Thank you! I’m so glad you like them, and I have great news for you re: Battle Raven – it’s getting a sequel! It’s going to be called Like That of a Woman Scorned and it’s… I’m really, really excited about it. Really excited. It’s got pirate Miranda, and alive Eleanor, and just generally a lot of women kicking some serious ass!
john silver: my “tell” is that… i TELL you i’m lying.
flint: fuck a government shutdown, i’m talkin’ worldwide, family.
billy bones: there he is, back from ye olde motherfuckin’ dead.
madi: i’m allergic to things like that. things that sound stupid.
miranda: if your only problem is that you’re on fire, you’re living the fucking good life.
charles vane: so, we in for hell? i mean… to kill?
max: i’ve always tried. for whole me life.
idelle: that’s my name, don’t… say it again.
jack rackham: i’m here! i may not be queer, but i’m here!
anne bonny: a kicking, your ass will encounter!
eleanor guthrie: decisions? i hardly know her.
mr. scott: been there, fuck that.
hornigold: he’s easy to make fun of, he’s done a lot of stuff! he’s like the president, or god!
richard guthrie: when i die, you inherit this coffee pot and a lot of debt.
teach: once you’re alive, you’re just dead to death!
israel hands: i broke my friend’s thumb while sparring once. i put it on my resume.
woodes rogers: it’s like… he’s never joking, but i wish he was.
The secret service needs that extra money to be able to rent golf carts on the presidential golf course, you see.
Now is a good time to consider donating to charities helping with the relief effort, as they seem to be the only ones interested in actually helping the people of Puerto Rico. If you don’t have the funds, then spread this news around. Don’t let them get away with this.
You smugly say “Show me a time socialism worked”
The idea of socialism is only around a hundred years old, has been implemented in maybe a dozen countries, has only been implemented in countries already in turmoil economically, once socialist those countries have been cut off from most capitalist countries or attacked by them, and have often been taken over by dictators who’s actions were in no way socialist.
But enough about socialism, show me a time capitalism has worked and how it worked. Let’s look at the richest capitalist country in the world; the United States was built on stolen land gotten through genocide and made rich largely through slavery and has continued to prosper through overthrowing democratically elected leaders, killing political opponents, supporting terrorists, invading countries for their natural resources and continues to have institutional inequality and oppression as well as having many citizens unable to feed themselves or their families.
So before you smugly ask me when socialism has worked answer me when capitalism has.
As a former director of the CIA once said, no socialist country has been allowed to rise or fall based on its own merits.
Also, most of Europe is far more socialist than the US and much better off for it. The posts about American schools and medical debt are proof enough of that. Plus, like, all the statistics.
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