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BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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I need a gif of Homer Simpson with an H-> logo melting into the bush and reemerging with a red beret, cigar and Che Guevara beard

STAT

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BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Neeksy posted:

Dear god is the DNC going to try and push for Cory Booker to be their next guy? Please no.
Jesus Christ.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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mrmcd posted:

"White working class voters suffering economically will never accept a black Muslim party administrator even if we offer attractive populist policies!" I continue to insist as I shrink and turn into a centrist corncob being flushed down the toilet along with Obama's entire legacy.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Baloogan posted:

The hissing was hilarious
Yeah that hissing thing. Is that just a rich people thing?

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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what's that laibach line? "in the absence of god we'll pray to police."

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BceHGzsDVLY

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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This is the kind of performative pathos liberals need to get rid of post haste.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Megiddo posted:

And I'm sure that if we had months of Trump hitting him for being a socialist commie and dog whistle America First/anti-"Globalist" bullshit, coupled with Bernie's minority turnout being worse than Hillary's that things would've been so much different!
Yeah who the crap knows. But in retrospect he probably would've been a better candidate in the Midwest where the election was decided.

Either way, I think the main thing is that Bernie was the only other real "outsider" candidate in the running, right? Hillary contrasted perfectly with Trump's message; and whenever Trump said anything her reaction was a kind of arrogant dismissal. I can imagine Sanders saying "Well, I agree with Mr. Trump, however..." And he does do that. And he's believable.

Turning Trump's strengths against him, instead of amplifying them.

But whatever.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/797926092157792256

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Yeah I wouldn't call Long a communist, as communists at the time considered him to be a fascist. (Look up CPUSA literature on him -- back when the CPUSA was an extension of the Comintern.)

But I don't think that was accurate, and he was maybe more of a Peronist? He attracted support from fascists like Charles Coughlin, but the extent of their relationship is unclear to me.

Edit: OK this is Wikipedia but: Peronism is widely regarded as a form of corporate socialism, or "right-wing socialism".[2] Perón's public speeches were consistently nationalist and populist. It would be difficult to separate Peronism from corporate nationalism, for Perón nationalized Argentina's large corporations, blurring distinctions between corporations and government. At the same time, the labor unions became corporate, ceding the right to strike in agreements with Perón as Secretary of Welfare in the military government from 1943–45. In exchange, the state was to assume the role of negotiator between conflicting interests.

That ... sounds like how Long governed Louisiana.

BrutalistMcDonalds has issued a correction as of 07:57 on Nov 14, 2016

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Sheng-ji Yang posted:

Peronism benefited a certain sect of elite, whereas Long was an out and out populist whose base of support were poor white farmers in the north of LA. he was at war with the wealthy of the entire state the entire time he was governor and senator, which eventually got him killed.

honestly id compare him to a Hugo Chavez without the leftist trappings
Huh. Yeah I'm not well read enough on this. But didn't Peron also have a base of support in the lower classes? In any case, I can see Chavez as well. Long's patronage system reads a lot like Bolivarianism.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Baloogan posted:



woot, nuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyakI9GeYRs&t=157s

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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The more I think about the election the more I get shades of Wendy Davis. Tons of money poured in but was badly mismanaged. Identity politics backfired while she also ran too far to the center on issues. Delusional Democrats thinking she had a better chance than she did, etc. etc.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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americans kill other people, russians kill their own people duh

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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comedyblissoption posted:

I can't find any exit poll measuring american war weariness as a factor to why clinton might've lost
I think war weariness has faded a bit and Americans are now itching to knock some heads around.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Oh Snapple! posted:

like crab mentality, only the crabs have guns and just knocked the bucket over and oh god, aw heck
Obama automated the war like he did the factories. Overseas troop levels in wars have declined. Total troop strength in Afghanistan now is less than half of what Clinton sent on peacekeeping duties to Bosnia. Yeah there are differences between those conflicts, and jury's still out on Trump, but I can see him going in on a war that will "redeem" America from the failures of past presidents.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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exhibit A in how conspiracy theorists actually want to deploy the secret magic weapons they talk about were the roles reversed

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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https://twitter.com/TheStormare/status/826666169436286976

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Condiv posted:

please bash the fash comrade Jeb!

