We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear — fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts, or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer. ~Hunter S. Thompson.I saw this yesterday...and I've been seeing it nonstop since.
Russian State TV referred to Trump as their "Partner."
You know, I'm old enough to remember when if the Russians said something like that about you, if you were in the United States, you might not get arrested, but questions certainly would have been asked.
And God help you, if you were a conservative or a Republican. It would have been the end of most people's political careers...if not their working lives, back in the day.
I've been saying it since 2015, Republicans are basically Communists now.
Also, historically, partnership with Russia usually only works out for the Russians.
But today? Not only does nobody care, but being a Trump administration alumni might just get you a contract with a major news network...other than Fox News, I mean.
Because our goddamned stupid media cares more about "Access" than they do about the country, about the state of the world, or about our (or even their) goddamned fucking freedom. Like, if these motherfuckers win, the fuck good is "Access" going to do you when all you can say is whatever they tell you to say...just like if you were on goddamned Russian State TV.
Just as the whole goddamned world is getting a refresher course in what Communism was and what it meant and how people were treated under it, American media decides they want to help that shit along? I mean, come on, what the fuck?
But it's not just that.
Republicans are looking at not just Putin's Neo-Soviet Totalitarianism with lust in their eyes, they're looking at Russia's overall level of "I don't give a fuck" as something aspirational...no doubt thinking how much could they scam off of a system like that and what kind of bitter harvest of petty cruelty they might reap, not just because of (for example) the Putin regime's treatment of ethnic minorities, LGBT people or Ukrainians, but even its treatment of its own soldiers. Yes, the cruelty is the fucking point. The Russian Army is losing a war against Ukraine, but Russian mob money and political elites invaded and conquered the Republican Party years ago.
Reagan Wept.
And because Disney is against Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law...largely at the request of the company's many LGBT employees...These Fucking People have decided they're going to declare war on Disney. (Historical Note: For much of his later career, Walt was a Republican but he wasn't the kind of Republican they have now.) I'm here to tell you, this will end with Disney owning the goddamned Republican Party. From its founder on down, that company has been and is ruthless...and they're the powerhouse they are for a reason. They're very good at what they do, and utterly ferocious in defending it.
It gets worse. Apparently, Ben Shapiro and the Daily Wire are going to invest $100 Million into kids' entertainment. Good. I hope they do. I mean at the end of the day you might as well just roll that money up with cheap ass Bugler tobacco and smoke it, for all the good it'll do. In entertainment terms, that's not even all that much of a budget these days, Jesus.
But there's people who will watch whatever overpriced, low-budget crap they turn out, because they think they're getting one over on their Disney-watching neighbors by doing so. "Owning The Libs" by starting a fight they can't win with a company that despite its socially liberal culture is traditionally moderate conservative but is basically Genghis Khan when it comes to defending their brand. They'll eat the Republican Party's ass for lunch and ask for seconds.
And the reason for this fucking bullshit is threefold:
First off, modern Republicans get all soggy and hard to light whenever any company responds affirmatively to either what the public or their workers want. The only thing they hate more than democracy in general is democracy in the workplace, and worker's rights, period. God forbid the people who make you your money should be treated as anything better than serfs, or something.
Second, it's also that these fucking people have looked at what's going on in Russia right now and they've decided that's what they want to be. Russia has had its own "Don't Say Gay" laws since 2013 and despite some progress (Think LGBT rights in the US in 1995, maybe) most of which remains in place, Russia continues to have massive issues with homophobia and Putin and his government are absolutely willing to take advantage of that.
So of course, Republicans want to try that shit here. Trouble is, all the people who feel that way are already voting Republican.
Third, Republicans are now openly Totalitarianism-curious. And their base
still has them stuck with Donald Trump as God-king and "leader." Literally
everybody should be worried about that shit.
And don't doubt for a second that the loonier Republicans like Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn and Marjorie Taylor Greene in all respects represent what's become of the Republican base...and they're actively trying to get rid of everything that has gone before.
I never thought I'd live in a world where Ukraine is basically the defender of the Free World (and seems to know this and accept it) supported by the EU, NATO and the USA but you've got half of the American political class, a large minority of its media and roughly 20% of its population actively trying to tear down the very concept of freedom itself either for profit or out of stupidity.
If you want a better nation, you have to be a better citizen. And this ain't it.
Republicans have become the people who think Trump is the antichrist and have literally chosen to worship him anyway.
Nobody else is going to save us, the Ukrainians are busy enough trying to save themselves.
You want to remain free? Show the fuck up and vote Republicans the fuck out. I can't put it any more simply than that.
When Sinclair Lewis or whoever said "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a Cross" they were wrong.
At least, technically, about the specific ideology...and what flag it was.
But for We The People there is no practical difference between fascism and Putin's neo-Communism that's been stripped of everything that helps The People.
Of course, These Fucking People have also stripped Christ out of Christianity, so I suppose it fits.
Слава Україна!Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well fought lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same. And if you and I don't do this, then you and I may well spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America when men were free. ~Ronald Reagan.
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