SUK ZONE: it's all a pointless exercise and you're just screaming into the void

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Karl Barks: Jan 21, 1981

Uncle Wemus posted:

Dnd sold out. They used to be about full communism now

this is not true

# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:37

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Terror Sweat: Mar 15, 2009

lets not forget about the laughable xhosa girl

# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:40

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

I just tried reading a non-political-cartoon-oriented thread in DnD and someone was unironically arguing that our best strategy for 2018 is making it a referendum on Donald Trump

y'know, that tactic that fails miserably every time we try it including just last year

The person saying this considers himself the adult in the room

:suicide:

# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:47

white sauce: Apr 29, 2012; by R. Guyovich

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

Thank god for this thread. I've tried asking the moderate people in the DnD DNC thread what they think the dems should do and they just complain about bernie and the left. They've basically become centrist reactionaries.

They've always been centrist reactionaries. It's just now that they know Bernie would have won and in fact, Hillary was NOT Khaleesi, they've turned their skreeeeeing up to 11

# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:47

Rastor: Jun 2, 2001

loquacius posted:

I just tried reading a non-political-cartoon-oriented thread in DnD and someone was unironically arguing that our best strategy for 2018 is making it a referendum on Donald Trump

y'know, that tactic that fails miserably every time we try it including just last year

The person saying this considers himself the adult in the room

Bad dems always consider themselves the adult in the room, it's a defining characteristic.

It's the reason they keep trying to negotiate in good faith with opponents who have clearly telegraphed that they have no intention of doing the same.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:49

Terror Sweat: Mar 15, 2009

Rastor posted:

Bad dems always consider themselves the adult in the room, it's a defining characteristic.

It's the reason they keep trying to negotiate in good faith with opponents who have clearly telegraphed that they have no intention of doing the same.

someone please replace this comic with democrats as hitler

tia

# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:54

Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

loquacius posted:

I just tried reading a non-political-cartoon-oriented thread in DnD and someone was unironically arguing that our best strategy for 2018 is making it a referendum on Donald Trump

y'know, that tactic that fails miserably every time we try it including just last year

The person saying this considers himself the adult in the room

Ha yeah that was the one dude that finally responded to my question of what centrists think we should do. Jfc

# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:55

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Rastor posted:

Bad dems always consider themselves the adult in the room, it's a defining characteristic.

It's the same with the "technocrat" thing. Defining themselves as technocrats explicitely states that they believe that they are enlightened philosopher kings and they'd be perfect at governing if the rabble would just let them do it.

When really the bad dems are just as much dunning-kruger effect fueled morons as the republicans. The best you can say for them is that they're more sincere about it.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:02

breaklaw: May 12, 2008

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# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:03

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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

Ha yeah that was the one dude that finally responded to my question of what centrists think we should do. Jfc

his thinking is indicative of the party's. that's why you gotta purge centrists quick cause they got terminal brain rot and they will fight like demons to keep you from doing anything good

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:11

Yudo: May 15, 2003

Technocrat all sounds the same to me.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:11

MizPiz: May 29, 2013; by Athanatos

Thoguh posted:

It's the same with the "technocrat" thing. Defining themselves as technocrats explicitely states that they believe that they are enlightened philosopher kings and they'd be perfect at governing if the rabble would just let them do it.

When really the bad dems are just as much dunning-kruger effect fueled morons as the republicans. The best you can say for them is that they're more sincere about it.

IDK, the Republicans at least have actual goals they want to achieve when they get into office; the Adult Technocrats just want to be in power for the sole reason that they deserve it.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:12

UV_Catastrophe: Dec 29, 2008; Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are,

"It might have been."; Pillbug

i sure hope that putting equally-qualified-just-as-progressive tom perez in over keith ellison was worth dumping gasoline all over the burning tire fire that killed the democrats in 2016

good work, DNC :waycool:

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:13

white sauce: Apr 29, 2012; by R. Guyovich

MizPiz posted:

IDK, the Republicans at least have actual goals they want to achieve when they get into office; the Adult Technocrats just want to be in power for the sole reason that they deserve it.

They wanna unleash Ada on the world

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:14

Yudo: May 15, 2003

MizPiz posted:

IDK, the Republicans at least have actual goals they want to achieve when they get into office; the Adult Technocrats just want to be in power for the sole reason that they deserve it.

