Putin in Russia (II): Spicy Island Liberation Front

[NynJa]

Bane ain't the one calling the shots right now.

And YCS is much better for it.

[Demosthenes]

I think most of it is self absorbed tomfoolery. Nevertheless, 3.0+1.0's final ten minutes did wrap up the character relationships and semi-justified their additional of Mari.

If you invested in watching everything else, it is worth watching the last movie to get some closure. If you didn't watch any of it, continue skipping IMO

I thought those final 10 mins were trash.

[Uzor]

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1577709595371470853

Bold thing to put out in the open. Gotta wonder why.

Gotta wonder what their strategy is with going public about that, and I'm curious whether they've talked to Ukraine about it. On the one hand, it might scare Putin and his closest allies into thinking that Ukraine can get to them or their family even in Moscow meaning that (almost) nowhere is safe, but on the other hand it might upset Russia further or even encourage Russian apologists.

So far U.S intelligence has been pretty spot on though, so I don't doubt it's true if that's the conclusion they've come to. Surely they've weighed the pros and cons about going public with that; I don't think they'd do it unless their conclusion is that it would be a net win.

[Forte]

People are speculating it's being used as a "Don't do that shit" message to Ukraine.

[Kaslo]

Yeah, assassinating people is the CIA's job!

[Spicyryan]

Please do. Please.

Hey pal, I am the buffer that protects you from the same eventual fate.

[thetruepandagod]

Bane ain't the one calling the shots right now. I've been tempted to nuke Ryan though

plzno im left so few joys

It's not like I am saying some Alex Jones shit.

he was right about the hermaphrodite frogs tho

[Spicyryan]

he was right about the hermaphrodite frogs tho

I mean, was he? Don't give him a technicality here.

[kuronosan]

I am in no way shocked that Forte wants to nuke someone he disagrees with.

[Xno Kappa]

Bane ain't the one calling the shots right now. I've been tempted to nuke Ryan though

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Don’t you freaking dare!

[Gredival]

That really is the difference. Ryan isn't trolling, he is just fucking dumb.

Yeah but that was also the case with guartz

Don’t you freaking dare!

I'm waiting for another golden egg to the degree of "Churchill was worse than Stalin."

He's got at least one more to lay before he gets roasted.

[Gredival]

I didn't assume as much, but it stuck out to me was all. The issue to this day—as it has yet to even end—with the natives is something America has never recognized, reconciled, or cared to really acknowledge. It's a regular feature of the viewpoint of the average American. Of which they simply were never taught their own history, it's impact, and it forms their cultural ideology and world view.
Which—to come full circle—is an example of why I clash so much with other posters. Good example also being the utterly reductionist memeing of "but USA worse /s" after some things I have said.

The US has committed terrible atrocities, foremost among those being against indigenous people and black slaves.

That doesn't change the fact that U.S. military hegemony is the greatest force for good in the world right now (and it's not even close) and utilitarianism dictates we keep it around.

[thetruepandagod]

The US has committed terrible atrocities, foremost among those being against indigenous people and black slaves.

That doesn't change the fact that U.S. military hegemony is the greatest force for good in the world right now (and it's not even close) and utilitarianism dictates we keep it around.

wait til they find out what everyone else did to the blacks #USAPOLOGIST

[Spicyryan]

The US has committed terrible atrocities, foremost among those being against indigenous people and black slaves.

That doesn't change the fact that U.S. military hegemony is the greatest force for good in the world right now (and it's not even close) and utilitarianism dictates we keep it around.

So the whole thing with pointing it out and moving on is that it mutes it.
As you know, I absolutely disagree with the assertment that it is a force for good. The Kool-Aid on that one is—whew buddy—yeah. However, that good force, outside of the obvious surface levels of global devastation. Has poisoned or otherwise killed countless people. Not just the obvious War Zones like Vietnam that it poured toxic chemicals over and it still avoids cleaning up or soldiers of the Gulf War, but even the Hawaiians poisoned to this day. With jet fuel carelessly and knowingly contaminating their water for decades. The Natives that saw their land and water irradiated, once again to this day, to make nuclear weapons. I don't need to go on, but in every case the military has covered it up and avoided responsibility.

The bottom line is that the US Military primarily exists to protect and serve hegemonic interests, and not the constitution. Which is quite obviously not because it is selflessly seeking the best for all on this planet, but because of the interests of the few over the lives of the many.
One the the chief directives in this pursuit is ensuring that an unnatural economic system is enforced. Any country that goes against that is undermined, attacked, and otherwise overthrown. Which is in direct contradiction to purported values of freedom and democracy.
Go look over the list of countries, leaders, political activists, and so on that have been ended or eviscerated as a result of this global force for good.

[Gredival]

I guarantee I am the most well read person on this forum in the areas of settler colonial violence and antiblackness.

Doesn't matter. Sometimes you gotta sacrifice a couple of hundred million to save a few billion.

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[Andalusian girls]

I guarantee I am the most well read person on this forum in the areas of settler colonial violence and antiblackness.

[Mrbeansman]

So the whole thing with pointing it out and moving on is that it mutes it.
As you know, I absolutely disagree with the assertment that it is a force for good. The Kool-Aid on that one is—whew buddy—yeah. However, that good force, outside of the obvious surface levels of global devastation. Has poisoned or otherwise killed countless people. Not just the obvious War Zones like Vietnam that it poured toxic chemicals over and it still avoids cleaning up or soldiers of the Gulf War, but even the Hawaiians poisoned to this day. With jet fuel carelessly and knowingly contaminating their water for decades. The Natives that saw their land and water irradiated, once again to this day, to make nuclear weapons. I don't need to go on, but in every case the military has covered it up and avoided responsibility.

The bottom line is that the US Military primarily exists to protect and serve hegemonic interests, and not the constitution. Which is quite obviously not because it is selflessly seeking the best for all on this planet, but because of the interests of the few over the lives of the many.
One the the chief directives in this pursuit is ensuring that an unnatural economic system is enforced. Any country that goes against that is undermined, attacked, and otherwise overthrown. Which is in direct contradiction to purported values of freedom and democracy.
Go look over the list of countries, leaders, political activists, and so on that have been ended or eviscerated as a result of this global force for good.

Your fucking delusional if you think things will ever be any better on this front with literally anyone else at the helm.

[Gredival]

I've had to read both Red White and Black as well as Afropessimism along with Moten and Harney's Undercommons. For setcol I've read Tuck and Yang's Decolonization is not a metaphor.

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[thetruepandagod]

i read dracula on the plane

[Spicyryan]

I guarantee I am the most well read person on this forum in the areas of settler colonial violence and antiblackness.

Doesn't matter. Sometimes you gotta sacrifice a couple of hundred million to save a few billion.

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Care to elaborate on how colonialism and antiblackness are a sacrifice for the greater good?

Your fucking delusional if you think things will ever be any better on this front with literally anyone else at the helm.

Such a level of despair, resignation, and hopelessness is sad. Also rather sinister to determine all results are maleficent and therefore you want to be the metaphorical boot.