I think we can all agree the spirit of the Empire has changed or shared hands many times throughout history. We can all agree a fundamental root of Western imperialism is the Roman Empire. We can also point to the United States as the clear holder of the title today, and more recently to the British, French, Spanish, and the like. The Nazi Empire was Germany's attempt to seize the reins.

However, it is hard for me to pinpoint the missing link between the Romans and the developed Christendom/ renaissance/ colonial/ industrial Western powers. Could one be the Vikings?

I am not an expert on the Vikings, but at a glance, it seems to check out. They are romanticized by white culture despite being a violent society--I understand they also foraged and farmed and made art, but they were famous for raiding, raping, murdering, pillaging, burning, and enslaving. There is reasons the Nazis popularized and the middle class whites of today maintain the idea that blonde-haired blue-eyed pale people

We saw about this time a year or two ago, that the USA was manufacturing a lot of propaganda to manufacture consent for war in Haiti.

Like all good Machiavellian strategists, they have let the first wave of propaganda sit and ferment, allowing some people, some mass conscious pioneers that act as emissaries to the public with the will of the Empire, to familiarize themselves with Haiti's existence.

Now, a second wave has begun, and with greater reach and intensity. I think we can expect more tangible actions intended than a smattering of Kenyan militia being sent to Haiti--after it is established that the American public and its bleeding heart liberals have expressed approval of a "humanitarian mission."

Now is the time to educate ourselves, our comrades, and those within our sphere of influence as individuals and as a group about Haiti, its long past of brutal invasion consisting of mass murder, rape, and looting by the USA, the UN, and European powers, the actual situation of the

I have no idea why I've never shared these! I attended a meeting last year, all the speakers were charismatic and knowledgeable and the Black-led ML group is targetted by the FBI (a sign of their effectiveness, to me).

What do ya'all think?

Here's the latest I got:

Uhuru!

The Hands Off Uhuru Fightback Coalition is organizing a web event on the 2-year anniversary of the Russian/Ukraine war entitled: "The Bold Anti-War Statement That Sparked the FBI Raids"

Sat Feb 24th 2:00pm - 4:30pm (EST)

Register at: handsoffuhuru.org/register

Will you join us tomorrow?

Got an ask on my Tumblr:

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Hihi! I'm the person from the replies and I wanted to thank you for your thoughtful response (not everyone is so kind!)

I found all of that really interesting and I just wanted to ask your opinion on a certain situation, if that's okay.

Recently I went to Vietnam - spending time in cities both in the South and the North. I had a wonderful time and was BLOWN AWAY but their resilience and the strength of their communism. Hardly any advertisments, hardly any big fast food chains - beautiful murals of communist ideals - I could go on and on.

But as an American, even a black one, I understood the sickening disparity in the dong and dollar, and other things caused by the US's cruelty.

But to my surprise, many of them seemed warm to Americans, very warm. And if anything, they spoke worse about their history/relations with the Chinese (colonization) more than .. you know the numerous atrocities!! committed by the US - or even their histo

What kind of mental illness is it when I avoid with a passion all my messages and notifications across every app and website, I put letters marked "URGENT" in a giant pile and refuse to open them, my phone recieving a call makes me hideously upset, I have a hundred small things I need to do that would all take 5-60 minutes and yet I avoid all of them, I miss people and I crave socializing and yet every opportunity that presents itself to me feels like some terrible dread, I agonize for weeks, months, years over a message I never got back to and then send some long winded apology, re-opening contact with an old friend, only to sharply ghost them and repeat the process for another 1-5 years.

WHY THE FUCK DO I DO THIS

I listened to the whole album the single is from, very emotional very good music if you're into high effort and artistic hip pop

Obviously, there is nothing to celebrate about a far-right leader vowing to make the lives of everyday Germans worse, and to treat Arab refugees like Undesirables. But Germany being such a core component of the EU, them leaving would be a blow to US consolidation and use of them and the greater EU as vassals, no?

I hate our hyper individualist society. It pits us against each other as enemies, and pushes us all to become isolated and have to completely fend for ourselves in all avenues. This is ridiculously counter-productive. As a social unit we fill in each others gaps; maybe you provide good food and good laughs, someone else knows how to fix a fridge, someone else reminds us to file our taxes. We as individuals are puzzle pieces that perform best when we pick up the slack of others where we are most capable, and in turn others help us in areas we lack development in.

In many ways I fall into a stereotypical 2020s archetypal person: smart, socially aware enough, but with a natural tendency to avoid conflict, even at my own expense. This society raised me to defer not to those deserving of defference, but merely to whomever projects the most confidence. I was trained to excessively say "I'm sorry," to not voice when I am upset, to bite my tongue and build resentment, to react to others' init

I don't know if ya'all have heard much of or used Tumblr, but a user on there called Worker Solidarity posts high effort nitty gritty Ukraine war updates like this one which have been really interesting and informative to me. Thought it was time I shared!! Check out their blog for more!!

A good collection of some general tips, despite the speaker not being our friend.

Going off the "prepping" topic a week or so ago, I think we in the West should try to learn and train these sort of skills, even lightly, now, while collapse/revolution is still likely some ways off.