From my own personal findings, I’m 90 percent sure that the Satanic Panic was a CIA-connected operation to preemptively dismiss, downplay and criticize anti-american sentiments, and deflect from actual child abuse cases that were coming out.

I don’t view all satanists as being child abusers, though. I’m aware of the different branches and nuances.

I thought Crowley being a satanist was relatively skin-deep?

Ah, mysticism and music. I find gnosticism fascinating.

Might not be my business, since I’m not Muslim or Arab (I am a POC though), but I don’t think you should concede that point. Alot of Arabic countries’ leaders are no doubt shitty/evil. But that doesn’t preclude the U.S. from being untrustworthy and duplicitous and conniving.

As you said, Arab nations and the Global South have far more to fear from the U.S. than they do China.

Even on the extreme end, China would at most send a strongly worded letter and a handful of slight sanctions to any country that slanders them, but China as a whole forgives slights surprisingly easily and is way more willing to not rock the boat, and to keep trading, for practical, economic, peaceful and diplomatic reasons.

A single low-level governmental official of a global south country could rightfully talk shit about the U.S., and the U.S. could spend an entire country’s worth of GDP like it was goddamn pocket change, to pay violent psychopath gang members and mercenaries, religious fundamentalists, or wealthy traitorous gusanos (or any combination of the above) to overthrow that country’s government, psychologically, mentally, physically and sexually assault it’s people, siphon it’s natural resources, and lie about it, all before fucking breakfast.

Same here. What’s the point of human civilization/society, if it’s not to enjoy our lives, make sure everyone is taken care of, cause the least amount of harm possible, have fun, and uplift each other?

Ken Jeong is an Uncle Chan? I’m slightly surprised but also not surprised.

Why is he one?

There is no real passivity though

“But at what cost!?”

Do you mind if I pm you and ask you questions? I’m very curious.

I’m aware of Chengdu’s reputation for being laid back and relaxing and probably a safer place to live.

But Shanghai feels so much more dynamic and interesting. That “New York City effect” is what I call it.

I’m the biggest hater of religion and a staunch atheist. But I will admit that I have a modicrum of respect for liberation theology, and find it beautiful.

And I stan the fuck out of Hezbollah and Hamas and John Brown.

I used to be a huge fan of South Park, up until the episode that portrayed China as having concentration camps

I wouldn’t say that frothing at the mouth racists don’t exist at all, but I definitely agree with your sentiment that much of racism is less visible than that.

My grandparents are/were catholic, but I’ve turned them into hardcore communists, and my despite me being atheist, my grandma thinks that alot of communist ideals are far more inline with Christ’s teachings than anything the Church preaches

Shanghai is my life’s dream. Chengdu might be the safer option. What’s your take?

I understand that phenomena. Kind of like how neoliberals fail to mention how radical MLK, Jr. actually was.

Not that I particularly care much for the mainstream media, but Trump apparently signed an executive order, stamping out the last few vestiges of democracy this country pretended to have.

Time to start learning Mandarin.

I thought that Greta was moving in the right direction, lately? I get that she is probably still a neoliberal, but I remember thinking she is becoming more radical. The good kind of radical.

I don’t see how being safe, rational and properly paranoid is being purity fetishist

I highly doubt that the western media will even criticize Austria because of this. They’ll likely just slander him as a Russian bot or Hamas sympathizer or some racist shit.

He may have looked bad when he got home, but even top medical examiners have defended the DPRK, and claim the DPRK did everything they could to save Warmbier/nurse him back to health or mitigate his symptoms, even when they didn’t even have to.