Give the CIA time.

glad to help m9

Well, according to one really bad video game, it’s a late 90s mac.

Depends

First see it? I must have been eeeeh six. Saw the word in Civilization: Call to Power

COMPREHEND it? 12 years old at history class.

Sorry for your loss, mate

And thanks for the advice. Even if right now I want to make sad animal noises at the idea of “just doing it”.

It’s been about 5 months, idk if that counts as ‘recently’ (but I’m also VERY nd, so maybe you got a point :p)

That would be pretty neat, which means it won’t happen.

Sorry, not convinced. Wait, not sorry either.

All the most terrible christians I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with were Protestants, whereas Catholics are just sorta there, honestly. (and I won’t comment on Orthodoxy because it’s too foreign. Like they might be terrible or amazing, I just never interacted with them, not a thing in my neck of the woods at all)

It is Evangelical Churches boosting fascist candidates in the US and my own country of Brazil.

If people want to convince me that Protestantism ISN’T authoritarian ultracapitalism in Church Clothes, they’ll have to show me something that stands stronger than the entirety of the past 10 years

Trump, Bolsonaro, all boosted by Protestants.

I can guarantee you that all protestants here in Brazil are like that.

In fact when you consider that protestantism started as a defence of capitalism when the Catholic Church was condemning it – It’s hard to believe the faith isn’t that at its core.

Protestantism.

Protestantism is Christianity but Jesus is Replaced with Capitalism. If you’re rich, God has chosen you. If you’re poor you have definitely committed every sin.

To help the poor is therefore a betrayal of God.

I’m mostly just quoting a video game that was eerily predictive, is all.

Man

Of all dystopias why is Deus Ex becoming true?

This has shades of a conversation you can have in that game’s Hong Kong where a bartender tells JC something to the effect of “China’s ‘repression’ has ironically preserved people’s ability to keep on like, LIVING. Whereas the United States with all its freedom was carved up and eaten by megacorps”

No, propaganda would convince them standing together is ‘woke’.

Also bots would insta-win any auctions by outbidding any human beings.

they’re the same picture.

Gay nerds.

• Digimon Adventure (1998) – Contains: Divorced parents who deeply love their children and are willing to put their differences aside for their sake, adopted son learning that his parents really love him and that he really loves them, cool older brother who tells overly-pressured kid to stop trying to meet expectations and go do what makes him happy. (also – Kaiju fights, of course) – Plus, christmas miracle, ALL the family members are alive at the end!

If you’re willing to tank a whole heap of tragedy around the wholesomeness –

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brothehood (and the Manga. Actually I prefer the Manga) is a classic about a pair of brothers who face many difficulties together. It’s really sweet how much they protect each other. Shout out also to their not-sister-childhood-friend for being an honorary third sibling. Then there’s their father, absentee for most of the show, but once he appears he’s fully ready to sacrifice himself for their sake and all that.

raises finger and opens mouth

lowers, closes, walks away

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Something tells me you don’t really understand south american geography

It’s closer for the Americans to sail on down to Venezuela than for the Argentinians to do anything.

… Granted, there’s like a dozen south american countries the gringos still have a chance to fuck up.

BRICS is trying to offer us third worlders an alternative to eternally swallowing the United States’ boots, you mean.