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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 8h

Fuck bootlickers. Worse than the stupid—at least the stupid have the mercy of ignorance. Bootlickers choose degradation with intent. Parasites lapping up power’s droppings, smiling while they swallow. Nothing lower than a collaborator. Nothing fouler than someone who kneels and calls it principle.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 16h

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Innocent Until Proven Poor

We’re told the law exists to protect us—to uphold fairness, to defend the powerless, to keep order.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 2d

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Threads of the Human Loom

Lately, I’ve been hearing the same tired tune—often echoed in right-wing circles and online by nationalist talking-heads—about how white Europeans, particularly white Christian men, are singlehandedly...

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 12d

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Big Scary Government, Tiny Balls

I keep seeing people post that the new White House memorandum on “anti-American, anti-capitalist, and anti-Christian rhetoric or activities” terrifies them.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 18d

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The Clarity of Collapse: I Belong to Earth, Not Empire

As often it is with events in our lives that bring chaos and uncertainty, reflection and contemplation—and perhaps clarity—comes with it.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 22d

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In Spite of Everything, We Search

It’s not hard to see why a story like this might have slipped beneath the surface of public attention.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 28d

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Selective Compassion: The Hypocrisy of American Mourning

I keep seeing waves of posts mourning Charlie Kirk, framing his death as the silencing of a man “simply exercising free speech” or “speaking truth to power.” Others add the sentimental refrain: “he wa...

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 29d

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 29d

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The Adventurer Who Carried Both Whip and Conscience

While I’ve never been much of a reader of fiction, I’ve always had a deep appreciation for fiction in film.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 10

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How Small Towns Stay Small-Minded: The Cost of Never Leaving Home

A while ago, I wrote about the insular nature of rural communities in America, about how geography itself has acted as a kind of shield.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 7

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The 1% Laugh at Culture War Rage

Unless your net worth starts with a “B” and has nine zeros trailing behind it, you’re not in the billionaire class.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Republicans Accidentally Admit Trump Worked for the “Deep State”

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, with the dead-eyed conviction of a man auditioning for a parody of himself, actually claimed Trump was a secret FBI informant working against Epstein.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Humanity’s Suicide Note

It is no longer possible to claim ignorance.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 6

The language of war turned inward—rhetoric of a thug in office. A head of state bragging about “deportations in the morning” isn’t a leader—he’s a domestic terrorist in a suit, the festering carcass of American rot, animated by cruelty and parading the stench of collapse as if it were providence.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Once again, suspended from Facebook — waiting on appeal

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 1

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The Death of Nuance in America

Every time I’ve written about my time in Moscow, it seems to set someone off.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 31

Well, yes, and if I wasn’t already on a list—I most certainly am now, lol

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 31

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The Beautiful America Within Reach

Imagine an America where greed and money are not the engines of society, where we stop mistaking the hoarding of wealth for the measure of a person’s worth.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 28

My FB has a my linktree url in the bio.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Not a fan for the short, tweet-style posts that Bluesky runs on. If you want more from me, I’ve got my Substack, as mentioned before, and of course, FB. There is a fake profile on FB pretending to be me. Just the usual nonsense you’d expect from a local fascist trying to stir shit.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 27

Behold. The festering carcasses of American rot all shoved into ill-fitting suits.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you sir

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yeah lol

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Jul 30

If he really hates science and progress so much, the next time he needs a doctor—or those glasses—he should opt out. Hard to cry about modernity while squinting through prescription lenses. Ideological purity means walking the walk, not tripping over your own hypocrisy.

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