Made an atomic bomb

Exactly!

Pink lady is my favorite. Pretty darn tart, I would say.

I like to play the drums

I loved OA and still think about it a lot.

I didn’t know we could get Margaritas in a jug

I sense a challenge coming on…

So much better to do it in person.

Started improv a few years ago. Very good for my mental health.

We have been turned into sheep

We are like children.

White Americans have been raised to believe the most preposterous set of lies about ourselves (land of freedom, etc) and the amount of effort to sustain that belief despite all evidence to the contrary is hard to imagine. Effort from the ruling class (eg “god save America” at the baseball game) but also internal efforts from the people themselves - because the collapse of the lie tears your self image apart. This actually started during the George Floyd Black Lives Matter moment but the reaction the other way brings us back to Trump.

People who want real change, and end to imperialism and capitalism feel isolated and hopeless. 1/3 if the country are committed to racism and misogyny. All lot of better off folks just want the illusions of the old normalcy back.

It doesn’t help that truly unedited critical voices here get shut down for somehow being responsible for Putin.

For something created by communists, for communists - it’s amazing how the loudest voice is people complaining about tankies.

Rented a tent.

Even without the LDS angle, I expect police to protect business owners over normal people every time.

I’m reading a book called “German Philosophy 1760 - 1860. The Legacy of Idealism” and so far, it’s basically this

Hadn’t ever really thought about a snake’s penis, until today.

It’s not important

Cars didn’t last long back then. A 20 year old car was a big deal I the 70s.

Oh yes 1844, got confused with the later revolutions.

I thought the 1848 manuscripts were pretty rocking when I first read them.

I always felt Marx’s finished products had a kind of dull exposition, at least for large parts. I think he felt he had to lay out a system like that. But the unfinished stuff, even the Grundrisse have a lively dialectical feel that is pretty captivating.