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Talking to my right leaning friends and it's this exactly. They are so focused on policy that helps their demographic they ignore who is hurt. American individualism is a blight on our progress. They have tunnel visioned lowering taxes believing the lie that any gov't program is innefectual.
Big issue being that News only covers fraudsters. The headline "Government food program feeds 3000 seniors" isn't as good as "Man lies about his age to steal food paid for by the taxpayer"
Like a child with object permanence issues. They only see the harm.
And they only see it selectively as well, it’s why they focus so hard on when minorities and political enemies do something bad and harmful and ignore the fact that so many more of the people doing that don’t fall into either of those categories
I'm at a total loss. I recently met a woman who is an ASL teacher/coordinator. She also hosts a student from Tanzania. I recently found out she voted for T/fascism and was shocked. She got defensive and said "why are all my Dem friends so angry?"
I said I'm not angry, I'm scared. What about [the student]? She said "well, I paid a lot of money to make sure he got here legally and DT said he'd protect students and get them a green card. Other immigrants think they can just come here illegally."
Too many people who should know better think the only political truth is the net change in their tax bill or bank account balance, and that everything else is bread and circuses.
Exactly. It doesn't make any sense. She and another woman kept saying, "oh, I don't think he is a good person, but I think he has good policies." As if WHO HE IS - lack of concern for anyone but himself - can be separated from his goals.
Anyway, that's what they said a few months ago. I have cut ties because I can't remain friends with ppl with whom I shared what I went through in Charlottesville and yet they still voted for that POS.
Extremely similar to Brexit. The more uneducated, lumpen reactionaries of the working class teamed up with the petty bourgeoisie and had an electoral tantrum, blaming foreigners for their own economic decline.
The USA are very individual driven, people fend on their own, reject unions or other communities that could rally people.
The US people basically inhibited and hindered themselves to rise up.
In Europe, unions, associations & students are the drivers behind protests. In USA, these are „unpolitical“
Sadly, one side lives to hurt the other side, even though THEY are ALSO part of the other side (low, middle class). I wish this made sense, I feel like I am fighting ignorance at a time when we have all the knowledge we could ever need to have access to.
You left wingers are the fascists. You are warped, insane and very confused. You are the ones who want authoritarian regimes oppressing the population, not Trump supporters. We are not the side who demanded that the population stick mRNA shots 6 times in our bodies "or else" That's you... not us.
Your vague words are hard to interpret but if you think the 2024 election in which myopic self-absorbed absolutist voters and not voters did not deliver fascism in the form of Trump, I strongly disagree.
“What are we doing? Why are we doing it? How is it helpful?” …I had a mentor as an undergrad who introduced me to three questions that can be applied to almost anything you do…has stayed with me for the rest of my life.
But what if I'm so full of dull-witted, impotent rage and hate that I'd rather cut off my nose to hurt others than have rights, safety, or opportunity?
Fascism is or is not- although it is a way of thinking as well. You either care for life or you do not. And why would I internalize and look only at myself when I am one who Serves and Helps others... Asking such a question.
In the US many foreign born doctors staff rural hospitals and towns. Cutting Medicaid will decimate the financial support of those hospitals and all nursing homes ( 2/3 of nh pts are on Medicaid).
Loss of the hospital, those jobs and health services will kill many small towns.
So...if we want to stop fascism, it's important that people not be (or otherwise feel) abused to the point that they put revenge over their own well-being?
Also don't just sign random shit on the street. called a guy out for being a paid shill for an anti-trans bill disguised as a "privacy" bill in Seattle and he immediately had a meltdown, cussing at me about what did it matter that he was being paid and what was my agenda. Dude, you approached me lol
Clearly Trump & the GOP combined is a terrorist organization. When Trump "complains and whines", this is a clear directive to violence against judges and anyone else who opposes him or tries to hold him accountable. Control the American people with threats of violence, Trump's prized "fear" tactic!
Yes, it meets every textbook definition of a fascist cabal of TRAITOR monkeys I've ever come across.
And Ive read heaps of Clancy, Ludlum and the like.
And this shit couldn't even be made into a movie, outta too ridiculous and absurd.
The audience would walk out, too ridiculous a plot line.
Really I don't think it is about helpning anyone, it is about hate. As long as they hate the same people that you do, and persecute them, the rest doesn't matter.
