especially because it’s so hard to tell what they mean, now more than ever. like do you take issue with widespread journalistic irresponsibility or do you think everyone who doesn’t stan the same leaders you do should be shot

So true!! It feels somehow like an alt right dog whistle lol

thank you! dithering is awesome, not only as an artistic choice but also for file compression. you can simulate shades and depth with less colors and let your brain fill in the blanks.

i simply do not have the patience to engage with someone who sincerely believes the dictatorship of rafael trujillo was an honest mistake, the famine in cuba right now is for their own good, and the US fought in the spanish-american war out of the kindness of their hearts.

some people truly have not learned to reject 19th-early 20th century paternalism. they carry that "you should be grateful" attitude with them everywhere they go. i find this incredibly disturbing to contemplate.

It's almost like the reason why people justify or don't bat an eye at Christian/religious missionaries. They think they're doing a "noble" thing spreading whatever cult they have in mind, but ultimately they just think of the other cultures & spirituality as "lesser" &, most definitely, "wrong". I know it's only one thing but it bleeds into other aspects of analyzing history & the U.S's influence on the rest of the--

--world. It's always people that think they have the full picture of what's going on over there & it's like a naive optimism saying "well we're just trying to help them!" or "I'm sure they had good reasons for going over there" when in these countries the U.S's, basically, invasion is a blot on their history & usually leaves their countries worse off in the long run. I hate you have to deal with these ignorant--

--people. I swear people would rather act like they're right before actually educating themselves on different perspectives of history. Not to mention this prerogative of "history isn't THAT important" when...quite literally we learn about it so we can prevent making the same or similar mistakes. Though what do we know?

EXACCCCTLYYYY *snaps fingers like i'm at a poetry slam*

and lowkey like... people act like missionaries are going to alleviate poverty but really they're just perpetuating the cycle by teaching people in other countries to hate or reject themselves and their culture. because they depend on that cycle. they'd have no purpose or at the very least no pretense if difficult conditions around the world were actually eliminated.

this site was originally called my “museum-go-round” ✨