Kit Sorens

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Perhaps a European ideal of Libertarianism. US liberal politics is a facade of good will to hide the same pro-corporate agenda pushing that the other party does while hiding behind a facade of moral vitriol. US libertarians believe in enforcing one's own freedoms with force rather than relying on government force to defend your rights. US leftists have no political base in our elections, by design.

on Awful Book · c/tumblr · 10 pts · 2y

How about an awful shambling corpse of a book that's trying to extend the story from a satisfying ending because the publisher wants more books.

Cultural, for sure. I had to tough it out for the first bit, only really liking the detective. But then when all the main characters got replaced over and over, I began to see humanity as the main character, collectively, and then I was hooked, which I'm sure was the intent as the story spans >!all of time in the universe 2 times over,!< It's worth revisiting.

Read the book please... The trillogy* is on Audible. Some truly terrifying stuff. Like, >!living in a dying universe that was once an infinite garden because of the dark forest attacks that flattened spacetime into fewer dimensions, which could happen again.!<

*the last book (or some 4th book, I forgot) isn't written by Chixen Liu, but they liked it so much they wrote off on publishing it in the series as a means to wrap up some critical questions.

Russia is still feeling the effects of the cold war brain drain that hasn't helped by their less than inviting prospects for the return of expensive, specialized talent. They will just wind up BEING chinese products, carefully and cleverly rebranded and channeled through government-approved "assembled in motherland" companies in Russia that chinese firms will only happen to have a majority stake in.

on Rule · c/196 · 8 pts · 2y

That mentality is surely broader than fascism itself. You see it in any hypernationalist state. Rome had "the barbarians." The British Empire had "the savages." Nazi Germany had "the jews." There is always an "other" when the state needs it. Unless you're painting a broader form of fascism, perhaps.