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For the purpose of the satire, they left out the whole point of the books, which is something you’d know if your knowledge of LotR wasn’t based entirely on cultural osmosis.

Over 200,000 Palestinians haven’t survived the past year and you don’t care. Never trust a narcissist to have anyone else’s interest at heart.

You support genocide. You’re a geek without a soul.

Remember: the lunar version of Starship was picked as NASA’s Human Landing System in 2021, and Artemis III was supposed to have landed on the moon this year. Thanks, Musk!

Trump was best buddies with Jeffery Epstein andremovedd a 13-year-old girl at Epstein’s New York apartment – Trump being into kinky sex with consenting adults would be a significant improvement.

The primary source of the linked article: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.20432

Observed magnitudes of Qianfan spacecraft range from 4 when they are near zenith to 8 when low in the sky.

Since this is the first run of the Qianfan satellite constellation, the most appropriate comparison would be to Starlink’s original satellites. As you can see below, the notion that China’s satellites are “significantly brighter than those of Western systems” is a inaccurate.

A 2022 paper on Starlink Original, VisorSat and Post-VisorSat models: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.17268

The Original spacecrafts have a relatively flat phase function, so they are comparatively bright over a wide range of phase angle. […] the characteristic magnitudes are: 4.7 (Original) […]

A 2024 paper on Starlink newer Direct-to-Cell satellites: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03092

The mean apparent magnitude of Starlink Mini Direct-To-Cell (DTC) satellites is 4.62 while the mean of magnitudes adjusted to a uniform distance of 1000 km is 5.50.

Clearly, even the newest Starlink satellites are well above the magnitude 7 limit astronomers recommend for satellite brightness.

On Hexbear, transphobes are executed on sight.

…this isn’t a news article… the headline being serious editorializing… Not saying it’s not true…

Harm reduction for me (Imperial Core citizen) but not for thee (2+ million Palestinian men, women and children).

Just openly admitting you support genocide. Disgusting. And don’t even pretend you care about anyone represented in the bottom half of the image; if Democrats said murdering trans folks was necessary to beat Trump, you’d support that too.

When I tried to renew my three-year plan with Nord, I wasn’t able to since it was only available to new customers, but when I tried to cancel my subscription, I got a “Please don’t leave, here’s a deep discount!” offer. Keep that in mind folks.

When asked to criticize communism, liberals will simply describe capitalism.

What other modes of production are currently in use by existing nations?

“Communism works the same way, except the party leaders are the ones on top,” you think to yourself as the crimson Poverty Line flashes upwards across your field of view. “Capitalism is the only system that works.” The wind is rushing hard in your ears now; the bottom of the Money Pit is coming up fast. “Besides, they worked hard to swim in the Money Pool, they deser–.” Splat.

Not at all surprising. Hell, Hillary Clinton beat Trump by 2.5 million votes in 2016 and she appointed him to the fucking presidency.

Israel has no regard for the lives of Jewish Palestinians and loves to recruit Christians to the cause of Zionism. Go back to Reddit.

Israel kills plenty of Jews, too. Israel promotes Zionism, not Judaism.

Again, perfectly fair. Before I was a communist, I rejected Marxist concepts as well. I’ve spent over two decades reading and listening to arguments for and against all sort of political, social and economic ideas. I’ve identified with centrism, liberalism, libertarianism, social democracy and other ideologies. Today, I consider myself to be a Marxist/socialist/communist not because it’s just the latest thing I’ve hit upon, but because it’s what’s made the most sense to me. When I use Marxist words and ideas, I don’t do so because I’m a Marxist; I’m a Marxist because those words and ideas have helped me to make the most sense of the world. And I’m certainly not demanding, or even asking, you do become a Marxist, I’m just asking you to consider what makes the most sense.

Joseph Sisko’s restaurant is his personal property, not his private property since it is not a money-making venture. Since money, and capitalism, do not exist in the Federation, there is no private property in any form. Furthermore, given Star Trek’s egalitarian/utopian vision of the future, no one is going to take Joseph Sisko’s restaurant – the laws of the United Earth government (which has direct jurisdiction over Earth) exist (imo) to protect people’s personal property, not take it away.

Consider Joseph Sisko’s restaurant, Sisko’s Creole Kitchen. Joseph owns the restaurant, but he doesn’t sell anything. He provides goods and services, but he doesn’t make any money. Sisko’s Creole Kitchen is not a business, it is a labor of love that Joseph operates for himself and his community.

Additionally, the Federation is very socially liberal but it is not economically liberal. Economically, liberalism is a pro-capitalism ideology and capitalism has been abolished in the Federation.