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Region: Libertatem
a wee bit of roughhousing
Rateria
Larping incels burn down businesses and assault innocent people. Revolutionaries storm capitol buildings
Miencraft, Auxorii
"The tree of liberty must from time to time be refreshed by the blood of patriots and tyrants" Thomas Jefferson
Miencraft, Narland, Miri Islands
The people who stormed the capitol weren't patriots though, and they didn't do it for liberty at all..
Their sole goal is to keep Trump in power at any cost.
Auxorii, Rateria
The argument can be made that keeping Trump in power is a net gain for liberty.
Miri Islands
Not if goes directly against an election
Rateria, New Tampa
On behalf of all nations in [region=Atlantis], we wish you all a Happy, safe and active 2021 and hope that in the coming year our regions will build friendship through our Embassies.
Auxorii, Rateria, New Tampa
election more like erection
wait, I think I already made that joke.
Auxorii, Rateria
Elections are not inherently pro-liberty. They can be indicative of the presence of liberty, that's it.
Miencraft, Narland
The problem is these people DON'T believe the election is legitimate and their case wasn't heard in court
Narland
I unironically believe the people who stormed the capitol building did nothing wrong
Vichtander
I meant that just because you dont believe an election will end up turning out well doesnt mean that justifies a coup. At least, it doesnt in my mind.
We have outlets for that. You dont storm the Capitol.
I mean, there's very much a difference between "Yep, we lost a fair election, let's go home and try again next time" and "We lost an election, there's a whole bunch of shady stuff happening, and instead of making any effort to look into it everyone in power is sweeping it all under the rug and telling us that there isn't even a chance that anything went wrong". Especially given the context of people having spent literally an entire year having the government trample them and go out of their way to demolish as many livelihoods as possible.
The outlet should have been the courts but as you can see that didn't work out
ohhh nooo a bunch of people stormed the capitol and then left like nothing happened, this is literally hitler
Miencraft, Narland, Vichtander, Rateria, New Tampa, Miri Islands
Election theft is worthy of storming the capital. The outlets we have are there to dissuade revolution in general, even justified revolution.
Regardless, I don't think the people who broke into the capital had any intentions of killing or kidnapping congressmen. They were sending a message. "You can't just do this."
I do think this is a dangerous precedent though, whenever one side wins, the other side claims it's invalid. Of course, one side in particular started it.
If you think about what's cannon in the Democratic worldview, we haven't had a legitimate Republican president since 1992. According to their cannon, Bush should've lost in 2000, the fact that he "stole" it makes 2004 invalid, then Trump "stole" 2016.
-Cheney is still a war criminal though; I have to add that in whenever I say anything remotely positive about Bush.
Miencraft, Vichtander, Miri Islands
Let me just clarify that I do not agree with the people who did it and I don't like them but I also actually hate congress and the US government and I don't feel bad that they got scared for a day
Auxorii, Rateria, Miri Islands
Youre conflating a lot of things together there. Again, there are outlets. Everyone in power includes Trump appointed judges.
Uh huh...
Dont attempt to rationalize this by saying they were simply sending a message. Like many riots of 2020, this was primarily made up of opportunists who want to feel important but dont know the first thing theyre talking about. They are the people who take politics personally and who are incapable of having reasonable conversations.
This is not an us v.s them; if we are going to have standards for what is morally right and wrong (as well as legally) then we must stick to them. They started it! is a very childish argument to make.
Rateria, New Tampa
Post self-deleted by The States Of Balloon.
What I was getting at is that the 2020 election may have catalyzed the "They stole it!" mentally for the right as well.
Republicans have long had concerns about voter fraud, but they've *usually* conceded that the fraud wasn't widespread enough to be consequential.
Democrats have been in a habit of not accepting their losses for thirty years, so there is no reason to assume it'll change. If Republicans gain this mentality as well, we'll be in a cycle of perpetually contested elections, which will lead to political mayham and violence.
The "reasonable conversation" point is one that I sympathize with and that I've made in the past, but at some point, there's no conversation to be had. There's no way to "meet in the middle" when they're taking away the people's liberty and disenfranchising thousands of voters in swing states.
