I fucking can’t with the news anymore. Holy shit.

The “move fast and break things” mantra of silicon valley is bad enough when you aren’t talking about breaking a goddamn nuclear reactor.

It’s chilling that this article is from October and basically lays out how the overthrow of democracy would take place - exactly what’s been happening since then.

The speed at which we’re descending into the dark enlightenment period is beyond alarming.

In September of last year, the podcast Behind the Bastards did a two part series on right wing blogger Curtis Yarvin, his connections to Peter Theil, and his influence on JD Vance. I highly recommend these episodes for anyone who wants to know where this is all headed.

Yarvin has, for years, pushed the notion of RAGE (retire all government employees), and his dark enlightenment movement centers on dismantling democracy and installing a neo-feudalistic system of government in which oligarchs rule as kings.

This is not some crazy new proposal that will be ignored by the people in power. This is the endgame. The oligarchs and right wing fascists Trump has surrounded himself with have been pushing this for years, just waiting for their moment.

If you don’t think this is a big deal, then you probably won’t realize until it’s too late.

FDR was probably the greatest president we’ve ever had.

It defaults to inverted flight controls, which some people like, but others hate. I suggest your partner disable the inverted controls.

https://join-lemmy.org/ is a fantastic resource for onboarding. They even have a great list of apps with pictures of the interfaces for each: https://join-lemmy.org/apps

The worlds and gameplay are varied enough to always keep you from getting bored. The controls are pretty solid but aren’t offering anything groundbreaking. The dialogue is not great, often cringe but occasional good moments. The story and villains are poorly written. Lots of nods to other video games, pretty ham-handed but they can be fun sometimes. The fun you have will depend on who you play with. 7/10 for me.

No, just a DM with no response. That was last Monday. Do you have an email address for him?

What do you think The Pink News reports on?

It won’t get enough votes, but it will force people to vote and show who they really are.

When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.

• Trump, August 2024.

You said the Democrats, and I told you we’ve elected loads of Democrats and obviously do not have universal healthcare. You’ve also failed to mention a single Democrat we could have elected to get universal healthcare. Can you provide any justification for your claim that it’s the voters’ fault that we’re in this mess?

Yes, but I’m asking you to back up your argument:

Then the murderers would be the voters who consistently choose this system.

Then who should the voters have chosen? We’ve had many Democrats, but no universal healthcare. It’s not even part of their platform. Yes, they’re better than the Republicans by a country mile, but you said the voters chose this system, so who could we have voted for?

I know what the DNC is. I’m asking who we specifically could have elected that would have gotten us universal healthcare. It wasn’t even on the platform agenda for 2024.

So who did we fail to elect that would have gotten us universal healthcare?

Lol. When exactly did US voters get an option to vote for universal healthcare?

Yeah, I’m so glad that we have health insurance companies to take our money first, then deny our claims so that we can die poor.

Yeah based on the time since the last official update, I’m not hopeful that this will be resolved. Thanks for the reply. I’ll probably start looking around for other clients.

The whole aim of the GOP is to benefit rich people. They’re bought and paid for by the 1%. All of their culture war fear mongering is set up as a distraction from the fact that we’re losing the class war.