BarneyPiccolo

The problem is simply humanity. At any given moment in time, there are a lot of these ugly, angry, nasty, unhappy people, and they want control of everything so they can take their anger out on those they hate. This is a natural human archetype. They are with us now, and they have ALWAYS been with us. The are the MAGAs and the European far right, they are the warlords that run various small nations, they are the Vikings, the Huns, the Mongols, the Romans, etc.

It was the Nazis in the 20th century, it's the MAGAs in the 21st. It's not that MAGA is copying the Nazis, they are both the same sort of people following the agenda that those people always follow - just generally making life miserable for as many innocent people as possible.

The archetype includes being arrogant and demanding, but that doesn't mean we have to allow it. Most of the time, a strong moral leader can keep the assholes at bay, but every now and then, someone drops the ball, and they gain power, and start fucking with the world. The 21st century Dems dropped the ball badly, over and over, and did nothing to prepare for the MAGA onslaught.

Even after decades of the worst possible election behavior, the Dems instantaneously defended MAGA, and declared the 2024 election "fair & square," before even waiting to see if there had been any review of the election at all. These people are treasonous criminals who will do literally anything. This election was the ONLY thing keeping him from getting a life sentence, how could anyone believe that this is the first election that he didn't cheat on?

We aren't going to defeat these people by appealing to their better nature, they have none. It's who they are, and who these people have always been. We tend to forget from generation to generation that we have to hold the line against the worst people in the world, because they are out there, and they are ALWAYS planning to take control. It's important to remember that, and fight them every single step of the way. We can't accept any excuses like we have to let them do it because we don't really know that the outcome will be bad until we do it. Yes we do, because we've let these people have their way over and over, and they ALWAYS kick us in the nuts.

We need to stop trying to kick the football that our enemy is holding.

"My wage-slaves are getting a bit too comfortable. Here's a bunch of money. Go fuck with them."

• Sociopathic Oligarchs

I'm not a scientist, but isn't EVERYTHING made of carbon?

Source: Joni Mitchell, Woodstock -

We are stardust, we are golden We are billion-year-old carbon

The first time I had "I can't believe it's not butter," I said "I can believe it's not butter."

The problem is that when a bubble pops and exposes the problem, the government leaders should take the opportunity to fix the problem so it doesn't happen again.

Instead they bail them all out, so there are not only no consequences to their actions, they are literally rewarded with unimaginable wealth. What about this strategy would induce them to change their ways, over doing it all over again, and getting rewarded again?

If that's really true, then we should all sign up.

I get it, but you make them all do it anyway, just on principle, if nothing else.

Why isn't the roof of that facility covered with solar panels? It might not provide all the juice they need, but it will offset some. Future facilities like this should be forced to install some sort of energy mitigation strategy before getting approval.

Exactly. I'm not disputing how stupid it is, only that with HitlerPig, an outcome as ludicrous as this is actually possible.

Or even acknowledging it.

THEY are the ones who characterize ANY criticism of the Gaza genocidal policy of Israel as Anti-Semitic, so THEY are the ones "feeding the idea that Israel is a represantive entity for Jewish people," not those who criticize them.