I mean honestly, it *does* explain how elite backlash against MeToo was about as intense as the reaction to 9/11.

Gonna reiterate this ahead of all the politicians and journalists insisting these pigs are inappropriately expressing valid concerns: their concerns are bullshit. Connor McGregor's pub hasn't been attacked by a mob. The Catholic Church still runs the majority of primary schools. No mobs for them

That's the great thing about being Irish: most of the leaders of the Easter Rising and the founder of the IRA all died before they had to do any peacetime governing, so they're just Heroes simple as. It's just a massive coincidence the one who did survive, DeValera, was a douche /s

it would be political suicide to do it but like 60% of the developed world very badly needs a poltician willing to talk to them like adults and say “listen, you can let in Rahul to work and pay taxes, you can pay more taxes, or your pension can be cut. those are the options. you need to pick one.”

500,000 dead ppl in the poorest parts of the world is insignificant to this Hollywood millionaire www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

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The adamant lack of interest in Trump-Epstein connections from parts of the right that frequently express concern about Jeffrey Epstein, sexual deviancy, elite-protecting cover-ups, etc. is perhaps the single best example showing how they’re entirely devoid of any principle besides us-them.

There is a trolley heading towards five ppl. Pulling the lever kills the person on the other track. It does nothing to alter the trolley's trajectory. Do you pull for fun while pretending it's a protest for the welfare of the five and sending death threats to everyone telling you not to?

So far Musk and Trump have killed 300,000 ppl with USAID cuts. That's more than the first three years of the invasion of Iraq by most measures. I worry it'll get lost cos it means admitting that a hypocritical neoliberal US actually is different from a GOP fascist US but holy fuck it shouldn't

And both get far, far less coverage than “Trump and Musk pull aid to Africa, estimated death toll of over 20 million” because no South Sudanese refugee ever invited Jake Tapper to a cocktail party.

Watching all these finance "professionals" put their blind faith in Trump cos they were excited to get those uppity women and minorities back in their place makes me torn between going even further left on economics and wishing we had capitalists who were actually soulless machines maximising profit

Not even open borders neccesarily, just saying "eh, if you want taxation without representation fine here's ur residency. And if you move here illegally you have to pick up trash for 8 weeks cos it's a misdemanour about not filling in paperwork, no need for us to become psychopaths"

All those furrowed-brow American Prospect pieces about how this is what American has become today, and how our failure to help the forgotten places is what will elect Trump. But then we helped the forgotten places and it turns out no, still just racism all along.

By "filthy mongrel races devoid of pure white blood and their Jewish cucks" you can understand Trump to be criticising healthcare insurance companies

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.

"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."

This is what gets me about these douches branding themselves as anti-establishment: RFK Jr wants to kill your children to avoid admitting that a scientist from a peasant family knows more about vaccines than him. His conspiracist BS is him assuming he knows better than anyone cos he was born rich

I feel like I'm going crazy: ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUSHER OF EPSTEIN RICH PEDO CONSPIRACIES NEVER ASKED TRUMP ABOUT HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH EPSTEIN. NOT EVEN BY MISTAKE OR A SOFTBALL. His "centrism" is branding, he's a GOP goon who'll let Trump and Musk be pedos as long as they cut taxes and bomb Mexico

Armchair hypothesis: the intellectual work of having to think strategically makes killing your neighbours so you can take their shit feel sophisticated and clever. This makes it easier to rationalise why it's not a dumb power fantasy that becomes evil when you apply it to real ppl

YMMV but this feels worse cos the cheerleaders for Bush Jr had the excuse of "I watched innocent ppl jump to their death rather than burn alive cos Bin Laden decided that was the best way to avenge Palestine" while Trump 2.0 has "durr mcdonalds/joe rogan told me to"

Tbf it's totally consistent to say sanctions hurt civilians, but given their relatively broad support of war crimes inflicting unemployment on Israeli/Russian civilians to save Ukrainian/Palestinian lives is acceptable. But a lot of leftists refuse to admit they are making this compromise

Immigration is one of those issues where if ppl were consistent they'd sound insane. I'd love to hear from the guy who doesn't want his job stolen so he's anti-immigration, pro-abortion, constantly encouraging ppl to emigrate, and thinks assisted suicide should be massively expanded

Reminded of Clare Daly denouncing the Russophobia of the EU condemning Navalny's imprisonment. After all what's more hateful towards Russian or Chinese citizens than saying they are not property and playthings of their dictators? /s

We as a society need to get more comfortable with the phrase "I understand it, I just don't respect it"

“All politicians are liars so Obama and Hitler are basically the same” is the dumbest fucking thing 90% of the voting public actually believes.

One of the most high profile early MeToo cases was Kevin Spacey. So sure, many male voters have more sympathy and solidarity with the men who want to rape them than women. These voters are fundamentally pathetic and do not deserve respect

How I ranked parties voting today: High preference: It’s good we take refugees Middling preference: Some refugees are ok Begrudging low preference: Look I’m not racist but we can’t take everyone No preference: Native Irish culture will be destroyed by the woke Soros WEF African great replacement

It's hilarious* how alleged leftists openly mock the idea of caring what happens to a bunch of foreigners in a shithole country, but think it's not racist cos they're mostly white. As if anti Eastern European racism didn't peak with Brexit almost a full decade ago *less hilarious, more sickening

Fuck it everybody just pick a random issue that bugs them and say that's why Trump won. Trump won cos the MCU has been in a slump. Trump won cos video game development times have gotten too long. Trump won cos McDonalds are making us do the dumb Best Burger stuff.

God grant me the serenity to accept I am cooked, The courage to say fuck it we ball, And the wisdom to know when we are so back

The country got asked “You piggies love this slop, don’t you?” and it enthusiastically answered “Oink oink!” And it’s like… I might be a loathsome mess, but at least I have some sense of dignity in the abstract.

Holy shit is there anyone I can vent to without being told "well you're just as bad as the President Grab Them By The Pussy cos you called him a fucking asshole"

If it makes me a bad person so be it, but I think a major source of comfort will be hearing stories of Trump voters getting fucked over by his policies. Every last "I didn't think he'd deport me" or "what do you mean I can't get health insurance?" asshole will get what they deserve

I wish no harm to the american ruling class my enemy is the american people

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What it felt like listening to the HELM message this week. I was waiting for Xivu to throw a glass of wine over Savathun for calling her a messy bitch #destiny #seasonofthewitch