KelvarCherry [They/Them]

“Never waste a crisis” – neoliberalism 101

haha I paused a bit as I wrote that, too; but yeah. W Bush was stupid, a bad public speaker, and a warmonger… but he knew when to listen to his advisors.

This might have been the case under sane-but-horrible leaders like George W. Bush, Mike Pence, and the last Democrats, but I think this outcome is improbable as 1) that international united refusal didn’t happen when George W. Bush waged war over lies in the Middle East; 2) This administration is composed of hyped-up christo-fascists and their sycophants, and is goaded by oligarchs who want the destruction of the USA so they can buy up what remains.

The bible also says it’s just to stomp in the heads of your enemies’ infants, as long as sky-daddy tells you so as a voice in your head :)

^ this. The specific example in my mind was TikTok short-form manosphere content that flooded the internet in 2023.

It doesn’t even need to have fake views. Content tagged with rising extremist views will naturally foster higher engagement—some of it from the absurdity; some of it from the growing group of people who believe it. Andrew Tate was a large part of promoting violent misogyny and patriarchy. The views never changed; they just became far more familiar.

It’s not about quality. Most people use content just to fill a void. Look outside at the people around you. Just about everyone is looking at their phones on rides, listening to podcasts when walking. It’s just filler.

The alt-right took over the social sphere just by taking up space. All the manosphere/trad-life/christo-fascist/slopaganda crap flooded the internet, and then it became the norm—not because it was convincing, but because it was recognizable. People parrot what they hear; And that’s especially true for the majority of unintelligent folks who wish to masquerade as intelligent. It just so happens the masses heard a lot of “women/people of color/queers are destroying our great white Christian society”.

There’s nothing about this that’s inherent to bigotry or conservative ideology; It’s just that USA conservative-aligned businessfolk bought up the outlets and skewed the scene a little bit in the favor of alt-right ideology. Over years that compounded, and now it’s seized the entire conversation. Perhaps lefties/liberals were hesitant to use those methods because they play to emotions, and not intelligence; But this is the reality of our current social sphere.

Can’t believe the USA fell to such insufferable edgelords. Just kill me already please.

I’m still FUMING that the DOGE Gooners were allowed to demolish our entire government and not only did no one stop them, but the local police aided them in raiding random databases. I truly hope more than “BigBalls” get their face beaten in. I hope they’re all executed.

…I know half of my rage is solely because of their smug smirks while they did all of this.

lul yeah. that dynamic alone is why I started working en dashes into my comments <3

The whole media scape of the USA is a conservative echo chamber.

Then you’ll shoot a process server serving an eviction notice. The real criminals you want are the CEOs of firms like Blackrock buying up all the homes; and of the corporations of ALEC—which is why they outsource the dirty work to local government workers or their ‘wagies’.