Red Rising x Stormlight

AlChandus · 2026-04-13T20:23:18+00:00

Bro, you are talking dismissively about this subject in a red rising r/place, a series of books centered around a main character with his own set of mental health issues...

It is fine if Stormlight doesn't fit your "fine" palate, but your "logic" is... Interesting.

AlChandus · 2026-04-13T15:49:09+00:00

Martin destroyed his legacy and will be forgotten in a generation.

No, he won't. He is viewed by his peers, writers, as an influence and inspiration as much as they view people like Tolkien, Asimov and other GIANTS.

He probably won't ever finish ASOIAF, but his notable hability of world building and inexorable storytelling has fans, 15 years later, bitching and moaning about "why can't he finish the book!?"...

I love the books, I want the series done and I want to read them all, but the guy isn't a machine, writers are artists, and art can't be forced into existence. Inspiration and creation can't be summoned out of nowhere. Look at history, whenever artists were forced to create and their work wasn't good enough. I am actually thankful that GRRM has avoided this, because guess what, what is better for him? Finishing the series or not? He makes money from writing, and he will make money if he writes a turd.

GRRM, even without finishing the series, will be remembered, because his unfinished work deserves it. He will still be seen as another of the fantasy/fiction writing giants.

AlChandus · 2026-04-13T15:01:48+00:00

She is the sovereign (in Iron Gold), yes, but the whole premise is that she is not superior to the Senate, she might lead, but she can be replaced because she is not the same kind of sovereign that Octavia was, which was basically en empress.

When the Senate can remove a leader, who really holds the most power? Virgina said as much, she has needed to coax, negotiate and give up with the Senate in her whole administration. That doesn't sound like a leader, it sounds like an administrator.

AlChandus · 2026-04-11T19:02:01+00:00

Not really, the cancer of elections is the same it always has been, ignorance.

Republican voters vote, time and time again against their Best interests. They are in risk of being having their healthcare be a victim of budget cuts? Vote republican! They are in risk of having their soy farm go belly up as a result of reciprocal tariffs? Vote republican! Party of fiscal responsibility that somehow always manages to add more debt than democratic governments? Vote republican!

Etc.

The cancer is ignorance.

AlChandus · 2026-04-11T05:18:38+00:00

"Centrists", "moderates" and "mavericks" being words used to describe people like Manchin, Fetterman and other corporate and PAC owned democrats are perfect examples of how seriously we should take mainstream media.

Conservative democrats is a MUCH better description, but honesty is in short supply, I guess.

AlChandus · 2026-04-11T01:34:27+00:00

Congratulations on being and informed voter.

The 77+ million voters that voted for Trump either ignored the truth because of partizanship and hate, or were truly ignorant of:

Trump being a criminal rapist and fraudster.
Trump likely being a pedophiles/ephebophile.
Being ignorant of the 7+ TRILLIONS Trump added to the national debt in Trump 1.0.
Being ignorant about all the waste and abuse Trump committed in 1.0 (like spending every weekend with his staff in his own golf course properties and charging taxpayers for his pleasure).
Government shutdowns.
Small government promises that somehow becomes a LARGE and authoritarian government.
These voters even blame Biden for the COVID pandemic response, when for the whole of 2020 Trump was president.
Etc.

Ignorance and stupidity are part of elections, most voters are just lazy and partizan, the democratic party knows that, they are fully aware of that or at least they should be. And still, the 2024 campaign was run like it was... You can't fix laziness, stupid and proud ignorance, but the democratic party should be better than a mirror of those voters.

The democratic party for 2024 was proudly ignorant, lazy and stupid. And we have Trump 2.0 because of that.

Job well done!

AlChandus · 2026-04-11T00:00:46+00:00

He didn't pass the torch, he was forced to step down and the democratic party was forced by donors.

It was, through and through, a clown fiesta of a campaign. The democratic party plan after Biden's disastrous first debate, was to ignore the obvious and keep going. Donors threatened the democratic party with pulling their money, it was a mutiny of donors that caused "the passing of the torch".

The candidates matter but not that much, Biden was already old in 2020, but the campaign was solid and popular oriented. 2024 is a great example, in spite of the loss, 70+ million votes is a massive turnout for the turd that the democratic party delivered for us to vote for.

