Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast
by harywilke on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:42AM
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Reminds me of this quote: "The system itself could not have intended this in the beginning, but in order to sustain itself it was compelled to go all the way." -They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45[0]
[0] https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.htm
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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast
by jiggawatts on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @05:10PM
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Reminds me of the Ukraine war. The original intent was clearly a very short intense “operation” and then a quick annexation. Nobody planned to grind hundreds of thousands of bodies through a war machine, but “here we are” and now everyone is “forced” to go through the motions.