Why this nation isn’t screaming its bloody head off at being duped by a bunch of grifting billionaires operating entirely off the desire to increase their own wealth is baffling to me
Where the fuck is the anger? The outrage?
Entirely sickened by all of it.
Where the fuck is the anger? The outrage?
Entirely sickened by all of it.
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Your reply made me giggle. On Twitter, that would’ve been offensive and pissed me off. 😂
This is what they’re doing to help.
nation: kingdom/empire
billionaires: party-members/nobles
You get a historical pattern. Imho, is storytelling weaponized.
Imaginary wins over reality (nod to @yuvalharari.bsky.social).
Mrs. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social alludes to it here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK34b-UIQLu-IFJ8CQU0A5weg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
"What [Aldous]Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one."
We have "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
The quote's from the foreword of the 20th anniversary edition, pages xix-xx, which is totally worth reading in its entirety.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/297276/amusing-ourselves-to-death-by-neil-postman/
Very blinded and mean individuals, sadly.
Democrats can't organise a cake sale without an argument and your institutions are full of geriatrics.
Time for a little hubris.
also, Christians are trained to think, believe, and do stupid things that are contradictory, self defeating or just damaging all while acting like they are doing good.