1 out of every ~200 Russians, overwhelmingly young, formerly healthy men, are now seriously wounded or dead because of Putin’s ill-conceived ambitions. Christ.

For reference, the last time the US lost anywhere CLOSE to that proportion of its population in war was WW2.

May they never be able to set foot outside of their apartheid ethnostate again.

I mean, hell, may they be arrested even inside of it, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for that.

May they never be able to set foot outside of their apartheid ethnostate again.

I mean, hell, may they be arrested even inside of it, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for that.

I think that the modernist and materialist interpretation of society is very lacking and outdated. Humans are not purely rational creatures, and incredibly counterintuitive behavior, up to and including massive movements of millions of people contrary to their material interests and the interests of their own social advancement, has been and is caused by religious mania.

I don’t know, I think you may underestimate the depth of religious convictions in some areas of the country.

I can’t help but feel this is topical

Commodus doesn’t appear to have descended into megalomania until a few years into his sole rule. One expects the power got to his head rather than him simply being born wrong. C’est la vie!

Guerilla learning. I strike the unsuspecting with some piece of trivia and then disappear into the void, leaving them slightly the wiser, and no one can stop me!

FUN FACT: Romans actually put very little emphasis on teaching the dirty provincials Latin. They simply gave and posted all their laws and proclamations in Latin, and if the provincials didn’t understand it, too fucking bad, ignorance is no excuse for not breaking the law.

This, obviously, put those who DID know Latin at a distinct advantage, not only for avoiding trouble themselves, but also for getting their fellows out of trouble by knowing what the law ACTUALLY was. It created a kind of lower provincial elite (or middle-class, if one prefers) with a self-interest in learning Latin (and, ideally, literacy). This relatively soft hand, as opposed to 19th century nations beating children for speaking ‘dirty’ languages, actually was very effective at establishing Latin in conquered territories. Language was one of the more deeply rooted aspects of the Empire in the West for this reason.

School really did prepare us for real life in the end

Was thinking more “Yes. ‘Cool’. That’s what you find them.”

https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/375674-0

Scrungly Blorbo

Wouldn’t it be lovely? Unfortunately, we’ve got a lot of fighting on the ground to convince our fellow citizens to get their asses there instead of some weird 90s fantasy world.

Long story, I suppose, but the short of it is that this guy was a prominent celebrity chef who, more than just eating with people, was a strong advocate of cross-cultural dialogue and the value of culture (including food, naturally) as a means of communication between peoples and a way of spreading understanding. Very outspoken politically, anti-xenophobic, anti-racist, anti-exploitation.

So combining cultural tolerance (something many of us would like to hope is American, if we can get the shovel out and dig deep down inside) and enjoying food (very American) hits close for many of us.

If you see a Fox News viewer in public, when the TV flips on you can see them drool

Sorry, what I meant was IF WE ALL VOTE FOR JILL STEIN RIGHT NOW SHE WILL BE PRESIDENT AND SOLVE THE UKRONAZI MENACE or something like that

Yeah, basically. ‘Neoliberal’ and ‘lib’ are just snarl words many tankies use to mean “Anyone less fascist than Mao”.

In general, .world is much less radical than many places on Lemmy. But they’re far from neoliberals. The average poster is slightly left of a Berniecrat, probably; that is to say, either a very strong SocDem or a very weak DemSoc.

This is especially evident the way they get whipped into a froth any time actually existing (and former) socialist countries get brought up.

It’s funny that all the “AES” countries that are brought up are just authoritarian states, and sometimes, for that matter, authoritarian capitalist states. It’s almost like the people championing these supposedly socialist countries are just fascists painted red.

Fox is one of the greatest atrocities to ever hit the airwaves. I do wonder how much of our recent national damage is directly attributable to it. Not a majority, most likely. But a non-negligible chunk.