Schmoo

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[–] Schmoo 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No Labels is another one of these centrist parties with the exact same slogan. Serious, their slogan was "Not Left. Not Right. Forward." This "Forward Party" is practically a carbon copy.

[–] Schmoo 39 points 6 days ago

They're just pals, nothing to see here.

[–] Schmoo 2 points 6 days ago (5 children)

To our democracy, sure, but not to our economic system. As long as our economic system is capitalist our democracy will always be beholden to the ultra rich, even if it is multi-party. Campaign finance reform is good, but nowhere near enough to eliminate the influence of capital on the political process.

[–] Schmoo 11 points 6 days ago (9 children)

The comic isn't ignoring the details or redefining the Forward Party's rhetoric at all. The message, which I agree with, is that the party's platform doesn't promise any fundamental change to the underlying system, but rather is intended to address glaring problems that represent a risk to the longevity of the system.

It's a bit like the new deal, which was intended to take the steam out of the US labor movement (and succeeded). The goal, ultimately, is the short-term appeasement of those who have been disillusioned with the current system in order to preserve the greater status quo (capitalism).

[–] Schmoo 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Except all the liberals insisted they would vote for Biden's corpse before letting Trump win. What does it say about them if an actual progressive is the real dealbreaker?

[–] Schmoo 21 points 6 days ago (5 children)

This is not colorblind friendly at all.

[–] Schmoo 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah I first heard about young blood transfusions in a podcast episode about Peter Thiel. He's the closest thing to a real world vampire.

[–] Schmoo 40 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I've never dissassociated more than when I heard my sweet grandmother tell me that Hillary was part of an evil cabal of witches who drink the blood of tortured babies for adrenochrome.

[–] Schmoo 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder that as well, I have a false front incisor and haven't noticed any difference in durability, but as far as sensation goes it's practically identical, if a bit less sensitive to cold. Then again, the part that actually gets replaced doesn't exactly have nerve endings, I still have those underneath it.

[–] Schmoo 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't mean to imply that the Wright Brothers were single-handedly responsible for the space-age tech boom lol, just that the royal "we" were about 66 years out from the moon landing at the time the Wright Brothers had their first successful flight.

[–] Schmoo 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except not all Zionists are Jews, many are Christian.

[–] Schmoo 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bezos just had to know what the true hero of the story, Jules-Pierre Mao, would get up to next.

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