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  • Epstein and the end of alloparental civilization

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  • I really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing. However, I take issue with this part of the thesis:

    Plainly, the rich do not feel remotely bound by the moral norms that ordinarily deter pedophilia; instead, they think they can act with impunity.

    It's clearly the case that they can act with impunity. Your local neighborhood pedo cares just as little as the rich about the moral norms, they just don't have the means to get away with the transgression.

    The whole Epstein circus with these DoJ releases is just the rich dabbing on us. Not only do they not feel bound by moral norms, they know we won't do anything about it.

    At least

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from February 9th to February 15th, 2026 - The Return of the Special Period - COTW: Cuba

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  • thank you for posting this i dont want to be the only dork that whines about news mega moderation in every thread

  • Screw communism, I'm grubmaxxing

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  • I would absolutely hang this on the wall.

  • -23 wind chill today, high of ZERO

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  • I love climate collapse

  • -23 wind chill today, high of ZERO

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  • All this while the western half of the US cooks and snowpack is at an all time low

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from February 2nd to February 8th, 2026 - The European Satrapies Are Revolting

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  • help i think hexbear is hacked i clicked i and it made a scary face

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  • badposting is a comm where you post badly

  • help i think hexbear is hacked i clicked i and it made a scary face

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  • kids these days... i have seen ASCII horrors beyond mortal comprehension

  • Maybe half the reason so many people are burnt out now is because the "no one is going to help you" mentality of our society encourages masking?

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  • [Covid] exposure is SO widespread, and the neurological damage [Covid] causes is really severe.

    Just give it time, brother.

  • Maybe half the reason so many people are burnt out now is because the "no one is going to help you" mentality of our society encourages masking?

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  • Human biology is not my speciality but I think it's safe to say it's worse, considering the immune damage and other morbidities. Not to mention the fact that we eventually made a concerted effort to stop lead poisoning whereas with Covid I'm not optimistic.

  • Maybe half the reason so many people are burnt out now is because the "no one is going to help you" mentality of our society encourages masking?

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  • Yes, I am well aware because I work with ecologists.

    The brain damage attributable to Long Covid is well documented, ergo I think it's safe to say such behavior is the likely cause. The other stressor is "just" alienation which has been getting worse since before Covid, and yet people are behaving much more erratically with reduced cognitive functioning in the years after 2020.

  • Maybe half the reason so many people are burnt out now is because the "no one is going to help you" mentality of our society encourages masking?

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  • public becoming shittier drivers, and more impatient and short-fused in general

    I'm pretty sure that's just Long Covid, unless that was your point

  • So.... abstract expressionism was funded and pushed by the CIA, under a shell company CCF, thru grants to the MoMa

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  • I can look past your irritating and self-righteous tone. Thank you for the information.

  • So.... abstract expressionism was funded and pushed by the CIA, under a shell company CCF, thru grants to the MoMa

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  • Literally opposite of the truth. Mid-20th century NY artists and intellectuals were communists.

    Art history isn't my area but I'm gonna need a citation on which NY abstract expressions were communists. Pollock, Rothko, Kline, de Kooning... none of these people are communists. Probably my fault for not being specific when I used "milieu."

    Abstract Expressionism is partly, and very deliberately went against the capitalist realism of the 40s and 50s.

    Do you have a source for this claim? Not trying to start a flame war but I'm hesitant to believe this based on my discussions with art nerds over the years. My guess is you're confusing it with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_realism

  • So.... abstract expressionism was funded and pushed by the CIA, under a shell company CCF, thru grants to the MoMa

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  • I'm blanking on who I got this take from, but essentially abstract expressionism is a blank canvas. It's ideologically vacuous and leaves interpretation up to the alienated, atomized viewer. So not necessarily about artistic freedom but instead that the emptiness is the point. Plus also I think the general milieu of NY artists at that time was pretty anti-communist so funding inscrutable art had the byproduct of encouraging a "counterculture" that wasn't actually counter to anything of substance. Unfortunately I don't have sources for this and welcome other commenters if they may know where I got these vibes from.

  • China bans all new investments in Israel

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  • I can't believe Best Korea slipped my mind

  • bit idea: dedicating a couple years of my life to learning Chinese up to HSK 5 and then applying to go get a Master's in Marxism at Tsinghua University

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  • Woah woah woah I think I found my escape plan from AmeriKKKa

    This is a GOOD post, mods GET HER!

  • China bans all new investments in Israel

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  • China bans all new investments in Israel

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