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Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

An insane mind posted:

What are the logistics here? If Gingrich's nose is buried in Doland's teint isn't he blocking our kicking momentum with his body? Or are we supposed to punt Newt's schnoz straight into Rtump's tailbone? Because I gotta be honest here there's a lot of flab cushioning the impact there.

you're clearly not thinking 11-dimensionally, this is why trump will always win

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Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Thundercracker posted:

I honestly don't get. At least the facists in other countries buy off their base in some way. American facists just openly poo poo in the mouth of theirs. Is this the exceptionslism we hear so much?

it's sadopopulism and it seems to work extremely well in a country built on racism and genocide

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In "The Road to Unfreedom," you introduce the concept of "sadopopulism." I have used a similar concept which I describe as "political sadism" to describe the fact that Trump is not really a populist but rather part of a larger right-wing effort whose goal is to actually hurt their voters and then redirect the rage at nonwhites, Democrats, liberals, progressives or some other designated enemy. How much of this policy do you think is intentional and strategic? Or is it just something that grew organically out of authoritarian tendencies?

"Sadopopulism" is the notion that you're doing half of populism. You promise people things, but then when you get power you have no intention of even trying to implement any policy on behalf of the people. Instead, you deliberately make the suffering worse for your critical constituency. The people who got Trump into office, for example, are traditional Republican voters plus people in counties who are doing badly in terms of health care and other measures, and who need help.

Under Trump, of course, things will just get worse in terms of both the opioid addictions and in terms of wealth inequality. But that's OK, because the logic of sadopopulism is that pain is a resource. Sadopopulist leaders like Trump use that pain to create a story about who's actually at fault. The way politics works in that model is that government doesn't solve your problems, it blames your problems on other people -- and it creates the cycle that goes around over and over and over again. I started talking about sadopopulism because I got tired of people talking about populism.

It just seems like "populism" doesn't capture a specific American racial and oligarchic situation where people like Trump come to power, promising that the government is going to do something and then, in power, deliberately do nothing positive.

Not so long ago, the currency of government was achievement. Government had to do something. Now, the currency of government is discourse. Government has to make you feel worse about people around you. That's an achievement.

Now, could Trump and his allies theorize about this? I don't know. But they do know what they're doing. They take their cues back from their constituents. It is a mistake to underestimate Trump. Just because he doesn't speak in a sophisticated language does not mean he lacks instincts. Trump possesses a skill set.

Have you ever tried to be a carnival huckster? It's not actually an easy thing to do. You have to fool people. You persuade people to do things that don't really make sense for them. You do it over and over again, with a sense of conviction.

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Eifert Posting posted:

So how are the 60 something chuds going to convince themselves that their friends aren't really dying?


Like, if anyone can do it it's them, still seems like a biiiiig ask.

this is where the reality denial breaks down

i thought it would happen with medical costs going up but somehow that never happened because idiots are idiots

but yeah

hard to meme away your best friend of 50 years dying of the coronavirus

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:

the whining is strategic, just like they do against the media. intimidates critics and conditions their base to ignore criticism as partisan

anywho trump's def on top of this crisis
https://twitter.com/maxbergmann/status/1239753967585972226

why would they wait to ramp up production

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

lol go and google "chloroquine fish tank"

top three results are the new york post, fox news, and daily mail all but telling their idiot audiences to stock up on fish tank cleaner to fight the corvids

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

stevewm posted:

Isn't Chickenpox kinda bad if you get it as an adult? I'm 36 and never had it, neither did my mother and some of her siblings.

Always wondered if I should get the vaccine...

yes get the vaccine and also everyone else in your 30s and 40s, check your vaccination records and/or get boosters, because many of them expire!

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019


:rip: pastor spradlin, you're giving coronavirus to the angels in heaven now

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Mr Interweb posted:

one weird thing i've been seeing is chuds arguing that people who died of corona didn't die of corona itself, but other issues they had previously, and corona just merely pushed them over the edge.

this was somehow supposed to prove corona was a hoax...

this has been heavily pushed by bot accounts on twitter lately

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

my bony fealty posted:

yeah when I saw the "Mumfofd dead" post I was really bummed to find it wasnt the music guy

:mods: permaban this sicko for bloodlust

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019


perhaps it is the dead who weep for the living because being dead is so great

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Novo posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtgVxGkrX1Y

I wonder how many people are going to be found dead with a syringe full of bleach in their arm and a UV-C bulb up their rear end

the trump portion of this starts at 1:42 and it's absolutely amazing

i wonder future historians watching this will be better able to understand this than i am or worse

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019


lmao

https://twitter.com/delta110a/status/1254821065064316930

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

why don't they publish an edition of the constitution with jesus's words printed in red

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

puttin a big ol "CATCH IT HERE" sign on my restaurant window to attract chuds

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

just once it would be nice to see one of these people have the insight to question how they came to hold their earlier counterfactual opinions, and what else their information sources might be lying about

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Tesseraction posted:

Hahaha, yesss, this is extremely my poo poo.

https://twitter.com/LionelMedia/status/1262706510095941632

:hmmyes: there's no way this could possibly go horribly wrong, for qanons are famous for being able to discern truth from ridiculous lies online

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

They are absolutely going to pivot to "the coronavirus is jesus rapturing us to heaven" before this is all over

they're gonna have a lot of fun trying to puzzle out why jesus raptured creepy uncle joe but left his nieces with permanent lung damage

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

AceOfFlames posted:

OK, fair enough, let me rephrase that.

