The shine job they did on Biden while he was VP in the Obama years really weathered strong. All that “goofy grampa” shit they wrapped him in, and published all over the place, really solidified Biden as America’s Grandad, to the point that some people are still looking at him in the same way you might look at your cooky 80+ year old pops at the family picnic. They gave him this aura of stateliness, like he’s the Washington Monument come to life. He’s been through it all, seen every face of America, he’s the golden boy, the old dog, the tough but fair, the heavy hand but soft heart, the elected official equivalent of a mid-90s Ford Ranger, classic like coca-cola, a cool Budweiser on a hot summer night, Fireflies on the Forth of July, you know all that paper thin Americana draped over the face of death.

This is what makes him so effective, and what gives everyone the license to walk beside him. No doubt in my mind, the level of resistance to the genocide in Gaza would be magnified ten times if Trump was in power now, making all the same moves as Biden is now. It’s because libs view Trump as “Fascism Manifest”. He is the doomsayer, a harbinger of the Apocalypse, and a “threat to democracy”, whatever that means to them. His aura is toxic, and liberal progressives wouldn’t be seen collaborating with him because he gives up the game too easily. He wears his class interests on his sleeve. Watching progressives line up behind a pro genocide Donald Trump would be far too much cognitive dissonance for the liberal progressive voters to handle. Watching them line up behind Grandpa Joe, however, well, that’s just party unity and liberal progressives hunger for party unity.

I think the American institutions are accelerationist, and anyone you get out of that system as leaders would be accelerationists. The heel sets the stage, reads the crowd, establishes clear red lines and invites the masses to cosplay as resistance fighters standing behind the Face. Once the Face takes the stage, in the afterglow of the resistance’s victory, the red lines are moved forward quietly. Without this performance, there is no acceleration to be had. Both the Face and the Heel have a vested interested in the show they put on, and they need each other to keep the show going.

Listen, if you set the bar that high you’d have to discipline the whole force.

Libs identify fundamental features of Capitalism, but can’t except them as fundamental features, and thus create new isms that somehow they believe can be dealt with in isolation. Just doing the math out loud. I had someone mention “corporatism” in conversation recently, and it frankly flew right by me.

Damn I wasn’t aware of that. If you find that video, let me know!

The saying “A Jack of all trades is a master of none.” mostly because it implies that there isn’t value in a diverse set of skills. My understanding is, however, that the whole saying is “A Jack of all trades is a master of none, but often times better than a master of one.” It’s unclear why this phrase was shortened, but you can’t help but see how its usage in the media lends to the notion that one should specialize instead of generalize. Something that directly supports the higher education structure and track post primary school.

Personally, I’ve made a pretty successful go at generalizing within my field, so I definitely resonate with this one.

The concept of “Stockholm Syndrome”. Britannica defines Stockholm Syndrome as follows:

Stockholm syndrome describes the psychological condition of a victim who identifies with and empathizes with their captor or abuser and their goals. Stockholm syndrome is rare; according to one FBI study, the condition occurs in about 8 percent of hostage victims

This concept is widely excepted as a kind of mental breaking, of someone doing something that would appear illogical or irrational. However, the coining of this notion stems from a bank robbery in Stockholm in 1973. I’ll simply link to the backstory from Wikipedia, as it encapsulates the issue pretty well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome#Stockholm_bank_robbery

You replied to me literally stating that my opinions were flawed from the get go based on very big assumptions.

Typical Redditor behavior, you don’t even stop to look at who you are speaking with, you just assume every comment below yours is somehow the same person, and not possibly someone else who also thinks you’re a total chud.

“I think that guy is… Yup he’s shitting. God it just keeps going.”

“It’s like a thick rope… He’s not even struggling.”

“Uhg, he’s making eye contact with me.”

On what basis do you make such a claim?

https://archive.is/20240220003112/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-19/china-vows-to-centralize-tech-development-under-communist-party

Archive of the full article.

This is rational from China’s perspective. Divesting in the American technology pipeline not only weakens America’s grip on the global economy but also positions China as the leader in global technology.

Also, we have more evidence of US putting back doors into technology than we do China. If you’re living in the imperial core, it’s far more likely that the US is monitoring your activities than China is.

Always has been.

Really blew my mind a number of years ago to discover this was a cover. Turns out I like Willy Nelson. “Don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys” is another favorite of mine.

Cake’s cover of “I will survive” and “war pigs” are also fantastic. War Pigs is probably one is my favorite songs. Cake can be polarizing, but I love them.

For a guy who is never there he did a pretty good job of convincing me that socialism is cool. Probably wouldn’t have come to that conclusion on my own consuming default western media.

The “infinity stones bonus” makes me think its not real, but then again, libs love marval.

Uhg this would be pretty sick. You have to flip the script though and gut all the libertarian nonsense from the original movies.

Capitalism is optional after all.

The 3D in Dredd was very subtle until the perspective shifted to the drugged out lackies, and then it was cranked way up and was tied into really good slowmo action.

I saw Dredd in theaters in 3D and I’ve never since seen a 3D movie that justified the extra expence. I’m sad that it’s unlikely I’ll ever experience it that way again. It was incredible. Easily one of the best action movies ever.

AirBud. “There’s nothing in the rules that says a dog can’t play basketball” has to be the total summation of liberal ideology.

Jesus Christ…

Dude you joke but the thread on Lemmy.ml was full of that lib shit.