Hylactor

u/Hylactor@sopuli.xyz
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"Whitsleblower" helps make the non-fascists feel like they struck a blow and trickle feeds hope to keep them docile. It reinforces the illusion that there are consequences and that truth matters.

Simultaneously, "whistleblower" makes it seem nefarious. An affront to decorum. Disrespectful toward the rules. And gives the fascists an excuse to "hit back".

By employing a "whistleblower" you generate news articles that can engage both sides.

I'm a "general" in my field. It is far more often that it is a thankless burden than it is a benefit.

People at the top of their field, in my experience, have insulated themselves from volatility, that's it. And this security cannot be conferred. I am powerless to dictate the market. I have just a sliver of influence over the culture. I can work pretty much anywhere, but nowhere is objectively better than anywhere else. I'm just as free as I am trapped.

In short, the generals are perhaps difficult to remove from the boat, but the oligarchy always sets the course.

on rule child · c/onehundredninetysix · 10 pts · 12d

My guess is that on this répondez s'il vous plaît that the M might be for monsieur/madame/mademoiselle.

While simultaneously he shits on that one boat with an unreasonable duration at sea, he steals the glory of an actual solier, and still finds a way to stroke his own ego while he's at it. Not to mention the cost at tax payers expense of whatever bureaucratic ripples this sends out.

He's going to die. They're going to uncover truly horrific things of unprecedented scope, and then to save face they're going to paint him as some sort of mastermind. I'm going to have to grow old and die myself as they contort Turnip's career as some sort of Machiavellian genius, when in fact he has all the nuances of a screeching adolescentwith a negative kill ratio on counter strike. They will build the myth to preserve the institution, but I'll never forget how brazen and clumsy he was or how complicit are the people warming themselves on the flaming wreckage he leaves in his wake.

on 🛸 [Twonks] · c/comicstrips · 3 pts · 53d

This coupled with the not my idea caption of "I want to leave" (riff on xfiles, "I want to believe") would make a solid shirt.