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Cake day: September 5th, 2024

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  • There is no argument for Republicanism, there is only racist authoritarianism and the complete destruction of egalitarian secular Democratic institutions.

    Lying is all they have, and for half of the American electorate, it’s enough.

    It won’t be enough in the long run when they start dying and their children have to work in the mines again, but for a brief shining moment before that (a million dead from a mismanaged and purposefully sandbagged viral pandemic response aside) they will bathe in the belief their white christian righteous superiority.




  • “why can’t they just make it good”

    well, as it turns out, good, truly good and griping, is hard.

    when you have the stars who can carry just about anything, quality can slip a bit, but when you don’t, and it’s been proven the stars you’re using, aren’t compelling personalities, for whatever reason, and don’t have the draw themselves, good becomes paramount. and because the mcu is built around intertwined narratives which are almost completely dependent on characters, when the characters themselves aren’t working (mackie, larson, et all) and the narrative itself is far past being played out, you’re sorta up a creek.