Protests, petitions, even riots, these are all things that are important and useful, and that we've engaged in many, many times the past few years. But you don't bring out the bayonets until you have to, because once they come out, the death toll will reach into the millions.
I totally get that fighting within the context of the current system is immensely frustrating to many, especially since even unambiguous victories still take years to come to fruition. But there is a reason that people who aren't right-wing chuds or tankies aren't ready to go to the streets with their guns yet, and that's because civil wars are really fucking bad. Best case scenario they end up with several years of active, infrastructure-destroying war in which no government services are reliable, no protections to the weak and downtrodden are afforded, and have a decades-long insurgency that has to be crushed bit by bit, usually with great cost to civil rights.
The sidebar here says someone from the instance has to search for it before it appears for other users in the instance. Search for HistoryArtifacts in your magazines/communities search bar then?
Storm of Steel is a very good WW1 memoir by a German stormtrooper. I imagine many of the general themes would appear familiar to French assault troops. You really have to be a bit crazy to volunteer for such a job, and to be good at it. Crave the adrenaline, the closeness to death.
He’s been indicted twice. Found liable for sexual abuse. And he’s viewed unfavorably by about a third of his party. But six months before Republicans begin to choose their next presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump remains the race’s dominant front-runner.
Are any of us good people? I think there is a level of selfishness in wealth that all of us engage in, and so I'm not willing to condemn people for having wealth that seems disproportionate to us. Is John Famousactor a bad person because he lives in a mansion worth ten times the average American's? Is Jake Factoryworker a bad person because he lives in a house worth ten times the world average? What matter of suffering can be alleviated in developing countries by our sacrifices in developed countries? At what level are our sins equal? Is it a matter of principle? Proportion?
The vast majority of people who 'make' millions do so by exploiting others, or by exploiting society to keep it, though, so fuck 'em.
I meant more that art isn't an inherently morally problematic way of making a large amount of money, unlike, say, crushing surplus value out of the working class at the expense of their health and happiness.
Heritage, not hate!
Birch bark document used for practice by child, 13th century, Novgorod Republic
We beat 'em then, we'll beat 'em again!
Nosebleeds at the Colosseum!
Ancient Roman folding pocket knife
Ea-nāṣir makes terrible copper (hobbit.world)
Oldest complaint letter. Nanni got poor quality copper and his servant was treated poorly. Shame on you Ea-nāṣir!...
A bit late but the LGBT army never sleeps rule
Minoans had drip
History Artifacts - for sharing interesting pictures of historical artifacts, reproductions, and the like (kbin.social)
Link...
French WW1 Trench-Sweepers (Nettoyeurs de Tranchées)
20-sided die possibly used for gambling or divination (Roman Egypt, 1st-3rd centuries AD)
Imagining Sisypuss happy rule
Getting older rule
The Iowa caucuses are six months away. Some Republicans worry Trump may be unstoppable (apnews.com)
He’s been indicted twice. Found liable for sexual abuse. And he’s viewed unfavorably by about a third of his party. But six months before Republicans begin to choose their next presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump remains the race’s dominant front-runner.
Classic noncredible behavior
Littering Ukraine With Cluster Bombs Is Not Solidarity (jacobin.com)
Rulegenes (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Can a rich person be a good person?
I don't mean doctor-making-150k-a-year rich, I mean properly rich with millions to billions of dollars....
Give me one good reason why I shouldn't cum to this.
AMMO! AMMO! GODDAMMIT!