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Just because you had your head in the sand for the entire #Trump presidency doesn’t mean there was “peace everywhere”

Kids were getting gassed in Syria.

There were 2,243 drone strikes in the first two years of Trump.

There was a failed coup in Venezuela.

Trump’s policy of deterrence by tweet allowed North Korea to fully develop ICBMs.

The lizard capitalist class sees us as NPCs that exist purely to produce labor and provide value so Line Goes Up.
But that’s not what we were meant for as humans. We’re meant to sit under palm trees and eat mangoes and figs, dance around bonfires, drink beer and sing songs, gaze at the stars and tell stories to our children.

ETA: Also if you agree with this toot and enjoy sci-fi short (ish) stories, I recommend this one:

https://marshallbrain.com/manna1

#SFF #SolarPunk #SciFi #AntiCapitalism

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic is kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, the sequel to last year's Red Team Blues.

There are all kinds of reasons to support this project. Starting with the obvious: Doctorow's novels are always good SF, and the audiobooks are always top notch. But too-also, he's showing the way that indies can thrive outside of the Amazon monopoly. This benefits all of us.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/10/the-bezzle/#marty-hench