They’re there because of who they met at Yale and who their daddies are. That’s absolutely it.

“Actually, you’re the idiot for expecting Democrats to do anything.” - Democrats

"Why is everyone in the West pretending not seeing these horrors?

I mean … is 24/7 news coverage not enough? Basically every political issue in the US has been chucked out the window to focus entirely on Ukraine. Short of joining the war and starting a nuclear holocaust, what are they expecting Americans to do?

It means your kid died invading another country so now you get your own parking spot at the Army Exchange.

These are the same people who lose their minds if you even joke about fare-dodging on the subway.

These are the same people who think MLK Jr. should’ve toned down his rhetoric a bit.

These are the same people who call the cops when they see someone shoplift baby food.

These same people would rabidly defend a supermarket chain throwing out literal tons of edible food into locked dumpsters, under the premise that homeless people are lawsuit machines.

You can even point out Good Samaritan laws specifically prohibit lawsuits over food poisoning from donated food if there was no harmful intent; they don’t care.

Lovecraft was basically translating his alienation with capitalism into short stories. Unfortunately, being a reactionary for most his life, he punched down instead of up, and his fears were pointed at minorities and women and air conditioners instead of the pervasive system itself.

0% chance they acknowledge the AIDS crisis.

1% chance they acknowledge the Contras but only in a passive throwaway line.

100% chance the climax of the movie is the Tear Down This Wall speech.

101% chance Obama calls it his favorite movie of the year and encourages everyone to see it “to remind ourselves how important a moderate Republican Party is.”

Any other theories?

Her platform is gonna be nothing but shaming voters for her loss in 2016, and implying 2024 is their opportunity to make it up to her.

Hi, yes, I was assured the Russian army was a bunch of farmers with fake guns who would all surrender the minute we arrived. I was assured this would be as easy as fighting in Afghanistan with American air superiority. I was assured one American volunteer is worth 10,000 Russians.

I’d like to speak with the war’s manager please.