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Remember that Hegseth recently celebrated that CNN is being taken over by a friend of the administration who will eagerly parrot their propaganda in the service

Remember that Hegseth recently celebrated that CNN is being taken over by a friend of the administration who will eagerly parrot their propaganda in the service of keeping the idiocracy controlled. FCC commissioner Carr threatened media licenses for firms that aren't positive enough about the Iran war (or is it a war? Special military operation?) The US is in a bizarre place right now. The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism), from enlisting tech execs in the military, to demanding complete control over all commerce (including demanding ownership stakes), to absolute chilling control over speech. Bizarre how the same people who have been using communism as their boogieman for decades are the biggest cheerleaders. Trump is a pathetic, demented, halfwit diddler Temu-version of Xi, and it's comical irony. It's why he's surrounded by garbage people, like the drunk tough-guy-speech-from-ChatGPT joke of a Department of SortofWar, Hegseth, the clown who only ever achieve major and is a massive embarrassment to the men and women of the armed forces. Pathetic. Though note that the communism is only in regards to government control, corruption and self-dealing. Zero benefits for Americans, unless you're a billionaire. Americans knowingly voted for this. They willingly lined themselves up to be future Soylent Green for their plutocrat class. Biggest self-destruction in the history of mankind.

yoyohello13 7mo ago
It is mind boggling how so many people in the US are STILL supporting Trump. Like, do you not have eyes? All those movies about evil people gaining power with nonsensical support from the population were actually just telling the truth. Humans in aggregate are not capable of managing themselves.
- jfengel 7mo ago
  They do indeed have eyes. This is what they voted for and they are getting what they want. Honestly, as little respect as I have for them, I have even less for those who used to support him and no longer do. They had bad judgement then and I don't think their skills have improved. They're temporarily leaning away from the direct consequences of their bad choices but remain incapable of learning why that choice was bad, and will make more bad choices in the future.
- wat10000 7mo ago
  They’re excited that all those blue-haired liberals will finally get what’s coming to them.
- throw0101c 7mo ago
  > All those movies about evil people gaining power with nonsensical support from the population were actually just telling the truth. Humans in aggregate are not capable of managing themselves. But it's their guy that is gaining power. Which is (perceived as) good for them because he's doing what they want. * https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive...
- matwood 7mo ago
  > It is mind boggling how so many people in the US are STILL supporting Trump. Welcome to the Fox News propaganda bubble. There’s also talk radio and podcasts that will continue to ignore the issues. You also have to remember that most voters are low information voters. They are busy living their lives, so unless something directly impacts them, like the economy, they simply won’t think too much about it.
ivan_gammel 7mo ago
> The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism) I understand from which cultural context this “communist” label comes, but in political science it’s called “authoritarian”. Small but important correction.
- scarecrowbob 7mo ago
  Doubly important when we're discussing explicit US propaganda efforts, I'd think, which certainly have cast "capitalism" and "communism" as weird and float-y signifiers.
kergonath 7mo ago
> The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism), from enlisting tech execs in the military, to demanding complete control over all commerce (including demanding ownership stakes), to absolute chilling control over speech. It is more fascist than communist. The communist way would have been to make the state take control of companies and then put apparatchiks at the top. This is the other way around, with companies taking over the state instead. But yeah, it’s nitpicking at this point.
dlivingston 7mo ago
Percy Shelley's poem Ozymandias plays in my head every time I see another short-sighted action by this administration that will cause long-term damage to our Republic: > And on the pedestal, these words appear: > "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; > Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" > > Nothing beside remains. https://youtu.be/sPlSH6n37ts https://youtu.be/sPlSH6n37ts
Ylpertnodi 7mo ago
And, when the Dems get in...it's all good.

yoyohello13 7mo ago

It is mind boggling how so many people in the US are STILL supporting Trump. Like, do you not have eyes? All those movies about evil people gaining power with nonsensical support from the population were actually just telling the truth. Humans in aggregate are not capable of managing themselves.

jfengel 7mo ago
They do indeed have eyes. This is what they voted for and they are getting what they want. Honestly, as little respect as I have for them, I have even less for those who used to support him and no longer do. They had bad judgement then and I don't think their skills have improved. They're temporarily leaning away from the direct consequences of their bad choices but remain incapable of learning why that choice was bad, and will make more bad choices in the future.
wat10000 7mo ago
They’re excited that all those blue-haired liberals will finally get what’s coming to them.
throw0101c 7mo ago
> All those movies about evil people gaining power with nonsensical support from the population were actually just telling the truth. Humans in aggregate are not capable of managing themselves. But it's their guy that is gaining power. Which is (perceived as) good for them because he's doing what they want. * https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive...
matwood 7mo ago
> It is mind boggling how so many people in the US are STILL supporting Trump. Welcome to the Fox News propaganda bubble. There’s also talk radio and podcasts that will continue to ignore the issues. You also have to remember that most voters are low information voters. They are busy living their lives, so unless something directly impacts them, like the economy, they simply won’t think too much about it.

ivan_gammel 7mo ago

> The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism) I understand from which cultural context this “communist” label comes, but in political science it’s called “authoritarian”. Small but important correction.

scarecrowbob 7mo ago
Doubly important when we're discussing explicit US propaganda efforts, I'd think, which certainly have cast "capitalism" and "communism" as weird and float-y signifiers.

kergonath 7mo ago

> The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism), from enlisting tech execs in the military, to demanding complete control over all commerce (including demanding ownership stakes), to absolute chilling control over speech. It is more fascist than communist. The communist way would have been to make the state take control of companies and then put apparatchiks at the top. This is the other way around, with companies taking over the state instead. But yeah, it’s nitpicking at this point.

dlivingston 7mo ago

Percy Shelley's poem Ozymandias plays in my head every time I see another short-sighted action by this administration that will cause long-term damage to our Republic: > And on the pedestal, these words appear: > "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; > Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" > > Nothing beside remains. https://youtu.be/sPlSH6n37ts https://youtu.be/sPlSH6n37ts

Ylpertnodi 7mo ago

And, when the Dems get in...it's all good.