Miencraft, Vichtander, Miri Islands
And your solution? I am all for organizing, even in militias such as the III%ers in an effort to ensure our liberties are kept in the face of the future.
What happened yesterday did nothing to protect our liberty. Not even close.
Yes really.
Mischief: danger or harm from wanton disregard, or reckless injury, to persons or property.
Breach of peace, disorderly conduct, malicious destruction of property, breaking and entering, assault on peacekeepers, and the the consequential loss of a life is indeed mischief.
Republic Of Minerva, Rateria
personally i dont care about trump, elections or democracy really. Trump wasn't going to defend your liberty, neither will Biden. This whole "stolen election" thing is just a charade to keep the sheeple occupied
Auxorii, Rateria, Jadentopian Order, Etiloput Magnum
They didn't do anything really. They'll all be arrested and normalcy will continue
Narland, Auxorii, Rateria
The unwashed peasants and other horrid Trump supporters have to sharpen pitchforks and wrap torches before storming the Capitol. But if you are a leftist organization favored by the DC ruling elite, then the Capitol police will let you in no problem as they did last May. Those who sincerely believe they were robbed of an election have every right to make their grievances known. The frustration wrought from the lawless behaviour of those who purport to execute, legislate, and adjudicate Law, who then in turn expect the aggrieved to abide by the decrees of those who attained power by their lawlessness is quite understandable. Just how much lawlessness will the aggrieved tolerate before the Civil War turns hot is the question.
If this had happened while the WWII generation were still in their prime, with voter fraud this prolific and transparent, you can bet there would be a siege on the fake state of DC, an impromptu grand jury convened in accordance with Federal Law, and people from 6 States called to the carpet to give account for their voter fraud no different in spirit from the voter fraud perpetrated by Nazis, Fascists, and Communists that they willingly fought and died to protect us from. But most of the Greatest Generation have passed into the night after heroically defeating National Socialism, Fascism, and belatedly in the 90s economically International Socialism -- the most murderous ideology of all the descendants of Marx.
I would bet theyll arrest someone like Baked Alaska or that worm Nick Fuentes who were there to make a big show out of, put out a bunch of rhetoric about defending democracy, then itll blow over with a wave of patriot act bs.
That Q shaman guy probably has like 8 different FBI agents on his case right now, wouldnt surprise me if he got arrested and they blasted it all across the news.
Rateria
I like that people are still shocked my media and leftist hypocrisy in regards to the Capitol kerfuffle. Of course it was a stupid thing to do (as it accomplished nothing and in fact did more harm to the anti-globalist movement.) however ANTIFA/ BLM rioted all summer and establishment institutions immediacy amplify their message (sports leagues, media, etc.) Heck leftists stormed the Capitol to harrass Kavanaugh during his confirmation solely on the flimsy accusation of a politically motivated broad who may have never even met Kavanaugh (and certainly was never assaulted by him.) But again why should we be surprised after all the left is just engaging in doublespeak (not all riots are equal.)
Miencraft, Narland, Miri Islands
Not that it particularly matters, but are we not doing elections anymore? Aux has been President for a hot minute. Forgive my ignorance, I'm typically not interested in regional politics and I barely check the discord.
Rateria
IIRC, there would be a Presidential election in January and July or something like that. But, we are also now under the Supreme Executive, which I assume means that he is in power until something happens that prevents otherwise. The only thing it says about elections is the President could call for a Prime Minister election. Nothing about Presidential elections.
We did that? Seems kinda, I dunno, Fascistic. How bout it Auxorii? Prime Minister election?
The Supreme Executive wasnt to instate fascism, it was because quite literally almost nobody cared about regional politics with exception to those I appointed to the Council. Since nobody was interested in regional politics, it was a useless and inefficient government, so I as President made the decisions I had to while holding to our libertarian values - I established a Popular Assembly where all citizens have equal legislative authority. There is plenty of opportunity in government for those who want it. I cant help you if you are literally just unaware of what has been going on in government the past few months because of your inattentiveness to discord.
