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Mrtryfe [none/use name]
Normal schemes are when you have extremely stovepiped and decentralized ops like Iran-Contra and 9/11 which involved everyone from Presidents/PMs/5 star generals all over the world, all the way down to random dudes off the street to push drugs to fund operations or idk, do some shit like bomb a building in OKC
And everyone once in a while, we have “real journalists” over at a rag like the Intercept talking about how much of a bumbling operation the CIA is, which then gets used as blunt instrument to beat down anyone questioning official narratives – “just one degree away from Alex Jones”
He’s been persona non grata since the start of the Ukraine war, but I’m talking more about his own positions recently. I was just watching the Russell Brand interview he did a couple months back, and he was basically shitting on the current US in relation to the USSR.
I just had a blast checking out the Chomsky subreddit to see so many posts going full contortionist mode trying to jedi mind trick Chomsky’s position on NATO provocations leading to this war as somehow being Russia’s fault. The sub has always been lib, but the amount of shitlibs on that sub is unreal now. Feels like it was brigaded by Vaush fans or some shit. There used to be MLs on that sub all the time just coming in and dunking on Chomsky’s positions and not getting flooded with down votes. Not anymore tho
As much as I loathe Chomsky, it’s been funny seeing him become a “tankie” to the point of finally admitting that the West has become more authoritarian than the USSR (despite this always being the case)
SNAP is federal so can be used in all 50 states. I used my card to help a couple of friends out in the past. The only issue possibly is that if you make too much of a habit of it, you might get flagged for not reporting a change of address. But honestly I did it several times in the span of a couple of months and didn’t have an issue.
I think if you just space the purchases out (tell em to buy in bulk), you can just let DHS know (if they even hit u up) that you’ve had to move back and forth from X place for work
Its even more cynical in this instance. A fascist state like the US co-opting Tubman is even better optics than just neutering a revolutionary icon. Because of her work against the Confederacy (a great evil that our noble nation saw fit to destroy, something other nations just don’t do because they aren’t so moral) and all the myths and legends surrounding her, Tubman’s profile is effectively tabula rasa for propaganda purposes. Any number of entities can draw on the canvass that is Harriet Tubman. From putting her face on the currency that dominates the world order, leaving in its wake nothing but death and destruction, to making statues for her at the HQ of an intelligence agency that has played a significant role in that aforementioned death and destruction. It further mythologizes the US as a nation that continues to progress morally in a grand Whiggish narrative
As we take a victory lap, the ruling class is going to put out a consolidated digital currency that tracks your every move and can be shut off for you at the tap