This being said, I see a lot of people who get a little too apologetic for him, solely because of the "not orange man" factor. I just want to remind people that just because he's an improvement, doesn't mean that he supports any of the things we're fighting for.
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
America leaving the war on Yemen isnt something Joe Biden should be praised for. He and Obama started the American Airstrike Campaign on Yemen. Only 1 american citizen has been killed in a war that has taken over 273000 Yemeni lives including over 3000 children. That American citizen was 8 year old Nawar al-Awlaki who was killed by an airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump on January 29th 2017 along with 4 other children shortly after he was inaugurated. Joe Biden should not be praised for ending a genocide he is partially responsible for starting. We should be optimistic about leaving war, but we should be critical of the people who started the war.
Forwarded from SolarHoboism
Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Mario to create Wario – Mario turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Waluigi’s identity only comes from what and who he isn’t – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Waluigi.