StarGazer Gets Political

we discuss the (unfortunate) affairs and wrong doings of the US political system here

[metalmusicloser669]

[useless-irelandfacts]

[headspace-hotel]

I learned in my political science class that all major famines in the 20th century and onward have been caused by oppressive groups or political situations restricting access to food, NOT natural causes like crop failure

[dragons-and-pandas]

This is literally the point that Indian economist Amartya Sen made that won him the Nobel prize in economics. As a child, he survived one of the several Bengal famines that were organised by the British colonisers in India. He developed his theory on famines, which is that they were more about distribution of food rather than production or availability of it

[anaphoraholic]

found this on reddit thought id post it here too 👍

[silyaspider]

I think this explains a lot of trans discourse on here, too. Well, a lot of queer culture generally. Realizing you’re personally trans doesn’t mean all the dumb gender stuff you were raised with goes “poof” and vanishes from your mind. Until you put in the work, you’ve still got all the old crap in there, it just has a big “but trans!” sticker slapped on it.

[saintjosie]

i need white people to understand that the reason that we are here in nazi america today is because many of you cannot comprehend liberation for all because of your distaste for some.

the lack of actively dismantling your anti-blackness means that you are passively participating in white supremecy.

[qamar2026]

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[qamar2026]

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chuffed - Vetted#53

[qamar2026]

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[qamar2026]

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[qamar2026]

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[radicalgraff]

Anti-Car sticker spotted in Buxton, UK

[elusiveladydjinn]

[mysharona1987]

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[escuerzoresucitado]

[depsidase]

[quasi-normalcy]

Comparisons to 1930s Germany are actually entirely too flattering to Americans. Germany had just lost a war, been subjected to crushing reparations, and undergone economic collapse and hyper inflation, and even then, Hitler never won a majority of the vote. What the fuck is America's excuse?

[afriendlyirin]

#''Help I'm oppressed because people keep telling me their pronouns''#''Help a Black man became president and it hurt my unsupportable feelings of racial superiority''#''Help a barrista said 'Happy Holidays' to me instead of 'Merry Christmas'! Truly this is what Jesus suffered on the cross!''#most coddled people ever to exist in human history

[coffeeandcigarettesafter]

theres never a CEO around to punch in the face when you need one

[loredwy]

I cant believe this tweet is how I find out

[would-you-punt-them]

now all the things you guys have told me about american high schools are starting to make sense

[jeaninelatragedia]

holy shit.

[frustratedasatruar]

You're not really supposed to say it this way, because its considered crass, but here in the US children are culturally and legally considered essentially the property of their parents.

Note that its considered more crass to point this out than it is to treat children as property in the first place.

[227destined]

[depsidase]

[enki2]

[theconcealedweapon]