Once upon a time I was a barefoot hippie. If you extrapolate flip-flops down to their Platonic ideal, you can arrive at something you can fold up into your back pocket.
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agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed15·7 hours agoPeaceful protest works great under two conditions:
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Just a metric fuckton of participants
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The implicit threat of violent protest (e.g. Malcom X behind MLK)
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Two minutes or two bites, but realistically when you can get to it. You wanna make sure they got everything they ordered, and it’s not burnt or undercooked or anything. The alternative is having to wait to get something fixed if it’s messed up. Source: 7 years a server.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Who is an actor you can't stand, but everyone likes?202·19 hours agoTo be fair, the only Palestine comments I’ve seen were from immediately after Oct 7, when that was a fairly reasonable take.
Still though, total sellout. Tenacious D defined my adolescence and it’s really disheartening to watch JB heel turn after tasting that Kung Fu Panda money.
A vanilla soy latte is really just a 3 bean soup.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is an opposite version of a cult ?1·1 day agoI’d go one step further to gnosticism.
Cult = listen to my communications with God
Religion = let’s all get together and approximate communication with God
Gnosticism = communicate with God.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is an opposite version of a cult ?2·1 day agoYeah they were probably the only one in their philosophy debate club
Take another look at that jak friend. That’s not the look of shock, it’s awe.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workstoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•the jackdaw whispers 'get a mullet'English8·2 days agoLiterally different birds, and we’re on bird flu now anyway.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workstoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•the jackdaw whispers 'get a mullet'English11·2 days agoThey are both corvids, but they are distinct species.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Pineapple on pizza is always hotly debated, but do you think Pineapple belongs on a burger?2·2 days agoYour life up until now is meaningless. You can be born again.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksto News@lemmy.world•David Hogg will not run for DNC post again after party orders redo of vice chair elections9·3 days agoFunding, yes. Also voting for them in local elections, no one benefits from trying to thrust them straight into national elections. Yeah it’s gonna take a few election cycles, and yeah blue is our best bet for those cycles.
How would you define dialectics?
Let’s say pre, what are you trying to demonstrate with this line of questions?
I’d say 50%+, but I’m sure various political historians would draw the line in various places.
If the coup is supported by the masses and actually replaces the government itself, then yes. If it’s not supported by the masses, or merely replaces the leadership of the existing government, then no.
Displacing the previous government with a different one. What other sense is there?
Asphalt is hot but as long as you keep moving, and you’ve built up some callouses, it’s not that bad. I always kept to the grass on the side when I could.