The success of the 9/11 attacks cannot be understated (see Jean Baudrillard’s The Spirit of Terrorism).

After a supposed victory over an ideological opponent (USSR), the US engaged in building the “rules based international order” and, after a frenzy of neoliberal export (Bosnia), began to show rot. The cultural angst of the late 90’s - unintentionally enunciated in Fukiyama’s “End of History” - reflected the hollow promise of the capitalist vision.

The 9/11 attacks forced the contradictions of this aimless and self-destructive impulse into overdrive and spawned an unfocused frenzy of jingoism which served to mask the profound disquiet festering at the core of the American psyche.

That ideological bankruptcy has forced into focus the fundamental inability of capitalism to build a resonant faith in structural stability and justice.

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I know this is the most tired of tropes but … Wiemar liberals reborn.

You can definitely tell they they went … whoops and tacked on the last 30 minutes of the movie to make him seem like the bad guy. The entire film goes into a severe tonal shift.

Ahoyhoy, my Black Book of Agriculture has the count at trillions. Checkmate

Just like the experimental warship camouflage - it’s a weak floating structure

So I’m relying on more knowledgeable bears here, but this is basically a manifestation of unions without theory right?

Without state support unions will be assaulted by capitalistic mentalities and turn into gangs?

Laughing in hell eating pizza

The power of beans and rice compels you to succeed!

Liberalism is in the spinal cord - this move excises liberalism.

Ahhhh - well that definitely plays into the Midwestern dad who tells fish stories vibe he’s doing.

I mean, the “Tiananmen Square” that Americans think of is just one picture on one day, but there were student protests for at least three months right? So he could have just said he was there during the student movement of '89? Daddy football was pretty garsh darn flustered tonight for sure.

Funny story: one time I was talking about what kind of socialism/socialist project I thought would be most effective (before reading theory of course) and I said the best way was to make socialism work in one country first. Astute people may recognize that this is Stalin’s “Socialism in One Country,” but being ignorant at the time I said, “it would be called like, national socialism or something.”

Good times.

Ohhhhh, okay - well mine was just saucy tofu. But that sauce could have been chicken broth based … boo.

I ate the same thing but … what’s the meat??? Please don’t tell me there’s fish/oyster sauce in there??? It didn’t taste like it…

Edit: So the sauce is usually made with chicken broth? :-(

Arachnox the Butt-Peeker

Haha, great video thanks

I still love them anyways

Yeah… :-(

I still love them

Boo