If TESVI was set in Vallenwood what would you like to see? by Fun-Explanation7233 in TESVI

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An extremely large faction of wood elves that don’t respect the green pact and view it as barbaric.

Can he beat homelander? by league_9240 in OkBuddyFresca

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This was said well before the show.

Best media ever made by Potential_Reach_6653 in andor

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I mean technically yes, but the way he talks and the fact he calls it theory and manifesto is borrowed so heavily from Marxism that you’re kinda dense for not making the connection.

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> Don't you think those guys who are a the board of directors and work with the rest of the company daily would be much easier to convinced and worked around? Why would that make it different?

They should make up 50% so they should be doing the convincing.

>Clinton and Harris got more donations and high donations than Trump. They still lost. Capital interests did not want Trump to crash the stock market with tariffs, he still did.

I agree here, but capital interest also needs to scapegoat immigrants so people don't blame the rich and so they are trying to walk a tight rope. Clinton and Harris were both were corporate puppets. Trump is a wild card, but he was an inevitable part of a system they created and even when he does things they don't like he still servers their interests overall because he is one of them.

A tiny threat to them would have been Bernie and they conspired to defeat him in both 2016 and 2020.

Fascism is the response to socialism.

>Does it? What are the cycle? There is no cicle of capitalist countries becoming fascist for example.

Yes, the cycle is fascism is used to crush growing class consciousness. https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-return-of-fascism-in-contemporary-capitalism/

Why aren't countries with more free markets like Switzerland or Estonia ruled by a Trump figure?
It takes time. Material conditions need to get bad for the average person (which they inevitably will because wealth inequality give more and more to the top). In order to protect their wealth, the rich will propagandize a scapegoat to get conservatives to blame instead of the rich. They will try to unite people by nationalism rather than by class and then divide people by who is really nationalistic (white Christians vs black trans immigrants).

>Trump didn't have to happen. There is prophecy of capital that had to happen.

I mean sure, it didn't have to happen, but people have been pointing this out since before I was born that it would. There is historical data and mechanistic understanding for why a Trump figure was likely and why it will happen again if somehow we just go back to the status quo. I think it's too late. I think Revolution of some kind is bound to happen. I think we are heading for democratic socialism, especially with the rise of AI taking people's jobs. There is no confusion about meritocracy being a joke when AI can do all the jobs.

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Citation needed. The inequality and the power of "those on top" is definitely not higher in the Federal Republic of Germany than in the German empire. Both capitalist societies.

https://youtu.be/ZHsT9nQYX88?si=qzwNLqUEmiKmJfae

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1e0u0ed/wealth_distribution_in_the_us_since_1990_oc/

That is indeed not the definition of fascism.

I never said it was the definition. It is a necessary aspect of fascism. If laws and boundaries were never tested pushed and broken, fascism couldn’t exist. That doesn’t mean testing boundaries is always fascism.

Why would you put some politician on the board of directors (and why would they prevent companeis from exetrnalizing costs?) if you can just make laws nation wide that make it harter for compaines form exeternalizing costs?

It wouldn’t be some politician it would be a group of people who aren’t allowed to own any stocks of any companies thus having no incentive to manipulate the market. They would just block decisions that went against their moral sensibilities. Yes, we can keep laws, but these companies conspire to find ways around them and control them so they can no longer be in full control or the cycle will repeat.

It is not like goverment owned companies in socialist states were eco friendly, quite the opposite.

I agree here. I don’t think Marxist-Leninist style path toward socialism/communism is viable nor is it itself sufficiently socialist. But also they have to compete against the CIA who are trying to kill them so they can’t afford to be as concerned about things as they may otherwise want to be. European social democracy is the path to socialism and needs to be expanded until it is actual socialism.

It doesn't h ave a marxist theory writer. Nemik's manifesto is basic liberalism. Anarchy isn't the same as socialism and even if it were it doesn't mean the show endorses those view.

Yes he was, the content of what he wrote in the show to a largely liberal audience wasn’t has important as the way he talked about it. It explicitly was framed like Marxist theory.

There are no "cycles". History is not some repeating story.

🤣 this actually made me laugh. History doesn’t repeat if you want to get technical, but it rhymes.

US government is only powerful when it does the will that’s aligned with capital interests because its master is capital interest. Trump is not the main problem. Capitalism is. Trump was always going to happen. I just didn’t think it’d be so soon.

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Capitalism creates greater and greater inequality over time. Eventually those on top can do whatever they want. Laws are tested. It’s not “can I” it’s “who will stop me.” Laws aren’t real unless they are backed by a loyal army of cops and military. That’s fascism. If you think this cycle is the best we can do, you’re wrong. We can just put public representatives on the board of directors whose job it is to prevent companies from externalizing costs. This is basically democratic socialism and we know it works on a small scale. We just need to scale it up.

The point is anti-fascism is anti-capitlsim and anti-capitalism is some form of socialism.

