Western Cape

A province of South Africa seeking independence, though such attempts have been currently unsuccesful.

SHOUTOUT TO SWEEFLYBOY FUCK YUUUU

A: Did you ever visit Cape Town?
B : No, but I did visit some parts of Western Cape

by taurus mountains fan March 20, 2024

potato western

A movie with western tropes and stererotypes that is set in the country of Ireland or made by Irish filmmakers; similar to the way Italian ones are called spaghetti westerns

Liam Neeson stars in the potato western "In the Land of Saints and Sinners" set in County Donegal during the time of The Troubles.

by Every Movie Has a Lesson March 28, 2024

Western Totalitarianism

The argument that the liberal democratic West, while avoiding the crude brutality of 20th-century fascist/communist totalitarianism, has developed a more subtle, consumerist and bureaucratic form of total control. It pacifies populations with material comfort, entertainment, and the illusion of choice, while corporate and state power merge to create a managed society where radical change is rendered unthinkable. Dissent is absorbed as a market niche or therapized away.

*Example: "Western totalitarianism is watching a revolutionary punk anthem from the '80s used in a car commercial. It's political activism that starts with changing your profile picture and ends with buying a branded t-shirt. It's a society where the most rebellious thing you can imagine is choosing a different brand of smartphone, and even that choice is funneled through two monopolistic corporations. The cage is gilded, open, and you're busy customizing it."*

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026

Western Orwellianism

The West's specific flavor of newspeak and doublethink: "humanitarian intervention" for war, "collateral damage" for dead civilians, "enhanced interrogation" for torture. It's the vast public relations-spin complex that maintains the gap between stated ideals (democracy, freedom) and operational reality (corporate lobbying, permanent surveillance, imperialism). The cognitive dissonance is managed by a constant stream of propaganda that celebrates the system while obscuring its mechanics.

Example: "Western Orwellianism was the press briefing on the drone strike: 'We engaged a high-value target in a kinetic action, with regrettable unintended effects on non-combatants.' Translation: we blew up a house and a family based on sketchy intel. The language turns war into a sterile video game and murder into a bureaucratic error, protecting the audience from the reality their taxes fund."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026