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The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE

:staredog:

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Man Musk
Jan 13, 2010

https://twitter.com/DCgadfly/status/904344479737540608

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

These are clearly The Same

galenanorth
May 19, 2016

Taintrunner posted:

The Islamic State, which is now manufacturing currency and license plates, is now a legitimate State and their non-Private Violence is now Good, as long as they open up their resources to be dominated by American corporations in exchange for kickbacks. I'm David Frum, an extremely serious political thinker, and not at all, a loving war criminal death fetishist

It's weird how America has any grounds to call anything "Evil" when it's been clear since before anyone uttered the word "realpolitik" that half the countries of the world most people would call evil are supported by the U.S. when they play ball. America outsources evil like someone hiring a hitman instead of directly doing the stabbing and it goes around bragging about how hiring the hitman keeps the blood off its hands

galenanorth has issued a correction as of 20:31 on Sep 3, 2017

Egg Moron
Jul 21, 2003

the dreams of the delighting void

got any sevens posted:

the first slave sellers were black

do go on

The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE
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Man Musk
Jan 13, 2010

comedyblissoption posted:

not really. the government only nominally represents the majority. in reality it reflects the very wealthy. the princeton study shows pretty clearly that the interests of the wealthy take great precedence over the interests of the masses.

it's a systemic problem. the conditions of capitalism invariably produce great inequities in economic power which then directly translates to great inequities in political power.


the 'wealthy' are only representative in the absence of engagement from the ... not wealthy

maintaining voter turnout ~40% will certainly ensure the interests of those 40% are addressed in some form

for many humans in our society . . . politics is just one "sideshow in the great circus of life" . . . and i think our current social contract reflects that

'Only about a fifth of Americans pay close attention to politics, and they tend to be the most committed conservatives or liberals. For the rest, political issues are little more than “a sideshow in the great circus of life”, wrote Robert Dahl, a political scientist, in 1961. That remains true. Americans do not trust government much and expect politicians to lie; 31% of Trump voters and 36% of Clinton voters think that the American government “probably” or “definitely” knew about 9/11 in advance.


there are definitely other societies throughout human history where wealth is less determinative, and others where it is more

tldr wealth is only one dimension when it comes to power and influence (see: every US election over the past 12 months)

Man Musk has issued a correction as of 20:34 on Sep 3, 2017

The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/904424350060879873

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/904426075433959428

:thunk:

Condiv
May 7, 2008

Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod



total annihilation of an entire country? doesn't that outstrip genocide by a wide margin? it's not like every north korean is evil and deserves to be reduced to ash or something....

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Condiv posted:

total annihilation of an entire country? doesn't that outstrip genocide by a wide margin? it's not like every north korean is evil and deserves to be reduced to ash or something....

the Washington Death Cultists genuinely believe North Koreans are an indoctrinated cult of millions who will all fight the American G.I. to the death of every last man woman and child

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Man Musk posted:

the 'wealthy' are only representative in the absence of engagement from the ... not wealthy

maintaining voter turnout ~40% will certainly ensure the interests of those 40% are addressed in some form

The Princeton study from Gilens & Page proved that wasn't true. Only the wealthiest interests actually get served in congress. Voting had no efficacy on the policies of government.

https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf

Know Such Peace
Dec 30, 2008

Man Musk posted:

Americans do not trust government much and expect politicians to lie; 31% of Trump voters and 36% of Clinton voters think that the American government “probably” or “definitely” knew about 9/11 in advance.

This is a seriously flawed poll. There is a world of difference between the government having some intelligence that suggested an attack might happen and the government colluding to make it happen.

Most polls are worthless. A majority of polls are actively harmful.

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


https://twitter.com/bennykoval/status/903601713936035841

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

BEGONE TROT

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

the bitcoin of weed posted:

imagine an imperial agitator explicitly saying "the state has a monopoly on violence" and agreeing that it's good

:airquote: violence :airquote:

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

Man Musk posted:

the 'wealthy' are only representative in the absence of engagement from the ... not wealthy

maintaining voter turnout ~40% will certainly ensure the interests of those 40% are addressed in some form

for many humans in our society . . . politics is just one "sideshow in the great circus of life" . . . and i think our current social contract reflects that

'Only about a fifth of Americans pay close attention to politics, and they tend to be the most committed conservatives or liberals. For the rest, political issues are little more than “a sideshow in the great circus of life”, wrote Robert Dahl, a political scientist, in 1961. That remains true. Americans do not trust government much and expect politicians to lie; 31% of Trump voters and 36% of Clinton voters think that the American government “probably” or “definitely” knew about 9/11 in advance.