If a new election proves popular amongst the citizens, then I am all for it. However, I dont even see anyone who wants to hold the position of Prime Minister at the moment, let alone if we could organize a proper election for it.
Is everyone forgetting that bombs were recovered at the RNC and DNC? And it appears that laptops and other documents have allegedly been stolen from the premises.
Rateria
Are parties a thing at all? I assume not since I haven't found anything but just thought I'd ask.
Auxorii, Rateria
Nobody has started any political parties. The last major political party was mine, the Reform Party, which pretty much went defunct after the Consulate fell.
You (and anybody else) are more than welcome to start any political parties, organizations or movements of course - its a Tatemite constitutional right.
Nobody cares, some guy dressed like a viking was in the capitol. And that's all the media wants to report on
Narland, Auxorii, Rateria
The blue half of the country was burning and being firebombed all summer by Trump haters. The Statist in the blue half of the country (and much of the red) are still tormenting the citizens and destroying working people's lives and livelihoods with unconstitutional lockdowns. The Trump supporters are enemies in they eyes of the Ruling Elites (Swamp Creatures in both the Democrat and the GOP Parties), unlike BLM/Antifa who had their blessing to riot, murder, assault, loot, and maintain acts of terror constantly across the Democrat held cities destroying thousands of lives all summer (and were given bail monies by Soros and bail requirements removed by Democrats for their thuggery). The Trump supporters will be castigated beyond measure and prosecuted beyond the fullest extent of the Law for their torts and crimes. The agents provacteur will be hidden and obfuscated to broad brush Trump supporters as the vile, ebul misogynist, racist, homophobe, children starving, dog kicking, kitten strangling, tree immolating, sunshine hogging, restaurant patronizing, hotel perusing monsters that media wishes they were.
A few crimes were committed among the 10 ~100,000 that showed up. This is a blemish on the American Conservatives and Liberty loving Americans. We pride ourselves on Lawful Assembly, and leaving the place in a better state than when we found it.
Some were obviously agents provocateurs (and the pipe bombs will probably prove to be so). Others were frustrated forgottens who rightly believe they were robbed of the free and fair election by rogue factions within this nation who have egregiously and flagrantly violated the Rule of Law that safeguards our country. The Libertarian-Right, and Conservative Right will train ourselves to be more keenly aware of the provocateurs and arrest as soon as their criminal intent manifests. We will remind our compatriots that until the Leftists and Statists abusing the power entrusted to them cross the point of no return by their criminal lawlessness against us as a Free People there must be no unnecessary violence.
For many the robbery of a national election is that line. But the time is not yet, as the wickedness of the ruling elites is not yet become so fully repulsive and apparent to those in their jurisdiction who still do not see that they are being gaslighted as to warrant action. I think it will be they in the blue jurisdictions who become so enraged by their Leftist despots who will begin the overthrow the abusers in political power. We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who would pervert the Constitution. -- Lincoln
This recent event is very irregular for Trump supporters, the Right in general, Liberty lovers in particular and it is of course, inexcusable. To act surprised at these current events by Trump Supporters in light of the blatant hypocrisy, self-righteous sense of entitlement and lack of self-awareness of the Leftists and the Neo-Cons (Swamp Creatures all) especially in the last 5 years is so damned ludicrous as to be willful sociopathy. I think after the demagogic abuse of the next two to four years, enough people will be red pilled into rejecting the criminal insanity of the Statists in both parties.
I hope it will be enough to return us to being a nation that values the life, liberty, and justly gained property of each and every individual by guaranteeing each and every individual by liberty and equality, the freedom from force and fraud by those who hate the fact that People as individuals can govern themselves better than the liars, cheats, and thieves who think they are entitled to rule over others by the turpitude of their arrogance.
Miencraft, Hong Kong People
Trump's Twitter is gone
Rateria
Okay, it wasn't 1984 when the government spied us and could do wiretappings without much effort, but now that Trump is banned by a private company -- this, this is 1984
Narland, Auxorii, Rateria, New Tampa, Nosam Republic, Miri Islands
Don't worry, it only gets worse from here.
