I figure there’s probably a bit more wiggle room on value of glass with rimfire. If I were seriously entering a competition or something, I’m sure I’d want better, but I think small game and logging a little extra range-time spent on precision fundamentals would probably prove forgiving enough.

Yeah, I saw recently that 6.5’s decent for deer hunting. I’ve never hunted deer, but it’s something I’ve meant to try eventually. In any case I think that if I ever spring for a T3x tact a1, it’s too intriguing not to get it in 6.5.

I’ll open up with an album from among the very few (decent) Leftist Industrial outfits I’ve yet come across: https://www.idieyoudie.com/2011/09/26/militia-power-propaganda-production/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dly4EW4NF9I

The scope listed is damn expensive and hard to find, so from the comments:

Nice writeup, Matt. For those considering their own precision rimfire build, another optic to consider is the Primary Arms SLx 4-14x44mm FFP. It doesn’t have the magnification of the Vortex, but it does have an FFP reticle, and the parallax adjusts down to 10 yards. Plus, it’s just $240. https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-4-14x44mm-riflescope-mil-dot-pa4-14xffp I’ve got one on my Ruger Precision Rimfire, and I’m pleased with it.

More on that scope: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gear-review-primary-arms-4-14x44-mil-dot-ffp-scope/

Now I know that probably nine times out of ten, you probably want to spend more on glass than on the rifle, but this seems like a good entry-level scope for the price.

Then what? By which I mean what’s then in store for the world, China, or the DPRK? I’m fairly certain that if you have a good answer for any of these, you’re way ahead of the curve. I myself have a hard time imagining how a country bounces back from the sort of malformations evident in the DPRK, nor what role they might ultimately play in the wake of China’s rise, let alone what, if any, amelioration might be in the cards for them.

I think they’re a broken and scarred country. A country cannot undergo tribulations of the sort they have without incurring heavy and permanent losses in development and dignity. Even doing well in their situation demands measures which can only exacerbate their particular predicament.

While lifting sanctions would surely improve their situation on many levels, I think the repercussions of sustained and intense antagonism both internally and externally will not be a pretty sight to behold. We hardly have a global community capable of nurturing North Korea back into the fold (and back into the fold of what, exactly, would be difficult to discern). I don’t think that increased exposure to the global economy necessarily results in a net benefit for the DPRK or the world at large, however worse it may prove to sustain sanctions; I’m really just a pessimist all around and no amount of my or anyone else’s sympathies or apologia on their behalf is going to undo the damage already wrought upon them.

Haven’t tried this particular implementation myself, I’m generally an advocate for most uses of IPFS: https://github.com/zhoreeq/ipfd

Yeah, all of my training was with the M16A2 and iron-sights (many years back) and some limited training with the M9, so I’ve got no training with a scope whatsoever, let alone with a precision rifle or a modern carbine, so I’ll definitely be leaning on these for reference when I get around to it.

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auto-scrolling and pausing through so much text is kinda tiring.

I’m fairly certain this is the point. In any case, it’s not nearly so tiring as actual capitalist exploitation.

That first passage is worth quoting in full:

Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household.”

• Matthew 10:34-42, Luke 12:49-53

This is an oft-cited passage by Žižek, partly in reference to his Christian Atheism, but also as a link between that position and his radical position. There is a sense in which all emancipatory projects must always begin through the priority of the greater community (global, in the case of a world religion) over those of, say, kinship or its psychological baggage.

Maybe a bit of a stretch, but the world of Death Stranding has a curious set of circumstances, politically and economically:

https://youtu.be/0SIA12YAsqw

There’s no money or even barter by all indications and the only form of exchange seems to be a reputation system and trust network which seems to be a basis for opening up access to resources and tasks. There’s no state to speak of, but there are companies and one major one attempting to extend a sharing network and unify various disparate outposts, cities, and their respective capabilities. It’s not clear what these companies do other than to facilitate and somehow organize some sort of sharing economy, which includes R&D, services (security, transportation, and the like), and general communications.