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God the US is so far on the Authoritarian side of the graph that even our "burn down the government deregulate everything" party can't help themselves. Any vote

by Spivak 2y ago

God the US is so far on the Authoritarian side of the graph that even our "burn down the government deregulate everything" party can't help themselves. Any voter romanticism about having the government have less control over your life surely has to be dispelled by this point. This was the GOPs moment to actually deregulate things in a manner that's good for people and they just said, "we're keeping everything the same, just with conspiracy theories added." I mean it's probably for the best that they're squandering their shot on stupid shit like this but I still wonder if they will ever wake up and realize their position as not the opposition party anymore and that they have to / get to lead — tackle the bigger issues and shape the direction of the country going forward. They won, they owned the libs mission accomplished whatever and now it's their moment to govern and they're still acting like pissed off back seat drivers. In tech terms they're the principal architects now and they're using that power to get their preferences on minor PR reviews merged.

giraffe_lady 2y ago
They're doing exactly what they wanted to do and planned to do. To a significant extent these were the goals of the american conservative movement going back decades. This is what leadership means to the right and what it always has. Death and destruction.
- techpineapple 2y ago
  I feel like it’s a very strange person that is comforted by all of this. I am super susceptible to nostalgia, but in a nerdy VHS and Afghan blanket kind of way, nothing about any of what Trump is doing makes me think of the good old days. And I long for the good old days!
  - andrekandre 2y ago
    > the good old days. probably we are not old enough to remember them (with the arguably rose-tinted glasses) as some others...
watwut 2y ago
I really do not understand why you think "this was the GOPs moment to actually deregulate things in a manner that's good for people". Nothing about this moment created conditions for such a thing. There was no support for such a thing and no real promiss to do such a thing. No track record fod GOP proposing good regulation. Project 2025 was known and not about helping people. The anto vaccine regulations are already a thing in red states.

by Spivak 2y ago

giraffe_lady 2y ago

They're doing exactly what they wanted to do and planned to do. To a significant extent these were the goals of the american conservative movement going back decades. This is what leadership means to the right and what it always has. Death and destruction.

techpineapple 2y ago
I feel like it’s a very strange person that is comforted by all of this. I am super susceptible to nostalgia, but in a nerdy VHS and Afghan blanket kind of way, nothing about any of what Trump is doing makes me think of the good old days. And I long for the good old days!
- andrekandre 2y ago
  > the good old days. probably we are not old enough to remember them (with the arguably rose-tinted glasses) as some others...

watwut 2y ago

I really do not understand why you think "this was the GOPs moment to actually deregulate things in a manner that's good for people". Nothing about this moment created conditions for such a thing. There was no support for such a thing and no real promiss to do such a thing. No track record fod GOP proposing good regulation. Project 2025 was known and not about helping people. The anto vaccine regulations are already a thing in red states.