I spent a month in Guangzhou the summer of 2016. There was one government official assigned to every 100 people. Every email, every text, every phone call was reviewed by a human being. I have no delusions that my VPN did dick to prevent monitoring as well as a dossier being compiled on what this particular American was doing.

People in the US pretend that’s not the case here, but Snowden proved that notion to be false. Rather than the government telling us what we can say, we have the wealthiest corporations in the world deciding what speech and ideas are kosher.

I’m not an election fraud truther, but the indisputable truth is that American election laws were ignored in nearly every state because of an “emergency”. Whether or not you think that emergency was valid is irrelevant. You’ve allowed an “emergency” to invalidate written laws in how our elections were carried out. You’ve allowed the government to mandate that unless you meet their criteria for being a good citizen, you can’t enter a McDonalds or bus station. You can’t operate your business unless you act as an enforcer.

The west let this happen, and half of us want to rip the throats out of those who don’t eagerly accept the allowed narrative. Democracy ended the moment we allowed one person to dictate how we live our lives.

If ever Russia and China wanted to go for it, this is the moment. Europe is almost incapable of defending itself. The UK and France have nukes, so no one will be hurting them, but Germany would be hard pressed to defend itself. More so, the German economy and comfort is entirely dependent on Russian oil. The only thing stopping Putin from taking Ukraine today is the threat of the US with British support retaliating decisively if Putin did it. I don’t know if Joe Biden is capable of handling that kind of response, to say nothing of how divisive Congress and the population would be over it. And it’s entirely reasonable to ask if the US (or any other nation) should risk WW3 over a territory that has historically been under their sphere of control. Is Germany willing to let their people freeze over objection to Russia taking over Kiev?

China has the US by the balls on circuitry, supply chain, enormous debt, and even ownership over key farming industries.  Look up who owns a majority of American meat processors. Is the US going to risk WW3 with China if Xi roles tanks into Taipei and Hong Kong? Is Australia willing to make that sacrifice?

Meanwhile in the US, teachers and students alike are allowed to use the excuse of corona to not attend school and are cheered. Biden’s presidency is an abject failure and the notion of compromise is all but devoid in the legislature. Meanwhile the economy is teetering with inflation and a subclass of society refusing to work because they’ve been given 55k a year for existing during the pandemic. Just check out r/antiwork to get a glimpse at those expressing this view.

Can you imagine if Biden attempted to implement a draft to conscript an Army to defend against Russian and Chinese aggression? Our universities would be filled with students and Academics celebrating the demise of the western patriarchy and welcome their communist overlords.  Only after the Chinese and Russian militaries rounded up men demanding to be called “ma’am” and dissidents who think they can block traffic and set fire to police stations, would they realize they backed the wrong horse.

The reality is the West isn’t capable of surviving WW3. When you’ve proven half the population is willing to give up their livelihood and remain indoors at the promise of safety, you demonstrate your society isn’t much of a threat to aggression and authoritarian rule. And you’ve shown you sure as hell won’t create a fuss when ordered to. Tell me what nation would have the support to launch nukes? To launch a military invasion?

Christ, American Democrats used the filibuster this week to prevent sanctions on Russia. This was the same group who spent 4 years calling the former President a Russian plant and said he wouldn’t put sanctions on Russia. The same group demanding the filibuster be removed. And now they use the filibuster to prevent sanctions on the country they claim poses the greatest threat to America. I don’t know how you find consensus to get America to do a fucking thing if Russia and China act up. And if the US isn’t doing anything, the rest of the world won’t make a peep.

You know the best part of dating a 12 year old? Your cock looks huge in their hands.

Guess I feel comedy is the last bastion of free-expression and free-speech.  Kind of surprised you're taking such a strong stance against certain words.  To each their own.

My favorite take on the joke

Are you not familiar with the setup of the aristocrats joke? It’s supposed to be the most vulgar, offensive joke there is.

Comedians push boundaries. That doesn’t make them a pedophile.