De boa, ponto alto da eleição.

Politics in the Influencer Age: One of Brazil's largest influencers (16m Instagram followers, millions for each YT video) -- a gentleman calling himself "Felca" -- started young as a video game streamer, but then became a hero to social justice activists, and a beloved figure among young Brazilians, by championing causes of mental health, bullying, online exploitation of children, influencers promoting gambling, etc. He disappeared from the internet for much of the year, but then announced a few days ago that he would return with a video published at midnight last night. Lula supporters, still desperate to find some way to reverse the results of the first round, all celebrated wildly, certain that Felca would produce a video endorsing Lula (even though he never suggested this) and that a Felca endorsement would swing the votes of millions and push Lula over the line for this Sunday's run-off vote. Instead, Felca posted a highly emotional, hour-long video about the childhood traumas he suffered and still suffers from due to bullying, severe anxiety and related mental health crises. But it had nothing to do with Lula or the election. It's hard to overstate the intensity and magnitude of hate he's now receiving from other large influences supporting Lula, and the left generally. They are mocking his mental health struggles, warning that they will ensure his anxiety will be worse than ever, acting as if he is one of the most evil people to exist, with some even encouraging his suicide. Lots of lessons here for other countries, none more relevant than the now-incomparable political power of vapid online Instagram influencers.

The bourgeoisie of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar!

I think these protests are effective because they expose liberal psychopathy of valuing objects more than human life

You see, the greatest French writer in history, Victor Hugo wrote an entire novel about how looting to feed yourself and your family is not a crime or personal failing, but a fundamental flaw of a corrupt system that gives you no other choice

These gotta be the big 4

Type of thing referenced in a 7th century manuscript by a guy named Theobald of Cremona that later scholars conclude is obviously made up

once again, the leopards-eating-people's-faces meme is not 'I recklessly / naively / foolishly enabled something that hurt me!' it is 'I enabled something that I knowingly expected to hurt other people, and it hurt ME!'

Someone could probably write a book (if they haven’t already) about the cycle of technology productizing the removal of friction in the name of convenience only for us to discover that the friction was a load-bearing part of the social compact.

Smug fatalism is the one position I can’t stand. When I was a kid, Spain, Portugal, and Greece were ruled by military dictators. Walls with barbed wire cut Berlin and Jerusalem in half. Being gay was illegal in Spain, and interracial marriage was forbidden in Virginia. You can make your own list of the changes you've seen, but the point is that humans have agency, nothing is static, and hope never dies. Onward!

Qd pessoa fala "violência não resolve nada", fica claro q nunca leu um livro de história na vida. Passei 10 anos lendo sobre guerras e violência e esse foi o livro q me resolveu. Recomendo pra qq um q queira entender "pq matamos": link.amazon/B09qJXqUe link.amazon/B09P0P16r

The Onion is on point again.

Essa conta está caindo na mão da esquerda pq a esquerda está burramente defendendo o status quo.

Every single right you have now you owe to people who were considered needlessly violent.

Depoimento do dono do bar Belmonte sobre o fim da escala 6x1 “Indagado se a trajetória afeta sua percepção sobre o tema, diz: — Você tem noção de como é lavar pratos no restaurante o dia inteiro?”

RT @prolepilled: I fucking hope so

"The bourgeoisie of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar!" Karl Marx, 1871

RT @muixyui: Literally France most famous historic moment is when they cut off their king’s head and they’re now blaming these protests on…