Mercenaries are just doing what they are told. Without publicly funded independent media, that’s what you get.

If their overlords give them a poop cake, they happily eat them, if people who actually care for them give them a healthy meal, they’ll throw it to the ground, claiming “I’m not part of the system”, and “I’m an adult” while acting like children.

Step 1: oligopoly. Step 2: Make less stuff, make it worse, and make it more expensive. Step 3: Use the wealth hoarded that way to make it easier to become a monopoly.

It’s easier to understand in the context of the past when they had things like sacrificing a goat for stuff. It’s just another form of ritual sacrifice.

They kidnapped each other.

Suppression is often countered with flooding tactics.

The strip stops working when it shows Joe Rogan with a surprised face instead of mindlessly agreeing with whatever corporate grifter he has in front of him at any given moment.

Gimp, Paint.Net, VLC…

A little bit of hope for a future more like Star Trek and less like Wall-E.

Feminism isn’t just about women.
Toxic masculinity isn’t caused just by men.
Black Lives Matter isn’t just about black lives.
“Believe women” isn’t about blindly believing what women say. “Christian charity” is the least charitable thing in the world.
“Defund the police” and “abolish the police” aren’t about eliminating police forces and letting crime run rampant.
AI is anything but intelligent.
“Global Warming” sounds tame for what’s actually happening: “climate disruption” and “climate catastrophe”. A bunch of countries with “communist” or “democratic” in their names are anything but.

Words are stupid. Slogans are lazy. People lie.

Which is why I like the lyrics of ‘Enjoy the Silence’ so much.

If it would destroy the economy if everyone did it, then it should not be doable in the first place.

Well, that is a bit excessive.
Rabid dogs are put down because there is no cure for their disease, and they cannot be controlled, and their very existence will bring harm to others and…

Nevermind.