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Lanna

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“It was basic self-defense.  He threw a big ass rock at me.  Like half a brick.  So I beat him, took his bike, and took his sneakers.  His jaw got wired.  He ended up in some sort of group home.  I was seventeen at the time but, yeah, I’m proud of it.  Technically I was defending myself, but the judge didn’t see it like that.  I was defending my pride.  I was defending my ego.  They gave me seven years.  Now I can’t even get a job.  That bitch ruined my life.  I don’t know why he had to call the police.  He was a rat.  He snitched.  I’d never call the police if that happened to me.  That’s not what you do.  If you’ve got a problem, you just find the guy and fuck him up.”

when caesar’s assassins come out of nowhere and kill the shit out of you

the fuck you lookin at? keep scrolling

I said keep scrolling

So, during the recent Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Festival, someone made two lanterns, one depicting Popuko and the other Pipimi, wich got quite the spotlight

Look at them go

Together

Unstoppable

And then, in a dramatic turn of events, one of the lamps combusted

american nationalism is its own religion.

  • the constitution is comparable to the Bible. read as if it was written by God, and is oftentimes considered indisputable 
  • the flag is an idol in which people literally pledge their allegiance to
  • patriotic anthems = hymns
  • the military itself is a treated like a priest class; the “laypeople” are expected to display the utmost respect for their pure existence.
  • indoctrination of children
  • displays of patriotism determines how “faithful” the individual is
  • presence of nationalism at different events (such as sports games, festivals, schools etc…) eerily resembles a theocracy
  • when someone chooses not to partake in a patriotic ritual, they are considered a heretic

SAY THIS AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

remember this whenever politicians start advertising themselves as “tough on crime” or start talking about a crime wave all of a sudden.

I know I don’t have a ton of followers, but just a reminder that there are currently prisoners striking in America over forced labor in the prison system, which is basically a firm of legal slavery.

You can personally thank Marco Rubio for the laws allowing this; he drafted some of the first private prison legislature in FL which was then used as the base contract for other states with GEO group and CCA. (The two major for profit prison groups. I’m pretty sure one of them got taken out by a lawsuit but I forget which.)

Basically if their quota falls below 90% capacity, they legally sue the state for not providing them with a “product.” Which is, usually, lower income Americans of color.

Also, the Supreme Court decided in Bevins v. Six Unnamed Agents of FBI, that American citizens do NOT have the right to sue private prisons for violations of the 1st amendment.

The country is fucked and it’s the fault of greedy politicians.