The Donald vs Big Tech

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Pure cult*:
https://x.com/yashar/status/1910040560103989626

That's cult, not kvlt

[astfgyl]

Tis all great craic where I work anyway. Wait no, it's the exact opposite!

Was taking the laissez-faire attitude to it all but now it's all anyone wants to talk about is these stupid tariffs and why they won't buy what I'm selling..

Will any of this do anything for the EU economy in the longer term though? Like will it increase indigenous production or anything positive at all? Serious question because I've been staying away from most of it.

[Bürggermeister]

Pure cult*:
https://x.com/yashar/status/1910040560103989626

That's cult, not kvlt

She had him facing Mordor, which is appropriate, I suppose.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Pure cult*:
https://x.com/yashar/status/1910040560103989626

 

That's not how I've been spelling it, every day you learn something new I suppose

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

We won't be having any learning something new every day, thank you very much: too high a risk of illegal ideas.

[Mooncat]

People reduced to 'it' seems very on brand for MAGA. Reduce them to objects and remove the emotion from it.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

They've already reduced their punishment to entertainment several times now, so this seems mild on that front. Hmm... punishment as entertainment: I'm thinking that might be a bit closer to the decadence of Rome than "woke" 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

'Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs'
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34

Two thought-police leaning stories in one day. But like, literal policing of thought, not the "woke censorship!" hysteria of the last few years.

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism

Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens' antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.

Given current events, this is essentially a cynical means for targeting and excluding those of Arab origin or sympathy.

[Bürggermeister]

No US tour for Kneecap, so.

[Eoin McLove]

I don't have the vocab to properly articulate what's in my head regarding Trump's current activity. I'm baffled at how well he has duped the majority of Americans into following him in his journey of world domination. I don't get how the republicans of all people who bang on about freedom, who claim to be pro-America and the American dream, think that this guy is the man for them as he blatantly seizes absolute power and amasses more and more wealth for himself and his mates. When comes the republican revolution? They need to march on the White House at this stage and get him out. And as I've said before, if this is where politics is headed in the US, I don't know how the democrats can wrest control back without going full retard. I am stumped.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

"republicans of all people"

I think that framing itself goes a long way to explaining how he has duped so many people. Republicans have been the party of militant conservatism for longer than you have been on this planet.

[Eoin McLove]

Exactly that. My point is that they are so conservative, so how have they let this radical come in a second time- a person who is the opposite in every way of conservatism, from his demeanour to his bulldozing approach to policies. Conservatives are supposed to be a bit more slow and steady- I know it doesn't work exactly like that in America with their endless entanglements in wars across the globe,  but even taking that into consideration he is a wild card. In theory at least the left are more inclined to calling for radical change, tearing the system apart etc. That's my limited understanding of it at least. Trump is so unstable and such a destabilising force; maybe he is the anarchist you've always been dreaming of    

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The last person to tear things apart to such a radical extent was Reagan, Trump's true Republican predecessor.

[astfgyl]

Saw some of his cabinet meeting on twitter earlier. Got bored, started thinking about tulsi gabbard's arse instead.

But yeah I still blame the opposition for him getting elected. They got very authoritarian over the last few years in their liberalism. Anyone half decent up for election against trump would surely have beaten him but it was the hapless Biden or the headless Harris, or Donald fucking trump.

A real hobson's choice

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

They didn't get "authoritarian." What's happening now is "getting authoritarian."

I do agree that the DNC lost more than MAGA won. That imo wasn't so much on either Biden or Harris in particular though, but the entire party and its schtick. But all that "woke fascism" stuff... anyone who bought into that let themselves get well and truly hoodwinked by the MAGA crowd and their useful idiots/moles/dicks like Bill Maher.