Picture of a tweet with the caption: "The International Olympic Committee had to ask fans not to boo the U.S. delegation led by JD Vance and Marco Rubio during the opening ceremony."

Over a picture of J.D. Vance putting his hand on his chess with a US Paralympic press background

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01617727.pdf

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42800103

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7567540

Context

1994 Bophuthatswana crisis

The Bophuthatswana Crisis highlighted the deep unpopularity of the Mangope government and the bantustan system among most of the residents.[12] It has been remembered largely for the televised execution of three Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) militants by a black police officer, Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatsoe. This proved to be a public relations disaster for the AWB and demoralised the movement, which was then intent on preserving white minority rule.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7527794

average conspiracy cycle when it’s actually real

https://xcancel.com/i/status/2018074567395119477

[a water pipe is delivering water directly in the mouth of a huge character sitting on a chair, gorging on the water, below a label]
Evil proletarian getting all the unemployment benefits

[a few little droplets are falling from the water pipe into the mouth of a thin character in a suit, next to the label]
Poor billionaire trying to buy their 7th yacht

https://thebad.website/comic/the_unfair_society_we_live_in

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10508286

(Stats that show boosting ICE funding is a bipartisan policy)

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7519008

They should have canceled this show ten years ago, the writers are just fucking with us at this point

[yellow, shrugging]
Anticapitalists are silly idealists

[yellow, crossing their arms]
Communism can't work in real life

[yellow, pointing smugly at us]
The theory behind socialism is broken

[yellow, looking wavy]
Anarchism makes no sense at all

[yellow, smiling annoyingly in front of a huge wall of text]
As opposed to my support for capitalism, which works because the market is free and open and has no state intervention, there are no monopolies or oligarchies, everyone has a perfect understanding of the things they consume, there are no patents and other government sanctioned ways to slow down competition, megacorps absolutely love supporting the free market, and billionaires get no say in political decisions. Prices also magically reflect real social costs, because pollution, burnout, and infrastructure decay are all naturally priced in. Labor markets are frictionless, so people can instantly quit abusive jobs and seamlessly transition into better ones without rent, visas, health insurance, or time being a factor. Infor mation asymmetry does not exist, advertising is purely informative and never manipulative, and planned obsolescence would be irrational because firms are driven by a deep moral commitment to long-term consumer welfare. Crises never happen, but when they do they are excellent learning opportunities that only affect those who made bad personal choices. Banks fail responsibly. Housing markets collapse politely. Of course, capital never concentrates, because returns definitely do not compound, network effects are a myth, and first-mover advantage is just something lazy people complain about. If someone becomes obscenely rich, it is merely a coincidence that they can now afford better lawyers, better lobbying, better media access, and better laws. This has no feedback effect whatsoever. Democracy also remains pristine, since money is famously speechless and campaign finance has no measurable impact on policy outcomes. Regulators are fearless, revolving doors are sealed shut, and every captured agency is just doing a long, ironic performance art piece. When the state intervenes, it is always against capitalism, never on its behalf, and certainly never to socialize losses after privatizing gains. And if any of this sounds unrealistic, that is only because capitalism has never really been tried properly, unlike all those other systems, which failed specifically because humans were involved. But why does this paragraph end with a mention of thebad.website ?

https://thebad.website/comic/idealism

[Martin Luther King Jr. is raising a finger, speaking]
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day oppression will be solved by a strongly worded op-ed in the Washington Post and a bipartisan task force.

[MLK Jr. is now raising his hand]
I have a dream that one day this nation will politely vote segregation away, just like we did during the American Civil Vote and The Second World Vote.
I have a dream that my four little children will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by how politely they wait for incremental reform.

[MLK Jr. is now raising his fist]
I have a dream that the sons of former slave owners and the sons of former slaves will sit together at the table of a diversity panel moderated by a consultant.
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

https://thebad.website/comic/i_have_a_tweet