NGL I thought this was a memepost; I never expected even a crumb of self reflection from that hack.

I mean the Trump admin and their backers are pretty clearly oligarchic. I would argue that oligarchy is one of the later states of capitalism, but ultimately they don’t care about economic spending; they care about maintaining or further consolidating their monopolies and monopsonies. Amazon doesn’t care that their profits will fall, they care that they are the only middleman between America and the broader world, whether that be through goods or the internet. It doesn’t matter if their workers can’t afford their stuff; the goal is to be the only source, where their workers have no choice but to afford it. “That’s not how economies work!” OK nobody said these people were sane, just that this is what they think.

Wasn’t “Lucifer” as a concept post-biblical? Obviously in the Torah you have The Satan, the judge on God’s divine council. Lucifer is a post-biblical interpretation of various prophetic scripts to make Satan out to be the overarching “evil” of the bible. Which is funny because that interpretation of Satan (and God) comes from Zoroastrianism, which holds that there is a great good spirit and great evil spirit.

You got a source for that claim? Also by your logic slavery or monarchy got us where we are; just because something has historical relevance doesn’t make it good or acceptable in present or future society.

Oh buddy, trust me, I wasn’t just quoting your parents. The bitch was they’d say shit like that when I was a kid; like no I don’t want your shit, I don’t want to listen to how you plan to die, or how afraid you are that it’s soon. I want to stay up late and watch Yu Yu Hakusho on Adult Swim. And then they wonder why their “wealth” isn’t enough for me to stay around through their abuse and overall shitty personalities.

Hahahahahahahaha

My bet is mask off. Deadass I think he thinks:

1. Mamdani isn’t a “real american”
2. Trump will deport him
3. I’ll get the mayorship by default

Cuomo is old, cooked, and has no morals to guide him through his failing mind. The perfect MAGA.

Leopards ate my leg

“We worked for what we have, and you can, too! Giving you anything would hurt your drive.”

1. a tattoo of Hitler sucking dick would go hard,

2. THANK YOU. The thing no one will say: Platner just happens to be the only person running on a stated leftist platform (whether he means it or not) 8 months before the primary.

For the record I don’t think Platner is a Fetterman or a Sinema. I literally think he’s just a dumbass White Guy^tm.

My fanfic: Dude was in the marines, got a dumbass tattoo (I do believe him on that account), got out and went through some normal vet deep depression and joblessness which led to (as we see in right wingers all the time) a deep sense of nihilism about whether anything matters in life. He sees blackwater is hiring, nothing matters anyway, so he joins up, does his security detail or whatever (I also believe him on that), then fucks off back to Maine and dumps his blackwater money into a boat. Meets some people, made some friends, got through his depression, learned what his fucking tattoo was but thought (like a White Guy^tm) “Hey, I received no pushback, maybe it can just mean something else to me, like a redemptive monument to my stupidity.” Dude sees Maine sucks, George Floyd radicalized him some, then Biden did his Biden things, then Trump won. Dude with all the unearned confidence of a white man says “this is fucked up; I’m gonna run for Senate.” And here we are.

At every level, I think Platner has an idea of leftism he does hold dear. Those ideas are usually off-base nonsense when put together (look at his platform on the military), but are held together by sheer lack of self reflection mixed with the most average White Guy^tm self confidence. I don’t think he’s going to shave his goatee into a toothbrush mustache as soon as he wins. I just think he’s kinda fuckin stupid and in a sane world would sit down and just be stupid in the life he built. I think that we have 8 months for anyone in Maine to step up with a remotely leftist platform, and if they do and it displays even an iota of coherent thought, then they should get all the support Platner is getting now. I think if they don’t, then people should go Platner. I don’t get why everyone is rushing to circle wagons and defend him like a god damn hero immediately, though, and it’s honestly disheartening to see. Like I thought we were all lefties because we kept it real, yk?

I legit do not understand. Like even if someone believed it was an honest mistake, why can’t people even admit that it’s bad and SHOULD be disqualifying in a sane world? Like, you can say he’s still better than Mills; I agree. But Jesus Christ in any other race, bro, what the fuck.

We need to speak more about how there has been a large far-right push to identify as “Catholic converts.”

Based

And NGL everyone farts, you’re fine. Just use common etiquette.

I mean, he’s not too dumb to be a cop. He is a cop. Should? Fuuuuck no. Is? Yes.

You literally have to take an IQ test to become a cop, and can be rejected for scoring too high. You literally HAVE to be a dumbfuck to “serve.”

https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-court-ruled-you-can-be-too-smart-to-be-a-cop/5420630

Do you not find Aragorn, Ranger of the North, Heir of Isildur, rightful King of Armor and Gondor, pillar to the Fellowship of the Ring, eternal friend and ally to the Hobbits, Elves, and Rohirrim alike, attractive?

insert thank you meme

It’s like they lose systemic analysis the minute it affects them. Talk to a liberal about drug addiction and they will immediately (correctly) point out that no one chooses drug addiction; that even if an addict individually chose to stop, it does nothing to change the underlying conditions and would largely not affect the issue. Systemic problems, systemic solutions.

But the fucking second you point out that even if cohorts of people individually chose to hold their nose and vote Dem, it would do nothing to affect the broad unpopularity of the party or move the needle on voter engagement, OH LORDY did The Left ^tm not vote hard enough.

I think many ITT need to hear this: perfect is the enemy of the good.

Possibly true, but not why we are where we are

Hope and strive for perfection, sure! But anyone looking for a candidate that is going to exactly mirror their own own views on policy are as misguided as those who voted for the orange shit stain because he “talks just like me.”

Again, not why we are where we are, and it’s a copout to say that. Here’s why:

Good thing I didn’t say what you said I said.

???

That’s such a copout though. There is like 3% of the population that won’t vote Democrat because they’re not super-based anarcho-communists or whatever. There is a far larger percentage of people that won’t vote Democrat because they fucking suck at doing half of what they promise, and only promise a quarter of what they should. Perfect is the enemy of good; good should be the enemy of student loans, or for-profit healthcare, or, oh yeah, fucking genocide. I voted for Kamala, I pushed people to vote for Kamala, but holy shit you can’t just bury your head in the sand and pretend that everyone who didn’t vote for her was just purity testing.