Brings to mind the whole pagers thing.

This just reminds me. I need to stock up on popcorn.

I don’t know if I personally buy that analogy.

Xitter and Truth Social already exist and thus they already have the market cornered on being a right-wing cesspool of bigotry; from a corporate perspective, there is little point in appealing to an over-saturated market niche. Instead, it is entirely in Bluesky’s interest that they don’t in order to distinguish themselves. Now will they truly decentralize? I don’t know, but it’s the best we’ve got that is gaining momentum for a reason. Beggars can’t be choosers.

Some added context: people were duped by a massive amount of propaganda both foreign & domestic into wanting Trump.

This will only worsen as our institutions are further dismantled from within. High chance we are Russia in 4 years.

Fair. Looks like it was 26 million on Youtube alone in the first 24 hours, not counting Apple, Spotify, and others.

No shit! Say it with me:

Conservatives control the media. Conservatives control the narrative. Reality does not reflect what people see.

When overnight the Joe Rogan interview with Trump had over 40 million views, the issue becomes clear.

Bernie may have, but also fuck The Intercept and we dodged a bullet not letting Tulsi Gabbard anywhere near the White House (I mean, until now anyway).

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In before Newsom or Shapiro nominee in 2028. (that is, in the far-fetched scenario we still have real elections).

When a trust fund child with more money than he knows what to do with thinks he’s a genius lol.

What you’re saying is we should’ve realized how selfish and uncaring they were (speaking as a white male myself). You’re right, but it’s fucking sad.

Anyone who abstained on grounds of Harris’s position on Gaza in my view have blood on their hands in what will not only assuredly he worse for Palestinians under Trump, but also the ongoing attempted genocide in Ukraine by Putin.

They may as well be Trump voters to me and I want nothing to do with them.

I’ll never understand why neither Harris nor at least Walz didn’t fully pierce into the echo-chamber of the manosphere.

I thought this was half the point of picking Walz who could hold his own on guns and sports with Joe Rogan and all that shit.

The closest Harris got was… Going on on Howard Stern? Gen Z men aren’t listening to Stern.

Edit: I know why. They miscalculated (and I did, too). They thought women alone would turn out in a proportion greater than the historically-low turnout of young men. More than that, millions just fell for the both sides disinfo ops and sat out. But that doesn’t change the point that it was low risk / high reward to go on those outlets.

Ah, here comes the SA.

On a widespread scale, or say individually with someone you know?

Generally speaking, you need to treat it like a substance addiction. For these people, this alternate reality is an escapism; the reaction of anger to fear & disgust is actually a physical addiction; the neural pathways become entrenched and habituated to an extent that anything counter this quite literally takes more mental effort to trudge through — like going off the beaten path and into the jungle.

What this means is cutting off the source and putting them into rehab; in this case, rehab being you having their undivided attention for a couple weeks until you can break through. As you can see, the problem is that (1) You are competing with someone who has a cellphone in their hands 24/7 and you cannot compete with that, time-wise. (2) Even if you can convince this person to go out on a camping trip with you, it takes a certain tact and relationship to actually raise this without entirely burning the bridge and having them shut down.

People fall down this rabbit-hole most frequently due to self-loathing or trauma. It’s why the likes of incels are such easy targets. Lonely, young men being told wrong advice get upset that said advice isn’t working and they just get increasingly radicalized. It’s just another example of Shock Doctrine as described by Naomi Klein. When people are broken down and at their most vulnerable, they are most susceptible to radical changes in personality.

It’s another reason why men in their mid-life crisis also run through this. “It’s the immigrant to blame for me being jobless; not me!”

My family across several generations shifted from being Republican to progressive Democrat. The circumstances for us was unique and I don’t even know if we could’ve broken out in this day compared to 20-years-ago.

The other boring answer is good education, but that’s a long-term investment that takes so long to yield results, and even that is being undermined at every turn. Healthy community; healthy idols can be anchors. They have for me, anyway.

You might be interested in the documentary, “The Brainwashing of My Dad.” It ends on a somewhat positive note.

Great counterpoint, buddy ;)

I voted for Bernie (and later Hillary somewhat begrudgingly), but doesn’t it piss you off though that Not Trump didn’t work, though?

Like for a reasonable, ethical individual, that should 100% be enough.

So it speaks to the disinformation war going on and just how strongly Republicans control the national narrative. All of course further exacerbated by the internet, social media, and Citizens United.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m aware Democrats need to embrace their own flavor of populism. Still, it pisses me off that Not Fascism isn’t enough.

That in no way precludes one from being a tanky, but let’s explore:

• As if their defense wasn’t heavily reliant upon the US umbrella and budget that dwarfs their capability
• As if we didn’t bail them the fuck out in WWII.
• As if this very fucking action by the EU isn’t proof of that, itself.

God, I can’t believe you actually got me defending our own military industrial complex. But hey, I really hope you prove me wrong for their sake.

lmao?

Shit tankies say.

It’s simply a strategic move to cater to Trump’s ego.

It’s actually genius. Make Trump look good, tie US closer to Europe while unshackling from Russia.

Appealing to Trump’s ego is the only way allies will survive. And if Trump ever leaves office, it’s still good news if Dems get back in.

The actual logistical process of getting away from LNG is probably more monumental than is feasible in the near-term.