there are definitely other societies throughout human history where wealth is less determinative, and others where it is more

tldr wealth is only one dimension when it comes to power and influence (see: every US election over the past 12 months)
you're blaming the victim

communism and socialism used to be much greater movements in the united states. the wealthy and business interests in the united states have waged a great class war in the united states and suppressed any socialist or anti-capitalist sentiment. they influenced the media, academia, education, labor unions, and politics to suppress any anti-capitalist thinking. this has caused america to become a very strange place unlike any other western country where socialism had become a dangerous word to utter in polite conversation for over half a century. only very recently has this changed.

the mass media is essentially a mind control device. the wealthy quite literally tell people what to believe and what to think

only an insane person thinks the political outcomes in this country meaningfully represent the interests of the voters

MizPiz
May 29, 2013

by Athanatos

I might actually :filez: the next Daily Show.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006


Wonder Woman would have campaigned in Wisconsin and also would never had lost a shoe.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

MizPiz posted:

I might actually :filez: the next Daily Show.

lol if you actually watch the Daily Show

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

MizPiz posted:

I might actually :filez: the next Daily Show.

lol nothing's going to be said about any of this. If that bullshit "you just dont like obama taking wall street money because he's black" business didn't earn a "whoops" followup, this sure as poo poo wont.

this whole matter is serving to remind me of how people will go all-in on full ignorance when trevor/bee/etc get raked for their dumb poo poo, though. The way folks contort themselves to defend their funny news person who cusses at Trump is just weird as all poo poo.

otoh maybe that's just tviv being same ol' dumbass tviv

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment

It's like I'm seeing double.

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment

Condiv posted:

total annihilation of an entire country? doesn't that outstrip genocide by a wide margin? it's not like every north korean is evil and deserves to be reduced to ash or something....

What if it's a really small country like Lichtenstein?

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Maybe they just mean "total annihilation" like Libya.

punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

Did the Antifa break any windows?

MizPiz
May 29, 2013

by Athanatos

Oh Snapple! posted:

lol nothing's going to be said about any of this. If that bullshit "you just dont like obama taking wall street money because he's black" business didn't earn a "whoops" followup, this sure as poo poo wont.

this whole matter is serving to remind me of how people will go all-in on full ignorance when trevor/bee/etc get raked for their dumb poo poo, though. The way folks contort themselves to defend their funny news person who cusses at Trump is just weird as all poo poo.

otoh maybe that's just tviv being same ol' dumbass tviv

I'm hoping he doubles down, I want to see this become a meltdown.

VROOM VROOM
Jun 8, 2005

Taintrunner posted:

the Washington Death Cultists genuinely believe North Koreans are an indoctrinated cult of millions who will all fight the American G.I. to the death of every last man woman and child

the message stuck re: the end of WWII, so why not this time

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

punk rebel ecks posted:

Did the Antifa break any windows?

I'm pretty sure that at least one window has been broken in Houston during the past week, so it must be the fault of those dastardly antifa.

Stexils
Jun 5, 2008

Hurricane Antifa

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Tropical Storm Aunt Tifa

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
antifa gave me a bad haircut

Jazerus
May 24, 2011


Pener Kropoopkin posted:

Maybe they just mean "total annihilation" like Libya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-iag83kQc

The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE
https://twitter.com/rtyson82/status/904438317395189762

say no to ameriKKKa

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

Pomp posted:

antifa gave me a bad haircut

what do you expect from a bartender/monk

shes not a hairstylist :milk:





Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

that obama had to apologize made me think this was bad for a while, how blinded was i...

2008 was sooo different, dang

The Little Kielbasa
Mar 29, 2001

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.
So obvious once you think about it.

https://twitter.com/thetomzone/status/904456495949066240

Dreddout
Oct 1, 2015

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

All these zucc takes are starting to make me like him. In much the same way as dogs eating their own poo poo is endearing.

Is this his master plan? To get the youth to pity vote him into the Whitehouse? :tinfoil:

etalian
Mar 20, 2006


slay those who don't buy into the myth of american exceptionalism

byob historian
Nov 5, 2008

I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

more like every three minutes :smugdog:

galenanorth
May 19, 2016

In our current discourse, I see "god drat America" as ranking higher than "grab 'em by the pussy" and peeking in women's locker rooms on the needing an apology to win the presidency scale. This is because so many evangelicals also worship the flag as their idol

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punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.
What do you all think of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM0wBiSGW-8

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