Let's say that we had a perfect socialist utopia. Wouldn't there need to be an entity that stops people from doing hate crimes, raping, or beating up people?

this thread is for trump voters realizing they're going to die under trump, please start a new thread for your topic

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Greeetings from extremely Trumpy Washington County PA, where America has already been made great again.



haven't seen a tarred lumber house in a while

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

doingitwrong posted:

The doctrine that meaningful policy or military goals can be accomplished through the application of extremely large explosions remains untested and is probably untestable. The US has managed to participate in countless shooting wars despite having (and without deploying) those weapons. I don’t think that’s likely to change anytime soon.

the us doesn't need or want meaningful policy or military goals, the war is the goal, and the larger the explosions, the more popular the video clips retweeted by the president

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Biplane posted:

Too large an explosion would probably negatively affect the Markets. A slow and steady meatgrinder is the way to go in order to maximize profits.

the thing i was perhaps the most surprised to have been wrong about all my life was the idea that the rich people have a grand plan and are capable of carrying it out

donald trump is president and if the brainworms and the insane facebook meme generators decide large explosions are necessary to save face, then large explosions will be deployed regardless of how the Markets feel about it

look at our covid response, which is on course to maximize both deaths AND economic damage

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

An insane mind posted:

You know you can just mute the thread and you do not have to keep coming back to say how much you hate all this book talk.

well maybe they want to read about trump voters realizing they're going to die under trump, which is what this thread used to be for, but you probably have a point that this thread should be left to die and a new one started, this is the like most permanently derailed thread on cspam

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019


here's what i wish was posted more of in this thread

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

can we do star wars chat next

maybe invite plinkey in to post cheezers

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

imho unless you're a trump voter who suddenly feels the icy grip of death on you, you shouldn't post about who you're voting for in this thread

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Mercury_Storm posted:

that's gonna be pretty terrible if Trump's own brother dies from la Rona

trump's just gonna be like meh, he deserved it for getting tested and becoming a Case

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Antifa Turkeesian posted:

Would satan love trump or hate trump?

satan has no particular love or hate for him

trump is the ultimate avatar of free will, the freedom of man to reject the light of god and its reflection in his fellow men, which satan respects

on the other hand, because god made him president of america to punish us for our sins, he is now an instrument of god, which satan resents and envies

i guess you could say it's complicated

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Mr Interweb posted:

all this hitler talk reminds me of how jorp claimed that hitler gave out all those anti-semitic speeches subconsciously because the people he was giving those speeches to wanted it, not cause of any anti-semitism on the part of hitler himself

also that he didn't REALLY hate the jews because he put some of them into labor camps before outright exterminating them

these are important distinctions to be sure, and i'm glad we have academics of jordan peterson's caliber working diligently to channel the inner thoughts of hitler for us

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019


Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019


tfw you finally wake up and smell the corona

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Cthulu Carl posted:

This is why it's fine if he dies without going to jail.

If he's not in a drug-induced coma and intubated, he's probably having an existential crisis, staring at his own mortality like never before.

honestly i have very little faith in him ever going to jail anyway

on the other hand, if he's dead, there's no longer anything protecting the rest of his horrible family, so this may work out for the best

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Eifert Posting posted:

For all the poo poo catholics get they probably feel pretty vindicated about the whole "any random idiot shouldn't be allowed to interpret the bible" bit.

oh yeah that's worked out great for the catholic church, historically

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

donating all my money to a guy who claims to be a billionaire who famously never pays contractors or taxes, which i approve of because it's smart

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Yeah if you don't want to get any of your limbs amputated you should probably avoid catching covid

even if you do, covid is not the best way to go about it imho

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

eels are a kind of fish and now england gets to keep them all, so mission accomplished i guess

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

maybe the royal navy can send a very small boat to protect this guy's eel tanks

if it doesn't fit in the tank they can park it in a trailer outside

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

davidspackage posted:

Miller definitely seems like a true believer to me, not just in it for the grift.

yeah, i can even see him keeping his nose clean of the lesser crimes to focus on genocide

he'll be working for the next fash admin too

Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

let me hurt some feelings while i have a minute!! the power company doesn't owe you power you loving losers

*resigns, wife gets fired*

i regret nothing

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Dustcat
Jan 26, 2019

struggling under the failure of america's unmaintained infrastructure is better understood as your personal moral failure, yes you personally, explains the republican politician

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