pff_kered

@Meech3366 @MetaFeatsDC @OxAbbe It’s probably splitting hairs because he’d have still been an imperialist leader but he was a kinder person than Ozai who was dedicated to his son and azula and zuko so I doubt he’d have been as evil.

@MetaFeatsDC @OxAbbe His son’s death was really needed to change him. He would have been as evil as Ozai without it

Unpopular opinions about Iroh:

@LinkofSunshine He definitely has and would. You neolibs live in an alternate reality

Sorry for Hasan posting but: 1) I don’t even think Hasan is being prosecuted lol 2) if he was, it is our duty to defend him against Republicans 3) He would not do the same for liberals. Yet, we are different for a reason

@MeiaLua22 @TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT I love that you draw the line at slurs lmfao

@pff_kered @TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT Never called you Trans you homophobic TRA.

how is nyc even real 🤯

@MeiaLua22 @TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT My lord, I beg you to understand, I’m not trans my lord.

@pff_kered @TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT TRAs try not to be homophobic for a day challenge Impossible.

Just secede again and be done with it god it would make everyone’s lives so much easier

@MeiaLua22 @TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT I’m not comparing myself to any character my lord. It’s just known that you are in universe faggot, my lord.

@pff_kered @TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT you would try to compare yourself to a char that is known for being one of the most talented in their series without doing nothing. Bunch of roleplay irl mofos.

This is pretty insane: the U.S. just tried to literally re-colonize part of the Philippines. They did so under the so-called "Pax Silica" initiative, the brainchild of - surprise, surprise - an ex-Palantir guy named Jacob Helberg who now runs U.S. economic "diplomacy" from the State Department. It's causing a big outcry in the Philippines, which is quite a feat given this is by far the most US-friendly country in Southeast Asia. If you're the US and you're getting the Marcos administration - of all governments - to push back on sovereignty, you've really overplayed your hand. What is the "Pax Silica" initiative? In a nutshell it's about the US getting other countries to commit to restructuring their AI tech infrastructure around a US-led stack. It's basically vendor lock-in: you hand over your critical minerals, align your export controls with Washington's, regulate AI the way America wants, and in return you get to be a US "trusted partner," whatever that means these days. In essence, let's not kid ourselves, it's all about China: this is the US's initiative to "win the AI race" by getting other countries to contractually commit to keeping China out of their tech supply chains. When you can't preserve your lead through innovation, you seek to lock countries in contractually. For instance as a country, this would mean telling Huawei they can't sell you AI chips, and telling Chinese firms they can't invest in your data centers - even if they're better and cheaper. It's not about choosing the best technology, it's about choosing the right flag. But in this instance, the US went much further still: they literally tried to carve out 4,000 acres of Philippine territory (in New Clark City, 60 miles north of Manila) to be governed under US common law with diplomatic immunity - the first arrangement of its kind anywhere in the modern world. This is according to the WSJ who ran the story last month (wsj.com/world/asia/u-s…) as if it was a done deal (it wasn't). Heard about the "French concession" or "British concession" in China during the century of humiliation? Same thing: the US basically asked for an "American concession" in the Philippines. Unsurprisingly, there was quite a bit of backlash in the country with for instance the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP) calling it a “massive sellout” of the country’s land, minerals, and sovereignty (punto.com.ph/us-led-pax-sil…). So much so that the Philippines' government - namely Joshua Bingcang, president and chief executive of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) - issued a statement saying that the Philippines had rejected US proposals that would place the project beyond local jurisdiction (asianews.network/philippines-re…). Note, by the way, this delicious irony: the BCDA is the government agency that was created in 1992 specifically to convert former US military bases at Clark and Subic Bay after the Philippines spent decades negotiating their closure. New Clark City - where the Pax Silica's hub would go - is built on the old Clark Air Base. So the agency whose entire reason for existing is to turn former American colonial territory (i.e. US military bases) into sovereign Philippine land is the one now being asked to hand part of that very same land back under US jurisdiction (and, apparently, declined). Of course though, blocking this specific jurisdiction grab doesn't change the bigger picture. The Philippines is still a Pax Silica signatory, and Pax Silica itself is structurally neocolonial: you supply the cheap labor and raw materials, align your export controls and regulations with Washington's, cut yourself off from the world's rising technological powerhouse - and in exchange you get assembly jobs and the privilege of getting a pat on the head and being called a "trusted partner." They dropped the most cartoonishly colonial demand - governing Philippine soil under US law - but the underlying architecture is the same: you serve America's supply chain, on America's terms, and you relinquish your sovereign right to trade with whoever offers the best deal.

A LITTLE eugenics should be ok and allowed

@MeiaLua22 @TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT Frieza my lord, you are literally a nonbinary icon

@TrishCosmicBard @innanet_man @ARIatTWIT Non talented hates talent.

@based_broseph @mehdirhasan I love your profile picture dude! It’s so based and epic and owns the dumocrats!

@mehdirhasan Mr. "Win Every Argument" is running away from a debate with a 19 year old 😂😂😂 If he's so irrelevant, why do you keep malding about him, and get your facts wrong while doing so?

lol. I didn’t know literal ‘debate me’ bros still existed. 😂 Bro, I already did the Jubilee freak show, why would I do it again with the freak show B team? And why would I do it with a random guy on the internet who claims to be a history expert but gets all his dates wrong?

Finding out people on booktok skip everything but dialogue makes reading 30+ books a year make a lot more sense.

"Ermmm aren't you worried there's gonna be spyware on these" mf I do not care!!! The US government and Israel already listens to all my shit why do I care if the Chinese government listens in on it? All they're gonna hear is me yearning for bad bitches who play Combo decks

I'm lowkey placing a hex on Matt Mercer and Stranger Things for making my favorite hobby into a Pinterest tag for 99% of people

@BrettFavre @danielledsouzag Oh of course this faggot is in the replies. Hey retard where’s that welfare money gone?

@danielledsouzag Agreed 💯

In a world of Megan Rapinoes, be a Jaxson Dart.

@danielledsouzag I don’t want to be a faggot for Trump sorry

Warnock lol

He looks like a bitch and a loser

He’s decapitated two 1980s neoliberal platitudes in one week, doesn’t he know he can’t do that?

These people are parasites