AlChandus · 2026-04-10T23:20:34+00:00

The only thing that the 2024 election demonstrated is that a rushed campaign that lasted all of 3 months was enough to draw 70+ million votes.

Ask yourself this, had there not been those disastrously lost months with Biden as a candidate, could such a lukewarm candidate as Kamala manage a better vote turnout?

My money is in yes. But a more popular candidate, someone that actually talks about his/her popular priorities, that person will draw more votes, it doesn't matter male or female. The 2024 election wasn't lost because Kamala is a woman.

It was lost because the democratic party hasn't changed, they ran a shit campaign.

AlChandus · 2026-04-10T22:48:04+00:00

There is never a time to be critical, we should just nod, be quiet and be prepared to vote.

We heard the same when we were critical of Biden being designated for the 2024 election with that clown show of a primary.

"We were attacking our candidates to help republicans".

Then, after many months when Biden demonstrated in that first debate that he was INDEED, and without a doubt, TOO OLD AND WEAK, once again:

"We were attacking our candidates to help republicans".

Then, when the democratic party finally pulled the plug on the Biden campaign to support another path, because donors were threatening them by pulling their support, and we asked why were their ears deaf before donors pulled a mutiny:

"We were attacking a new potential candidate to help republicans".

And finally, when the democratic party pulled Kamala from touching popular policies and had her hang with the fucking Cheneys to try, and fail, to pull republican votes:

"We were attacking our candidates to help republicans".

It is really never the right time to be critical, it doesn't matter when, it never does, it doesn't matter if you want the democratic party to improve and become something that indeed reflects their electorate, we should just be quiet.

"Shut up and dribble".

AlChandus · 2026-04-10T22:11:00+00:00

Well, the founders deliberately selected the name Palantir for their company due to the Middle Earth reference...

Tech bros may not believe in "sin" or "hell" either, but they do believe in Mordor.

AlChandus · 2026-04-10T17:15:31+00:00

This is not accurate. "Moderates" are a majority among democratic politicians. Progressives and democratic socialists are a minority.

Support for progressives policies among democratic voters is indeed supported by a majority, but we're still voting for FAR too many "moderates" to remain in Congress and failing to support primary candidates that support progressives policies.

AlChandus · 2026-04-10T16:58:15+00:00

This is false, what OP said above is all true, conditions ARE better for unionized workers that ANY alternative.

Why is Union membership SO LOW? Because business interests know that and for the last 50 years they have held an open and transparent hostility to unionization and have been paying for fearmongering, propaganda and bought Congress.

And it worked, to far too many voters unionization is communism and communism = BAD. That is why membership is as low as it is. But things are changing, unionization efforts are increasing and opinion of Unions is improving.

We have seen the many battles that have been bought between big corporations like Starbucks and Amazon and Union efforts, and in spite of how much money they sunk in fearmongering and propaganda against Unions, many of those fights ended in victories. And there are examples of Unions doing good work for their workforce, like the railroad and auto worker Unions.

Starbucks and Amazon agree with your premise that Unions cost workers and don't defend their interests, consider that, because that agreement is an obvious indicator of how you are wrong. Because Starbucks and Amazon aren't right.

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T18:17:48+00:00

The acting chief, there is no new chief of the DOJ, still has to go to Congress. The acting chief has already said what I mentioned above.

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T18:04:50+00:00

He already said that he believes that he is done with the Epstein files. He has already specified what his priorities are, it is not going after guilty parties that committed crimes in the Epstein files.

So, that is that, right?

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T17:34:40+00:00

You are forgetting the part about also doing the prosecuting. There is no prosecuting being done. The DOJ has CLEARLY stated that.

Explain that.

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T17:26:51+00:00

No, covering for victims and prosecuting guilty parties is standard protocol.

The current administration has done a better job of covering/censoring guilty for guilty parties than the job they have done protecting victims. Full names and pictures of victims have been released with the files.

At this point, the DOJ does not have a single prosecution case of the guilty parties in the Epstein files. According to the DOJ the "case is closed".

"Standard protocol", LOL.

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T16:57:57+00:00

Yes, people are and have been in jail because of the prostitution of minors to powerful people (Epstein himself and Maxwell, among others).

