: “But they’re anti-establishment because of their crass personality and they hate trans people!”
: “Of course! We’re being more efficient by reducing the human population! We don’t need so many people anymore!”
Government efficiency
sets up a whole department to just continue more of the same: the cult of austerity.
Based. I am uninronically of the opinion electoralism is fine as long as its supplementary. If not just for the sake of agitation.
The only thing they don’t like about Trump is that he reminds these American civility libs what Americans are actually like.
If there was an intellectual, well-spoken republican that focused on austerity as their big thing they wouldn’t complain an Iota. If they had Andrew Sullivan as the Republican president elect they wouldn’t complain at all, if not vote for the guy.
Like if dems really thought Trump was that much of a fascist threat they could use the CIA to keep the fascist out of power, will of the people be damned!
But it’s ok, because the people told Uncle Sam to double down on exploiting everyone including themselves.
Do libs really think Trump is uniquely bad?
Yeah, Trump is a protectionist but so is Biden, and both democrats and republicans alike weaponize regulations to stifle capitalists they don’t like, like all the plant-based milk and meat.
"Because we CAN and its FUN!"
4chan won, they're going to go full mask off.
All that talent wasted on trolling a cozy game.
She didn’t offer voters what they really wanted
Which is….
…oh, actually being a politician and delivering on issues is the crass tactic they’re talking about.
I said it before and I’ll say it again: I thought techbros were supposed to be smart.
I never want to see Thielcels parade around like they’re the real technocrats and we’re all just rubes.
The only good thing about republicans in charge is that it’s open season for radicalizing libs.
I have a couple accounts for trolling and this is what I do. Any time there’s a major fuckup, I try to say something along the lines of “maybe the rich were lying when they said lgbt people are the problem.”
As far as the best liberalism had to offer, here's mine: Thomas Paine, Rousseau, Henry George. John Stuart Mill, Robespierre.
I feel like most of them could be comrades if push comes to shove, but they exemplify the liberalism I would more than happily live under
MFW a slight bit of me does want to have a wife and family, but seeing on how they’re screeching about the birthrates. I kind of want to be gay out of spite.
It’s the only thing I can actively refuse them. All they had to do was give me a job but all the businesses said “no”.
Who wants a malewife?
Can’t wait until after all this. They try to take credit for the growing global enshittification by telling the GOP in a smug tone: “you do realize we let you win, right?”
Democrats will be happy that they can just retire and do absolutely nothing for the rest of their lives. I’m willing to bet Sotomayor and Kagan will retire under Trump too just to make it official.
Two historians have said that the Democratic Party was wrong to overlook Bernie Sanders' policies for working class people.
To me, Silicon Valley is a confusing beast. I'm not sure if this is remaining liberalism but there are some things about it (on the surface level) that I find admirable: it's generally science-positive and is a beacon of intellectualism in the US, even if tech is not your cup of tea I like the idea of some people being in the "problem solving business", and if I must participate in capitalism then working for a company that helps with sustainability in SV doesn't sound too bad. Not ideal, but leagues more tolerable than working on an oil field.
However, this facade crumbles at even the quickest glance and it sometimes almost becomes just as nakedly reactionary as the oil and gas industry. Elon Musk is practically the poster child of Silicon Valley and was a lib that just needed one scratch to give up the ghost and go full fash. Silicon Valley is literally acting like an Ayn Rand villain. Silicon Valley has also practically soured my attitudes towards technology and some of that can be blamed on pretty much all new "innovations" just being inventing a new form of landlordism. Even many of the people in the supposed blue city are complete and utter fash, the whole thing feels like it's permanently an 80s Wall Street movie but with tech.
Is there like any books that can better explain Silicon Valley and what it actually stands for?
I know a huge thing that you see online is talks about different generations, and it almost seems as if to me that for some folks, “generational conflict” has replaced class conflict. Furthermore, I worry that the American dream was supposed to die so everyday baby boomers could buy houses and see their property values go up hundredfold and invite otherwise working class folk into an “honorary bourgeoisie” system. But ultimately this is still a class struggle rather than a generation struggle. Like I’m gen Z and I do not see baby boomers as my oppressor, there’s plenty of millennial landlords ready to rip me off because LinkedIn told him to liquidate his assets’ or whatever idk I don’t speak Porkuguese.
I’m no exception, I’ve made my guesses on why any given generation is the way it is, but I can’t help but wonder when did this focus on generation over class all start? Did baby boomers grow up identifying as baby boomers, and when they were in their 20s-40s was there this idea that millennials were going to be their designated bagholders? If so, did baby boomers always have a consistent culture and identity?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, it’s just that the generational struggle seems really flimsy upon further scrutiny.
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LMAO. CHUD gets what he wants and then gets bored from lack of brown people to lord over.
Whether fascists want to admit it or not, they need minorities but minorities don't need them. Ergo, making minorities superior to white supremacists.
