• Maeve
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    303 days ago

    USA will cease to exist as we’ve known it.

    But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. The doctor was joined at board meetings by a city prosecutor in Utah, an ex-city council member and, Williams was later told, a sergeant with an Illinois sheriff’s department. (The doctor did not respond to requests for comment. He has since left his post with the UnitedHealth subsidiary, a spokesperson for the company said.)

    Go figure. We have created a nation of psychopaths, through generational trauma, in a global scale. We heal or perish, maybe quickly, maybe slowly. I see nothing in between except exponentially increased suffering.

    • @[email protected]
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      We have created a nation of psychopaths, through generational trauma

      Don’t forget social Darwinism. Sociopathy has been rewarded for so long it’s been normalized as part of “success.” The most successful sociopaths control the most things. The less successful sociopaths strive to be more sociopathic so they too can someday be rewarded. Empathy is a weakness to be exploited. Ruthlessness is a virtue. Everything must be in service to achieving the win condition.

      • Maeve
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        53 days ago

        Absolutely, from micro to macro and vice versa.

  • Diplomjodler
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    63 days ago

    Can we get a condensed version with just the facts? I no longer have patience for this sort of writing.

  • @[email protected]
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    13 days ago

    It bugs me that these groups care called Melitas.
    Melitas are temporary armies organized by the state.
    These guys are not that in any way. They’re armed LARPers at best, domestic terrorists at worst.

    • @SMillerNL
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      303 days ago

      Militias? According to Wikipedia they don’t have to be organised by the state (or even be temporary).

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      Doesn’t Militia come from French Milice which is an unofficial (non-state governed) army usually composed of private civilians.

      • Maeve
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        43 days ago

        Yup, and etymology is informative and fun!

          • Maeve
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            43 days ago

            🤣 I see the original meaning has come full circle!