assassin_aragorn

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

There's a second layer of heavy irony here when you look at what led to the Zionist movement in the first place.

Jewish persecution across Europe had always been a thing, but following the Russian revolution, there were pogroms of Jews, who were scapegoated by Tsar supporters as responsible for the revolution.

This was the straw that broke the camel's back. It led a prominent Jewish thinker/author to conclude that Jews would never have safety or security unless they had their own country. Simultaneously, Jewish culture was undergoing changes and enlightenment at the time. All of this taken together is what gave rise to a powerful Zionist movement.

Fiddler of the Roof is the last thing anyone should protest, because preserving Jewish culture in Russia and hostilities from Russia towards it are what led to Israel in the first place!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I actually liked most of them except the final boss, the dancing lion, and the moon knight lady. Other than that they were pretty okay.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

May chaos take the world!

The DLC actually has an amazing boss fight related to frenzy

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I see it as purposeful messaging that they're willing to change and be more progressive, if that's what we want. Now we need to prove them right and get out to the polls.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

"Why'd Trump spend time on a side issue if there's supposedly a bunch of major issues with Harris' policy?"

"...pass"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't disagree. I just think we shouldn't dismiss the possibility just because the US says it's the case. The US also said Putin was going to invade Ukraine and caught a lot of ridicule online for that, but it turned out to be a spot on prediction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I never disagreed with that. I'm just offering my perspective as someone familiar with the cultural traditions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Okay, and my point is regardless of if what you say is merited or not, Maduro can still have cheated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Completely agree.

Balanced budget, working away the debt, making sure you don't run a deficit? All totally sensible. But you do that by making the government more efficient and raising tax revenue, not slashing funding willy nilly

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some of the ideals they claimed to follow weren't necessarily bad. Fiscal conservatism isn't inherently a bad thing, the problem is that Republicans were highly selective about when they cared about it.

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