User dratsab huffman asks the question: To amuse myself i researched revacholian nationalism as well as measure head's race theories etc etc and focused my character on "traditionalism". Anyway, ive noticed that if i ever click dialogue options that are in tune with my character's political compass, i lose morale. Whats the point of having this as a mechanic if its going to be so detrimental and feels like the character doesnt believe he actually is this or something... is there anyway to overcome that kind of morale loss?

Recalcitrant Jester replies: Being a fascist is a deeply demoralizing experience. You have to not only radically alter your worldview to make reality fit into your unhinged schema, but that worldview is predicated on the notion that the weakest, most unworthy degenerate worms on the planet are somehow overpowering and humiliating you on a moment-by-moment basis. In mechanical terms too, the lowered morale also reduces your volition score—the more you indulge in your delusions, the less you are able to exercise self-control and self-awareness. The point of fascism being mechanically detrimental—the ludonarrative theme—is that fascism is an unequivocally self-destructive ideology, the practice of which only serves to nurture that self-destructive urge and turn it outward. It's not like Dark Side points in KotOR where you can access cool new abilities and get to enjoy being such a nasty lil rascal; you are not supposed to enjoy being a fascist in Disco Elysium. Fascism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike.

"Facism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike."

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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

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If you see the CRJ single…

a bunch of birthday candles branded “good light” like that one poem you know

@twolemonades.com finally back at this bakery

I did the same thing so my kids would see me reading instead of scrolling great news if you happen to own the bookshop closest to my apartment

I've talked to a lot of people who seem to think that trans kids in blue states like IL or NY or CA are still getting the healthcare they need, but I assure you that's not the case.

There was an effort for a few years to emulate Kp in the US but it was not sustainable as I understand it, and I think 2018 was the last year for it?

It is very appalling and sometimes quite frightening to see how trans-exclusionary feminists have allied with rightwing attacks on gender. The anti-gender ideology movement is not opposing a specific account of gender, but seeking to eradicate "gender" as a concept or discourse, a field of study, an approach to social power. Sometimes they claim that "sex" alone has scientific standing, but other times they appeal to divine mandates for masculine domination and difference. They don't seem to mind contradicting themselves. The Terfs (trans exclusionary radical feminists) and the so-called gender critical writers have also rejected the important work in feminist philosophy of science showing how culture and nature interact (such as Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, EM Hammonds or Anne Fausto-Sterling) in favor of a regressive and spurious form of biological essentialism. So they will not be part of the coalition that seeks to fight the anti-gender movement. The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times. So the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence, one that is mindful of the high rates of femicide throughout the world, which include high rates of attacks on trans and genderqueer people. The anti-gender movement circulates a spectre of "gender" as a force of destruction, but they never actually read any works in gender studies. Quick and fearful conclusions take the place of considered judgments. Yes, some work on gender is difficult and not everyone can read it, so we have to do better in reaching a broader public. As important as it is, however, to make complex concepts available to a popular audience, it is equally important to encourage intellectual inquiry as part of public life. Unfortunately, we are living in anti-intellectual times, and neo-fascism is becoming more normalized.

The section that the Guardian censored…

By Prof Judith Butler

Y'all need to get the fuck off Substack.

I didn’t think anything could make me wish my (Catholic, MAGA) dad were still alive but I was wrong

so many folks (myself included) who I met at NJ cons/Games on Demand/random house cons are now effectively out of the scene because of childcare, eldercare, covid caution, or some combination

Meanwhile every “uh” uttered by AOC gets “faithfully transcribed”

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seems like in that situation all we would care about is art

It is #TransDayofVisibility. I have three children, and two of them are trans. Our oldest is 14 and came out nearly a decade ago. Back then, our greatest worries were making sure other kids in kindergarten knew what her name was without putting her on the spot. Now, it’s different.

affirming care bans were upheld by your court ONE YEAR AGO

I swear these are the most evil people on earth wrapping themselves in a cloak of utter incompetence

what a fucking mark. I guarantee you the bigots you’re adding your signature next to won’t have a hard time distinguishing those things. complete dipshit behavior here.

“Your lives are not a political issue” is a fucking cop out. Do some politics protecting trans lives because right now unfortunately trans lives are VERY MUCH a political issue.

The Mayor has not said a single thing about the shuttering of clinics providing affirming health care in NYC.

It’s been 5 weeks since NYU Langone ended care. Mamdani’s office has not directed H+H to absorb patients or enforced NYC human rights law against the hospitals stopping care. He also has not answered multiple trans journalists questions on if he will commit to doing so.

Eight printed posters supporting transgender kids, laid out on a hardwood floor. The designs range in style from hand-drawn to graphic and typographic. Messages include ‘Peace for Trans Kids’ (with a pink peace-sign hand), ‘Protect Trans Kids’ (featuring Godzilla), ‘Trans Kids Rule!’ (on pink and blue stripes), ‘You Belong Here’ (white block letters on a blue watercolor background), ‘Protect Trans Kids’ (with a labubu), ‘Love for Trans Kids’ (with hands forming a heart shape), ‘Trans Kids are Magic’ (with a bunny popping out of a magician’s hat), and ‘Trans Pride World Wide’ (with a smiling cartoon Earth). The posters use trans pride colors of pink, blue, and white throughout.

for TDOV this week we went to an amazing riso/screen printing studio nearby and they were giving these posters away FOR FREE

The person at Gilead responsible for this decision is a mass murderer and in any functioning society would be treated as such

Everyone who works for the NYT — including my many friends — should be incredibly embarrassed by this statement.

The depths to which the NYT will go to back its agenda of challenging trans people's right to exist is horrifying, ongoing, and has caused very real and specific harms to trans people.

Last year a middle schooler sent an adult to our local TDOV event, the question she sent in to our panelists was, "Why are they doing this to us?"

I have lost count of how many times I've thought about that since last year.

So the NYT is so committed to shitting on trans people that when the AMA tried to correct their reporting, they responded by saying they know more about the AMA's position than the AMA itself. That's zealotry.

did the kid working the ride at Harry Potter land or whatever choose to work there because it was Harry Potter? then yeah, that choice also sucks and is worthy of critique! If they're like "yeah man I know it sucks but I need a fucking job" then... that is a response to the critique! goddam! fuck!

lol my five-year-olds know that conversations about "bad people" are meaningless. what choices did they make? did Nick Frost choose to lend his considerable fame to a shitty person and a shitty product? yes? then I think that choice sucks and is worthy of critique.

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