they don't lie or even bullshit, they demonstrate power. they speak into being what you are now going to have to deal with. it's not true, but it's the situation. the truth is immaterial
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related, when they say one thing and do another, this isn't hypocrisy. hypocrisy is only possible between equals, which they are not. what applies to them is different from what applies to you because they are the masters and you are insects
it's not hypocrisy when a dog can't have a steak but its owner can. they are not on equal footing and one gets to make the rules the other follows. they can also arbitrarily change those rules because they hold the power
I'm going on about this because I think it is crucial to navigating the current situation. going on about "lies" and "hypocrites" is useless. they do not care about your facts. they do not care about your rules. your world is not their world
U r stop on and, I think "buckle up" should be in the mix. Some of my peeps are saying I freaking and it can't all happen that fast, and then I reread WW2 histories 😳
this is important. thanks for posting it. Musk engineered the X Algorithm to in turn engineer a turnout of millions of voters, each holding into some false beliefs that either manipulated them to vote for Trump (RGB Pac) or not vote for Harris even while voting for other Democrats.
also, the IP address of each user (Pennsylvania, NC, vs. Nebraska) allowed him to target his efforts much more effectively than any past attempt to manipulate the Electoral College.
it's especially relevant now, in the era of AI slop and deepfakes and such. there has been a deliberate effort to make the concept of "reality" obsolete. they already destroyed "community" and "society" so an agreed-upon commonality is all but impossible
The approach works up to a point, but as the Tories found out in Britain, when people realise that the state no longer works, they’ll vote for someone else.
when they rail against "woke" (or "social justice" or "political correctness" or etc) they rail against the idea that anyone who isn't them gets to participate in the world. it's what they've always opposed
I’m still waiting for the post-election dig into the micro-targeting of messages from dark money groups & the correlation to the lack of democratic voter turnout & the “swing” of voters to the Cheeto. I’m guessing that this effective messaging will correlate strongly with results.
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Playground bully, toxic boss, abusive significant other, dictator, all the same playbook.
The bully punching you and saying "I'm not punching you!" is not lying. He's exerting power. Same game. Figure it out, people.
Need to handcuff them as much as we can, while we can.
Not just resist, but actively resist.