Narland, Miri Islands
It is always darkest before the maelstrom.
Miri Islands
I didnt know about this. Thanks for the heads up. I remember a pipe bomb or two allegedly being found at the Capitol, but not what youre mentioning.
It looks like youre right. My previous statement seems to only reinforce your point.
Miri Islands
Sad! Though really it is sad and not just cause some of his tweets were hilarious
The Promethian Club and the National Liberty Party were never desolved.
Auxorii, Rateria
Sure; those parties also went defunt after the Consulate fell. If not before.
The Prometheans are very much alive and well. We simply have taken a hiatus from advertising. Our chairman is currently taking a short rest for health reasons. We have big plans for the future. Big plans. Bigger plans than have ever been planned before. Libertarian plans. The best plans. Plans so great, theyd easily crush you if you tried to lift them.
Sincerely,
Wilhelm
Chairman of the Promethean Club
Former Speaker of the Senate of the Second Republic of Libertatem
Former Communocrat of the Commune of Libertatem
Former President of the Second Republic of Libertatem
Founder and first First Consul of the former Consulate of Libertatem
His Holiness, Patriarch of the Church of the Holy Longboat
One day soon, we shall defeat the twin evils of authoritarianism and obscurantism that plague our great region and restore our most Libertarian community to her former glory.
Life, Liberty, Property
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Fraternity, Charity, and Truth
Yadda, yadda
Narland, Skaveria
And now Parler is banned (at least for now)
That might not be a bad thing. Coercing people underground before raiding their homes gives them an opportunity to network the old fashioned way against their despotic ruling elites. Biden because of his strokes tends to utter things that gets past his narratives like, "We've organized the most sophisticated voter fraud organization in history" -- they sure did; and "We are in for a 'Bitter Winter'" -- we sure are.
Bitter Winter is the name of the press arm of a human rights organization that opposes oppression of China (and elswehere), but it is also the name of the Communist Chinese gave to a Government Operation to put dissidents into slave labor camps currently with the Uighur and others who do not pledge mindless loyalty to the Great Leadership including Hong Kong freedom lovers (who will be abandoned to the terror of Communist rule by the new administration).
The Socialists of the Biden administration plan a Bitter Winter for us. Is it the Bitter Winter that opposes oppression, and supports religious and economic freedom of the former, or of the latter which opposes religious and economic freedom and supports blacklisting, cancelling, and arresting those who dare oppose their abuse? I think it is the Bitter Winter of their fellow Socialists in China who herd People into slave labor camps, forced organ donor facilities, and generally treat their fellow human beings like stock cattle. If they are willing to blacklist us, cancel our voice, and shut our dissent down with threats of sedition now, what will they do when they can consolidate their power further?
What we do not want is to be herded into the ghettos and gulags as undesirables before we can organize and network with adequate political defense unlike Germany with what the the National Socialists did to the nonconformists in general (but started with the Jews in particular, and the International Socialists did to terrorize everyone in general (but started with the Kulaks in particular) when they took over Russia. Joining societies, communities, and organizations prepared for this day (and who communicate formally now but organize informally and educate quietly) is a wise course of action.
Federated hosting is how Parler needs to go.
Interpersonal communication is a lost art; could be advantageous to whichever side better masters it.
Narland
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2 mny lettrs. Call it intecom. Intecom not new.
Intecom bad. Too much oldspeak. Too much oldthink. Not enough bellyfeel.
Orangeman badthink. Orangeman broken. Orangeman make Orangeman clingers traitors. Big Brother fix clingers with our fists. Big Brother fix clingers good.
Now Big Brother go after snake-on-yellow-flag wavers who use big words. Big words bad. Liber... Libertar... Libertaria... See! Word too big! Make Big Brother have to use newlearn on them. Big Brother use my fist to newlearn them. Big Brother fix them good.
