This made me angry.

It's so it can be shared on places with algorithmic censorship for the most likes as possible

Capitalism has neutered our ability to speak freely about the most important, most painful truths in our society.

The platforms that most people spend most of their conscious thought-power have told our children and adults alike that things like rape, suicide, murder and nazism are so distant from us, so "unreal" that we don't even have words for them anymore.

This isn't a small thing. Language has massive power in our minds to reshape our world. We use language to abstractify complicated ideas and learn how to examine them from different perspectives. Language is how we built a world a wonders and miracles, but we're being conditioned every day to stop using language. Don't read, scroll. Don't debate, retreat to safe spaces. Don't say bad words, someone might feel bad if you say "rape." As if people aren't currently being raped right now. I wonder how they feel about the word.

But did you knoooowwww, that nearly a quarter of US adults are functionally illiterate? Meaning, they can answer texts, they can read street signs and a grocery list, but are almost incapable of stringing together a whole paragraph? This isn't a small problem, it's why the west is falling, it's why we have nazis marching again. I mean... why we have "armband baddies" marching, or whatever the sanitized term is.

Welp, there goes my YouTube monetization.

And then they say "he was following his training" when people get rightfully angry

And that's a huge part of the problem. That is a part of the training. They are taught to see everyone and everything is a threat that wants them dead.

Add onto that cops the constantly work overtime you got a group of people who are sleep deprived, hyped up on caffeine and ready, willing, and able to shoot you for looking at them sideways and won't be held accountable for doing so.

How are there so many men growing up that want to abuse people and get away with it? It's becoming a pandemic. Cruelty is becoming trendy. I'm so scared

They're immune to punishment for their actions, like the president of the US. That always ends well.

On top of that, if IA was as powerful and menacing as they are in the shows cops might actually be held accountable.

IA feels like HR at any mega Corp, there to protect the institution not actually solve anything or ensure things are fair.

This is why I say the Wire is the best cop show out there still, espevially growing up with a cop. It raises up the parts of police work that deserve praise; eg. the individuals that get in for the right reasons or have appropriate respect for the job once there, the opportunity police have to make a positive impact on outliers in our society, etc. It also gives a pretty realistic look at how these things go wrong or become ineffective at an institutional level (and 100% don't shy away from idiot/aggressive cops, narratively equating them to gang members). As far as I can remember there is never a "big, bad internal affairs" plot line. When it does come up it's in reference to a character's problematic behavior and treated as a fair consequence of their actions.

Watch the Wire if you havent and you like crime-drama. It's as good as it gets.

If only Stabler could have freely roughed up every single suspect, they might have caught a couple of the rapists sooner. Probably would have got some coerced confessions out of some creeps who were destined to rape in future too.

Entirely warranted fear of overbearing content moderation on corporate social media.

Capital is taking away our ability to speak to power about societal problems.

It's not a silly little thing, it's a real problem that we need to address. Nearly a quarter of the US adult population is functionally illiterate. They are taking our power to communicate away slowly, little bits at a time. They start with the big, heavy topics that make people upset, the topics that might make people rally together and push back against the system. Rape? Murder? Nazis? Suicide? No no no, those aren't acceptable so we don't say that. Monkey see no evil, say no evil, hear no evil. Be quiet and buy your new phone and buy your celebrity energy drinks.

Tune in tomorrow to see what the next banned ideas are.

Grab your rake and shovel and work those fields, serf.

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

-John Rogers

I was a medic back in the day in a large city. Cops are assholes. Big goofy dumb goons. I've seen them do the dumbest shit. Light a smoke for a dead man. Was just one example. I sat at trial two times just to fuck up a cops day cause they routinely fucked people up for no reason. Goons.

Then you get into the actual military. It's a bunch of high school kids with responsibility. Good leaders? Rare. Those higher end crazy weird assignments, like SG would have been? Those breed the worst because they usually attract the worst.

"Here, Lippyballscacker will train you on this."

Wait, Lippyballsacker? Wtf?

"Yeah, his supervisor was hanging in the building and remembered he had to pick him up at the last minute from the airport. One guy asked him what the new guy's name was. "I don't know, Lippyballsacker or something." That name stuck." - actual story from my time in aircraft maintenance

When they guy left, he was gloating the name wouldn't follow him. One of the maintenance supervisors had contacts at the new base. The name followed him.

We also had a fuck up who was good at taking tests, so he made rank fast, but was an absolute moron. Didn't realize he had to put his manual truck in gear or set the brake. Always had to repeat lefty loosey every time...out loud. Walked right through an antenna on the bottom of the plane. Didn't skip a step.

They show the military way too organized and disciplined. No. Bunch of blind leading the blind.

Honestly I'm not a military fan, but in general they tend to be better trained and are actually a necessary evil, see Ukraine. Sometimes you need people to defend you from tyrants.

Cops are just so much worse, they are given all the privilege in the world and they have comfortable jobs, at least in the western world, yet they act like they are dodging 50cal rounds all day every day.

They think they are at war with the people they are supposed to be serving so this is never going to work.