they can be benevolent or malevolent, interested or disinterested

The Republic of China recruited over 40 million troops into a volunteer army. That sounds like a government worth defending.

https://youtu.be/ka0-G752j-o Yeee Haw

Exactly what Confucius envisioned. A government that represented its people, to the point that many were willing to die for it, even when not conscripted.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-16/female-cfos-brought-in-1-8-trillion-more-than-male-peers

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Friends bought me Mediations by Marcus Aurelius

COMFY AF

good frens are hard to find

how many friends (not family members) do you have that you would trust so far as to ask for help if you had killed someone

zero

#SAD!

I have one

maybe two

its wierd as an adult you have less and less frens

None, but I suppose you can't really gauge it. It depends on who you killed and for what reason.

If you have a good reason to murder someone, then they might be sympathetic, but if you killed sombody totally innocent, like a kid, your family member is just as evil if they defend you.

ok we'll put it this way

you're in trouble with the mob, and anyone you ask for help will be exposed to that as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5r0i2ZAbCc

I have like 12 or 13

wow, that's a lot

but nice

👍🏻

well, many of my friends are killers so you know... 😉

If I had a nickle every time I had to help dispose of a body, I could buy bubblegum

But as she shook your hand, she stole your man
And it was done so swift, it had to be a plan
Couldn't trust her with cheese, let alone your keys
With friends like that you don't need enemies
You wonder how long it was all going on
And your still not sure if your man is gone
You say, well if she took him he was never mine
But deep inside you know that's just another lie
And now you're kinda cold to the people you meet
Cause of something that was done to you by some creep
But nevertheless, I'll say it again
That these are the people that we call friends

🎵

https://youtu.be/iwuUM5fQuWo

wow... anyone familiar with watchmen?

and have you seen the HBO remake recently released?

What an awkward opening paragraph

```The great white shark—a fast, powerful, 16-foot-long torpedo that’s armed to the teeth with teeth—has little to fear except fear itself. But also: killer whales. ```

Atlantic piece

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yelling fest about healthcare

one of the brothers is a democrat

so its inevitable

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all the reviews of watchmen say that it sucks