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I think a lone adult (mature and responsible) individuals amidst a society of "Lord of the Flies" children turned adults under the directives of Big Brother is going to get eviscerated. Unlike the "Mirror Mirror" episode of ST:TOS it is fundamentally more difficult for civilized persons to act barbaric under Socialism, because a Barbaric society has no need to rise to the level of Civilization (being civilized), and a Civilized person must reject fallen society with every effort at every moment. Nothing about Statism (including Socialism) is conducive to the human condition to allow it to rise above its indolence and immaturity into Objective Liberty and Equality (and thus rise to the state of civilization).
Groups are going to have to be well organized, speak obliquely, be good actors (act in good faith) when outside in fallen society, very quiet, be uniform in their resistance, and totally loyal to their companions. The Christian Church (the people church not the building church) historically is one such group, as has been the Jewish Synagogue (the people synagogue, not the building synagogue). The Boy Scout Troop in Russia that survived the Soviet Purges for 70 years is another example.
Understanding that communion (those with whom one communes -- and the body, soul and spirit one shares by virtue of their humanity), and community (those of a communion) is just the opposite of Communism. Being self-governing in the expression and negotiation of one's communion (body, soul, and spirit -- of his past, his present, and his future -- life, liberty and justly gained property and those with whom he deems necessary and desirable to associate (or disassociate)) is just the opposite of Communism (wherein everyone must conform to the magical Atheist what "gives 100% according to his abilities but only takes what little he needs" through the directives of the Politburu using the terror of the State.
Being self-governing in social skill is just the opposite of Socialism. Why be socially proficient when the State is the master and commander of all things Social and not the individual? Once lost in the American psyche, it is going to be a hard fought battle to retake.
Auxorii, Nosam Republic
***sigh*** I honestly do try to be succinct. I was wordy before the tbi but just cannot shrink to the Hemingway 3 simple thoughts in elementary English uniting one paragraph that Progressive Modern Education educators have forced upon us. No longer being able to bridge the gap between pre-Dewey Standard English and PME Basic English without spending a lot of time redacting can be frustrating.
Auxorii
Newsflash: Trump impeached for a second time for being Trump.
I am sure he conspired ahead of time with all fur-clad barbarossa to take over DC by sheer force of body odor.
No word yet on when impeachments will be proceed on Congressmen who were silent or "misspoke" before and during the 100+ days of siege accross the country by Trump-hating rioters that destroyed the livelihood of thousands (and 1000s of dead in due course from overall criminal violence) in Democrat held cities set aflame over the summer by their "mostly peaceful protests."
None will be of course.
Can the sheer madness of their insanity be any more palpable?
Miencraft, Nosam Republic, Miri Islands
New poll!!!: https://www.nationstates.net/page=poll/p=168237
Unfortunately people who crave power for power's sake only see interpersonal communication skills as a means to an end (power). That they invariably end up abusing the power they are cravenly additcted to goes without saying. Along with the power comes the need to be worshiped, admired, and or feared. Eventually one is just as good as the other as long as they are in charge. This makes no one happy, but an addict doesn´t care about overall happiness for himself or others, just whatever it takes to get the next fix.
That self-same selfishness and immaturity that comes with power madness from being unable to govern commensurately also manifests the narcissism that denies them the ablilty to use interpersonal communication skills to establish good relationships (relationships that beneficiently build character) based individual self-respect and self-interest (for oneself and others), who as individuals are all needing truth, goodness, and beaurty in dynamic social intercourse. This requires vulnerblilty, and vulnerablility is something they cannot abide -- its okay for their mooks, minions, and the little people, but not for themselves. The other powermongers would use it to destroy their vanity and their vanity is their currency. They are not the ordinary human beings (with all the mess that is our personhood) that is everyone else -- they are special and they are the one's in charge.
