewish people are the original victims of human history. That Jews will always be the victims. They are victims simply by virtue of their existence as Jews in the world. This is proven by the Nazi Holocaust, one of the worst human rights atrocities ever perpetrated, which no sane person would ever deny.

That has absolutely nothing to do with the existence of an apartheid state in the MENA region doing a genocide and ethnic cleansing. Yet it is constantly deployed as an excuse to allow “Jewish people” (meaning Jewish Israelis) to do this genocide. Zionists desperately want the genocide to not be called such because normal people might begin asking why it is that Jews in Europe were victims, but Palestinians in Gaza are somehow deserving of their fates.

Anyway, I will say in my opinion, fwiw, the term genocide is almost pointless. I understand why it is exists. I’ve read and heard the history a million times. I just find it especially stupid that people will quibble over what is or isn’t genocide when the actual problem at the root goes unquestioned usually. Did one group of people mass murder civilians in another group? They’re tied up in the labels and totally ignoring that it doesn’t matter what you call it at the end of the day.

For the record, I mostly blame Zionists and other fascist ideologies of the west for the “weaponization” of the word genocide. Ie only using it against the Nazis (first) and since then only against mostly African nations and I guess Russia now (which is laughable for many reasons but outside the scope of this comment). Regardless of the original intent of the word, it’s now just become an additional cudgel to use against non-western nations. But when the west does it… “it’s a lesser crime. Not even a crime! Definitely not murder. All those kids deserved it!”

Ultimately the hogs are hogs. They wanna do violence and they wanna get overpaid for it. If they’re told to arrest “some politician” (average cop has no idea who runs Israel, let’s be real) they’ll do it. The only reason they wouldn’t is if the upper brass or their cop unions are pushing down saying do not do it. I’m not gonna pretend to know how to soothe the hogs. That’s up to Zohran to figure out I guess. You can always pay them off, but they’re already overpaid and don’t do shit. And if they do bother doing shit it’s never anything good. He’s promised to not “defund” them or reduce their numbers, so that has me already not very hopeful, unfortunately. That could also just be him trying to not get “accidentally” shot in the head by some roided up hog

Yeah, ok, pussy.

Honestly these Nazis just deserve to be opened up on on sight saying shit like that. If he comes to NYC and it’s public knowledge that anyone who sees him has a duty to immediately apprehend him, and he’s trying to pussy-ass his way through to be a “strong man” surrounded by 40 secret service… arrest him anyway. Fuck the NYPD if they don’t wanna do it. Just start deputizing motherfuckers and hand them a shotgun or rifle and point where the war criminal scumbag(s) is.

I know to people that sounds ridiculous, and yeah it’s obviously fantastical, but what the fucking fuck else do you do if your end goal is enforcing the law. In this case the law being genocide and related crimes are obviously illegal. Netanyahu is wanted for a shitload of crimes against humanity. Is that ok to do or not? I think not. Ok, get the shotgun, get his ass… it’s simple. The other option is the right wing continues what they’re doing. History shows Nazis never stop until a sufficient number of them are no longer breathing. You can’t compromise with them or capitulate. They understand this. That’s why they say shit like this and will do it if it’s feasible. That’s why people gotta make it not possible.

Alternatively, one stacked up Italian boy with a plastic gun… don’t even need a trial

Can someone just Luigi “Gummy” already?

Serious lack of Luiging going on!

Spoken like every single infuriatingly disgusting Zionist, especially of the variety who claims to be liberals

Something tells me the people forced to pay several hundred dollars per month for… the rest of their lives… won’t be forgetting this one anytime soon

Unfortunately there is no alternative for them, so, you know… just everyday life in the sundowning empire

“You’ll own nothing and like it.”

Crazy how many right wingers gesture at that sentiment and correctly call it bad.

Yet if you tell them “Then the solution is take it back and give it to people, right…?”

“No, no! How would I get to own my piece of the pie and make others rent from me?!” 🤦‍♂️

Insert another quote they love from Carlin “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it!”

They love that one… but think membership slots are always opening up, I guess. Just 10 more years and ol’ Gil will be in the club! Oh boy!

I like how the guy says the military is also controlling the weather, yet he’s proudly labeling himself as a veteran of that military doing this thing he hates…

Also if the military is behind all of this, why go for the small beans radars? I mean, I’m just saying. There are bases all over the US (and world). I wonder how many have weather radars?

Bondi(sp? Don’t care) was just saying like a few months ago he had 200 victims. Then she corrected herself to almost 250 victims.

That’s a MASSIVE fucking error which on its own feels like it could be worth a congressional investigation. Just that string of statements she made on Fox News. Like where the fuck did 750 more victims come from, Pam?

Did Epstein abuse these girls all on his own? So there is absolutely no one else in all the footage he recorded of his own properties which was labeled with like “Name of famous person + name of girl?” Why did he label the tapes like that then?

The list of inconsistencies and obvious lies goes on and on. It’s one of those things that’s so bad that I’ve just accepted the botched murder and now cover up of all the other perpetrators is purposely bad to just drive people insane. Alternatively it’s bad as a sort of “fuck you. Yeah, we did it. You know we did. But guess what? What the fuck are you gonna do? Piss and shit your pants over it?”

I’m always suspicious of those types of polls, BUT even if I accept at face value that the majority of Taiwanese would like to keep the status quo (which was the majority last I checked) that’s still not the way the US government always tries to sell it. Or the article writers at least. My understanding is the majority on the island don’t want either direct Chinese nor direct US control over them at this time. They benefit most from being in the middle of the feuding large countries with both trying to sway them. Of course given propaganda, the right wing history of the governments the island has had since Kai-Shek fled there in defeat, and like 70 solid years or US influence in various degrees on the island I don’t find it all that surprising that they prefer things remaining as they are.

