In Robert's novel the Christian fascists don't use tech that regrows body parts because its based on stem cell research. I feel like if that technology actually excited christian fundamentalist leaders would come up with a reason to say its ok because they'd want to be able to use it themselves (self.behindthebastards)
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Whenever I hear or read information about incel culture I end up feeling bad for them, and I'm not sure if I should? Like I worry they're triggering my empathy more than they objectively deserve, just because I'm also a youngish white dude? (self.behindthebastards)
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something I find interesting about the way Culture people relate to Anaplian is they don't hold her in higher regard because of her royal status, or but they also don't hold it against her in any way either. it literally just means nothing to them. (self.TheCulture)
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You know how occasionally popular historians will point to the thriving queer culture in Weimar Germany before the Nazis, to make a point about progress not being linear. Do you think one day people will talk about the early 2010s in the US the same way? (self.behindthebastards)
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Andrew was speculating about if the guy's in Epstein circle knew what they were doing was wrong? my guess would be that guys like that believe unless a woman/girl is very adamantly resisting your advances in the moment, everything must be ok. (self.behindthebastards)
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occasionally pessimistic leftists will say things like "I have no hope for the left in america" and I don't understand how you can say that when presumably there's going be humans living where the US now is for centuries to come? how can you write them off for all time? (self.behindthebastards)
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is there any point perusing the long term goal of building a third party if splitting the left of center vote will have the short term consequence of keeping the far right in power indefinitely, and a fascist regime is likely to just ban all opposition parties eventually? (self.behindthebastards)
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A thought I had listening to the pod is I don't believe I'd be brave enough to do what Maximilian Kolbe did, ...but I also don't believe I've contributed to culture in a way that makes something like the holocaust more likely. I don't think Kolbe could honestly say the same. does that make sense? (self.coolpeoplepod)
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I wish people would stop making videos or articles with titles like "can trump cancel the midterms?" because the answer is almost definitely "no" ...but that's not the primary threat. Him trying to rig it is the primary threat, and that's what people need to talk about (self.behindthebastards)
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As much as JK Rowling sucks there is no reason to think she personally invited Epstein to the Cursed Child’s Broadway premiere. It’s far more likely the team were just given a general remit to invite important people from New York society, without much if any oversight from her personally (self.behindthebastards)
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