Like the French Revolution, the Soviet purges, the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields, (and too many nations to name in the 20th century alone) there are no sides just brute display of man's inhumaity to man for some pretense of a greater cause. This constrains societal interpersonal communication skills to "do as I say, not as I do" for those in charge, and "when I say jump, you ask how high, but I might just destroy you anyway" for everyone else. Those whom they can get to believe their lies (narratives), are a means to an end (the worship that propts up their power), requiring defective interpersonal communication skills in society at large. Those whom they find who reject their lies (narratives), are also a meas to and end (the fear that props up their power). Those who show effective interpersonal communication skills are tagged as dangerous to them and swiftly incapacitated.
Interpersonal communication skills are beneficial only in a free and open society of mature and responsible individuals. It reinforces self-governing individuals (who with their self-governing families, self-governing communites with their religious and civil institutons) have no need for a powerful ruling elite and the Statist mentality that comes with it. Thus for the same reason Marxian ideology hates, reviles, and must destroy advocates for individual liberty, fully functional families, public institutons directly beholden to the families they serve, and communities that lawfully engage in free and open markets from within and from without, that same ideology must corrupt and destroy the interpersonal communication skills that are an intregal part of a Free Society.
Rateria, The United States Of Patriots
Narland is woke on the French Revolution
Auxorii
I blame it on the Jungian psychology permeating Batman Detective Comics in the late 60s early 70s during my formative years. (The Detective and Dark Knight batmen, not the goofball amazing-bag-of-holding, gee-whiz "gadget for every plot" batmen). Some villains of whom the forms of insanity from the dementia of power-madness of the French Revolution through to WW2 and into the mid-twentieth Century are well represented in Batman's Rogue's Gallery (especially the archetypes). Not that all the competing schools of psychology may have played a small part at University. Pop psychology will be the death of mankind.
However: Never underestimate the ability of those who crave power for power's sake to be willing terrorize others and to destroy everything that is true, good, and aesthetically pleasing in the throws of their madness (and rationalize it as reason). It is entertaining when confined to a comic book, but not when real life apes cartoonish villainy, backed by the power of the state. Man cannot psychology wield power incommensurate with his denial of self, and the sacrificial willingness to defer first and always to the needs of others in their humanity person to person. He or she will go stark raving mad.
What we are witnessing in Washington DC is the consolidation of power crazed circles of self-absorbed narcissist sycophants in a criminally insane administrative state despotically entrenching themselves into their utter delusions taking as many with them as is possible. The inmates are running the asylum. Now that they have the Asylum (the Swamp), they free to prey upon society at whim, knocking us of one at a time, or en masse at their leisure. Like the French Revolution, there are no sides, there is just the raw power of the State and everyone else is a neck awaiting the guillotine. .
Miri Islands
with his remaining days in office President Trump should:
1. Declassify documents that show malfeasence by the Bush-Clinton-Obama cartel
2. Pardon Assange and Snowden
Narland, Rateria, Nosam Republic, Miri Islands
Too bad Trump doesn't have enough time left in office to build a metaphoric wall around DC to protect the rest of the US from the Swamp Creatures who have sworn vengeance against the hard working forgottens of the Republic who very much desire to live without their spite and whose lives are being and have been destroyed by their malice.
Miri Islands
His supporters have been saying he should 'declassify everything' for a while.
No reason to think hes gonna do it.
As for the pardons, I agree that assange, snowden, and also ulbricht should be pardoned, but theres also no reason to think that will happen.
trump doesnt care about any of them, and he previously even said he thought snowden should be executed.
sure he mentioned that he was 'considering' these pardons, because liberty republicans asked for their consideration, but right after this he pardoned all of his buddies and old campaign workers, and has been silent on it.
Auxorii, Rateria
Declassify everything, let posterity decide what is worth keeping secret. Probably not a whole lot. I do want to know which actors in which agencies are commiting or have commited crimes of deprivation of rights, misprision of felonies, and conspiracy to defraud under cover of national security. I sincerely want them in jail (once duly convicted) for their crimes.
Auxorii, Rateria
Uncle George who lives in the basement wants everything declassified to know which Presidents were really Aquarians pretending to be Reptillians in order to fool the Greys on ICQ so that the cosmic spheroid projector in Bigfoot's UFO could be reverse engineered to keep MJ-12 from realizing that the world is really flat and its turtles all the way down, because Q-Anon. 4Chan had nothing to do with it.
