Peter Principle

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2023-09-30 01:44:48

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@npub17ha…t8va Personally, I think they should shoot would-be autocrats who try to overthrow the Constitution and destroy democracy.
But I guess that's just me.

2023-09-28 23:36:25

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@npub1krv…8tax
"In terms of what it reveals about her psychiatric status, Ms. Wolf might as well have announced, 'My toaster is secretly recording my thoughts.' "
That would drive her toaster insane.

2023-09-23 01:11:09

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@npub19kr…8m4r An exaggerated, but still telling, example of the role of monopolistic markets in generating inflation.

2023-09-22 21:27:01

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@npub1c9e…zhes There's nothing "neo" about it.
Pure paleofascism.

2023-09-22 21:25:23

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@npub1c9e…zhes "Corporatocracy" is what we had before. The new twist is an aggressive, allegedly populist (but actually ruthlessly authoritarian) movement dedicated to cementing racist, reactionary rule by destroying even the pretense of democracy.
THAT'S the 21st century fascism -- pretty much identical to the 20th century version.

2023-09-20 02:07:01

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@npub13q8…ann7 @npub1c9e…zhes
It's neo-feudalism. Which in the the 21st century is a certain path to economic suicide.
A society that combines 19th century Social Darwinism with the intellectual values of the Republic of Gilead is headed for collapse.

2023-09-17 22:43:33

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@npub1k4q…3lsq
"trans lifestyle is being shoved down their throat" = trans people openly living their lives and claiming basic human rights that they think should only be reserved for people like them.

2023-09-08 17:41:12

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@npub1nqz…838y When you do something really, really, REALLY stupid like contracting out a vital national security function to a psychotic sociopath like Musk, this is what you get.

2023-09-06 19:50:05

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@npub1aq2…4nfw
See? This just shows that the DoJ is on the take and will do anything to protect the President's.....Wait, what?

2023-09-05 18:47:09

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@npub1c9e…zhes Upside: Can easily be converted into an ex-billionaire concentration camp.

2023-09-04 17:52:09

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@npub1c9e…zhes He's combined old-fashioned economic populism with neo-Confederate reactionary racism.
A toxic mix, but not exactly an original one.
The ghosts of Tom Watson and Pitchfork Ben Tillman both give it two thumbs up.

2023-09-03 19:44:45

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@npub1c9e…zhes Imagine the Robber Barons of the 19th century armed with nukes, and you get an idea of the scale of the threat.

2023-09-03 17:10:10

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@npub1grx…uxfe The blogs of the early oughts demonstrated the power and profit potential of digital publishing.
But it didn't take long for wannabe monopoly capitalists to swoop in and co-opt that potential -- basically by recreating the old AOL "walled garden" approach, but on the web.
So all those folks trying to leverage the "network" to promote their content just ended up promoting their own irrelevance.

2023-08-31 16:12:48

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@npub1c9e…zhes
That should be a one sentence Wikipedia article: "There are no huma rights in Saudi Arabia."
An article on human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, would fill an encyclopedia.

2023-08-31 02:40:10

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@npub1lzz…jhl3
"In the dock [at Nuremberg] there had been quite a metamorphosis. Attired in rather shabby clothes, slumped in their seats fidgeting nervously, they no longer resembled the arrogant leaders of old. They seemed to be a drab assortment of mediocrities."
William Shirer
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

2023-08-29 16:51:36

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@npub1c9e…zhes
"American conservatism excels at storytelling."
They've spent a lot of time, money, and research effort figuring out how to talk to stupid and/or uneducated white people, and playing on their cultural prejudices.
Meanwhile, Dems have stopped trying, forgotten how, or both.

2023-08-25 21:11:04

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@npub1qgg…pvfw A Marxist might call it a classic example of how the economic base determines the ideological superstructure.

2023-08-24 02:34:59

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@npub19qm…sn8k
Interesting message: “Don’t use our product. It’s shit.”

2023-08-20 00:32:19

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@npub17a9…mv9a For now (with the partial exception of Florida, Texas, Indiana, North Carolina, etc. etc.)

2023-08-19 23:31:28

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@npub17a9…mv9a
...yet.

2023-08-17 20:33:00

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@npub1c9e…zhes Jeez, if that room were any whiter, they'd give each other snow blindness.

2023-08-17 20:05:19

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@npub1c9e…zhes Apparently, somebody thinks West Virginia needs to be MORE like the movie Deliverance.

2023-08-08 00:33:39

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@npub1l0s…pgrv You would have preferred, perhaps, his fascist opponent, who almost won the last NJ gubernatorial election?
Thoss "square foot maximizing 'burbanites" you're insulting could make it happen, next time around.

2023-08-03 05:17:01

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@npub1c9e…zhes
"Or we could expunge the Catholic Church from society..."
Diocletian: "Good luck with that."

2023-08-02 19:49:21

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@npub1c9e…zhes
"Wisconsin’s Supreme Court No Longer Threat to American Democracy"
Which is exactly why I'm curious to see if GOP majority in the state Assembly and supermajority in the state Senate sooner or later follow through on their threat to impeach Protasiewicz without any cause whatsoever.
After all, threatening democracy is the GOP's prime directive now.

2023-08-02 17:34:09

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@npub1hgr…2e7r @npub16sl…e3s3
Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.

2023-08-02 03:54:59

An "auto coup" is still a coup, and presidents who try one can still end up in the slammer.
Just aak Fujimori.

2023-07-23 18:02:07

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@npub1c9e…zhes Now if we can just build an effective wall to divide Texas from the rest of the world, we'll be all set.

2023-07-15 00:39:51

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@npub1hx9…lyhl @npub1hyk…3p33
"groundbreaking, brilliant legal scholar and fighter for the public interest, the slayer of Reaganomics."
I think you just answered the "why."

2023-07-13 04:43:34

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@npub1c9e…zhes .
The only color combination those fascist bastards like is a white face in brown shirt.

2023-07-12 16:41:47

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@npub1qzc…yetl U.S. voters: "Can't we just hit the snooze button again?"

2023-07-12 16:40:40

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@npub1jfl…ru8c When blue slips become red vetoes...

2023-07-12 01:01:37

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@npub1lj7…zczx Ordinarily I'd say, yeah, it's body shaming. But we're talking about physical combat here -- proposed by the guy with the body that's being shamed.
If a pro boxer showed up at weigh-in looking like that, people would talk about it.

2023-07-10 03:30:16

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@npub1c9e…zhes Pretty soon entertainers are going to have to perform behind chicken wire -- like the Blues Brothers at Bob's Country Bunker.

2023-07-07 23:21:39

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@npub1c9e…zhes
"a common-law grand jury under the Magna Carta."
Otherwise known as a "vigilante mob."

2023-07-07 17:58:12

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@npub1nvp…agzg Yes, if monstrously large tech companies led by billionaire oligarchs are going to seek world domination, I suppose it is better if they do it using open protocols.

2023-07-06 21:18:02

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@npub1jfl…ru8c Elon: "It's voodoo, I tell you. Voodoo!!"

2023-07-06 19:56:04

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@npub1lsl…9c2x "Elon Musk is not only stranger than we think, he is stranger than we CAN think."
-- Werner Heisenberg, probably.

2023-07-06 16:33:27

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@npub189n…satx I bet the amount of cosmetic surgery represented in that photo easily runs into the nine figures.

2023-07-03 21:12:20

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@npub1tg7…9dl9 "Mistakes"