Technocracy too often must tell the peasants that they must get hosed, for the excel spreadsheet has higher wisdom.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:15

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

VirtualStranger posted:

the medicare age should be lowered to zero, imo

Freeloadin babies need to get a job and earn their keep and stop sucking the government's teat

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:17

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Yudo posted:

Technocracy too often must tell the peasants that they must get hosed, for the excel spreadsheet has higher wisdom.

Because the base assumption is there's no way the excel spreadsheet inputs or analysis could be wrong.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:18

deadgoon: Dec 4, 2014; by FactsAreUseless

what is the future strategy of the democrats now that they have decided they don't want leftists to vote for them? appeal to republicans again?

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:19

UV_Catastrophe: Dec 29, 2008; Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are,

"It might have been."; Pillbug

not a fan of electronic music or technocrats, tbh

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:19

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

Thoguh posted:

Because the base assumption is there's no way the excel spreadsheet inputs or analysis could be wrong.

Remember that the only people who care about yard signs are stupid people.

We don't need stupid people to win the vote.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:19

Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

Thoguh posted:

It's the same with the "technocrat" thing. Defining themselves as technocrats explicitely states that they believe that they are enlightened philosopher kings and they'd be perfect at governing if the rabble would just let them do it.

When really the bad dems are just as much dunning-kruger effect fueled morons as the republicans. The best you can say for them is that they're more sincere about it.

Watson 2020

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:20

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

The Democrats are Michela Bolton in Office Space. They always screw up a decimal place somewhere.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:23

Yossarian-22: Oct 26, 2014

Terror Sweat posted:

someone please replace this comic with democrats as hitler

tia

Seconded

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:24

Gringostar: Nov 12, 2016; Morbid Hound

Thoguh posted:

The Democrats are Michela Bolton in Office Space. They always screw up a decimal place somewhere.

also they keep insisting that they shouldn't change because someone else sucks

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:25

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Gringostar posted:

also they keep insisting that they shouldn't change because someone else sucks

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:25

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

Debate & Discussion is and has always been the worst place in existence to debate or discuss things

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:25

white sauce: Apr 29, 2012; by R. Guyovich

*in extreme nasally Concerned Citizen voice*

"Actually yard signs are a waste of time and voters who show enthusiasm shouldn't be given free things, they should be asked to donate their time and money. If they can't donate time and money then we have no interest in them"

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:28

Yossarian-22: Oct 26, 2014

Thoguh posted:

It's the same with the "technocrat" thing. Defining themselves as technocrats explicitely states that they believe that they are enlightened philosopher kings and they'd be perfect at governing if the rabble would just let them do it.

When really the bad dems are just as much dunning-kruger effect fueled morons as the republicans. The best you can say for them is that they're more sincere about it.

What I find unfortunate us the number of seemingly left-sympathetic technocrats like Ezra Klein and Paul Krugman who became unabashed shills for Hillary during the election, despite past support for single payer and similar policies

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:28

Main Paineframe: Oct 27, 2010

UV_Catastrophe posted:

i sure hope that putting equally-qualified-just-as-progressive tom perez in over keith ellison was worth dumping gasoline all over the burning tire fire that killed the democrats in 2016

good work, DNC

it wasn't the left that killed the Dems in 2016

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:32

MizPiz: May 29, 2013; by Athanatos

UV_Catastrophe posted:

not a fan of electronic music or technocrats, tbh

I'll admit technocrat is terrible, but the wider genre has some good music.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:32

mormonpartyboat: Jan 14, 2015; by Reene

Tunicate posted:

Remember that the only people who care about yard signs are stupid people.

what about halloween mask sales

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:37

Concerned Citizen: Jul 22, 2007; Ramrod XTreme

Tight Booty Shorts posted:

*in extreme nasally Concerned Citizen voice*

"Actually yard signs are a waste of time and voters who show enthusiasm shouldn't be given free things, they should be asked to donate their time and money. If they can't donate time and money then we have no interest in them"

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:43

Donkwich: Feb 28, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Yossarian-22 posted:

What I find unfortunate us the number of seemingly left-sympathetic technocrats like Ezra Klein and Paul Krugman who became unabashed shills for Hillary during the election, despite past support for single payer and similar policies

Krugman wrote articles in the 90s defending sweatshops and other inhumanities of free trade. He's occasionally signaled leftist sympathies but he's a neolib at his core.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 23:50