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I am envious of leftists and indie media who feel like they have the luxury of indulging in sectarianism and infighting. Must be nice to live in a world that's being driven to armageddon by sociopaths and yet feel leisurely enough to pour time and energy into such egocentric wankery.
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Saying the CIA is probably helping to foment uprisings against US-targeted governments, when that is literally openly their job, should not be a controversial take to have.
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Acknowledging the bad things your government and its allies have done in the past, but refusing to acknowledge evils they are perpetrating currently, is worse than saying nothing. Because it creates the illusion that things are improving where they are not.
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Cornered animals are dangerous, especially ones with fangs and claws.
Dying empires are dangerous, especially ones with nuclear weapons.
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It should outrage everyone that our governments hide ugly secrets from us at all, let alone imprisoning and torturing people who try to help us find out about them.
We should be making our governments afraid to hide the truth from us. Instead our governments are making us afraid to try and learn the truth about them by brutally punishing anyone who tries. This is gravely disordered.
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Normality has led to a world that is dying and a society that is insane. Be happy with your weirdness.
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Our inability to see with fresh eyes causes us to miss so much. We're watching out for predators in a world ruled by predators. Struggling to prevent tyranny many years after tyranny already boxed us in. Waiting for a miracle while floating in an infinite ocean of miracles.
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