I’d trot out the quote about social democracy, but they’re not even that, just fascism with a smile.

You’re assuming that Democrats want to win, and I’m not convinced that they do.

They watched what happened to Bernie and learned absolutely nothing.

Typical lib conflating of working class with blue-collar (white-collar being the mythical “middle class”). I know Jacobin’s trash, but this is pretty bad even for them.

The libs are patting backs and plugging ears as we speak.

Yup, agreed. The ruling class seems content to keep shuffling IOUs around. If the bubble bursts, it’ll be because they want it to.

It won’t, but okay.

This may be the end of AIPAC specifically, but it is not the end of the Israel lobby. They’re simply getting better about laundering their donations in the name of optics now.

Arab scholars were preserving the works of the Greco-Roman world that “The West” loves to claim to be heir to while “The West” was busily beating each other over the head repeatedly.

I think the most predictive dystopian fiction turned out to be Fahrenheit 451. Give it a few more years and we’ll have those screens covering entire walls.

I read reviews before I bought mine, and IIRC, early failure was a common complaint about the DiamondClean. I was interested in it because of the charging glasses, but decided to get a model with standard chargers instead.

I’ve heard bad things about the DiamondClean. I got one of the cheaper models and haven’t had any issues.

I’ve accepted that I’m just along for the ride. No point in stressing out if I can’t do anything about it.

I’m just hoping we actually get the Flint 4 in the US with all the weird router regulation bullshit now. The Flint 3 wasn’t really an upgrade from the Flint 2.

China: does a good thing

Western media: BUt aT wHAt CoSt?!?!

Last time I had the pads on mine disintegrate, I found some replacements that were made of real leather. I haven’t had to replace them since. Some brands also make fabric pads; I’m sure they probably last longer than polyurethane, but I would expect them to wear out eventually.