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NuttBoxer says

Hero. I noticed the say "salt water" instead of "saline" in order to make it sound bad.

https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/the-rights-future-must-be-parallel

What is to be done? Let me propose that today’s conservatives have failed in large part because, in addition to a simple lack of backbone, they have completely forgotten the basic foundations of building real political power. Before I return to that point, however, let me first outline four key attributes that I think any real right-wing strategy would need to possess in order to actually be successful today.

Such a strategy would first of all have to be anti-fragile. That means it would have to be difficult to disrupt and suppress, no matter how much its enemies tried. In fact, ideally it should even gain strength from persecution, rather than lose it. In short, it must be very hard to kill.

It must be scalable. By this I mean that it must be flexible enough to meet a wide range of possible challenges and scenarios – from draconian repression, to acute instability, to sweeping electoral victory – without the core thrust of its strategy ever needing to change.

It must be self-legitimizing. Rather than its legitimacy hinging on promises, such as on the outcomes of an election or specific legislation, it should generate loyalty and popular legitimacy from the core nature of its very existence and everyday function.

Most importantly, it must be self-reinforcing. That means its every action builds the capacity for further action on a greater scale; every exercise of power generates additional power; every success makes further successes more likely, until the accumulated facts on the ground make victory seem inevitable…

There is in my view only one strategic method that can possibly fulfill all of these requirements. That is the strategy of deliberately constructing a parallel state from the ground up.

That may sound outlandish and impossible. But actually it’s been done before, and indeed many times over in history. In fact, many of the most successful and enduring right-wing movements of our own time have used variations of this strategy to great effect. ...

The dynamic at work in all of these examples is essentially the same: Rather than working within the strictures of a state apparatus controlled by their enemies, a dissident opposition pivots to go directly back to the level of the people. It builds a network of community institutions focused not on overt political action, but on community-building itself: bringing people together and genuinely working to help them. In doing so it fosters a resilient client power-base at the grassroots level, and directly builds popular legitimacy. Eventually more and more people find themselves more likely to turn to this network for support and protection than they are to turn to the state. They then transfer their loyalty accordingly. At some point suddenly the parallel shadow-state has more legitimacy than the state. And it has masses it can mobilize. Things begin to snowball. If the ruling regime cannot smother this competitor in the cradle, its days are soon numbered.

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https://twitter.com/RadioGenoa/status/1782484882062492033

Patriotic French girls rush into Islamic and socialist crowd with banner: "Islamists and socialists outside our borders!” How brave are these girls?

https://notthebee.com/article/watch-palantirs-ceo-spit-fire-at-woke-college-students-you-are-breathing-the-vapors-of-a-dangerous-new-fake-and-self-destructive-religion--youre-not-welcome-at-my-company-

Watch Palantir's CEO spit fire at woke college students: "You are breathing the vapors of a dangerous new, fake, and self-destructive religion ... you're not welcome at my company." 🔥

Patrick says

I love that I get to shut them up right away. "Where's your black kid....?" Fucking idiots that even focus on race. Who cares. Fact is we're all dicks or vaginas. Can we at least get back to that? Someone could tattoo themselves purple and I'd give no shits.

Heard about Riley Gaines but never watched anything with her. https://youtu.be/q-kinevyxJg?si=Wcnxbc9CNqLsYAy8

This is a woman you immediately marry and fuck as much as possible. I'm no feminist, but at some point we need to get out of crazy world. Men shouldn't compete in women's sports. Rogan is a bit of a meathead to me, but he somehow has good interviewing skills long format. I do know I think men competing with women is a bit more important than the color of ones skin.

Palantir is one of the more sinister companies out there. Just goes to show truth can come from anywhere.

Patrick says

You can also have a manaquin mounted on a motorized skate board rigged with a pulley and a motion sensor. Just have it sit right outside the curb in the gutter.

When a car comes by, sensor detects it, moves the mannequin out towards the rest of the street...but not really into the res of the street.

A human driver will slow down, recognize its a mannequin and then continue.

An SDC will stop and remain confused, I bet.

Patrick says

14 clams @AMZN: https://a.co/d/91o8vX7

Why would someone screw with the operations of an autonomous vehicle? Irrelevant. The day of attacking driverless vehicles has already arrived. It's safe to assume such cases will become commonplace.

In fact, university researchers have studied this very issue and discovered several Achilles heels for autonomous vehicles, as we'll explain...

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/people-mess-vandalize-autonomous-vehicle-rocks-gun-waymo-11103523

Patrick says

Also known as a "strike."

HeadSet says

Also known as a "strike."

Yes, but where the entire lower class (80% of the population?) goes on strike.

https://annecantstandit.substack.com/p/timeless-tips

https://slaynews.com/news/arizona%20republicans%20officially%20declare%20covid%20shots%20biological%20weapons/

Arizona Republicans Officially Declare Covid Shots ‘Biological Weapons’

Worth a shot, so to speak!

Patrick says

Is that why it is called a "banana clip?"

Patrick says

I doubt the story is true at all.

Why is everybody assuming that this story is true and priding endless banana memes?

I just assume it's false, and guess what, I'm often right to do that.

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