Brian Klass is a political scientist who recently put out his own philosophy of chaos theory. I think it’s a pretty useful tool to look at contemporary movements and really refutes the “it couldn’t possibly happen here” message.

Pre-2011 there was a paper published on why middle eastern dictatorships were so stable. The next year almost all of them fell. Klass argues that the author wasn’t wrong, they just were working with the rules and tools we knew at the time, but didn’t know the rules had changed with the invention of social media.

In his perspective, the idea of a “fluke” is not a fluke at all, it’s a data point showing that things are changing and changing fast. Things just feel like flukes when our assumptions of the way things work become outdated.

More like “I already am, but now I won’t have to pretend as much”

I think this might be to make sure the defacto castration of the courts is now written into law

When I say “not my president”, it’s not me refusing to acknowledge Trump’s authority/ being a sovereign citizen. It’s me saying he is acting in a deliberately antagonist way. He sees us as the enemy. He isn’t leading, in fact he’s doing the opposite.

Here’s what’s supposed to be normal: even if you don’t vote for someone in office, you are still their responsibility. JB Pritzker still has a responsibility to protect Republicans in Illinois. Greg Abbott still has the responsibility to protect democrats in Texas.

I mean I’ve been told this is the year to fudge on your taxes since the IRS is fucked so I mean maybe there’s some silver lining. Frankly Elon isn’t as bad as- hold on someone’s knocking on my door, I’ll be back in a bit.

Welcome to American politics, when the 2028 election begins in 2024 and the 2028 primary began in 2020.

I’m so tired.

My hope is that more “quiet Democrats” get primary’d. Usually they would say “don’t primary me, you’ll risk losing us to the Republican candidate in the general and we have a moderate agenda that’s the lesser evil”.

Right now they don’t have an agenda at all, no rudder, no direction. This is the time to primary tf out of the old Dems.

Also didn’t the Supreme Court just rule that you can’t charge the president for crimes made in their official capacity? He can just say it was in his official capacity to ignore the orders so tough titties.

Where’s Rachel!?

I mean if you take the internet as a monolith, you’ll find contradictions every where. Some people will hate A because of B, some people will hate A because of C, but either way A is getting hate for both B and C.

So either there are millions of people online with different opinions but the crowd looks the same, or there is one very, very busy troll who is running all the accounts.

~help I’m so tired they won’t give me a break to pee~

Before this year, I was absolutely anti-gun. I’m a teacher, and it chills me that every time I enter a classroom I think “how the hell am I going to get these kids out of here if shit goes down”. That’s how I start my Monday’s.

Owning a gun at home is statistically more dangerous to you or someone you love than to an intruder.

Most school shooters are taken down by unarmed teachers who work together.

But we aren’t facing intruders or school shooters. We are facing the proud boys, Jan6ers, and now the federal government. I normally don’t believe in violence and weapons either, but the context has changed and now we cannot rely on promises of public officials to keep us safe. We cannot rely on the police to keep us safe (as if we could before). We cannot rely on any market force to keep us safe.

Only we can keep us safe. This shit is getting real, and for those of us who are most likely staring down the barrel of a fascists gun, we can’t just let that happen.

I hate that this is the reality.

I should never have to consider these things.

But in America, every conservative and their mom is carrying, and we in the cities have been complacent. Obviously you are not from America. You don’t understand the sheer amount of guns here. Sadly it’s creating a feedback loop and to sit unarmed is to be a sitting duck in a civil war/ genocide situation.

The time for the idealism of pacifism is done. If you are neutral you are on the side of the oppressor.

We’re not going to take this lying down

The votes were not rigged, more reason for us to be ready.

Not in Science but this is true in entertainment. Not the best musician, not the best actor, not the best comedian, but being pretty good at all three makes me a sought out music director.

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Heaven is a peanut farm

One for you and me

With friends and music, banquets and balls

And a good man named Jimmy

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Heaven is a peanut farm

Surely it’s the best

There’s a porch with a sleeping dog

One where you can find rest

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They say there is a man out there

Who made sure every heart he would fill

When God said “it’s okay, you can stop your work now”

He said “no, I don’t think I will”

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When you come to this peanut farm

You will be filled with this delight

Friends and family, we gather 'round

To wish Mr. Carter goodnight

Trump succeeded on COVID. Solidifying his base to confirm his death cult was his success.

His success is our failure. Our priorities are not aligned.

Oh I recognize these! We’ve got:

1. The 1978 super Nintendo 5 (alternate universe)

2. Lockheed Martin Bread maker

3. Jeff

4. HP 2400 inkjet Uranium 235 enrichment centrifuge

Well at least you got your shit together.

Where in the immense caverns of your colon did you get that number?

Pretty sure leftists fall in the former camp. They’ll gladly throw Democrats under the bus, and to a leftist there is no difference between the DNC and GOP.

Granted, the take that it’s not a binary is much more reasonable than the assumptions you are making at the top.