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It's gonna be a weird few years that's for sure. I'll leave it to the historians to decide when the actual tipping point was but the shift in the GOP from being

by Spivak 2y ago

It's gonna be a weird few years that's for sure. I'll leave it to the historians to decide when the actual tipping point was but the shift in the GOP from being run by Republicans with a few bones thrown to Conservatives every now and again when it's time to drum up votes to the show now being run by Conservatives is going to be the point between two political eras. It's by far not the first time this has happened but it's kinda surreal to be alive for one.

gunian 2y ago
wait till you unlock 1984 esque reality they are beta testing on us rn when you see slavery is still very alive im sure this will seem like just a playful moment
- notyourwork 2y ago
  I want to entertain you but use a caps lock and some punctuation from time to time. It gives your comments more credence.
  - deleted 2y ago
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- jmb99 2y ago
  At least in the US, slavery is alive and well. 13th amendment abolishes slavery except as punishment for a crime, and prisoners all over the country perform forced labour for a small fraction of federal minimum wage.
  - gunian 2y ago
    haha just wait until you unlock the open air slavery they are testing don't even need a conviction just gotta piss off the right spoiled rich folk :) ever seen a reality where multiple people have access to all your accounts but no matter what you do your bank or anyone else can't seem to help
    - boppo1 2y ago
      This is what the 2nd is for.
  - blah2244 2y ago
    Attempts to eliminate this have even failed in solid blue states -- Prop 6 in California failed 53-47 last election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_California_Proposition_6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_California_Proposition_6
jltsiren 2y ago
I'd say it was the decline and fall of the Soviet block. Without the external pressure to remain competitive, the balance shifted from realism towards ideology.
- ragnese 2y ago
  The U.S. still has competition from Europe and China, no? I'm not convinced that the puritanical fanatics would ever make the rational decision to ease up on their efforts for the sake of the economy. For non-Western examples, see Iran and Afghanistan since the mid 20th century.
  - kloop 2y ago
    > The U.S. still has competition from Europe and China, no? Not militarily, at least not the way the Soviets were competition. If the US really is on the Roman path and transitioning from the republic to the empire, it's not clear Europe + China have enough force to keep MAD in place. Europe + China have between 500-750 nuclear weapons usable on short notice. Depending on how well classified US missile defense programs work, it's possible for the US to only lose a single digit number of metropolitan areas. Combine this with the fact that large, dense urban areas primarily contain the current administration's political opponents, and that may become acceptable losses. A potential alliance between the US and Russia being on the table (or at least a non-aggression pact) further bring a non-MAD world order into the range of possibilities.
account42 2y ago
It's not any more surreal than the extreme shift in the other direction we had before. If anything, what you are experiencing now is just the expecte (over)correction to that.

by Spivak 2y ago

gunian 2y ago

wait till you unlock 1984 esque reality they are beta testing on us rn when you see slavery is still very alive im sure this will seem like just a playful moment

notyourwork 2y ago
I want to entertain you but use a caps lock and some punctuation from time to time. It gives your comments more credence.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
jmb99 2y ago
At least in the US, slavery is alive and well. 13th amendment abolishes slavery except as punishment for a crime, and prisoners all over the country perform forced labour for a small fraction of federal minimum wage.
- gunian 2y ago
  haha just wait until you unlock the open air slavery they are testing don't even need a conviction just gotta piss off the right spoiled rich folk :) ever seen a reality where multiple people have access to all your accounts but no matter what you do your bank or anyone else can't seem to help
  - boppo1 2y ago
    This is what the 2nd is for.
- blah2244 2y ago
  Attempts to eliminate this have even failed in solid blue states -- Prop 6 in California failed 53-47 last election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_California_Proposition_6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_California_Proposition_6

jltsiren 2y ago

I'd say it was the decline and fall of the Soviet block. Without the external pressure to remain competitive, the balance shifted from realism towards ideology.

ragnese 2y ago
The U.S. still has competition from Europe and China, no? I'm not convinced that the puritanical fanatics would ever make the rational decision to ease up on their efforts for the sake of the economy. For non-Western examples, see Iran and Afghanistan since the mid 20th century.
- kloop 2y ago
  > The U.S. still has competition from Europe and China, no? Not militarily, at least not the way the Soviets were competition. If the US really is on the Roman path and transitioning from the republic to the empire, it's not clear Europe + China have enough force to keep MAD in place. Europe + China have between 500-750 nuclear weapons usable on short notice. Depending on how well classified US missile defense programs work, it's possible for the US to only lose a single digit number of metropolitan areas. Combine this with the fact that large, dense urban areas primarily contain the current administration's political opponents, and that may become acceptable losses. A potential alliance between the US and Russia being on the table (or at least a non-aggression pact) further bring a non-MAD world order into the range of possibilities.

account42 2y ago

It's not any more surreal than the extreme shift in the other direction we had before. If anything, what you are experiencing now is just the expecte (over)correction to that.