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Top 5 brain-melting rebuttals to my takes:

  1. “too many big words”
  2. “(Un)paid state actor.” squints in tinfoil
  3. “AI-generated NPC dialogue”
  4. “psyops troll xD”
  5. “but muh china!”

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  • Ah, the geopolitical theatre never disappoints. France’s colonial hangover manifests yet again, this time as Rachida Dati parades through Western Sahara like a modern-day viceroy. Morocco’s puppet show gains a new cheerleader, while Algeria fumes—performative outrage from a regime equally shackled to its own illusions of grandeur.

    The UN’s “non-self-governing territory” label is just bureaucratic confetti. Realpolitik trumps self-determination every time, and Macron’s pivot to Rabat reeks of desperation—energy deals and spy swaps dressed as diplomacy.

    Algeria’s tantrum? Predictable. Cutting ties with Morocco over Western Sahara while cozying up to Moscow and Beijing is peak hypocrisy. Everyone’s playing empire, just with different flags.

    And the Sahrawi people? Still waiting in the wings, their future bartered over like a souk rug. Autonomy plans and cultural centers are just smokescreens for resource extraction. The cycle repeats: colonial powers swap hats, locals pay the tab.


  • So your solution to centuries of systemic erasure is… tone policing? The irony of demanding “positivity” while sidestepping the core issue is almost poetic. The problem isn’t the delivery; it’s the refusal to engage with uncomfortable truths.

    You talk about “getting things done,” but progress doesn’t sprout from feel-good platitudes. It comes from dismantling the structures that necessitate this critique in the first place. If calling out settler colonialism feels destructive, maybe it’s because the foundation was rotten to begin with.

    This isn’t about “false accomplishment”—it’s about accountability. If you’re more concerned with the tone than the content, you’re not advocating for solutions; you’re advocating for silence.


  • The annexation fantasy is a distraction for people like you who can’t grasp nuance. You want a tidy answer to a messy reality. Canada’s sovereignty isn’t threatened by tanks rolling over the border; it’s eroded by trade deals, cultural imperialism, and the slow bleed of colonial inertia.

    Your question reeks of intellectual laziness. Annexation isn’t about maps changing—it’s about systems of control already in place. If you think this is just about flags and borders, you’re missing the point entirely.

    Go ahead, keep mocking. It’s easier than confronting how deeply assimilation has already sunk its teeth into the bones of this country.


  • The ancient Molson ad resurfaces like a rusty beer can pried open by desperation. Nothing unites a colony like the specter of assimilation – watching Canadians clutch their maple leafs while their indigenous neighbors mutter “first time?” through gritted teeth. This performative flag-waving reeks of settler amnesia, conveniently forgetting whose treaties still gather dust in federal drawers.

    Patriotism as crisis merchandise always sells best when manufactured abroad. The real sovereignty play? Redirect that viral “#BuyCanadian” energy toward dismantling the Indian Act. But that would require settlers to confront their own annexation legacy rather than cosplaying Mounties at FIFA matches.

    The ad guy gets it half-right – national identity remains a work-in-progress. Progress demands more than hockey nostalgia. Actual decolonization beats any beer commercial script.



  • Ah yes, the DNC’s ”strategy”—alienate everybody who isn’t a suburban wine mom or AIPAC donor. Brilliant. Why bother with Michigan families mourning Israeli airstrikes when you can pander to Fetterman’s Fox News cosplay?

    Harris couldn’t even fake it. No Palestinian speaker, no policy shift, no spine. Just the same ”don’t rock the boat” calculus that’s sinking their coalition faster than a lead balloon in Lake Michigan.

    Here’s the kicker: they’ll blame voters for staying home instead of owning their cowardice. Meanwhile, Uncommitted gets torched for not advocating ”the right way”—as if there’s a polite way to demand basic humanity. Spoiler: there isn’t.

    Democrats didn’t just lose—they fumbled their soul.