chbarts
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How do you "believe in" capitalism? I'm getting the weirdest flashbacks of seeing creationism vs. evolution debates in college and how the creationist line was always framed as "belief in evolution," and the people who "believed in" it were called "evolutionists", like it was a religion.
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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ugh i was trying to remember what the deal with the blimp was and found this 2008 wonkette post with a great title from jim newell where whatever it's linking to has somehow dropped out and also the last sentence made me real sad www.wonkette.com/p/its-offici...
It's Official: Ron Paul Has No Power Over Blimp
Yeah yeah, Ronald McPaul, we know it's an "independent expenditure," but surely you can pull some strings since the blimp is for you?
www.wonkette.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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The solution is that we have to stop looking for a technical silver bullet and start rebuilding human institutions that are robust enough to resist. It requires work to verify, courage to report, and skepticism to consume.
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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in a way, bernie was the next logical step after ron paul. in this essay I will (a bag is placed over my head)
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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i mean they do have "crazy old man who seems to very literally believe what he is saying and not give a single fuck if he is supposed to be saying it" in common bsky.app/profile/capn...
in a way, bernie was the next logical step after ron paul. in this essay I will (a bag is placed over my head)
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"The Roman Empire contracting and retrenching in what's now Turkey is Literally The End Of Western Civilization For A Thousand Years" doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?

At least the Greeks lost a written language (Linear B)
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Also we don’t have to worry about the Sea Peoples, which is a bonus
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Makes you think though! (Mostly makes you think about how we’re not in the Bronze Age anymore.)
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM