debris and detritus 2024-03-28 19:40:33
debris and detritus 2024-03-28 18:31:25
wilwheaton: “Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Why not a dictator who will get…
“Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Why not a dictator who will get things done? I lived in eastern Europe when memories of communism were fresh. I have visited regions in Ukraine where Russia imposed its occupation regime. I have spent decades reading testimonies of people who lived under Nazi or Stalinist rule. I have seen death pits, some old, some freshly dug. And I have friends who have lived under authoritarian regimes, including political prisoners and survivors of torture. Some of the people I trusted most have been assassinated. So I think that there is an answer to this question. Strongman rule is a fantasy. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won’t. In a democracy, elected representatives listen to constituents. We take this for granted, and imagine that a dictator would owe us something. But the vote you cast for him affirms your irrelevance. The whole point is that the strongman owes us nothing. We get abused and we get used to it.”
debris and detritus 2024-03-28 16:10:23
you will live and you will say the wrong things and make mistakes and people will love you anyways.
you will live and you will say the wrong things and make mistakes and people will love you anyways.
debris and detritus 2024-03-28 13:50:51
debris and detritus 2024-03-28 12:40:58
debris and detritus 2024-03-28 11:30:23
EQUINOX (1970)
EQUINOX (1970)