Roseanne Barr as the counter to Dolly? Seems about right.

Because people need a common term that’s memorable to describe it.

Something like “owner’s rake” or “worker juice.”

I woke up the other day and thought, “What if Putin launched a nuclear war on the US? And the current administration knew beforehand but did nothing other than leave the country in advance of the bombs making impact?”

Just a reminder that the LDS Church has $206 Billion in the bank.

A church. $206 Billion.

But you’ll do nothing to stop him.

There’s no belief - there’s accepting modern science or unknowingly joining the club of the cognitively challenged.

Mr. Free Speech Absolutist strikes again.

Tulsi only gave her device to Russian intelligence to install exclusive games not available in the US.

I don’t see the issue here. Gabbard is known to be trustworthy. Let her play the cool games.

Not sure how much of this story you’ll be able to read:

https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/monopoly-round-up-the-democrats-corporate

Matt Stoller discusses how the well connected Democratic Lawyers caved.

They need round-the-clock community driven monitoring and protection.

Might as well get started catching the fascists in the act.

The energy a narcissist can commit to vengeance is unimaginable to the regular person.

Putting people on planes and shipping them off to prisons without due process.

When have we seen this before?

This is what they all paid for, right?

Those “free speech” dollars are working as planned.

I just cancelled my subscription. Unfortunate that he couldn’t do more after so many people supported him during the API debacle.

Playground antics can work on these types of people. First, you have to understand who they think they are, and what they take pride in. Then attack them incessantly based on the knowledge of what constitutes their ego.

This point should be understood by all - they’re programmed to get a dopamine hit in the moment by pissing you off.

They’re not arguing in good faith and all the time you spend making rational statements is a waste. Nobody is keeping a scorecard that punishes them for losing an intellectual discussion.

The opposition to MAGA has to find a new path, because applying rational arguments in discussions ain’t going to work.

Why is such a group allowed on Facebook?

I agree some form of consistent opposition messaging is needed.

The maga world talks in consistent themes and terminology, which creates a psychological advantage. Unfortunately, it’s playground psychology, but if that’s the game being played you need to find a way to win at it.

My claim is it isn’t constructive to scream about “corporations” without actively understanding the core issues. Corporations are human constructs governed by a set of laws within whatever locality they exist.

We have allowed corporations to become overly powerful and greedy by letting our elected officials effectively accept bribes in the form of so-called election finance. This has led to regulatory capture by corporations.

My point is corporations are whatever we allow them to be, and after generations of allowing them to become monopolistic behemoths, we either need to find a way to reign in their power or we’ll be run over.

If you want to reign in corporations, you have to start by changing the systems that govern them. Screaming that they’re greedy is a fools errand, they’re obviously greedy in the current form. We need to take action and actually hold people accountable.

As a reasonably experienced “data guy,” this seems obviously laughable, but the discussion on X is scary. This guy is a savior in the MAGA world.

We can criticize and poke fun all day, but it doesn’t matter much if our message isn’t challenging the mindset of those with other opinions.

How do we make better use of our time to impact outside opinion?