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A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to “immediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal workforce, calling the effort a “sham.”
The preliminary injunction issued from the bench Thursday by US District Judge William Alsup requires the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior and Treasury to rehire the employees. The judge said that he might extend the order to cover other federal agencies at a later time
Here’s a fun theory about why we’ve been inundated with superhero movies for the past 30 years:
By always portraying supernaturally powerful beings as the sole arbiters of righteous action, it makes all us normies feel like we don’t have what it takes to stop bad guys. We need a benevolent bat or iron man with insane tech advantage or mutants or orphaned altruistic aliens to do the dirty work for us. So we’ve been pacified and made to believe we can’t save ourselves, but don’t worry, superbatironxman will be here any minute to enforce those judge’s orders with extreme prejudice…
That idea has been pushed to us for a lot longer than 30 years of superhero movies. Think about all those books about a lost prince/princess. Someone finding out that they were born special and they have a natural right to lead the people.
Shit, just the idea that most religions push that people are helpless and need a strong leader to follow. Don’t worry about the troubles on earth for your reward awaits you when you are dead.
We had divine right to rule in Europe for a long time, total shitshow.
In paganism the king was chosen to rule for a year and if things didn’t go well he was sacrificed and his blood and body parts put around the territory to protect and bring good luck.
I personally think we should bring that back - accountability.
Geez, that’s brutal. Maybe there’s some healthier middle ground. The scattered viscera method could be reserved for the truly evil ones…maybe just a reintegration into society in the demographic that had been the least franchised during the reign could be enough for the others.
This is why I liked Civil War. It gave a really ambiguous look at the different sides. Very interesting.