Rateria
But Trump pardoned Michael Milken, the junk bond king, even though he had already done his time in prison. I wonder if this has anything to do with a certain juice connection.
I think I lost brain cells reading this. Help.
Narland
It stops the "on-going" perpetual investigations against him and his family by the alphabet soup agencies and closes the books. This restores their due process rights. Milken can die knowing that the Swamp won't be able to arbitrarily use it (the power of the ongoing investigations) as a tool of vengeance against his family after he dies.
I like my theory better. Besides, why should Milken or his family, or the Redstone family and Ted Turner for that matter, not have to be harassed for the rest of their lives?
No, the question is "why should they be harassed for the rest of their lives". Not being a garbage human being is supposed to be the default.
We all know at least one "Uncle George"
Narland, Rateria
how in the god damn does constructing underground bunkers to house poor people in perpetual labor to corporations hurt my beverage industry
Miencraft, Auxorii, Rateria, Skaveria, Nosam Republic
The same way deregulating gun control lowered my weaponization and lowering taxes raised my tax rate, The magic of NS.
Miencraft, Auxorii, Rateria
The same way that not ratifying a climate treaty increased my obesity rates
Miencraft, Rateria
Because they enrich themselves by defrauding and disseminating malicious lies to ordinary people and because they actively want the productive people of this planet not to reproduce and to allocate all their wealth to a horde of congenitally inept, invidious, discolored, gruesome gargoyles that replicate like rabbits, while they sit in their ivory tower.
Jadentopian Order
Are you gay?
Miencraft, Auxorii, Nosam Republic
OMG HIGHWAY, YOU CANT JUST ASK PEOPLE IF THEY ARE GAY
also, are you gay?
Auxorii
People in bunkers tend to brew their own beer and make their own stills with whatever junk they can find.
They tend to develop their own currency based on what scarce resources are most available to them such as cigarettes and tastified rat jerky. This creates even more scarcity for the shiny government round coins that go into vending machines no matter how many machines are placed inside the internment area. The increased relative "value" of government coin is then used not for beverages but for more important things like clean underwear, soap, cigarettes and something to eat other than the rat they caught to make into jerky.
Interned poor people with restricted access (confined to internment) don't usually risk breaching the security perimiter just to go out and purchase beverages. They have other more pressing concerns like what to do now that they have escaped. Chances are it isn't to risk capture by trying to barter for a frosty bottle of refreshing Corpa-Cola.
Interned poor people with restricted access subject to forced labor tend to focus on water from a tap to keep hydrated. A good beverage becomes a goal ito attain instead of a commodity for consumption.
Bottled beverages would further in scarcity due to internment camp societal pressure. Only the most opulent (they are the ones with clean underwear), would even think to drink a bottled beverage consecutively.
With power comes privilege, and bottles beverages tend to be used as a show of their status. Most people wouldn't risk it flaunting a stockpile of "the good stuff" because it could be seen as a challenge to the guys with the bar soap shivs.
If I am interned and kept poor by an evil corporatist empire, why would I want to buy their stuff?
I had a few more, but got caught up irl conversation and lost my train of thought.
Rateria
You know that a government that is powerful enough to arbitrarily harass someone you don't like all their life without recourse is powerful enough to arbitrarily harass someone you do like all their life without recourse, right? And it goes without saying that that government is powerful enough to arbitrarily harass you all your life without any recourse.
A purpose of justice is to separate the actual evidence from the hate and the malice so that judgment can be met right and true. Spiteful people are never satisfied by that. In order to satisfy their immoderate sense of judgment, the very justice they seek to attain gets corrupted into vengeance and havoc, never good governance.
I cannot dignify that with a response, even in jest.
Miencraft, The United States Of Patriots
yeah
Rateria, New Tampa
damn that's pretty gay
Auxorii, Rateria, The United States Of Patriots, Jadentopian Order, New Tampa, Nosam Republic
14 hours ago: Muh roads ceased to exist.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO he'll be back
Narland, Auxorii, Rateria, The United States Of Patriots, New Tampa, Nosam Republic
Roads always come back, with or without the gubment. Always better without.
