China Mieville did something like this, but they were like literal giant mosquitoes where the female mosquitoes were monstrous and the male mosquitoes were basically scholars

Either one really

Reminder that percentages are different to absolute values. The percentage can be a strong indicator of a nation’s values.

You thought you were really cooking with that.

Reminder that GDP is not a natural force, but a measurement of capital’s performance and was invented to argue for lower taxes on landlords. The accepted GDP values are just what each country reports, and can be easily artificially inflated, especially by governments like the United States that includes not only rent, but also a fake rent that homeowners pay to themselves.

GDP is not a neutral measurement, but is deliberately defined to benefit capital at the expense of labor. Percentage of government budget could be a better comparison between countries than absolute values, but the absolute value is also important to understand.

With that in mind, government spending and private investment can be indicators of a nation’s values: like that America values murdering non-white children more than it values feeding its own children and that Britain and Europe are sick of feeding their children and want to invest more in the child murdering.

The United States Spends More on Defense than the Next 9 Countries Combined

https://www.pgpf.org/article/the-united-states-spends-more-on-defense-than-the-next-9-countries-combined/

Milk is also on the list, so It’s specifically about the meat. Likely because of breeding for specific traits and lifespan, so a dairy cow would be kept alive longer (more greenhouse gases) and have a lower yield. I don’t like how I phrased that, but I hope my point comes across.

I just wish you all posted more

It’s a fun thing to tell yourself, but more Sanders voters voted for Clinton in 2016 than Clinton voters voted for Obama in 2008.

Yeah, but she was the one who destroyed all the torture evidence so that’s why I’d want her specifically

For currently alive monsters? Probably Gina Haskell

So, uh, where does one watch Mongolian wrestling (other than just searching online)? Where can we follow this enthralling sport?

They will try, but the finance bourgeoisie will eat all of their attempts to reshore/“friendshore” (I fucking hate that word). They will spend billions to do what less than 100k would do in China

They cultivated sports, not advertising models owned by the most racist bourgeois fucks in the country.

There’s cars driving around with small LED billboards bolted to the top

My school’s official smoking section was across the street. The unofficial ones were right underneath the outdoor cameras that couldn’t look down

Keep walking until it falls out, pretend it’s not yours.

your body, begging you to eat fiber

If only there had been some German philosopher they could read to inform them about capitalist alienation. Ah well

If you don’t have a lid handy or one that fits the pot/pan, use a sheet pan that’s larger than the pot/pan!