Do you know Domenico Ghirlandaio or Bertoldo di Giovanni? Two of the people who taught and inspired Michelangelo. In the past, creative work fueled other people’s creativity, today it trains AI and feeds the slop

I was just reading about Rome, and it got me thinking about how the Roman Empire subjugated millions of people with its Roman legions wielding just a handful of weapons any person could make or handle. Today, the state is a monstrous entity holding an obscene amount of power, weapons, and wealth far beyond the reaches of any population around the world—no wonder why dissent, protest, and legality have become so inconsequential.

Trivia time: What country has been an incredibly effective interventionist machine who in the 2000s completely ravaged one of the most successful publicly owned economies in the Middle East about to become a regional power for a handsome resource-plundered profit of over 4 trillion dollars?

indoctrination is a profitable business View quoted note →

History is both a weapon of indoctrination against the rebellious population, and a weapon of rationality and truth against the oppression of the ruling millionaires. A 2020 survey by the American Historical Association found that most Americans say history matters but engage casually via news, documentaries, and tv shows; some of the most biased sources. Respondents commonly define history as “events of the past” or national/political narratives, few emphasize everyday life, marginalized groups, or global connections; a strong focus on mainstream views. Many people feel confident discussing history but score lower on objective knowledge measures, conflate memory or stories with factual understanding, are familiar with well-known political leaders and major wars but not with social history, labor, migration, and non‑Western histories; history is understood more as if it were fiction or entertainment, full of protagonists and landmarks. All in all, history has been more effective as a weapon of indoctrination…

His statement is misleading, looking despondent, hopeless, telling us about US deception, yet later seems to insinuate the main problem is lack of boots on the ground… basically saying we need more efficient, crushing invasions? Fuck yourself, what we need is to stop the fucking invasions View quoted note →

Sunday again—have a good one, stay sharp

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