Wide Sweeping Statements

It makes them so vulnerable to manipulation.

In Unremembered Empire, John Grammaticus easily manipulates Narek, who is holding him prisoner, with "What if we were friends, don't you want a friend? Doesn't that sound nice?" and Nareks like "...ah fuck it does"

[Spoiler: it does not go well for Narek]

Or, hell, Abaddon is wildly successful in recruiting Astartes for the Black Legion because he knows just how many guys feel lost without a herd. That yearning for a battle-brother bond is so deeply hardwired into them, they'll jump to attention the second you offer it.

These poor guys.

omg, you’re like ssuuccchh reblogbait aren’t you? now be a good blogslut and-

*remembers most of my audience is like five years old*

i mean,,, hey sweetheart, mommy’s having a grown up problem and she really needs a favor. it’s okay, you don’t have to worry about how it makes you feel, she’ll take care of all the thinking, just press the little green button for me, okay? you did it? aww, you’re such a good listener!! if you can keep this up you might even get a sticker from the prize box!! now the next thing mommy needs you to touch is y–

*remembers most of my audience is actually here for dubcon agereg objectum plural hypno syscest*

i mean,,.,, duck duck go how to explain to daughter that feeling frustrated she can no longer have a few hundred people to embarrass her mother in front of for sexual reasons is a perfectly natural feeling for her age

*remembers that a portion of my audience is mostly here to ask me about burger*

i mean..,, sure is burger out,,.?

*remembers that the natural state of the soul is transience and that in my pursuit of regaining an ultimately temporary condition i will only find sadness*

i mean,,,..,, maybe there is beauty to be found here

*remembers that every time i used to open this app i would see like 20 tgirl nudes*

It is, by any metric, a small country masquerading as a city.

It governs more lives and more wealth than most nations. If democratic socialism — housing reform, public banking, equitable taxation — functions here, it obliterates the myth that such governance can’t work at scale. The fear isn’t ideological. It’s empirical. Because if Mamdani can keep the lights on, reduce homelessness, and maintain economic growth without catering to Wall Street, then the capitalist gospel collapses under its own dead weight.

What terrifies the establishment isn’t failure. It’s feasibility.

If it works in New York, there’s no reason it can’t work in Nebraska. If it works in Queens, it can work in Kansas City. And once proof exists, belief becomes irrelevant. The ship of democracy, fully refitted, will keep sailing — and no one can claim it isn’t American."