there’s literally only three political causes JK rowling has picked up and furiously advocated for ever since becoming a billionaire celebrity: opposing the independence of Scotland, opposing any change in Britain’s economic system so that austerity won’t be killing disabled people en-masse and working class people won’t be dying in apartment complex fires, and virulently opposing trans rights while implying heavily that autistic people are literally too mentally inferior to have any agency and thus should be barred from seeking out gender transition. British nationalist, dedicated transphobe and social darwinist, this is who JK Rowling is when we let her actions speak for themselves.
"So my story is set in a land off Europe, it has four nations but they insist it's all one country-"
"So they've all banded together for strength?"
"Well, no. Two of them got conquered and one of them is only there because a monarch made a deal 400 years ago that doesn't really work for anyone now-"
"So this is a medieval monarchy?"
"No, it's a present day democracy."
"Huh."
"Yeah so this tiny country used to have a massive empire, because they were good at ships or something. And now they've lost that empire but they still think they're special. Very proud people. So we come to modern times and we have this whole bunch of people living in constant resentment because they think they're better than everyone else and so they do things differently from other countries-"
"Based on what? I mean there must be something that gives them that impression. Higher living standards? A shining democracy? A particular industry or sport they're good at?"
"Well they're kind of mediocre at everything really. They did help advocate for a new form of capitalism that quickly spread around the globe and generally increased the most negative aspects of our societies-"
"So they're bad guys?"
"Well yeah, if you listen to any of the people they colonised or sold into slavery, but we won't be doing that. Anyway we get to the year 2020 and they've spent the last 10 years subjecting people to the worst kind of poverty and discrimination and then this global pandemic hits and they decide to handle it totally differently to everyone else. Like instead of closing everything down, they always leave something open for no reason. Like garden centres. Or nurseries. And when a vaccine comes along they decide to only give half of the dose recommended. And when the rules come in about the virus, they have their own representatives breaking the rules so of course then everyone else breaks the rules-"
"I need to stop you there. Ever since Game of Thrones ended, people think they can come in here and sell me any kind of incoherent bullshit. There's no internal logic to your story. How are we expected to believe that people so full of themselves would fail to act out of self-interest in a situation where the rest of the world is providing concrete answers as to what works?"
"Well, err-"
"I do like the flag you've drawn up here, it really does look like something a villainous regime would put together, but the backstory just isn't working for me. Sorry."
"Would it help if I told you the leader is this outrageous character who has an undetermined number of children and hides in fridges from reporters but everyone loves him because-"
"Get out of my office."
“I’ve searched my conscience, and I can’t for the life of me find any justification for this, and I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument”
I… have to admit i was kind of gobsmacked to realize that’s the borat guy, but his point is eloquent and good so keep kicking ass, dude.
Despite being known best for his comedy characters, Sacha Baron Cohen is a graduate of Cambridge University, where he earned a history degree after writing his undergraduate thesis on the American civil rights movement. His mother’s family were German Jews and his father’s family were Ashkenazi Jews; he is also the grandson of a Holocaust survivor. He understands this issue all too well.
me when i get my student loan
this is the money cat. reblog in 30 seconds and you will find yourself with more wealth
#this is the only money cat i will reblog because it’s actually doing the manekineko pose151,646 notes (via lolwhutninja)
OMG YOU’RE RIGHT
and it has its right paw up! the correct paw for this.
and from the markings on its ears, it looks like it might be a calico cat. which is the luckiest kind!
extremely lucky cat
I don’t even care if it actually works, I’m mostly reblogging because it’s freaking adorable.
cute cat and need money, good post, 10/10
in case anyones interested in the other versions
Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.
Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.
Excellent thread.
Reblogged especially for the de-radicalization info. I don’t know who might need it, but I’m sure someone does.
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