Suburbs and freeways, man. :(
MonkeMischief
joined 2 years ago
I'm laughing and I don't even understand the random hostility in this image LOL.
"What do you know doc, shut up and slice me!"
This sounds Cyberpunk AF LOL.
That back tooth be like 🤌
I'm feeling the same way. I've been mostly "stuck" in wherever I just ended up. Part of me really does fantasize about fleeing somewhere better, especially being in a part of the US with an absolutely abysmal education record (and it shows. Oh boy.)
But besides the resources, I don't have some ultra compelling reason for a non-volatile nation to bother letting me in.
There's cool people here, and I try to get along with whomever, but forming relationships feels really high stakes these days since contested politics and tribalism is infecting every facet of peoples' lives.
Fair disclosure: Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm honestly very appreciative of your counterpoints here. And I agree! A militocracy ain't good news, either.
And you're right: Taking him out over "unpopular policy" doesn't make logical sense under a reasonable society.
I'm also aware that our civil checks and balances that should be putting the brakes on stupid policies are falling apart, because they've been carefully staffed by zealots heavily in favor of a single-minded, monolithic ideology.
However, I'm honestly wondering where the line is, that a leader's blatantly criminal activity can officially brand them "unfit for office" and bear consequences.
Like if he actually tried to just kill someone for no reason in Times Square, as he boasted he could, could anybody stop him? Or is it just "rules for thee, not for me" and we actually have a king now?
Because you know if "We The People" stepped in to stop that, we'd all get gulag'd.
If he decides "lol yeah let's annex Canada." Can our forces deny such a stupid order? Even though he is, technically, "their boss"?
Impeachment historically seems like a "strong suggestion" more than a solution.
According to USA.gov:
The presidents impeached by the House were: Andrew Johnson in 1868 William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton in 1998 Donald John Trump in 2019 and 2021
Presidents Johnson, Clinton, and Trump remained in office following acquittals by the Senate on all charges.
It sounds like The People can't really do much but demand that their officials follow through, but even then, it sounds like justice is never actually carried out.
It's honestly terrifying to think about, and I wish we knew what to do that was actually effective to reverse course on this absolute insanity.
Imagine that guy being able to reach his own back lol.
U S perspective here.
I keep remembering that oath our armed forces repeat so much: "... To defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
What in the flippin' hell do these bastards gotta do to be considered "domestic enemies"‽
Because apparently directly provoking all our neighbors to attack us out of self defense, or allying with friggin' Putin, along with a million other treasons, aren't qualifying enough? Who over there is gonna actually protect and defend the Constitution and the People of the United States of America?!
Because dammit we haven't lived this frickin long, through countless crises and bullshit, just to get shot or bombed by a Canadian we should've been sharing pancakes and beer with!!!
FULFILL THAT OATH YOU LIKE TO RECITE SO MUCH. OR COUNTLESS INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE OVER ORANGE CALIGULA'S EGO.
The way these "theories" are thrown around these days with such an air of legitimacy is truly terrifying.
This absolute miracle of communication at our fingertips, and it's 99% noise, dangerous noise, vying to worm its way into whatever cracks in the human psyche it can find. At the least harmful, it's persuading ads. And on the other end, people are flying out to go join ISIS or Ruzzia because they got algorithmed into a Facebook group or absorbed enough TikTok radiation.
I miss when the internet "wasn't real life."
Not sure about your upbringing, but I know I also didn't really have the means to do anything truly stupid.
Where'd this kid get the resources to go globe-trotting to a freaking war-embattled fascist state? That's what blows my mind. Someone responsible for him was complicit in his self destruction.
Either extremely impressionable, or maybe had his account handed over after he was pulled off the street and conscripted into a ruzzian meat wave.
Either way, tragic waste of human life, being anywhere near involvement with their military.
I'm gonna venture he means being totally unreachable...
... by your boss on your day off.