I think of the same thing when people talk about “life isn’t fair” or “the world” generally or whatever. Like sure we don’t live in a just universe (whatever the fuck that’d look like) but it’s not life causing a lot of the problems that people respond to with these platitudes, it’s fucking people… And the people responsible are sometimes the same ones dropping the platitudes.

Sure, Trump definitely didn’t run a continual pressure campaign to get rate cuts in late 2019 that ultimately resulted in the Fed cutting rates two months from a worldwide economic crisis. They would’ve just done so of their own free accord as an absolutely independent body that aren’t at all indebted to the people who appoint them and keep them in their seats:

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1VB1I1/

Fucking /s

Edit: Of course there are conventions of deference and independence, but those are conventions (a.k.a. things that a blowhard, wanton dictator in the office doesn’t actually give half a shit about).

Yeah that’s where the whole house of cards comes crumbling down hopefully.

As long as I’ve known about this guy I think I’ve known that he’s all about being over leveraged. He’s like the poster child for debt. He used to take bigly advantage of debt in his many bankrupcies too.

I have sometimes even thought that maybe he had the Fed lower rates in December 2019 / January 2020 just so he could take out more loans at lower rates.

The basic paradox is that you’re better off with more miserable people who barely want to live than with less people who enjoy their lives a tiny bit more than that.

I ultimately think it’s a load of bunk, but that’s the supposed paradox.

There is the repugnant conclusion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_addition_paradox but I don’t really buy it.

COVID almost took him out too. If it weren’t for those meddling medical professionals!

While that’s likely true, on paper assets for very rich people equal out to cash whenever they feel like because instead of cashing out paper assets, you just borrow against them.

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He’s not my favorite either, but he at least beat the orange fascist wannabe once at the ballot box and fingers crossed he does it again.

Voting and/or gotv efforts are easier than removing a dictator via revolution so that’s what I advocate. Call me square all you like.

Doesn’t offend me at all, because I don’t live in fantasy land. You were implying that filling the seat and keeping the status quo is worthless, but it isn’t.

It’s honestly odd to me that people like yourself that claim to believe that Trump signals actual fascism seem relatively ok with the prospect that he could win. It’s not the status quo couch potatoes that are the first in front of the firing squad if fascism gets empowered, it’s the organizers and the protestors. It’s the “leftists” you claim to be part of. Dude wanted to shoot protestors in his last stint in office and people like yourself are basically fine with his return.

Accelerationism is fucking stupid.

In addition to that point (that’s very supported historically) accelerationism doesn’t even accelerate the advent of “true leftism” or whatever. Mussolini stayed in power for decades. The odds of “the left” winning some kind of actual war in this country without the support of industry, the military, or the police are pathetically small.

But sure, don’t vote and shit talk Biden cuz that’ll get us gay space communism in 2024. 🥱

Turkeys voting for Thanksgiving

until they eventually lose anyway and we get the fascism they didn’t bother to do anything to stop except temporarily occupying offices in its way.

You: we’re gonna eventually get fascism anyway, so why not today?

I dunno, maybe because every electoral cycle that you aren’t under fascism is still better than being under it? Like if nothing else, you’re keeping the status quo that isn’t them executing political rivals and doing mass deportations for a time. I’d argue even if they’ve accomplished nothing else that is obviously better.

So you had a long think on this response and decided that your take that Hillary was responsible for Trump was too nuanced? 😆

There are material differences between Democrats and Republicans and acting like there aren’t serves nobody (except perhaps Republicans).

I tried to watch a horror movie in the theater and because of all of the amenities a gaggle of karens were getting hammered on skinny margs or whatever and would not shut the fuck up the entire movie. It completely ruined the movie, and this was in one of those alamo whatever theaters where they tell you to STFU fifteen times before the movie starts. My wife complained like 80x to no avail and at the end of the movie when the lights came up I cussed them all out.

Fuck the theater. I have a 65" TV with surround sound at home I don’t need your fucking theater.

Edit: also when and why did they start making it so you had to reserve theater tickets days ahead of time? Who the hell wants to have a concert ticket buying experience at the movies?

!thathappened@lemmy.world

An “awful wallful” is when you log back into Facebook for the first time in a decade and your entire friendlist have become QAnon believers.

If I almost got sucked off on a plane and was left to fend for myself, I think I might sue as well. 😛

(Is there a legal precedent for a pain and suffering judgment being rendered for blue balls?)

It’s worth pointing out that the two opposing countries / nations / city states in this cartoon would have to have similar governments with similar charters, and similar selection processes for their representatives.

It is lunacy to say things like “Obummer was a dictator!” when he was selected twice by people voting, and then peaceably left the office after his two terms completely in line with the Constitution.

Now can you say the same thing about, for instance, Putin?

Versus all of the other systems (single party communism, single party fascism, etc.) which are all about the freedom of choice. /s 🙄

I had one (my first block here) that was trying to say that it was unknown whether Biden could be trusted to leave office after his second term voluntarily and that they were both dyed in the wool fascists but of course he(/she/they/it) defended only Trump throughout the thread.