@greycat Feel like you're reading genuine surprise in my post where it does not exist, while simultaneously missing the dripping sarcasm in the word "amazing."
I mean when push comes to shove was I actually expecting the American Nazi Party to vote against Trump's pick (Gaetz)?
No, not really; in fact given some of the people Dems approved last time, I wouldn't be surprised if some of THEM voted to confirm Gaetz to "hold our an olive branch."
But the fact that Trump doesn't even have to give a shit is just another example of why America is and has always been what folks like me been telling you they are.
My favorite subplot to the Trump cabinet appointments is the fact that he can subvert the checks and balances in our system by just appointing a pederast to Attorney General when the Senate is out of session and literally NOBODY in the mainstream is saying "holy shit this is a bad system and our checks and balances are a lie."
It's amazing how when it would benefit regular people the rules are ironclad and unbeatable but whenever it would help rich fascists the rules don't really exist at all
@tadbithuman I mean she doesn't NEED to manufacture antisemitism in this case; she's talking about a neonazi march - as in nazi flags, we love Hiter, "The Holocaust was a good thing actually" neonazis.
Choosing to pretend the neonazis MIGHT be on the left, and transitioning the discussion to left wing anti-genocide protestors was an ACTIVE choice.
Neonazis march in Ohio and she literally says "we don't know what side of aisle this is coming from" then transitions into there is antisemitism on both sides and bashing left wing genocide protestors.
The American media couldn't be happier that the nazis won this election. This shit is institutional; any excuse to punch left - even when we're talking about neonazis.
@simon_brooke It's funny you mention that because the chunderhead that inspired me to write this thread described both fascism and genocide as words that were "like newspeak."
@Hoggrim Sure, I mean I wasn't really saying it represented a pre-capitulation to Trump, so much as that the American media and entertainment complex is pretty reactionary and gross.
Have I mentioned how dystopian it is that as the world burns we're not thinking about ending the capitalism that's burning it, but we ARE making nighttime TV dramas about hard-jawed hyper masculine firefighters and the inexplicably attractive women who love them?
Amazing to me the election is over and yet all of these ads during this football game are still pretty fascist; military ads, stuff about "true patriots," and a million new drama series about either cops or very macho firefighters/lifeguards.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell In total fairness, the prior existence of Prussian Military Cult, German colonialism, and the widespread societal embrace of race "science" in mainstream German society also gave the Nazis a similar advantage. But point taken.
Ultimately I do NOT want to seek medical attention unless I have to because we're in a pretending we're post-Covid world, even medical professionals are refusing to mask, and hospitals are literally where sick people congregate so I tend to think of them as Covid factories. If resting keeps me from having to seek medical attention in that situation, I think it's clearly worth it.
Alright, my arm is increasingly becoming a hanging lump of meat; I think I probably avoided any serious damage when my shoulder popped out yesterday, but there does seem to be a direct relationship between muscle fatigue, pain, and mobility. So I'm going to step away from the keyboard for a bit, maybe lie down for a few hours, watch the Lions game, etc.
Writer, analyst, anti-capitalist, anarcho-syndicalist. "So if I can shoot rabbits, then I can shoot fascists."Que Se Vayan Todos. Ni ici ni ailleurs. No pasarán.Slumming 'round Carcosa with a library card and zero f*cks left to give. PS: under no circumstances do I want to talk about voting, or your vote - ever.