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Any true fan of Terry Pratchett and his inimitable Discworld knows that May 25th is a special day in Ahnk-Morpork. The day we remember the Glorious Revolution (Night Watch, 2002) and the overthrow of the villainous Lord Winder. In case you think I’m taking this a bit far, see the above limited edition commemorative pamphlet released by the Guild of Historians to commemorate the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May.
Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!
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How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
How do they rise up, rise up high?
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if there is one thing radicals/progressives/liberals have failed to get right in the new age
its the notion of boycotts
you wanna know why the bus boycotts of the civil rights movement were so successful?
because an alternative black run transportation system was created for those who couldn’t walk to work or whatever they had to go
they didn’t just tell people “oh the bus enforces racist policies so don’t take it and FUCK if you can’t get to work on time or where you need to be!”
they said “hey you’re paying to get on the bus and not even being given a seat let alone being ejected if a white passenger needs your seat. here’s a potentially better alternative where you pay to sit down and get to where you need to go”
all this “boycott Target, Walmart, Monsanto owned companies” comes from a notion of boycott located in the politic of privileged white people
and that’s why they are largely unsuccessful
its why Obama just gave Monsanto the green light to commit even more fuckery to your food
its the reason why cooperation are considered people
its the reason why Walmart is allowed to usurp safety and labor regulations in their factories, and underpay their American workers
because you say “don’t spend your money there” and that’s the end of the story
you expect people to locate their survival in a politic of “abstaining from unethical choices”
and then from there those unethical choices are somehow supposed to magically disappear. when really only a small percentage of people are able to boycott so many things
there wouldn’t be a movement located around the “99%” if 99% of people could really afford to stop shopping at the unethical places and stop buying the unethical brands
good luck with your hocus pocus activist logic
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Truth! Freedom! Justice! Reasonably priced love! And a hard-boiled egg!
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and here we have harry potter literally standing on a pile of letters to try and catch one that is still in the air. there are clearly reasons why he doesn’t get sorted into ravenclaw
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i doubt this was meant to be reblogged but goddamn if i don’t need to keep this for posterity
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