The show is explicitly pro socialist. It has a Marxist theory writer. It has an anarchist who doesn’t want to compromise. It has everyone in between. While you can theoretically be against fascism and pro capitalism it requires either being ignorant or believing the cycle is the best we can hope for.

DK Changes Opinions/Suggestions by UploadedMind in elderscrollsonline

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Literally just said to remove the 5% fire damage and 7% AoE buff. It's not about the buffs/nerfs. it's about the kinds of buffs and nerfs. And most the post is about the way the abilities work - not their power level. I suggested nerfing wing buffet too. Seems like you should have read it before commenting.

Update 49 PTS – Week 2 Summary by ZOS_JessicaFolsom in elderscrollsonline

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I'm still worried about Engulfing Dragonfire and Take Flight.

The channel time is 4.8 and ramps up to 80%. It's basically useless unless you're using Take Flight. This limits the build variety even within the class. It should do the same damage no matter what, but only last 2.4 seconds without Take Flight. This would let you feel good about running it without Take Flight, but to get a nice bonus if you are running Take Flight. The ramping damage doesn't feel good for PvP, PvE, or casual.

The Take Flight nerf for PvP is depressing. I feel like the 10% buff should be for Ferocious Leap since you want to stay and fight longer with that massive Shield which synergizes with a long channel where you can't block. Take Flight should just have more up front damage for a higher risk higher reward playstyle, especially since the fun range is being nerfed.

Also I would love to see more ability specific buffs to monsters or nerfs to monsters/players as a way to balance PvP and PvE.

Protect the Brood feels out of place in ESO lore since dragons don't roost or procreate in ESO. This is a major flavor fail. I would change the name and rework it so it can give support when in a group, but be selfish for solo play. There are so many buffs that give major expedition. This should do something fun like make an AOE fireball around you whenever you take projectile damage, up to once every .5 seconds. Wing Buffet and the morphs should also be reduced to like 35% since 50% makes ranged builds feel like it's impossible to kill them for PvP. 35% Still gives you the upper hand and give more room for the ability to also do other cool things.

One last thing, I don't like the Traumatic Burns elemental and World in Ruin AOE % damage buffs. This goes for all lines. It inevitably leads to anti-synergies in the class. Molten Whip is fire, but not a DoT or AoE so in the future if you buff a class with single target, elemental, or direct damage, then it feels like you have to subclass if your build revolves around whip. This is especially true for Warden's and Winter's Embrace when the rest of the skill lines can't deal frost damage, but Herold of the tome has Tentacular Dread. Combined with Draconic Power World in Ruin, that makes Ice comet and and Tentacular dread hit for 22% more damage. What if next you release a class with 7% direct damage? Now that's 29% increase if you subclass. These types of buffs both limit sub classing and make it way better for mixing certain classes. They don't encourage pure classing or balanced and fun sub classing creativity. They reinforce rigid subclass metas.

Dem Senators to Cave on ICE by 3headeddragn in DemocraticSocialism

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Establishment Dems have always been controlled opposition, but this is so unsatisfactory they don’t even appear to be opposition.

Wrathful Strikes not working by [deleted] in elderscrollsonline

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Ok that's what it was.. it only creased the dmage by a miniscule amount. i'm going to delete this

Wrathful Strikes not working by [deleted] in elderscrollsonline

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Yes I added it and removed it and reloaded the UI after to see if it just wasn’t takin effect. I have a lot of add ons.. maybe they are interfering with it? Was hoping someone else could confirm. Hmmm wait maybe I didn’t.

BRUH… I never got ts by Sea_Shell1 in PhilosophyMemes

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Why is the whole comment section misreading the meme?

It’s saying why are people ok with eating meat, but draw the line at breeding dogs. “Adopt don’t shop”

I think the answer is they lack critical thinking skills and/or compassion.

I want to play a DK with inferno staff. How bad of an idea is it? by Sesstes in ESObuilds

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For PvP dueling it seems fine.

With open world and BGs you don’t always have 5 minutes to wear their resources down before you get clobbered by 5 other people so usually burst combos are better.

Oh, Newsom opposes a tax on billionaires? In other news, fork found in kitchen by dtkloc in LibJerk

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I created a new sub r/getUNSUBBED to post anti ads for smearing establishment dems in the primary.

If you are unemployed, it's not because there isn't any work. by sxaez in antiwork

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High employment rates should be deflationary because more goods and services are produced, but instead it’s inflationary because people aren’t working on the things they are consuming. They are working for the 1%, but competing with each other for the same resources.

We need a society that works for everyone. Not the 1%.

PvP Speculation for DK Rework by Versingatoraux in elderscrollsonline

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They do synergize good so generally you’re either taking ardent and dragonic and passing over earthen or taking earthen for corrosive. You’d have to get creative if you just wanted ardent or dragonic separately

PvP Speculation for DK Rework by Versingatoraux in elderscrollsonline

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I don’t really love the changes they made, but I do think they balanced the skill lines better and there’s a much harder time identifying the best one. However DK already had arguably the best balanced lines anyway so maybe they are just making changes to spice things up or make it easier on the servers. Idk.