LupineTroubles [he/him, they/them]

The saddest part of this is that Elon has never said anything interesting in his life, and is one of the most limp personalities of any public figure. It is pitiful and pathetic in a way that it almost feels wrong to look down upon.

Academic history is not very fascist so there is no need to ever concede any interest in history to any fash adjacent group. I am personally very interested in history in general and military history too and almost everything I read on the matter is written by nuanced understanding regardless of what its political or ideological leanings are which range from neoliberal conservative historians to more materialist or Marxist analysis. A lot of pop history is just very fascistic because pop history is superficial and lacks substance, that’s also the main appeal of fascism, just a generalized incoherent aesthetic vibe without anything behind it.

It’s interesting how all the talking points around what’s happening in Gaza and how it doesn’t qualify as a genocide is exactly the talking points given about Armenian Genocide by its denialists. Perhaps Israeli politicians outrage about trying to refute the genocide claims by arguing against those alikening it to holocaust serves also as a smoke screen by distracting from comparisons to other historical incidents like Armenian Genocide or what happened to Circassians.

On one hand you are right she doesn’t deserve that much effort, on the other hand she is all aesthetic no substance much like fascism so it might be befitting.

This is just an articulated sophism to essentially say that leftists should stop making a ruckus and just understand that they can’t change American politics so they should shut up and let the genocide happen and focus on the American politics they can’t change anyway. Very in line with democratic leadership messaging, never rock the boat and let it take you wherever the wind of money blows.

It does, he says بصر and بصيرة which are sight and insight. It is a fairly common word to mean insight or discernment or even vision.

Unfortunately the only thing which motivates large portion of male population whether liberal or conservative is to what degree they can objectify women. This is why Israel uses models as IDF propaganda.

Are you asking for a specific book talking about this concept? I am not sure if there is anything comparative this way but in a lot of cultures historical and contemporary the idea of fulfilment is tied to different formulae (sometimes evoking that image of formula, for example “Alchemy of Happiness” by Al-Ghazali), it is a broad spectrum with variety theological and philosophical understandings whether it is spiritual or mundane. Happiness can come from fulfilment but it is more of a fleeting feeling that’s not reliable as a long term goal so these religious or personal beliefs often emphasize other factors for it, from self-sacrifice to community to purpose whether one agrees or not. Consumerist culture is something else entirely, because it sells happiness which is elusive and hard to define, you are always meant to self-improve towards productivity to service this idea of acquiring happiness as an utilitarian currency which you exchange for your toil so life is proposed as an expense for goal of happiness. This latter idea of consumerism and happiness is something that has been written about specifically. As for the connection of both to each other and this event that’s a personal interpretation I made. I suppose one could just call it a “hot take” that way.

You know something doesn’t exist in a society when it’s illegal. If it ever happened why would there be laws against it? How could laws ever represent anything but good faith zeitgeist of pure order and benevolence?

What has went wrong in American cuisine and food culture that it came to a point where eating soups and stews is considered subversive and transgressive by these health enthusiasts?

This is what happens when a culture doesn’t understand happiness isn’t the end goal of life. Consumerism which promotes idea of earning your happiness through constant self-improvement has its logical conclusion in this idea that all which isn’t happy or striving for happiness through consumption is wasted. This is functionally same ideology as those social media life coaches selling the hustle grindset.

I don’t think ending life in earth is that easy, besides it would just incentive lifeforms that can break down plastic over time. It might become unsustainable for humanity however.

I think most people’s view of gender and social expectations of its performance are just very unexamined, because they never have cause to examine it and when they are presented a cause such as trans or gender non-conforming people their reaction is confrontational and defensive about their basic assumptions which they never challenge.

I actually think a lot of people who are not themselves trans or gender non-conforming but accepting of those tend to also be accepting broadly but not understanding of these performances or nuances that are constantly reaffirmed through social interactions and can require deconstruction to properly perceive and present.

I am myself cis-male but despite occasionally being confused for a girl in my teen and young adult years it took me until my mid 20s and interacting with trans people to see.

I don’t think people even pay much attention to voice when they perceive gender when they have visual feedback instead and in personal interactions social habits and preconceptions define most people’s approach to gender performance more than anything you do frankly. Center your experience on your own self-actualization in a way that’s pleasant to you and people who would understand you will perceive you in how you express yourself in your own language.

Requiescat in pace

They’ll win the votes of the elusive 99% hitler electorate any day now. I suppose they don’t mind trying since it is their preferred policy and if Trump second term is bad enough they might win the election with ability to pass reactionary conservative austerity legislature. Basically learning from Labor in UK.

It’s okay your desire to mention Mongols is very understandable and not at all unusual.

I understand what you are saying, to take a general criticism of a medium as personal offense requires a certain type of person attached to certain perspectives within that medium beyond being a fan of works in that medium. However I tend to try to not be too callous because you can treat people in good faith about their interests and they’ll sooner than later out themselves if they are the type of person you are highlighting here. Basically, the cost of giving people benefit of the doubt in this case is not too high because your doubt will be proven wrong very quickly if it is misplaced.

There is probably a more recent and more relevant example that could be given considering the circumstances than distant Mongol conquerors.

I have noticed also from what you have said and from what was written both here and elsewhere female protagonist, LGBT themes or both seem more commonly move past some of the worst impulses of anime, at least ones that aren’t outright fanservice or queer-baiting. Not to say that there isn’t any of this in any other LGBT-oriented media, but perhaps maybe it is has more of a baseline of self-examination and introspection. Sword Art Online just seems to be both ur-isekai for the category I have in mind and and also the ultimate slop of its own genre somehow, which is interesting.