I don’t like this, but I can’t dispute it. It won’t matter how bad it gets for the GOP, if the Dems can’t field a stellar candidate, they’ll just win again. Why the hell doesn’t the Left have ANYBODY that can unite and galvanize the party like Obama did?

It would have been nice if America had realized what Trump was, and had the character to act on consequences back when Trump was able to understand what was going on.

We need America to be embarrassed again. We have raised several generations on the idea that anything they think up is worthy of praise and respect, no matter how obnoxious, repellent, stupid or sociopathic it may be. We are absolutely seeing the consequences of a society that never had a filter.

Customer asks me for help with some computer problem I suggest a different (correct) way of accomplishing their task Customer argues that they want to keep doing the exact thing they were doing before We end up in a bizarre, surreal loop of counteroffers and frustration People are so weird

Donald Trump and Elon Musk must face justice. Same goes for Bill Clinton and everyone else named. #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinTrumpFiles #EpsteinFiles

At a certain money/power level, they simply don’t understand right and wrong, it just doesn’t mean anything to them. They can literally do anything they want, and everyone around them is anxious to please their every thought, fulfill every wish.

Why did we try and stop them from eating Tide Pods and inject horse dewormer? Maybe we should have just encouraged massive parties of unmasked, unvaxxed chuds in Montana instead of trying to save them from themselves. We support science, but then try to deflect natural selection. Let Darwin cook.

This is why I am of two minds during arguments about universal voting and letting a TidePod eating nation that reads at a 3rd grade level handle the tax finances of the country: (Maybe I’ve been in customer service jobs too long…)

So, how can we appeal to those who are disgusted with voting for anybody?

America has been into vigilantism for a very long time (see: HOAs) ICE is a pretty natural evolution of our obsession with self-appointed righteousness and sense of heroic destiny, the lone good-guy syndrome. Much of our cinema and storytelling promotes this theme.

PHOENIX - Trump’s ICE goons drive by and MACE peaceful protestors on the sidewalk right in the face for no reason. (From @phoenixnewtimes.com )

RE-REGULATE - Airlines - Housing - Lending - Healthcare - Insurance - Product safety - Energy - Media The country is literally drowning and dying, because our “government” are cowards, terrified of putting a leash on predatory corporations. The “unfettered market” experiment has clearly failed.

50 years of pretty words…

They killed two citizens in cold blood right out in the open .. think about what they are doing behind closed doors

I love when people make bizarre decisions to not do basic, expected things society asks them to do (I want to be special!), and then complain that everything always goes awry and they’re perpetually stressed. It’s very frustrating watching people make their own lives difficult on purpose.

If nobody has slowed him down for a second for the last ten years, why they hell should he stop? Dem “leadership” appears to be waiting for Trump to have some moral epiphany, meanwhile, MAGA just merrily does whatever the hell they want.

Coworker asked me if I thought we were headed for a civil war. I don’t think so. First of all, we have short attention spans, especially about outrage. Nobody even mentions Epstein now. Secondly, I think most people simply have too much to lose. Job, family, retirement, financial stability, etc

Almost every post about Trump has an underlying presumption that he should feel embarrassment about whatever idiocy he does in that moment. This entire century has been dedicated to frantically ELIMINATING any sense of embarrassment in society, and Trump is merely the culmination of that effort.

@theliamnissan.bsky.social I’m sure you’ve seen this one…. 😂

I’m not religious, but I do say “Jesus Christ!” and “Goddammit!” all the time, so, it’s not like I’m not participating.

The Dems would have a ludicrously easy path to victory in November if only voters could trust them to DO what we are ALL screaming at them to do. (Meanwhile, the GOP has a stellar track record of doing exactly whatever destructive, stupid and brutal shit that they say they will.)

Good to hear Arizona has its priorities in order on the important issues facing us today.

8 year olds in China are starting businesses and investing in real estate, while our 8 year olds are playing Steal A Brainrot on Roblox. If you’re not angry about the direction of our culture, or defend it…

Controversial statement: A 50 year old still obsessed with college sports is just as creepy as a non-parent 30 year old attending 8 year olds’ soccer games.

The elites will have no reason to take us peasants seriously if we keep acting stupid. Fighting about race crap, being obnoxious about social issues, chasing instagram clout, pumping out pointless children like we are farm animals, paying $60 for delivered food, using credit stupidly…

As crappy as the world is, one advantage these kids coming up have is incredibly low expectations. Just demonstrating basic competency is now seen as exceptional achievement, so it’s never been easier to blow your peers out of the water.

People will argue with witnesses to J6 or 9/11, who were actually specifically documenting the events firsthand… …then passionately swallow Biblical accounts and writings written hundreds of years after the events, by translating writers who couldn’t possibly have seen or heard anything.

People want to be comforted, want to be validated and want to feel special. They want to hear their opinions reflected back at them in a different voice, want to believe in something, anything. It’s why fooling and suckering people is so damn easy for politicians, priests and corporations to do.

Exactly Trump’s playbook, too

When I was 16 in 1988, everybody’s goal was to fit in, not be a weirdo and be as mature as possible. Being 16 in 2026 seems to be the complete opposite. I get why our parents looked at us like we were an alien species.

Remember, it wasn’t the workers who created the taboo against discussing salaries with coworkers.

They say America was founded as a Christian nation. But with perseverance and hard work, we can overcome that initial handicap and finally rise to become a nation of quality and prosperity.

Americans prefer the “freedom” to choose fifteen terrible options over having a fantastic thing imposed upon them. We value the control, rather than the quality of result. I think this is why policy ideas about universal healthcare or national educational standards don’t go anywhere.

The very first step in addressing any of the problems that society has (low education rankings, homelessness, bankruptcies from medical, etc) is to be ASHAMED of it. Too often see people rush to make defiant excuses, which just shows how we are NOT ready to actually improve ourselves.

I get into too many conversation with people who confuse explanations with excuses.

“America was founded as a Christian nation!” The Pilgrims/Puritans were psychotic extremists that were deemed too dangerously insane for England, so I wouldn’t exactly call it a flex. Actually, it explains a lot about our society… 🤔

Is America still a “First World” nation? Considering healthcare, economic mobility, education achievement, personal security, infrastructure, environment, homelessness, elder care, government corruption, etc, it’s at least a debatable question to ponder.

I should start a business where I come in and solve your problems. From what I experience and hear daily of people’s stupid problems, I feel confident that I can usually do it. (Whether or not you LIKE my solution is entirely irrelevant.)