Charge by the toe.

There were betrayals and brutal slayings to go around between and through the World Wars.

When I see these sorts of portrayals of communists and anarchists I always wonder why the contemporary actions of the Whites or the Fascists get to enjoy omission.

Like: Mahkno is a popular example and figure, but he and his army were a component of a larger class system. Hryhoriv, a contemporary, was a large reason for the eventual downfall of all the atamans, including Mahkno, even though Mahkno was the one who killed him.

Another example is Durruti in the Spanish Civil War, whom I admittedly don’t know a great deal about. But he died for reasons that are not clear except: war. It’s a topic of literature at any rate.

After the Republican forces lost the war it was Francoist forces that exterminated anarchists in one of many White Terrors of the 20th century.

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, if I am not mistaken.

Sure, you don’t need them for such things to exist and operate. But until a stateless system is able to supplant this infrastructure, I think it makes sense to have a governing body to recognize how many parts per million of chlorine is okay after dosing the well or the amount of fecal coliform that’s acceptable to be released into the local waterway.

Assuming the capitalist hegemony doesn’t co-op or crush either, there’s something to be said about state management of sewers and drinking water.

Private wells and septic systems can go a long ways but once population density reaches the size of an apartment complex or an industrial process needs treatment, you’re going to want some form of governance over those systems.

I always have to remind myself being able to stream audio from a cellphone while driving across a city is also a pretty crazy development.

The British Bakeoff show is forever weird for me.

TVs became SmartTVs and now need the internet to turn on. The TVs need an OS now to internet to do TV.

Antennae broadcast TV seems like an ancient magic.

Greater Ohios.

Unfortunately this covenant is a deep bond. To sever ties with one is to sever with all.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39695775

A permalink for the original thread that was only posted a few hours ago.

Reminds me of the Palladium monk occupation. Strictly about dodging and the point was monks did NOT attack or fight. Striking an opponent meant being defrocked and losing monk status. I thought it was a neat take (and a direct response to the DnD monk trope.)

Pure dialogue and skill class. Never got a Palladium campaign really going though. Just a sea of worldbuilding.

I don’t really know 5e very well, nor PF, but monks were always kind of an awkward fit in 3.5 too. From what I understand the redesign put then closer to an old 3.5 prestige class with the ki strikes and such.

The meat of the class that I think is valuable is a martial that’s survivability is in dodging and whose offensive loop is to set up and exploit vulnerability each turn, whether it’s by buffing themselves or debuffing their enemy.

sad monk class sounds

But seriously, I always felt archetype of light armor being the ‘stealth’ armor class was silly. Sure, less penalty than chains and plates, but still.

Tuberculosis (consumption) was another constant killer, coming in at second.

There’s this one neat trick: Just call the communists fascist!

Now you can support foreign invasion and regime change as a proud member of anti-fa!

…Still won’t oppose capitalism though.

Spongebob’s eyebrows are symbolically, if not literally, Amazon. What did the artist mean by this?

“Communism is when centrally planned economy” is quite the premise to build upon.

That roof awning will pass on staying up before this fuckup settles.