I was mostly referring to the US military and government falling into shambles though, btw. China can simply stand back and wait until the US has collapsed more, as it seems all recent admins are trying to do. Once the US can no longer project power across the pacific to Taiwan, Papa China will be right there to step in. No military takeover necessary. I highly doubt Xi would want to do a military takeover anyway. It’s not really a wise move, imo, by any government to ever go in with a military and hold some place. That’s an absolute guarantee for insurgency to breed, and if their goal is to hold indefinitely and fully reintegrate the island into China as a whole, then willing assimilation is absolutely the correct path

I don’t think that’s a hot take at all. I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what they’re doing.

“When your enemy is shooting himself in the head repeatedly, just wait.”

Missing chapter from The Art of War

As a kid I once made a salad drenched in ranch dressing and those fake bacon bacos things. I also happened to be recovering from the flu. Not the best choice of food when I’d been vomiting consistently for like a day or two.

Still can’t eat ranch dressing without remembering the horrible flavors…

“Let them fight” situation as far as I’m concerned. I wish to fuck he would focus all his hatred on these types of petty interpersonal beefs and cut the actually harmful stuff like, I dunno, the existence of ICE. Funding Israel still. Etc.

I do wonder how members of the current admin don’t think this might (not will. Because ultimately the dems are huge, gigantic pussies afraid to do a single cool thing ever) affect them later down the line. Whatever lies beyond Trump, because one day the Cheeto Emperor will also pass, like why wouldn’t Kash and Dan Bongodingo just be targeted due to their obvious specific targeting of people Trump personally dislikes? Again, Dems are pussies. Is that enough of a truth to rely on remaining forever? Or that future Republicans won’t also be upset and turn on them? Or do they just think there is nothing beyond Trump? Are they even thinking at all? I dunno

I heard Trump said Iranian pistachios are shit. These aren’t my words, just words I heard. Someone pass along the message. Thank you.

Well let me clarify my usage of bullshit. That’s all bullshit as in “The USA has no right and should hold no belief that it has the right to project force anywhere beyond its internationally recognized borders. Especially not halfway across the globe.” That belief is definitely an ideology among the US ruling elite.

The reference to right wingers still being mad over communists winning in China was mostly meant to be mocking and a little jab/reminder that the guy the west picked to win lost.

I didn’t intend to imply the entire reason the US/west is obsessed with Taiwan is solely due to the communists winning. There are very real underlying reasons for keeping things how they are as you outlined. It’s just fun to remind the hogs that they lost in a dismissive way.

The Ukraine thing sounds like pure bullshit (who believes Trump actually gives a shit one way or the other)

The Beijing one might be real, although I imagine the actual response from the Xi or whoever he was speaking to would be like “Ok. Let’s see how that goes for you when I do the same to Washington DC.”

Does he think he’s speaking to, I dunno, a country that can’t retaliate in kind and destroy the entire US if the US tries to destroy them? The fact is if China really wanted to “invade” Taiwan today there’s not much the US can do about it without triggering a war that would ultimately leave at least the US and mostly likely China, and thus the world, a nuclear wasteland. For what? Some ideological bullshit from Nazis assmad that the communists won the civil war in China? Let it fucking go. Holy fuck.

(Also, I don’t believe China has any plans at all to take Taiwan back “soon.” One day, maybe. But like I said, if they wanted to do it they could just do it. The fact they don’t serves as enough evidence for me that the US state dept is full of shit as usual)

I’m going with this. Also a bit of “why not both?” US/EU can both be basically equal. I don’t see a point in distinguishing beyond wanting to get into the details (which is fine, whatever)

As far as the most Americans not being part of it, I think that’s a yes and no situation.

Yes in that most Americans don’t benefit in a really meaningful way from being in the imperial core. And the few benefits which used to exist are quickly eroding to nothing.

I’d say no because, for now anyway, there does remain the benefit of like “not being drone striked randomly” that all the direct targets of US imperialism must contend with every day of their lives. That’s a pretty substantial benefit to living in the core. Or has been at least. For the most part. Of course that outward display of violence is also quickly falling back in and worsening within the US on basically a day to day basis. Instead of guys with “US Army or Marines” printed on their camo suits being the ones illegally snatching people up, shooting them, etc. it’s masked hoglets in civilian clothing or maybe police-esque uniforms with kevlar vests saying “POLICE ICE.” Same end result.

I think there’s a psychological argument to be made as well along the lines of “because they believe it’s true, it becomes true.” I guess meaning that even if the majority of Americans no longer benefit from living in the imperial core, if they still believe they benefit due to conditioning, propaganda, etc. then it kinda doesn’t matter. They position themselves against the rest of the world and willingly submit to a mindset that allows imperialism to continue. Sort of like the mythos of the core and what it provides is more important than reality.

That feels really weird in my mind, maybe someone else has explained it better. But much like a lot of stuff we take for granted, such as the entire global financial system, I can entertain an idea that the imperial core need not benefit the majority of citizens in it to be the imperial core. All it requires is the power projection through military and economic means. If the average citizens of the core are complacent through propaganda or through actual substantial material gains, it doesn’t really matter in the end. Wealth extraction is still happening regardless of how that wealth is spread back at home. The western EU currently spreads it more equally in comparison to the US, but that doesn’t really matter.

(Sorry for rambling and long reply. Was sort of working out why I agree with this sentiment and just kept typing. Oh well)

“Built on genocide, still doing genocide”

That’s my quickest most reductive but still accurate description of why America sucks (and always will until it is fundamentally destroyed and something totally different replaces it)

Look at the map, squeeze your eyes, that q can turn into an n. Squint at a calendar and it can look like 2005