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I Believe... [Missing the Cold War]

...that TikTok is like a bizarre combination of memes, clips from things you can find on YouTube, videos of cats, and mostly OnlyFans-lite videos from women ages 18—55 in bikinis dancing for followers. The push-pull of #MeToo and an obsession with tits is discombobulating.

...that, before we even begin discussions of reparations to Afghanistan or Iraq, let’s do that reparation thing for those whose families are owed 40 acres and a mule.

...that I long for the days of the Cold War when our enemies were Soviets instead of each other and we thought hiding under our desks could save us from nuclear war.

...that acceptance that the world is always in flux and our survival is not a priority in the chaos of the natural world isn’t “radical” it’s inevitable.

...that the easiest way to regulate abortion is for men to cum somewhere other than inside the vagina. Regulate that, Texas GOP.