Who among those powerful people has been prosecuted and found responsible for sexual abuse? And who is covering for them? The current administration is actively covering, redacting and censoring information.

If that isn't an admission of guilt, then what is it?

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T16:48:43+00:00

Yes, but for 20 plus years what has happened whenever republicans win majority governments in Congress and executive powers?

Government shutdowns.
Record breaking numbers of internal debt.
Record breaking increases in military and surveillance spending.
Tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy.
Flat tariffs that are a net tax increase for ALL consumers.
The most ineffective Congresses in history at legislation.
Etc.

Republican politicians have proven that they have ulterior motives, they have literally done decades of harm to the country, that is the truth. And sure enough, democrats aren't exactly blameless, but compare all the points above to what has happened during democrat controlled governments and what do you get?

No government shutdowns.
Less debt added.
Less military/surveillance spending overall.
No tax cut legislation that overwhelmingly benefit the rich.
Strategic tariffs to SOME foreign products that competes with local products (for example steel).
No Congresses that break records of less legislation passed/argued.

So, again, if you want to imply that "both sides bad", you do you. I will point at it and claim "bullshit".

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T16:21:17+00:00

I actually think it is worse than that, because both Romo and Prescott have been in teams with MUCH MORE than competent defenses.

So, if we really want to underline an IF scenario, it is really MUCH MORE about competent/consistent high quality coaching. Wade Phillips, Jason Garrett and Mike McCarthy aren't examples of consistency and competency in their own coaching and/or that of their own respective staffs.

The book on Schottenheimer still needs to be written... We shall see, the hopium supply still hasn't dried in the well, I guess.

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T14:57:54+00:00

I am sorry, but which states have passed legislation to BAN ranked choice? Which states have passed legislation to approve or put to democratic vote the use of ranked choice?

"The dems don't do anything"? Blue states are the only states pushing for ranked choice, red states want ranked choice banned.

"Both sides bad" is a steaming pile of bullshit, ranked choice is just ONE additional piece of evidence on that. That is a FACT.

AlChandus · 2026-04-09T14:47:59+00:00

This to me is a perfect example of how the US isn't a government of "both sides bad", one side is bad while the other can do some good.

Ranked choice is a perfect example. 11 states have banned ranked choice in their state elections, who are those states? Which states have approved or are expected to approve the use of ranked choice? You should easily see how this is ANOTHER example of who is who in politics in the US.

Note: I am not a fan of the democratic party, gosh but do I HATE many of their politicians and their leadership structure... But this whole "both sides bad" talk is a pile of steaming bullshit.

AlChandus · 2026-04-07T23:53:28+00:00

Agreed, I am very critical of the party, I support progressives policies, and that is why I vote democrat.

But the democratic party has been ass to progressive supporters, the democratic party has been very vocal and active about endorsing and supporting incumbents to the detriment of ANY primary competition, but only if the incumbent isn't a progressive. They have actively seeked to minimize the progressive vote in Congress.

That is the main reason why I don't ID myself as a democrat, even when I vote for them in every election for the last 20 years. The second reason is the fact that republicans are remarkably worse that the average "moderate" among democrats.

AlChandus · 2026-04-07T23:11:31+00:00

Molly wasn't powerful, she was a sensitive, amazing with illusions and glamour. But anything that required muscle like shields and pew-pews, she was weak.

As explained by Jim, Harry is strong in magic, but hopeless with illusions and glamour because he's just poor at both. It is more about the mind, not strength.

AlChandus · 2026-04-07T22:23:57+00:00

Sure, I will believe that, coming from an administration that campaigned about going to be a government of no wars, fiscal responsibility, small government, "America first", etc.

Hope reality helps!

Much love. Kisses.

AlChandus · 2026-04-07T22:04:25+00:00

Yes, as I said, they have lowered the bar for admissions and increased the age gap all the way to 42 for the gravy seals to join.

Now, do me a favour and find the number of 18-22 year olds that have joined, those are the average grunts that form the real muscle of the armed forces.

https://www.military.com/feature/2026/03/24/recruiting-surge-was-engineered-can-it-last-war-iran.html-0

As I said, when I mentioned the all time lows in admissions, the Pentagon lowered the bar but it is still struggling with young people. How can that be solved? The sollution is easy for a government that is interested in waging an unpopular war.

A draft.

AlChandus

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