Notices by Greengordon (greengordon@spore.social), page 2

@pluralistic on conservatism:

What binds "white nationalists, American imperialists, misogynists, Christian fundamentalists, and finance bros" together? Conservatives believe that some people are born to rule and others to be ruled. Progressives believe nobody was born to rule others.

From his book #TheLostCause.

#uspol #cdnpoli

@DrALJONES

This is the message Trump wanted to send so that he could create a gang of lawless thugs to do his bidding. He doesn't need to prosecute people like Fauci and Milley - he'll just set his goons on them.

"By pardoning the Jan6 rioters, incl fmr Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio (serving 22 yrs), Trump is saying, "If you're my violent mob, I got your back. There's no penalty for violence against my enemies."

#uspol

@GeriatricGardener @thecanaryuk

With Trump and fossil fuel companies winning, nonviolent sabotage is one of only two ways we have left to save ourselves. (The other way is violence, a la Luigi or much larger scale.)

“Activists from #ShutTheSystem have cut fibre optic cables to offices of hundreds of insurance companies, in a new form of non-violent direct action."

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

@mekkaokereke

And Joe Biden with his big smile...wearing a MAGA hat. Wow. Who's side you on, Joe?

@potus

And that is a big part of why you're going into the dust bin of history with a poor reputation.

"I've always been a capitalist."
-Joe Biden

Albert Einstein: 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.'

#capitalism #ClimateChange

@dbattistella

"4/ Heartbreak is replacing my anger. Two things have sunk in, I think. The first is that there can be no resolution. That is, the active pursuit of the genocide will cease, I'm sure. But there is no redress for genocide. It is, and should be, a mark of Cain. —>"

@dbattistella

That one hit hard for me, too. Once your country has committed a genocide…there’s no undoing that. It’s a black mark for eternity.

Reading @pluralistic 's Radicalized, in which people get so pissed off that they start killing healthcare CEOs and their political lackeys. I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time before people start going after oil company executives, too.

@Gargron

Thank you, I’m on 2.9.3 and it looks like the current release is 4.3, so I’m way behind!

I assume it should be auto-updating, so I’ll have to look into why that’s not happening. I had to go into Play Store to update.

Thanks again! I left a 5-star rating and a good review!

@Gargron

It would be easier to leave a positive review if Devs would stop breaking Mastodon. A few weeks ago I started getting the error 'No application exists to open the link,' or words to that effect. I have to copy and paste the link into a browser, so half the time I don't bother. That's on Mastodon for Android. Works fine on my Macbook.

$169,000 Canadian for it and it can't handle snow. Of course other members of the cult blame this owner for being too picky...

"Tesla Cybertruck Owner in Canada Says the Truck is “Dangerous” After Experiencing First Drive in the Snow; Forced to Slow Down to 25 Mph on the Highway & Stop Multiple Times to Clean the Headlights"
https://www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-cybertruck-owner-canada-says-truck-dangerous-after-experiencing-first-drive-snow-forced

American executives may be the best in the world at enshittifying an entire industry in very short time.

"Less than a third (31%) of Americans said they have a positive view of the healthcare system, compared with 51% who said the same in 2020"

#capitalism #EatTheRich #health

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/healthcare-trust-accountability?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@philip_cardella

No such thing is possible. It's been tried, more than once. Capitalism creates rich people who then use their money and power to corrupt democracy. Every. Single. Time.

"A healthy capitalist system..."

#capitalism

Michael Moore on the #unitedhealthcare CEO murder:

“The anger is 1000% justified. It is long overdue for the media to cover it. It is not new. It has been boiling. And I’m not going to tamp it down or ask people to shut up. I want to pour gasoline on that anger.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/16/yes-i-condemn-michael-moore-responds-to-luigi-mangiones-manifesto?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@GuyDudeman

Great post, thanks!

"And you are an alarmist. You are saying that this must lead to this, and you can’t prove it. These are the beginnings, yes; but how do you know for sure when you don’t know the end, and how do you know, or even surmise, the end? On the one hand, your enemies, the law, the regime, the Party, intimidate you. On the other, your colleagues pooh-pooh you as pessimistic or even neurotic. You are left with your close friends...

"But your friends are fewer now."

@mycotropic @xenotar @godpod

I actually have a very relative who had polio as a child and was crippled for life - she has one dead leg, basically. She is an anti-vaxxer because her preacher tells her so. 🙃

@godpod

To be fair, not all humans forgot about polio and vaccines.

@inthehands @GottaLaff

I believe Laffy is right - I hold similar views. Basically, none of those people have any integrity and will be looking for a chance to stab someone else in the back to improve their own position. No honour among thieves is true.

I think there are multiple, partially conflicting power groups. Some actually do want to destroy the US, some want to remake it in their own image, some just want to hurt people. They're all sociopathic grifters.

@bespacific

WaPo should change their slogan to 'Democracy Died in Darkness - and we helped!'

@persagen

I can answer this one:

"Why does he demonize reporters rather than answering their questions?”

Because he doesn’t have any answers, and his goal is to create mistrust of everyone except him among conservatives.