Too powerful? It's the only way to survive daily life without going stark raving mad. It's a legit coping mechanism, better than substances if you can make it work.
The substances help to keep it working.
Yeah, just a little substance every night and we're good to go.
I do the same but tack on a ponder about how it must feel to be speed-running towards the participation trophy of empire length.
Footnotes.
Roman and British empires look down at current day USA.
"Pathetic"
In terms of territory annexed maybe, but in terms of direct cultural reach the US has far outstripped both.
We're going to be seeing the aftershocks of the US' contribution to global culture and media long after the bones of the last American have become an archeologist's study project
Well yeah of course.
A world power influences others to copy them, during the Roman Empire they were the most influential and had the greatest cultural reach, same with the British.
As time goes by and technology allows for greater interconnectivity and a countries ability to influence others increases. Chances are the next world power will continue this trend and take over with their culture.
Actually not really, during the Roman Empire China was the cultural hegemon
In fact so much so that stoicism sprung up because Roman aristocrats were big mad at how much money was going into buying Chinese silk. Shit Rome wasn't even the cultural hegemon of Rome, Greece was, and then Christendom became the hegemon.
As for the British Empire, I'd argue that France was actually the cultural hegemon at that time, or at least punching even with others.
Interesting, I wouldn't have thought the Romans were that influenced by the Chinese empire, I knew of the silk road and the cost of silk. But my understanding was the middle men between both nations jacking up the price combined with the long distance materials needed to travel.
That said I agree that a large proportion of Roman culture was influenced by the Greeks, but couldn't the same thing be said (to a much lesser extent of course) of the US and the British; Both countries have a shared history, a common language, an overlap in religious beliefs and legal principles.
My point being each empire builds off the previous one and with advancement in technologies and the reduction in degrees of separation, the ability to propagate an empire's culture increases. America is hugely influential, but a part of that is they are the current world power in a world with the internet, being able to travel anywhere in the world in less than a day and most people being able to speak English.
This is not an attempt to undermine America's achievements, they are a world power for a reason, but it's my belief that powers following their fall will overtake them in cultural influence.
Would love to read your reply, personally love a good discussion about random shit like this.
We totally divorced ourselves from England! You don't see a copy of The Magna Carta sitting around the Smithsonian do you‽‽‽
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I bought bat wings for my cat.
Hats with dogs on them?
Or hats for dogs to wear?
Hats that make you look like a dog?
Hats made from dogs.
No no, hats made FROM dogs. Rabbit fur’s getting expensive these days, you know.
This is interesting. Also a great way to get extra space on the bus on a rainy day I assume?
And for all you haters, who think this is fake: https://www.bhmalpacas.com/store/p59/Chiengora_Hat_Spun_From_Your_Dog%27s_Hair.html
Hair’s hair; it’s really not weirder to make it from dog hair as opposed to alpaca, sheep or any other. Though I imagine some dog breeds produce better hair for it than others.
Future of America actually looking kind of good with Trump on Trial and TikTok being forced to sell.
Let's keep the ball rolling.
His lawyer argued presidents can assassinate their political opponents at the Supreme Court today, and as if that's not bad enough, they seem receptive to it.
These are dark fucking times.
Buddo, if you think crackhead lawyers arguing "The president ordering political assassinations is OK" is gonna fly and be the law of the land, I have a bridge to sell you!
Or, if youre right, Dark Brandon is about to be reeeeeeaaaaal busy.
I admire your confidence while wondering where the hell you got it.
I mean, I heard the same attitude in 2016.
These things are unthinkable until they happen.
Biden doesn't have the balls to so much as J walk with presidential immunity.
You are a very foolish person; the type who brings about the end times.
Ping me again when they rule and lmk if they OK assassinating political rivals, thanks
A lawyer has a duty to attempt the most favorable outcome for their client, even if the methodology is insane. So long as it can be squeezed into some sort of logical interpretation of the law, or to argue the law is improper. It doesn't mean they actually believe their own bullshit necessarily.
Yeah, if we just get these two major issues fixed...
The two great issues plaguing society: fascist takeover of democratic institutions and the stupid dance app
ByteDance saying they might rather shut it down than sell it shows that operating a silly dance app for profit was never their motive. The fact that at the mere notion of a forced sale our politicians were bombarded by death threats shows the platform was already weaponized.
The USA has less to benefit from the destruction of the USA compared to China. I wouldn't be surprised if people's personal data was given directly to the gangs running "Pig Butchering" scams, too.
Until Truth Social makes a play at buying TikTok.
they can't afford it.
When they're literally being forced to sell the price will drop and the billionaire class would be happy to take over the social media site with all the potential young voters.
They won't win many voters by taking over TikTok, but they can absolutely convince people to not bother voting, which is all they really need to win.
Tik Tok won't be forced to sell. Even assuming the the ban survives the various lawsuits, the most that will happen is that the app will be banned (on American app stores) and Tik Tok will continue on like nothing happened. Americans are a minority on the app.
On top of that "China" only owns about 20% of the company, the rest is international investors.
I started playing pokémon blue instead of worrying about climate change, social injustices and genocides..
Humanity had a good run.
Did we though?
The first 200k years or so were pretty sweet. Then the writers got lazy with their "cities" bottle episodes.
There is no love here and there is no pain
If you can ignore it, it's probably not collapse.
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