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I literally reported this Wednesday.

Culture of domination

This is quite significant in many ways: the overt thuggery, Trump’s barely suppressed fury at being contradicted by a woman, the governor’s standing up, the total abandonment of the pretense of federalism, the continuing use of trans Americans the way Hitler used Jews.

Why are they doing this? “Because we can.” Culture of domination

I have a LOT of thoughts about this, but too many for a post. The one thing, though, is to note that this isn’t just boys/young men. We’re in a new age of wealthy guys being obsessed with body images (from Bezos to Zuck to anti-aging guy), which is a pretty new development in history.

Lots of folks are feeling overwhelmed and scared right now and say they don’t know what to do. Wear your masks, y’all. It’s one of the easiest, radical anti-fascist acts you can do.

I am neither a Football 🏈 Person nor a Warcraft Person, but I am most definitely a Chris Kluwe Person

I love this thread - liberal arts majors pre everything-is-digital recognize this drill. The search/hunt is *so* important.

As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Culture of domination

Everything must grow forever at all times. Such is the Rot Economy. Games cannot be "kind of popular" or "profitable," they must always be insanely profitable. If you aren't growing you're dying www.wheresyoured.at/the-rot-econ...

Boeing management is pretty familiar with this type of pressure, never served them poorly in the past!! These are extremely *unserious* and dangerous people - even when the danger they’re posing is literally TO THEMSELVES. Who flies on AF1 again?

“Principle of domination”

Fascist fetish porn aka idealizing a CULTURE OF DOMINATION

I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

People often assume the emotions associated with cruelty are hatred and anger, but it’s actually pleasure and joy. Fascists relish their cruelty. They roll it around on their tongue like a mouthful of full-bodied wine. They laugh as they harm.

Culture of domination

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

So I mostly think this is happening because MAGA is run by people too stupid to understand where this country's wealth and power comes from, but I also think they'd rather be kings of a shitty country than citizens of a good one.

Republicans should be banned from global security conferences, as they are the #1 threat to global security. www.axios.com/2025/02/13/t...

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

EVERGREEN

Look at this Orwellian dumb as fuck bullshit on Google Maps now. We live in the dumbest world. I hate it here.

I’ve always said this was a big key to Trump’s appeal: What perversely excites a lot of people is that he represents liberation from the tyranny of basic decency.

Evidence would strongly suggest Thiel is involved somehow. Really comes down to Thiel vs Murdoch/Roger Ailes. I’m personally debating the introduction of Fox News (1996) vs Thiel/Hulk Hogan’s murder of Gawker (2016). Same continuum for me - maybe a “how it started”/“how it’s going”

As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community. No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality. Hate has no home here.

everyone should ask the president of the united states why he both pardoned and apparently employed the largest number of pedophiles and sex offenders in american history, because both things are true.

Shaking with anger and disgust. These are truly the worst people.

This is it: BEHAVIOR THAT *ISN’T* SOCIOPATHY IS BEING ACTIVELY PUNISHED 🎯

I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses. They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.

www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...