The propaganda really does hurt, especially seeing what it does to others. So many people I love I now have to contend with being pretty much fascists who at near every chance given will gleefully talk my ear off about how stupid the Palestinians are for not liking the US or how protestors should be locked up/run over; they even donate to the IDF. Perfectly intelligent and empathetic people suddenly acting like monsters. It’s made it so much harder to be around those close to me.

Kin-Dza-Dza uses a desolate desert planet as a satirical analogy to capitalism. It was released near the end of the Soviet Union’s existence and is quite interesting to watch.

https://youtu.be/EYHv8eJrW2Y?si=yjX2pP3sWwVT5hY4

They’re all around me here in NYC… I really should start tearing a few I see on my walk home down.

I love adorable animals, I’ll squeal with delight whenever I see a video of one. Alpacas are my favorite.

Reminds me of that tweet saying literacy was an evil weapon used by communist regimes and talking about how great it was that their Soviet grandpa never learned to read.