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I'm not American so this could be wrong, but I have heard over the years that waiters get tips from customers but the chefs don't? If this is true, how are there any restaurants not on fire right now?

Wealthy white Americans can't help themselves can they

I am harm reduction

ABBA is now woke

This could only happen in COMMUNIST CHINA

Own all the guns, can't shoot straight

As we know, libs refuse to believe their system does not work. However, they also believe that it shouldn't be possible to elect someone like Trump in this system. They don't know how to reconcile this contradiction.

Last two elections there was the constant blaming of "Bernie bros" until Biden finally won. Bernie is fully behind Biden now so I don't think they'll try this angle. There was the whole Mueller thing (I still don't know what even came out of that??) and the media constantly reporting that THIS TIME Trump will finally go down, though this reporting is still going on. They had the Women's March which was the closest thing to praxis but it was clearly a waste of time with no plan to actually get anything done. There was the sudden need to blame Russia for election interference and general racism against Russians which is still ongoing. Does anyone remember Cambridge Analytica?

At the moment I'm seeing libs asking everyone to excuse supporting genocide because we need to keep the cheeto out of the White House. But I feel like their brains are going to break when the cheeto does get back in the White House.

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CW if anyone decides to watch this: racism, alcoholism & misogyny

Scales of Justice is a fictional miniseries created in 1983 by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) which looks at the absolute shitshow that is the Australian police and the justice system. The miniseries is in three parts, each about 70-80 minutes long. Each part covers its own story, the first being focused on a recruit trying to be a “good policeman”, the second focusing on a drug task force, and the final episode focusing on politicians in the state government and their attempts to crack down on crime. While you can watch each episode as a standalone story, there are some recurring characters in the background, and it is in chronological order.

Now, the reason I am suggesting this is because it is the absolute perfect depiction of the police and politicians. By perfect, I don’t just mean that it doubles down on ACAB, but that it is impossible to differentiate the fiction here from real life. Every character is racist, misogynist, constantly drinking alcohol and always doing something illegitimate. The only real difference between what this show depicts and police in real life is that now the racism would be mostly aimed at Chinese/Muslims/Africans as much as it is aimed at Greeks/Italians, and there’d be more immigrants working for the police. For everyone who isn’t Australian, watch this and you will know everything you need to know about the justice system here.

The show is currently on youtube which I’ve linked below. They’ve been ripped from video from what I can tell, so there are some issues with image quality and sound. There are also no subtitles, which will make it very difficult for anyone who is not ready for full Anglo-Australian accents, especially when the characters are drunk which is common. I first watched this when I was very young, and it may have been one of the first pieces of media that got me pushing left since it shows that there’s no avenue to be a “good cop”. The people I’ve shown it to have said they enjoyed the second episode the most because it is an entertaining crime drama/thriller, but I think episode one hits hardest.

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Act One - The Job

Act Two - The Game

Act Three - The Numbers

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Seeing frequent posts in threads asking for suggestions so I thought I'd make a list. These aren't guaranteed to be leftist in their politics, or even politically driven, but these are anime that always get suggested whenever anyone asks a leftist what anime they should watch. Feel free to add to it.

The following anime I have seen and also recommend:

• Ghost in the Shell 1995 film
• Ghost in the Shell Innocence
• Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (2002) & 2nd Gig (2004)
• Jin Roh
• Patlabor films 1 & 2
• Angel's Egg
• Cowboy Bebop (series & film)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988-1997 OVAs)
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Haibane Renmei
• Texhnolyze
• Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
• Berserk (1997)
• Mushishi (all series & films)
• Evangelion (all series & films)
• Death Note
• Satoshi Kon films (Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika)
• Paranoia Agent
• Planetes
• Kino's Journey (2003)
• All the famous Studio Ghibli films
• FLCL (2000)
• Akira
• Steins; Gate (2011)
• Little Witch Academia
• Kaiba (not Yu-gi-oh)

These are anime that I have seen and personally would not recommend, but they frequently come up as suggestions and are very popular:

• Madoka Magica
• Gurren Lagann
• Psycho Pass (except season 2)
• Shinsekai Yori
• Monster
• Trigun
• Ergo Proxy
• Code Geass

The following are anime that I have not seen but are also frequently suggested:

• Gundam (I haven't seen any so I can't say which series or films are recommended)
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Hunter x Hunter
• The Rose of Versailles
• Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
• Ranma 1/2
• Sailor Moon
• Mob Psycho 100

That's about as far as it goes for anime that leftists regularly recommend for others to watch from my experience, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some, especially older anime.

I'm happy to suggest anime that I would recommend that don't fall in this list as well, especially for romance/comedy since they rarely get talked about in leftist groups.