No, im pretty sure political power is kept in barrels, and we take it out when we need to use it. Because it comes from there.

Oh shit, maybe we don’t just store it there, but we make it there? Like whiskey?

Old saying from… Korea, i wanna say? Maybe mongolia?

I don’t remember exactly, but damn i wonder if its tasty, like whiskey.

Political power is, as they say (i think they say this) kept in barrels

And you should drop those barrels on cops.

Hes rich, that word does not apply.

Elsewhere in the thread I’ve seen mention of aerogels being explored!

Which is pretty cool.

Apparently aerogels, lighter than air solids, are being explored.

Which means we can do cool new form factors, too!

Oh that’s fucking cool.

Far from the only fuckup they made.

There are other gasses to use.

Or, when the state threatens us, as it so often does.

As indicated at that first pride.

Fascists arent people, so i agree.

Or do you mean we should protect fascists? Because no. That is not how we get and keep our rights. We get and keep our rights by negotiating, and political power, un fortunately, is stored in barrels. I think that’s how that saying goes.

Not unless its split enough ways to give you more than one functional head to eat olives off of.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

A big researcher in the field is paul piff. Thats a starting point.

Im the one arguing they are pedophiles.

Because i have seen them be pedophiles at me, back when that was possible. Im fine (or, at least mostly avoided that hazard), but have literally seen it happen!

And i was a pretty slippery kid, so odds are they got more than a few others. Im pretty sure i met some of them; the victims, but im not going to discuss that.

What’s more pertinent: not one of them was ever prosecuted. So you wouldn’t see it.

Moat aren’t. It’s basically approved in our society.

I’ve very much enjoyed the company of a person who turned out to be a pedophile before, and im much too old for them to be of particular danger to me anymore.

I wouldnt write them off as a friend for that, just like i wouldnt write them off for being a serial killer, or someone who wears socks with sandals.

The wealthy, however; i absolutely would.

I have literal first hand experiences of the ultra wealthy hitting on me when i was a literal fucking child. Some of them were subtler, and im pretty confident, and its in the realm of vibes, but a couple definitely were not fucking subtle about it.

The wealthy are all pedophiles. What evidence do you have to the contrary?

Sorry, did you both try to discredit me as a broken victim and tell me im wrong in the same post?

Why do you care so much about the reputations of the ultra wealthy? They’re not gonna fuck you, bro; you’re too old for them.

There is no good data source. If you run by prosecutions, laws do not apply to the wealthy.

I’ve met a lot of rich assholes, and all if them acted like pedos. More than one tried to groom me.

More than not acted like pedophiles.

No, and lots of them got lucky.