The photos of the "crowds" at the tank parade remind me of when Bill Hicks would come on stage in an almost-empty club, scan the room slowly, and announce "I've had more people in bed than this" ...
When the president sends a cabinet member on TV to announce "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
This is from 2022 but it was absolutely right. The practiced buffoonery of Trump 1, all the "just kiddings" and "seriously but not literallys" absolutely succeeded in desensitizing people who are hardly paying any attention to the harder stuff they always intended to do next. ...
The basic fallacy in chasing votes by being "tough on immigration" is that the modal American's position on the issue is "Deport the Bad ones and keep the Good ones," and they alone know who is which, and that simply does not translate into workable policy. So this kind of gestapo stuff horrifies some of the same people who cheered when Trump promised to do it. There are true sociopaths who love this, but "No, I meant only the BAD immigrants! Not my coworker/friend/neighbor!" is as likely a reaction as enthusiasm. You cannot do immigration policy that satisfies these people because what they want is nonsensical.
So by the time center-left parties fully commit to chasing the far right by "getting tough" on immigration, the backlash has already begun to build and they walk right into it. "I thought you people wanted this!" No, they want something impossible and convinced themselves they'd could have it - the "eat whatever you want AND lose weight!" of immigration policies.
It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try. ...
AP: Trump extends olive branch, invites Musk to White House cellar to taste some brand new amontillado ...
erik says:
all right, thats a little bit disturbing.
Spencer says:
you always make me hungry for tacos.
Ed says:
The only thing I find disturbing is how incredibly safe those citizens look.
joestone says:
"safe" from what… overhydration?
Myconfidence says:
Those humans being who actually suffer the consequences of the actions/inaction of the current group in power (or Gip) are persona non grata in what passes for their minds. This factoid, little-talked about in the Liberal Media (Ooga Booga Booga!), makes the general, who will no doubt be rewarded for being such a good soldier and showing his propensity for self-censorship, a speaker of truth.
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
You'd think this would have been apparent after five years of object examples.
Myconfidence says:
Or, alternatively, the young man in the lower photograph merely woke up with "one leg too many" as a result of some sort of virus in the night. It'll just grow back then…
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