Why are the Great Houses in Dune empty?
Is Atreides just 3 ppl?
The Capetians had lineages wiped out but ruled France for over 800 years through four dynasties.
How are you a space aristocrat claiming Roman lineage in the year 10191 with 0 spare nephews or cadet branches?
The House of Saud has up to 20,000 enrolled members, of which “only” 2,000 are inner circle
Old fam = Big fam, especially when power is on the line.
Forget the politics, it’s a genealogical impossibility that Paul’s Roman ass doesn’t have any non-Harkonnen/Corrino cousins.
a cool concept is Houses of millions of relations like Chinese kin groups.
watching dune 2 i imagined that every ghastly face screaming in the stands for Feyd Rautha was some 34th cousin eagerly spending his meager privilege on the opportunity bask in the glory of na-Baron.
The Mainstream Media in the West cannot stand the fact that there exists an economically advanced first world Country that doesn't follow all the exact same political trends as the West.
Japan is essentially the Elden Ring of G7 Countries.
DSA needs to break from the Democratic Party so it can be as successful as SPUSA, SWP, WWP, PLP, RCP, CPUSA, SEP, FRSO, SAlt, PSL, WSPUS, Peace and Freedom Party, Justice Party, Green Party, etc.
it also fits with the Geidi aesthetic
color pallet aside, the Baron’s top soldiers and political dignitaries look so…
sad, sullen, and slight.
even their celebrations are muted.
the Baron domesticated his kin to be meek in all but their taste for rape and violence.
unlike the wiry slaves & soldiers he wantonly kills the Baron’s prodigious size evinces his raison d'etre
to their subjects the Harkonnen are living gods beyond even the authority of conscience
their nobility is measured by their enthrallment to the masters of greed and lust
Upton Sinclair will always be my favorite early 20th century socialist politician because I can also see myself fumbling a historical primary victory and safe D general election for saying odd shit.
When Pete was urging Sanders supporters to vote Biden this is what he said, “I think we have to define real progressivism not by how negative you can be on Twitter or how angry you are, but by what it is we're actually for.” They can’t resist being contemptuous.
@fatnudes
Okay read the article his take is good & bad. While he says that he doesn't want more money going to police forces, he argued the job needs more training & that police forces are made to deal with social work and mental health crises that they aren't trained for.
72% of Americans believe that angels are real and 61% believe in the devil. 45% believe demons exist. By what metric are we the most advanced country in the world and not just a superstitious backwater
@hotinaz3
@NYCPBA
Cops have no accountability they can shoot an unarmed black teenager in broad daylight and receive no penalty, yet whine when ppl refuse to be shaken down to use essential public transport.
@Frollino95
@HartleyNJ
@AndrewNotJeff
@jesawyer
@kenklippenstein
the only tweet I know for sure he made was the one with this comic because he promoted the fuck out of it on all his accounts and being super enthused about this sort of thing is exactly what someone his age would do
@islandgoth
I honestly feel bad for the person in the og tik tok cause she’s probably a normal well-meaning lib who is now unwillingly an icon and subject of mockery.
@pblest
but of course it will get glossed over in the media, since it’s gauche to broadly infer right wingers are actually the violent authoritarians they competitively and openly signal themselves to be.
The reason young men flock to alt right MRA movements is because the left gives brain-dead advice to young men. We need to be more compassionate to them, for our own sake.
@oisindayo
@cadet_poop
@rex_italia
She put her hands on them unprovoked and publicly shamed them. I know it fills you with happiness to see a happy gay couple accosted but that’s what happened here. Why did she feel so entitled to violate someone’s personal space and business?
This isn’t uncommon in hypothermia deaths. Often times in states of delirium when people are freezing to death, they run away from their present location and strip off their clothing.
he was beat by ratfucking from the CA business elite, but saying, “A new system must be found … the same thing to our society as childbirth is to the individual: The child may be born, but both child and mother may perish in agony,” while running on New Deal 2 is me coded
@dolphyfan
@leftiblog
@bbfan08
Wars are fought over cities and major infrastructure. It is literally impossible for Ukraine to not have defensive firepower in urban areas but keep jumping to the defense of the invaders
@vanillaopinions
i also hate the trivialization of gay/broader LBTQ rights in a day and age where there is murderous assault on queer and especially trans youths
@Maher54920099
@CarlBeijer
When a lot of Democrats saw that video, they didn’t think, “wow it’s so cool how that guy’s giving that mayor the business about billionaires” they thought, “I can’t believe that mean man is attacking another Democrat.”
@lillie_lillie3
@jljacobson
@omgwtfbrb1min
@BreeMinneapolis
@BernieSanders
I don’t even understand her issue with what is being said. Every candidate was attacking Bernie on the debate stage. Every candidate is by definition opposing every other candidate. What’s wrong with saying it’s us (our campaign) against everybody else (rival campaigns)
This guy just got an amendment put into the stimulus that will help workers by big dicking four Republicans, and Biden was just revealed to be a rapist. America. There’s still time.