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I was told by a friend in a DM to “send you strength” (done!) —

This antivaxx warfare is the work of sick, cold minds// Putin starved the people of Saint Petersburg when he worked/stole for Sobchak. Soviet mindset? Mob mindset? So fucking evil.

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Please, Jim, what's the end game here? How does killing off such a big part of the population advance Putin's or the GOP's interests?

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Accelerationism. They want to increase the chaos level, leading to a breakdown of democratic institutions, which they can take advantage of. In the GOP, people like Flynn and Bannon believe the only way to rebuild society in their image is to have it collapse. The big donors realize that their political power in the current system is unsustainable, so they support this agenda. Russia likes that it has made the US loose prestige and the ability to effectively respond to their aggression.

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Our society is resembling Bannon's image more and more. That's one ugly MF.

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I always go back to Voltaire—“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”

These are fascists who are sociopathic by definition. They crave power only, human life is expendable to them. A million dead is a feature not a bug. Whatever causes pain, anger, suffering is good — these emotions all create vulnerabilities to cultic influence.

Also, the entire cult is driven by doomsday ideology — whether it’s “The Storm,” the “End Times,” or the “Kali Yuga” it’s all the same idea, which is that death and destruction is cleansing and good.

Then you get to the real monsters — the Thiels, Mercers, Kochs. They are ultimately anarcho-capitalists and are fine if 90% of us die off as long as they have their bunkers, or bases on Mars or whatever.

In short, none of the people running the show give a shit about human life.

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I suppose Stalin and Hitler did it because they could.

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Wow! The audacity takes my breath away. Especially when they bray their pro-life bullshit.

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