Interesting insight into Hollywood business models that simplifies down to the same issues the economy has over all - it’s all about making more money for billionaires at the top. Screw the actual business, the people who work in it, and its customers.

Tyranny of the majority is what the white and wealthy call letting the poor or oppressed ethnicities have a say

Obvious traitor is obvious

History will look back at the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014 as the start of WWWIII. Just like WWII, democracies were too hesitant to stand up to the authoritarian. Their weakness was seen and exploited until they were forced into war. We don’t want war, but better to enter on our own terms.

Hegseth calling smoke the “fog of war”… Arrgh how infuriating that such a damn idiot about the military thinks he’s god’s gift to the military. Smoke or fog is literal smoke/fog, not the “fog of war”.

I remember telling my congressman (Moulton) back in the day that ICE needed to be disbanded and getting some “centrist” response about why they needed to be kept. Not a good look now is it? The patterns should be obvious but there’s a failure of imagination & an “it could never happen here” attitude

We get told we DESERVE everything our way by advertising then act like children in every aspect of our lives - no wonder we elect children who tell us everything we want to hear and have no sense of responsibility.

Maybe It Is 1938 Again—Just Worse #ukraine youtu.be/_PKwf6mtaMQ

It’s been many years since I read Howard Zinn’s people’s history. I’ve been seeing a lot of videos by Tad Stoermer who has a book coming out that seems in the same mold. Looking forward to reading it.

Re: The “men are in a bad place” theme-if you have a traditional “man’s man” mindset then complaining is antithetical to your world view. If you think that mindset is bullshit, then why do you need a new model of masculinity? You are a human and have human problems. The new model should be “human”.

Logical plan this guy suggests. Call mass murders sheep because they’re all following a script. Both the traditional media & individuals on social media need to do a better job of not naming them. Erase them people from history, in the don’t give them attendance sense, & less people will copy them.

Besides the 2nd generation paragraph noted in the title, another choice statement is that the US’s advantage is not its people but its allies and a reliable currency. So of course Trump screws our allies and wants a yes man as Fed chair. We’ve got a President tailor made to destroy the US.

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. Chuck, Hakeem - CHANGE!

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If the US military is privately funded, that makes it a private military.

Abuse of the rules by mike johnson to not seat Adelita S. Grijalva is just so authoritarian. The entire GOP is an authoritarian nightmare, not just trump. #releasetheepsteinfiles

As a regular person, I can’t buy a politician, but I can NOT buy - disney+, amazon anything, tesla. I can NOT use facebook/instagram/threads or tiktok (soon owned by larry ellison) #buynothing

When they say the #nokings protest is unamerican, they are telling you they think trump = America.

During the #shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to let the House meet. Where’s the work for the American people Mike? What a lazy bum.

Hear this Democratic National Committee - you need to abandon the rich and corporations to have any chance of holding power again. Stop being right-wing lite!

Wow, started by an immigrant. There has to be a place in hell for this guy.

Leave the free speech argument aside - the mindset that what you say can exist in a vacuum is baffling. It’s an elitist/ivory tower way of thinking. Think critically about the human condition - what is said is not and never will be independent. Everything is connected.

More and more blatant by the day but the hypocrisy of his defenders will continue. Where’s those folks always up in arms with false claims of govt tyranny when there is real govt tyranny? #dictatorship

Of course he’d deprioritize it - he doesn’t want to get caught! Release the Epstein files!

MAGA wants this! Vance wanting this is even worse than the folks who say they aren’t racist because they have non-white friends and relatives.

Money changes you

The rich will burn everything to the ground because of their greed

Collectively as a species we keep ending up with these kinds of crazies in charge. Immortality through organ transplants? That’s a tiktok influencer or Saturday morning cartoon villain goal. With an equivalent nut job in charge in the US - it’s clear we are a fundamentally incompetent species.

The Democrats aren’t going to get their act together. We need to stand up new organizations.

After watching a few of this guy’s videos - hearing what you’ve been thinking said out loud is scary

Vote with your wallet. Stop consuming. It’s the only real power we have. The wealthy have been keeping all the profits for themselves for decades. So what if the economy goes south if everyone stops spending? It’s not like it’s working for most people now.

#taco When your master negotiation skills get you nothing you said you wanted and now you agree with everything the other guy wanted. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Stewart/Colbert 2028: Because if you’re gonna be governed by jokes, they might as well be 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠. At least these two know when they’re being ironic. Sharp suits, sharper minds—and, finally, satire you can trust! 🇺🇸🎤 #StewartColbert2028 #MakeSatireGreatAgain

But of course the average liberal still flies everywhere for their vacation

It’s too bad we’ll lose all our progress due to the authoritarian-empowering effects of climate change before we can overcome the current round of authoritarians. Physics doesn’t care about the timeline we need to overcome our problems.

Imposter syndrome is a failure of assumptions. No other human has any idea what they’re doing either. The confident ones are too un-self aware to recognize it.

McVeigh would wear MAGA hat if he were alive today

Excuse me, but what didn't David Brooks see coming? open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

In the search for a new name for the pending depression, no name change is needed. A simple change in emphasis will suffice. It’s a GREAT depression !

Tariffs - Make America Grim Again?

Department of Government Efficiency? The real name they don’t speak aloud is Destruction of Government Effectiveness.