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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 3h

"The colonized is indebted to the colonizer for being colonized."

David Graeber speaks about the brutality of Debt in history.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 3h

I wonder if there are cultural issues from motorists towards pedestrians at all.

MAGA overlaps with a lot of ideas about insecurity and violent masculinity that car dealers use to sell bigger trucks as well.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 4h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 14h

Crazy what happens when CEOs and politicians are thinking more than 2-4 years into the future.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

Is that Alex Jones with the Hitler mustache?

I thought it was a reference to Antarctic Hollow Earth Nazis from "Iron Sky 2"

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Iron Sky: The Coming Race - Wikipedia

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

"If I believe smart people failed, it only stands to reason that stupid people deserve a chance"

secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

She's horrible, though.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

I appreciate that people are waking up to the fact that she's horrible.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

She's a fascist monster.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

The winner literally thanked him for the win.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

She is a complete monster.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

She's a fascist monster cheering the murder of Venezuelan citizens for the sake of privatizing their oil industry.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

bigthink.com/strange-maps... - that's not even looking at the actual streets, or highways, or on/off ramps, or gas stations...

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

Also, the more space is given over to cars, the more people have to use cars to do anything.

Cities get so sprawled out, hostile to pedestrians and it's a nightmare to get around any other way, if you can at all.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah I don't think it was the "oppressed people" in Saudi Arabia who were at his show...

secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 21h

They didn't fail their owners, who wanted a Trump presidency.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 22h

She is literally cheering for Trump murdering Venezuelans.

She is actively working with international far-right figures to spread hate, intolerance and authoritarianism.

She is a fascist monster. And this award is a total capitulation to Trump's threats.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 23h

"Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony" according to Machiavelli - it's not often you see that illustrated so vividly.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah that checks out

secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

All joking aside, that award IS a win for Trump.

Machado is his ally, tied to the global far-right, Likud, Geert Wilders, Viktor Orban, Marine Le Pen, etc... - and she openly supports Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

"Girlboss Fascism"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Except she's fighting to support Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens and she's an ally of international far-right groups like Likud, Geert Wilders, Marine Le Pen, etc...

This is capitulation to Trump, not resistance.

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Someone described a billion dollars as "the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke" and that sounds about accurate.

As soon as one person has resources equal to thousands of people's lifetime earnings, they can sway them however they want and manipulate democracy accordingly.

secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I could celebrate but the winner is a fascist trump ally who's a complete monster herself -

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

Despite some people trying to frame it as some "resistance" to Trump, the Nobel committee completely capitulated to him.

Maria Corina Machado is a monster - she's a far-right Trump ally who openly calls for military invasion of Venezuela, and calls Trump's murder of Venezuelan citizens "visionary"

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 1d

bart simpson is talking to a man in a press hat while bart simpson looks on .

ALT: bart simpson is talking to a man in a press hat while bart simpson looks on .

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