The best way to oppose social imperialism is to enthusiastically support regular imperialism
By not voting for Harris, you're de facto voting for Trump. At the same time, however, by not voting for Trump, you're de facto voting for Harris
Fortunately that flag has been bleached white by decades of unfiltered uv rays
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With that first paragraph, at least, I get where they're coming from but I feel like it's likely that they've never actually killed somebody. Yes, it's morally acceptable and good to kill Nazis, and also taking a life is a thing that sticks with you in ways you don't expect (from what I've heard; I've never killed anybody either). I just feel like that's a weird thing to criticize the film for. I really doubt anybody goes away from Come And See believing that killing Nazis is wrong or bad, just that war is hell.
I could be totally off-base here; I haven't see the film in a long time. But that criticism just strikes me as not really warranted
The Wild Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson is basically about this; the US gets the fuck nuked out of it and then the rest of the world takes turns patrolling the US coasts to make sure nobody leaves
They weren't aware, that's correct. I cannot fucking stand the online reactionary stance on modern art I see from leftists; abstract expressionism was promoted by the west strictly because it was the opposite of the official Soviet line on art, which was socialist realism, not because of the ideological content of the art itself. It's beyond intellectually lazy to be opposed to abstract art because of that.
Standing in front of a Mark Rothko painting was almost a fucking spiritual experience for me, not because of the capitalist messages hidden inside but because of the depth of color and texture that fills the perception
The secret to making things better in the world is that you can't rely on people making good choices, you have to remove the bad choices.
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"Excellent work, 47. Now get out of there."