Miencraft, Auxorii, The United States Of Patriots
yeah I can see that
Rateria
In African accent why are you gay?
Miencraft, Rateria, The United States Of Patriots, Jadentopian Order
Well, Joe Biden is officially the President
Look at this before answering an issue if you want to know the stats.
Ive only ever had it be inaccurate once or twice (from stats being changed over the years, and the issues not being updated on this site)
http://www.mwq.dds.nl/ns/results/
when looking to see if it will boost, or decrease, a stat, just look at if the 'mean' is + or -.
ex: 5.92 to +8.5 Freedom From Taxation (mean +7.1772)
Narland, Rateria
antifa (dot) com redirects to the Whitehouse's website
Rateria
damn joe biden out...they got that cracka on crack i stg
Biden is president. Let the 85 year fire sale of American assets begin anew after a 4 year hiatus. Nothing to see here folks, its just Neo-Liberal & Neo-conservative Establishment business as usual -- tax, spend, debase, monetize, sell monetized instrument to hostile foreign powers, rinse and repeat. The American work horses are almost dead, but there is enough life in them to exploit maybe 40 more years of 8x productivity compared to the average world State morrassed in Globalist hegemony.
Come to think of it, it wasn't an hiatus as much as it was a temporary rollback of full exploitation ... :( ***sigh***
Miri Islands
spelchekr keeps truning of.
The MSM might face some buyers remorse when their butt kissing of Biden leads to ratings collapse
Narland
Rest in peace Joe Biden and congratulations to Kamala Harris becoming our first female president. I know I'm a year early, but still.
Narland, Republic Of Minerva, Miri Islands
nobody tell him
Auxorii
Is there a specific issue that unlocks the "making contact" banner? What're the prerequisites for it?
The person behind Ladymorrighan has died, RIP, Press F to pay respect
Narland, Republic Of Minerva, Auxorii, Rateria, Etiloput Magnum
Hot take: It isn't hypocritical to use government programs you actively oppose. In fact, your opposition to them implies you're putting your ethics above personal gain, which is commendable.
Miri Islands
But youre not putting your ethics above personal gain if you use programs you actively oppose? Hot take.
Vichtander
Yeah, how can you be putting your ethics first if you are actively compromising them for personal gain?
Miencraft, Auxorii, Vichtander
All i know is that its an easter egg.
I have gotten the issue on Plugo.
Nations become eligible to receive #80 when they have either "Cow" as the national animal or "Moo" as the national motto.
Actively opposing implies not using.
Vichtander, The United States Of Patriots
"We are now looking forward that the members of the Biden team who have been nominated or have been appointed, are now moving in laser like fashion to try to uncover as much as they can about what looks very similar to insurgency movements that we've seen overseas, where they germinate in different parts of the country and they gain strength and it brings together an unholy alliance frequently of religious extremists, authoritarians, fascists, bigots, racists, Nativists, even libertarians (sic)." -- John Brennan 20 January 2021 on bill modifying Patriot Act to allow the Deep State to deny due process rights to ConUS Citizens for merely holding differing political opinions than them. (Emphasis mine)
That didn't take long.
Big Brother is going to use fists to fix and newlearn us all, sooner rather than later.
It depends on your perspective I guess. It's like those people who used their stimulus check to buy firearms. There are ways to use that money to advance liberty.
Personally, I think taking state resources AWAY from the state is always a good thing. It's my money anyway. It came out of my taxes. I'd rather it go to people who vote and campaign to shut these programs down. It's also not like their personal gain would expand the programs in any way. If someone got foodstamps, sold them for .50 on the dollar, and used that money to organize a new LP chapter. I'd call that a net gain for liberty.
Of course, that implies they're actually using the money for that purpose, hense they're ACTIVELY opposing those programs.
I'm not talking about someone who is always screaming against welfare, but does a complete 180 once a Republican talks about doing it.
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