It's a very effective closed system, because their propaganda has already taught them whom to hate.
Yeah there are similarities to extremist Islam, and other hate cults like the ever referendums Westboro Baptist psychos.
The hate is actually the floor that holds a hate cult together, the common (imagined) enemy.
And they are a declared extremist/terror group aren't they?
The "floor" holds them up.... Uh I guess it does 🤣
Glue. The glue that holds them together. I have got to edit every post, or maybe turn off auto correct 🤔 Swipe typing leads to a real sense of overconfidence 😄
Viewed from the opposite side, it's incredible how much damage the voting public is willing to self-inflict in order to support fascism in the hope that it will hurt someone else.
Not when he took my right to vote away because I took my husband’s name and believed in the sanctity of marriage and family. My child born from that marriage, may, face similar repercussions. There’s nothing we can vote for and the population of women is higher to that of men This hurts everyone.
32% of humans occupying space in America did not vote, YOU allowed the mentally unstable human to unleash Elon onto our infrastructure,it is YOU who tanked our economy by allowing the communist repubs to be at the table of legislation,it is YOU that should be going to Venezuela; F you for not voting
Woulda been real easy for American Churchist Conservatives not to go Full Metal Fascist and start deprting 'undesirables' to Concentration Camps in El Salvador.
But that's not what they wanted. This is. If they tell you they didn't they are laughing at your being stupid enough to still believe them.
the entire premise of fascism is that your life will suck for a while but it will suck more for others and then it will be magic and ponies for everyone and if your line is "no I'd rather not suffer at all" the whole thing tanks
My sense is there are enough voters who enjoy seeing punishments meted out to various groups. They also enjoy the various privations they themselves suffer. The wish to be dominated is also a fascist impulse.
My dad is very devout, and I have lots of critiques about the religion in which I was raised, but his go-to scripture is "be not afraid". It has been really helpful north star for me.
Comfortable people who don't believe the government helps the at all (because they take for granted the help they get) and who enjoy watching people get hurt.
We are dying here. Today, we barely escaped by a miracle from the bombing. Please, do everything you can to help us, my friend, and share our story. We need the world to hear us and act before it's too late🙏💔😭🔄
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Like a child with object permanence issues. They only see the harm.
(well, outside kink that is...or the arms trade...blood sports perhaps...or a yolo investor...hmmm...i'm gonna have to rethink this... fuck)
It's all just a monetary transaction to them.
Why would anyone believe anything he says??
He was depressed & shocked that they became difficult to important and more expensive.
The US people basically inhibited and hindered themselves to rise up.
In Europe, unions, associations & students are the drivers behind protests. In USA, these are „unpolitical“
‘Ur-Fascism’, Umberto Eco, June 22, 1995, The New York Review of Books
Hello
Help for first time home buyers (I have a house. It wouldn’t help me)
Path to citizenship for spouses of citizens (I’m a widow)
Improved education, health and most of all empathy and caring of
US, the populace
I wanted a nice “mom” and got the lecherous mean uncle
that's 100% voting out of hatred for others without seeing if there's anything good in there, which is the point in the op
1. What is intended purpose.
2: Does this purpose have any worthwhile component or outcome in the first place
4: Will this action achieve said stated outcome:
-yes
-possible, plausible look further evaluate
-not a snowflakes chance in hell
Someone told me recently
Something something the tide raises all boats something something.
Loss of the hospital, those jobs and health services will kill many small towns.
Leopards.
https://youtu.be/vQwK1qAqnFo?si=pjJxQHmKTHOTJD8a
And Ive read heaps of Clancy, Ludlum and the like.
And this shit couldn't even be made into a movie, outta too ridiculous and absurd.
The audience would walk out, too ridiculous a plot line.
It's a very effective closed system, because their propaganda has already taught them whom to hate.
The hate is actually the floor that holds a hate cult together, the common (imagined) enemy.
And they are a declared extremist/terror group aren't they?
Glue. The glue that holds them together. I have got to edit every post, or maybe turn off auto correct 🤔 Swipe typing leads to a real sense of overconfidence 😄
But that's not what they wanted. This is. If they tell you they didn't they are laughing at your being stupid enough to still believe them.
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(I am not saying kink should be hidden)