In like a Greek tragedy way.
KindnessIsPunk
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Car culture permeates North America to such a degree that people tie it to their very identity
It's really hard for me to imagine us moving away from it but it's very clear it's toxic in every way it touches our lives.
From our dependence on Russian oil, to the climate impact of hydrocarbons, to the exhaust fumes being linked to childhood asthma, to tire particulates being a huge source of microplastics, to the enormous tax subsidies required to even make them viable, to the ways it has shaped our society to be more isolated.
I truly fucking hate cars.
I mean, no company's your friend but Nvidia have basically been giving consumers testicular torsion for about a decade now.
Perkins, get the spray bottle.
Israel is comically evil.
CRAB PEOPLE
The unsettling part here is that Russia is the aggressor. If Russia stopped the war tomorrow there would be peace, if Ukraine stopped there wouldn't be a Ukraine.
So propaganda that glorifies Russia's role in war is unsettling.
*disclaimer this is on no way an endorsement of any war time propaganda, simply a philosophical observation.
It's always appalling to me how quickly everyone stopped taking about the horrible treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China.
Then to pile on with threats, extortion and blackmail, On Canadian soil no less.
For how far China has come socially it still has a long way to go.
Saying that something is bad is not an endorsement of something else.
I'll believe it when I see it. Imagine the damage done to this person's life and relationships because Donnie had to grandatand.
I'm not sure I follow.
It's pretty clear that Trump's stance toward the slaughter of Ukrainians has been one of quiet complicity.