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Condiv posted:

also i'd like to say i don't know wtf is going on with tulsi gabbard
she reminds me of a Five Star Movement politician in Italy. similar kind of orientation: environmentalism, anti-corruption (in tulsi's case, anti-big finance), anti-globalization (kinda), aligns with the Kremlin point of view, not on the right but willing to work with right-wing nationalists.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Thump! posted:

I hope all of the Clintons get shoved into a locker simultaneously

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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I might be out of my goddamn mind but I think Mark Zuckerberg would be a strangely effective candidate.

Not the least because he CONTROLS ALL MEDIA

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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I'm not a fan of his personally but I'm going to have to wait and see how Macron does. If he wins, then straight-up liberal money technocracy, just rip the mask off, might be the future.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Raskolnikov38 posted:

also because he will be the sweatiest president


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vTvHsHx4TM

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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ask yourself: what is the most dystopian cyberpunk option, because that is the one most likely to be true.

therefore, mark zuckerberg will be elected president in 2024.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Shear Modulus posted:

zuckerberg vs trump is going to happen because its the ultimate distillation of the democratic and republican parties and the universe has given up all subtlety
this is what i'm saying

READ MY POSTS PEOPLE

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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https://twitter.com/MichaelBKelley/status/858375084691648514

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Now pair that article with the one about how Democrats are writing off rural voters who went to Trump.

Mmm feels good.

Fluoride Jones posted:

Partyman! Partyman!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjD9X2mPIXY

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Zuck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzTyZgDRF4

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Ace of Baes posted:

https://twitter.com/Igg6/status/858103978365779968

4th degree assault lmao

Meanwhile black people are murdered indiscriminately by police for any reason you can think of.
He has multiple assault charges including 1st degree assault which is basically attempted murder. Minimum 10 years for that alone.

BrutalistMcDonalds has issued a correction as of 23:24 on Apr 29, 2017

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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The Nastier Nate posted:

I'm afraid to tell people I don't really like Sam Bee because i keep thinking it makes me look misogynistic.

Wasn't Jessica Williams supposed to be getting a show?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zXajYDnprQ

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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logikv9 posted:

please "like"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65yzqqmXs-Q

same but facebook

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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punk rebel ecks posted:

Why is it that so many liberal cities, and arguably many liberal states, champion the poor so much, yet have crazy cost of living? Shouldn't cost of living be like one of the main issues of the American left?
More people, more money, more demand = higher prices. Cities have always been more expensive to live in, and cities tend to be more liberal. Policies can exacerbate cost of living particularly in places like San Francisco. But the counterpoint is Detroit: liberal and cheap, also flat broke.

On par I'd say the liberal states have a mixed record, with generally lower poverty rates, as the worst poverty in the U.S. tends to be in places like the rural South, Indian reservations and the Texas-Mexico border. Cheaper places to live but people who live there get paid poo poo.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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punk rebel ecks posted:

IIRC isn't the poverty rate tied to the national wage and not the corresponding quality of life cost? Like I believe it is if you make less than $12,000 a year, you live in poverty. While that would ring true both in Alabama and in California, the latter it could easily be $17,000 due to the cost of living, but all of those people aren't counted due to wages naturally being higher, but not high enough to onset the cost of living differentiation.
Good point. Seems like California is exceptionally bad here, but the data is all over the map. If you want the biggest reach for your dollar it'd be living in the rural West (not California).

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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There once was a man named Zuck
who struck it rich and made a friend named Butt.

After the rise of the orange clown
they drove around town.

But neither could escape being called cuck.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/861274413664174080

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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I went :stare: when the middle-class dad called his congressman the single greatest threat to his family's safety, and then the guy accosting his rep. If Trump was elected from a backlash then the backlash to the backlash might swing wildly.

:thermidor:

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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eonwe posted:

what kind of animes do u all like

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BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


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Butti-Zuck

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