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    He knows he’s the weak man in this analogy, right? Son of a blood emerald tycoon?

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    Wild how an heir of an apartheid emerald mine owner who stole every idea he came across sees himself as a strong man. The dude hasn’t struggled a day in his life.

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      really, it seems like there would be a strong argument (if we follow the flawed logic in the image) that Elon himself is one of the primary weak men creating hard times

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    Whenever I see people show an unusual level of interest towards the ancient Romans and the idea of “strong men”, certain alarm bells go off.

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      I almost feel the opposite seeing shit like this almost reassures me they aren’t gonna do anything other than make memes where they label themselves the chad.

      Like maybe it’s hypocritical of me to say “this is stupid but also it actually applies to me” but I have a hard time reading this shit and not thinking “greatest generation won world War 2, hard men made good times, boomers enjoyed those good times and then pulled the ladder up behind them, everything went to shit, and now the youngest generations are worse off in every quantifiable way.” Seems like they’re little truism holds up, they’re just the bad guys to anybody capable of material analysis.

      It’s dumb enough to post it, it’s even dumber when it’s being posted by a literal apartheid beneficiary who’s absurdly soft both physically and mentally.

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        the Soviets and the CPC won WWII

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      Because they think that if they had a time machine they wouldn’t be the cowards they are now but warriors. They are giant Bs now, they would just be a B with a time machine. It’s just an alternative reality where they aren’t what they are, why would time change anything.

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      What would qualify as an unusual level of interest towards strong men? starts purging doujin collection

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    Posted by a man in his 50s who recently had to have his mom tell everybody he would not be participating in the fight he’s been instigating for a year.

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      I love how I can’t be sure if you’re talking about Musk in relation to Zuckerberg or Maduro

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    Oh G‐d, I hate this meme so much.

    Not only is it another shallow, poorly substantiated conclusion that became popular through sheer repetition, it is so obnoxiously angsty that I can’t roll my eyes hard enough.

    • 🏳️‍⚧️ 新星 [she/they]
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      Let’s take a moment of silence for the poor billionaires who make real men out of their workers to prevent the evil terrorists from taking over

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    Weak as in proudly ignorant, racist, selfish, entitled men? Yeah we’re definitely right there.

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      Well of course, sweaty, don’t you know? There’s 1929 and 2008 and absolutely nothing suspicious in between

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    Ah yes, the Lotka-Volterra model of history