I simply cannot watch the movie wish by Disney anymore without seeing it as the story of a young girl who wants to overthrow the government upon realizing that she would have to pay taxes.
https://youtu.be/6A5raLXDsmc
https://youtu.be/6A5raLXDsmc
You almost can't even be mad at the people who make "free" stuff that's going to inevitably get worse, they're just doing the thing that made a bunch of people filthy rich.
If course, that doesn't mean you keep falling for it.
When you're a kid you might see a perfectly good hot dog on the ground and say "hey, free hot dog" but as an adult you probably get wiser.
If course, that doesn't mean you keep falling for it.
When you're a kid you might see a perfectly good hot dog on the ground and say "hey, free hot dog" but as an adult you probably get wiser.
"Poisoning the water supply" is going right to the top of the list.
You shall rrrrrrrue the day you rrrrrrrefused to rrrrrretain my serrrrrrvices!
You shall rrrrrrrue the day you rrrrrrrefused to rrrrrretain my serrrrrrvices!
"He worked a shitty job serving bean juice to people who weren't as cool as they thought they were so he could have food and shelter"
Man, so true. Timeless words.
Man, so true. Timeless words.
The Mycenaean Greeks are likely to have been the ones that created the Medusa myth, and at that time the Egyptian Old Kingdom that built the pyramids had collapsed 500 years before the very beginning of Mycenaean Greece. There would have been multiple Egyptian eras of which Egypt would have been in an era of unity. , The Mycenaean Greeks are documented in a letter to have had diplomacy with Egypt, and Mycenaean pottery was found in Egypt suggesting trade between the two regions.
With all that being the case, Africans wouldn't be some mythical creature due to the power and influence of ancient Egypt in that era, and it seems much likely the Medusa just follows the Greek tradition of chimeras combining different animals or animals and people to allegorically represent different parts of the human experience....
Another thing about the legend of Medusa is that she starts as a beautiful woman and angers the gods, being turned into a hideous beast with snakes for hair. This directly contradicts the core idea of the picture, suggesting that some people need to learn the legends they're trying to appropriate before they try to do so.
A potential counterpoint to my argument could be the minotaur, which we now know was derived from the Greek contact with the Minoan civilization. However, I think this actually proves my point -- the Minotaur didn't look like a bull/man hybrid because the people of that civilization looked like bulls, it was a representation of the bull icons the Minoans placed everywhere in their complex architecture.
Anyway, I know, nobody asked but it bugged me...
With all that being the case, Africans wouldn't be some mythical creature due to the power and influence of ancient Egypt in that era, and it seems much likely the Medusa just follows the Greek tradition of chimeras combining different animals or animals and people to allegorically represent different parts of the human experience....
Another thing about the legend of Medusa is that she starts as a beautiful woman and angers the gods, being turned into a hideous beast with snakes for hair. This directly contradicts the core idea of the picture, suggesting that some people need to learn the legends they're trying to appropriate before they try to do so.
A potential counterpoint to my argument could be the minotaur, which we now know was derived from the Greek contact with the Minoan civilization. However, I think this actually proves my point -- the Minotaur didn't look like a bull/man hybrid because the people of that civilization looked like bulls, it was a representation of the bull icons the Minoans placed everywhere in their complex architecture.
Anyway, I know, nobody asked but it bugged me...
We've seen some of the thing CSIS says.
I say we should defund them completely. Another step towards a balanced budget. they can make money selling crack in detroit like a respectable intelligence agency.
I say we should defund them completely. Another step towards a balanced budget. they can make money selling crack in detroit like a respectable intelligence agency.
My first two vehicles were stick, and I like it if I'm in the country or a town and I don't need to be doing lots of stop start traffic. Once I realized I was going to be spending a little bit more time in cities with lots of stop start traffic, that was the end of that. I want nice thing is I've got the skill forever.
Fact check: false
While it is true that virtually all of the conspiracy theories turned out to be true, it makes no sense that Chewbacca is from endor! That makes no sense! The ewoks are from endor, why would Chewbacca be from endor? It makes no sense! It makes no sense!
While it is true that virtually all of the conspiracy theories turned out to be true, it makes no sense that Chewbacca is from endor! That makes no sense! The ewoks are from endor, why would Chewbacca be from endor? It makes no sense! It makes no sense!
Most dangerous thing we keep doing is drawing straight lines every time we see two points.
Won't be as good as evangelists say, won't be as bad as apocalyptic prophets say.we just gotta wait and see.
Won't be as good as evangelists say, won't be as bad as apocalyptic prophets say.we just gotta wait and see.
GOG is the best game store since once you have the installer saved they can't take it back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du6SqVoxy0o
Go to Taco Bell
Order a big mac
Hand the clerk a pair of hundos, "Look, I don't care how you gotta do it. Just make it happen."
Go to Taco Bell
Order a big mac
Hand the clerk a pair of hundos, "Look, I don't care how you gotta do it. Just make it happen."
I think even Marx recognized that capitalism was a relatively recent invention, seeing it as a descendant of feudalism which he did consider a different economic system. While his view of history still sees the lords and kings as the owner class compared to the working class, it doesn't claim capitalism is something that's always existed or been the dominant economic system.
As I recall, colonialism in some cases was definitely not capitalist -- the Spanish were generally centrally planned mercantile economies, not capitalist in the way we consider it today.
Arguably, one of the reasons that North America thrived more than South America is that the colonists who came over were more capitalist in most of North America and so ended up necessarily being less exploitative (which admittedly is relative) because under capitalism you need to provide something of value for the people you're asking to do things, whereas under strict government central planning you only need provide the threat of violence against people you're asking to do things.
Of course there were African slaves in America and that was a big problem, but under Spanish colonialism it isn't like the commoners in South America weren't slaves, they just weren't chattel slaves such as those bought from Africa.
And it's notable that some of the major problems in the US are ripples through history of chattel slavery, suggesting that things would be even better had they not made use of the unfree system of labor.
Unfortunately, we have a large group of critics of modern society that don't understand what society may have looked like in the past, and so make arguments lacking a firm foundation in reality. "Capitalism is the cause of all the world's problems" or even better "capitalism is the cause of colonialism" are ahistorical statements but quite popular among pop critics.
As I recall, colonialism in some cases was definitely not capitalist -- the Spanish were generally centrally planned mercantile economies, not capitalist in the way we consider it today.
Arguably, one of the reasons that North America thrived more than South America is that the colonists who came over were more capitalist in most of North America and so ended up necessarily being less exploitative (which admittedly is relative) because under capitalism you need to provide something of value for the people you're asking to do things, whereas under strict government central planning you only need provide the threat of violence against people you're asking to do things.
Of course there were African slaves in America and that was a big problem, but under Spanish colonialism it isn't like the commoners in South America weren't slaves, they just weren't chattel slaves such as those bought from Africa.
And it's notable that some of the major problems in the US are ripples through history of chattel slavery, suggesting that things would be even better had they not made use of the unfree system of labor.
Unfortunately, we have a large group of critics of modern society that don't understand what society may have looked like in the past, and so make arguments lacking a firm foundation in reality. "Capitalism is the cause of all the world's problems" or even better "capitalism is the cause of colonialism" are ahistorical statements but quite popular among pop critics.