Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), will come up for a hearing on Wednesday.
I watched Superman: Red Son last night. Throughout the entire movie I was wondering what the plot resolution would be.
In it, Stalin is enriching himself while killing millions (just like real life). Superman finds it appalling that Stalin’s only response is “it’s necessary.” In the US, Lex Luthor is doing typical capitalist bullshit just getting rich and getting power.
But LEX LUTHOR ends up doing it all for altruistic reasons because even Superman can’t create a perfect society without harming dissenters. At the end, instead of continuing the altruistic steps, he steps down from power for his VP to do it and fucks off to a private island with billionaire stuff.
What I got out of it? Capitalism good, it saves you from gulag and brain control devices. And billionaires will save you.
War is GREAT for business.