I guess this comes too late in your case, but you can tell the difference on the phone by checking if the notification “Charging this device via USB” pops up, which you can tap to enable USB data transfer.

That’s intent, not motivation. People usually have a reason for wanting to do something.

The only military use of nuclear weapons in human history was a mass killing of civilians.

There is quite a bit of evidence that the notion it was necessary for a Japanese surrender to nuke them was a fabrication. Two population centers, no less.

Also it was supposed to be Tokyo at first, but some general had been there on vacation and liked it apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCRTgtpC-Go

Yeah even just the potential for “pure” follower aesthetics (aka eugenics) to satisfy our sense of order is so fucked up if you think about it.

If they really were in opposition to the actual goals of the party, they would not retain influential positions within it.

That’s what they have wedge issues and us vs them mentality for. Both in spades.

Yes it is, after decades of war on education and anti-intellectualism.