Only if you’re not a fucking weirdo.

You’ve never left the house and thought to yourself “man I wish I brought water?”

Did you get the surprise that lem.ee went offline too?

They’re not miserable. They are fascists. Can’t wait for the crowdsourced Nuremberg/french revolution mashup (2027 remaster)

Well good thing the US tourism rates have fucking plummeted since we have a full blown SS throwing people in bottomless pits never to be seen or heard from again! THE US IS SAFE!

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lol the whole quote was a SLJ reference from one of his iconic lines, so you are right on the money

Or…all of most of the rest of the world outside the US. It’s the bubble calling the bubble kaleidoscopic…or something more clever than that

But that’s what the author is saying. The “post war liberal order” of the last 77 years had mostly been a success of coming together to say that there are lines that can’t be crossed.

Now, at this point in the order’s timeline, those lines are being left so far in the rear view that they’re not visible anymore, while the empires that came to take down the holocaust are now cracking down on the people pointing this out. And critically, as pointed out later in the article, are taking notes for future wars.

Factor in the right wing fascists rising to power all over the world who are flagrantly walking all over decency and inflicting violence/turning the systems on enemies without much of a peep…well, things for the future look to be heading down a seriously dangerous path.

This isn’t business as usual. That is what they’re saying. They point out that this “established order” and international law have always been vulnerable to powerful actors moving the goalposts to serve and protect their interests. But this much drastic change in just a few years, specifically centered around Gaza is a horrific force—coupled with every other factor throughout the world— that seems to be upending any hopes for a decent future.

Woah…is “Rick” short for “Richard?” Did I just not know this? Or am I just forgetting that I knew it?? Or are you wrong??? I kinda need to know

Did you…read the article? They said the interview was done over the phone from inside the facility.

Like, in the third paragraph.

Well you have fun.

Meanwhile I’m gonna MEGA RETIRE.

Which basically just involves croaking and not working for the rest of time