Clowns and their clown cars
Two excellent pieces of writing about disappointing dudes who could have been so much more, and one repellent demon overshadowing both.
Politics
My political thoughts, news, and opinions.
Democracy dies in laziness, too
The historic examples of fascism I learned about are always framed in a good vs evil kind of way that really failed to show how selfish and self-serving it actually all is.
On shock, and awe
Facebook was never good at fact checking anything, anyway — quelle surprise — and on the subject of choosing to actively disengage.
"History will judge the complicit"
"It takes time to persuade people to abandon their existing value systems. The process usually begins slowly, with small changes."
Sometimes, the bad guys win
History always feels like an abstract, distant thing — until you're in the middle of it.
Pop culture has power
Disney makes surprisingly strong choices in support of Māori culture and language despite the New Zealand government's opposition to it existing at all.