The only thing holding a lot of Americans back from violence is the knowledge that that’s exactly the excuse the regime wants to declare martial law and suspend elections.

The only things holding Americans back from violence are relatively abundant food, entertainment and comfort. All of which will still continue to exist once free elections are gone. Plus what they replace them with will be branded super duper free elections, and that will be enough for a lot of people.

There is little to no evidence that the 1/3rd of eligible voters who didn’t vote in Nov 2024 are any more engaged with what is happening than they were back then.

All they have to do is orchestrate this coup in a somewhat intelligent way that doesn’t immediately collapse the economy and they can absolutely pull it off.

Most Americans are not going to fight for abstract rights when their immediate tangible needs are being met.

They definitely make saxophones too. Probably most of the orchestra lol

Because people should know better than to vote for them but they don’t.

That is a potential solution for people looking to resolve the situation. They don’t want to do that, they just want to effectively ban trans people from public spaces by making both bathroom options wrong/dangerous.

It’s worth remembering specifically why appeasement doesn’t work. The one trying to appease the egotistical bully thinks the bully had limited goals , so if you grant some fraction of that you can avoid their aggression. In reality, bullies don’t have limited goals (they will take exactly as much as they think they can take and no less) and only see appeasement as weakness, which further drives their aggression. That is why appeasement always leads to disaster beyong the immediate short term - it shows you can be successfully leveraged and threatened and so it invites more leveraging and threats.

I hate to use this example but Star Trek Discovery rather clumsily covered this concept in the first season in the Klingon war. The Vulcans realized that Klingons see war and conquest as an inherent part of their culture, and exploiting weakness in others is one of their core beliefs. So they adopted the policy of shoooting at any Klingon vessels on sight (“the Vulcan Hello”) , and the Klingons left them alone.

It’s anathema for people who believe in peace which is why the Federation couldn’t bring themselves to behave this way. It took ruthless logical analysis to arrive at that course of action.

Even the old school chuds on bodybuilding.com would go for the chicken AND broccoli diet. Idk what the point is of completely foregoing fiber.

Why would he leave when he can use the mechanisms of the EU to fuck shit up on behalf of Russia.

On the off chance a lifeguard is needed, we’ll finally get to see the whole Olympian vs normal person comparison.

While you do that AIPAC is ensuring that your 2028 option will be Newsom and Rahm Emanuel or someone else they hand pick. That way they win no matter what happens and Americans remain pay pigs for genocide.

People these days think they invented being freaks but humans have been freaked out for all of time.

It also helps if they’re actually guilty of crimes that the president can hold over them to ensure loyalty.

It basically doesn’t matter if she resigns or not. Whoever takes her place will be decided by Trump who will just want someone who will cover up the worst of the Epstein files, run cover to ICE misconduct, and never prosecute those who bribe Trump. Whether it’s Bondi or not barely matters.

They have the best place to view the night sky because it is undeveloped. How is this so hard for you to understand?

Yeah that’s not true bruh. Takes more than empty space. The only place even comparable is Mona Kea in Hawaii.

Self-hosted options like Mumble also exist.

Self-hosted is a pain to get started with but as everything enshittifies if will only get more important.

The funniest thing about this is that using AI slop for Superbowl ads is actually peak capitalism. The cost of the ad space itself dwarfs the cost for producing the ads, with AI or not. But the worthless MBAs driving this just can’t help themselves.

The fact that this clown is a “Top US Health Official” is a great indication of an empire in decline.

Shit like that gets you labeled a Communist in today’s GOP.

Paid with what? Who stops him from demanding more, and how are they paid and with what? Billionaire power comes from currency that is spendable on a large open market. The market doesn’t exist anymore.

Why will the handyman keep coming?

Look dude I get it you really like Elon

0/10 reading comprehension.

but he’s a criminal and deserves to go to jail or hang for the thousands of people who died due to his USAID cuts.

Agreed.

I’m done with this conversation and you

Cool but what I was saying is that you’ll never pin any of this on him because he managed to do all the damage he did without committing a crime. The fact that this was possible is itself the problem . You haven’t even engaged with what the actual problem is, you’re just reacting emotionally.