We can unmask Banksy but just let the Panama Papers fade into obscurity.

Well duh, Banksy defaced property, which is among the gravest sins, while the people in the Panama Papers maximized their wealth, which is the highest virtue. ^(/s)

Eh, the 80s and 90s were a marked shift towards usefulness. Gotta maximize shareholder value, dontcha know.

You and me both buddy, although “sprinkling” somewhat understates my general approach.

if it ain’t broke

Ironic choice of words

There’s just really not a very useful reason outside of “because we can”, so it hasn’t really been a priority. Still, that’s kinda the point of the Artemis program, so we’re getting there.

There are a few that you can buy, they just aren’t cheap. KAT Walk is a usable omni-“treadmill”, FreeAim has their motorized shoes. Again, not cheap, but still within the budget of a motivated enthusiast.

Please, you think this question is some kind of honeypot?

If it was, that wouldn’t work. 80% of his most loyal staff (especially the secret service) are part of the revolution, playing the long game to undermine his administration from within. Basically, everyone he truly relies on is plotting against him.

It’s funny you mention the math because i hear english is bizarrely efficient as a language

Maybe, but I think it’s mostly just that it’s my native language and I was a voracious reader in my childhood so I got really good at it. I do appreciate the Germanic composite nature, but I didn’t, like, actively choose English.

Given how long it takes you might want to get started tomorrow!

Eh, like I said, that’s a future me problem. I think the “fun” way is going to be learning along with my kids. Start with the basics, consume simple media, immersion, all that. I’m not too worried about it, if I need to supplement with other methods I’ll supplement. But I think the time it takes the kids to become fluent will be long and gradual enough to work for me.

English, and quite well.

I’ve tried Spanish, German, Japanese, Esperanto, and a smattering of others. I just don’t have the mental temperament for language learning, I’m a math guy. I’m already very proficient in arguably the most useful one, and I just can’t justify the time and effort that I could be using to learn other more broadly useful topics.

I promised my wife I’d learn her native language alongside our future children, but that’s a future me problem.

Yeah but he’s probably going to run for another term and I’m not confident he’ll be prevented from doing so. I don’t wanna be stuck with his VP, but I’d love to see the right scramble to try and replace him in under a month

Have you seen a superhighway? It’s still accurate.

I honestly hope he lives until October 2028.

People who prefer using a spoon for (non ice cream) cake are the type of people who make a song and dance out of succumbing to temptation when they order it.

“Whilst you lack the strength to do away with bourgeois parliaments and every other type of reactionary institution, you must work within them because it is there that you will still find workers who are duped by the priests and stultified by the conditions of rural life; otherwise you risk turning into nothing but windbags.”

Capitalism excels at breeding innovation. Not in like, useful technology or anything, but in constructing labyrinthine bureaucratic structures to bypass regulations.

The mistakes of others do not magically make your alternative successful just because it’s different. Success isn’t a feeling of moral superiority, it’s improvements in material conditions. I see no improvement in material conditions.

You can’t claim horoscopes are successful because you think prayer doesn’t work. You need actual measurable results.

This is succeeding? I’d hate to see what failure looks like.

So to recap: the revolutionary approach isn’t succeeding because it’s under attack by liberals, except the liberal attacks are ineffective as evidenced by an 18% approval rating (nevermind that polling actually shows 34%). Not sure how low approval ratings for liberals is evidence for the efficacy of revolutionaries. Also lowering approval for liberals only empowers the more virulently fascist conservatives.

How, pray tell, does any of that demonstrate the strength of revolutionaries? None of that implies positive support for revolution, or organization necessary to implement that revolution, much less any likelihood of revolution securing the desired end goal.

This approach just seems like toothless reactionary bluster.

Shifting focus to avoid answering a question is the exact definition of deflection. Answer the question.

There you have it indeed, any excuse to deflect and ignore the actual point. Alright champ, assume words mean whatever you think they mean and anyone left of Lenin is a fascist. If you can’t handle a segment, how on earth do you have the organization and numbers to overthrow the whole system?