[Image ID: A quote tweet reply from Open Source Stupidity (OSSTU) Starfish @IRHotTakes on 8/14/24.
Quoted tweet from @frijoliz: “You want the empire to remain in tact. that’s why you vote. you want it to continue while you somehow edit its perversions. i want it to fall, to crack, to rot. i want us to birth something new.”
Reply: “That is correct, madam. The things I want politically require state capacity, social trust, and a stable polity. A fallen, cracked, and rotten USA is just 90s Russia, complete with inevitable authoritarian beat up the neighbor revenge arc 20-30 years later.” End ID.]
“I want the empire to fall, to crack, to rot.” = “I either actively want a lot of people to die or I simply don’t care if they do.” Never forget that.
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