Welcome again to everybody. Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.
On Sunday last week, Damascus fell to Salafi terrorists and other imperialist-aligned forces. Regardless of the flaws of the ousted government, this is a horrible situation for the Syrian proletariat as well as for the people of Palestine, Lebanon and others. We can only hope for the perseverance of the Syrian workers and the remaining anti-colonial resistance.
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I tried to start watching S2 cause of watching S1, for the heck of it, but couldn't get far. S1 felt very contrived as storytelling goes. Great animations and illustrations, but everything else, I could never relate to the hype.
In particular, the whole thing with
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powder falling into the hands of the baddie bad was so contrived it was painful to watch.Edit: Also, that essay is a good read, thanks for sharing it.