i chuckled at "extremely online left"
― had (crüt), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
It’s the old resistance canard: That it’s worse for Trump and his cronies to make the government less functional and more chaotic than it is for the fascist #Drumpf regime to have an efficient, well-oiled machine to enact its awful ideas. It is terrible that so many career diplomats have left the State Department but I have no idea how even a fully-staffed department under Pompeo would improve America or the world in the slightest.
god this writer is a fuckin' idiot
i wonder how many of the cynical clickbait twitter leftists writing and retweeting this bullshit could actually give you a detailed explanation of how anything works in the federal government
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:39 (six years ago) link
its sad some will never make it as a jr narc
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
fuck all cops and squares forever!!!
― the late great, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link
i mean fuck cops for real but that piece is awful
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link
i'm prepared to be called a centrist for this
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
I have no strong feelings on this. Pompeo is slime but there's nothing at all surprising or noteworthy for HC to be taking his calls.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
The proof that feds like me are scum is that I didn’t quit my job last year and go work for... Facebook?
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:27 (six years ago) link
The left adopting the “large bureaucracies are all terrible” posture is pretty fucking stupid in both the short and long term
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:29 (six years ago) link
the Angry Samoans may have been on to something
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:30 (six years ago) link
If the aim of the trv kvlt cassette only left (not neoliberal scum) is socialism in the US is there a implementation of socialism that doesn't include large govt bureaucracies?
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:38 (six years ago) link
are left wing podcasts available on cassette?
― the late great, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
yeah dude check discogs
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link
I would wager said kvltists are by and large more disgusted with how said bureacracies have been wielded by both major parties to the material disadvantage of the average citizen, not to mention citizens abroad, than the notion of bureaucracy itself.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
Oh, well, that certainly seems like an important distinction for the pompous assholes who identify with that belief set. “Somebody should ensure everyone is treated fairly!”“Not me though! Fuck a government job!”
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
I'll pass on to the mods at antifa.org that you're one of the good ones.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
Thanks : )
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
ah, look, this isn't even a hard argument for a socialist revolutionary to make. the problem is that the existing bureaucracies are ideologically in service of oppression of The People. obviously the solution is to get rid of the Oppressors' Bureacracies and replace them with institutions dedicated to liberating The People from their Oppressors.
this isn't a novel line of argument, and as to whether people will buy the same old bullshit all over again, well, they already are, aren't they?
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
this thread has become very intangible
― Dan S, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
xp and yet by nearly any measure quality of life has improved as those bureaucracies have proliferated soooooo
― the late great, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:18 (six years ago) link
Definitely need more dirtbag leftists at OSHA to run the checklists on those chemical plants.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:23 (six years ago) link
Also Dan S otm I think?
honestly is it really so much worse than the alternatives
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:30 (six years ago) link
Now you sound like a garden variety libertarian
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:35 (six years ago) link
I meant re thread derailment lol
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:42 (six years ago) link
OK now we share a lol
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:08 (six years ago) link
just large bureaucracies that murder children, ET
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 06:52 (six years ago) link
i mean that shitpile Albright even got a fresh NPR segment the other day
Brad you're just a centrist enabler
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 06:53 (six years ago) link
and yet by nearly any measure quality of life has improved as those bureaucracies have proliferated soooooo
for whom? i'm not thrilled with my QoL these days, and it will likely get worse.
however if Tom is hiring...
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 06:56 (six years ago) link
hillary clinton, a woman worth over 00 million dollars, is posting a gofundme to help cover the medical bills of someone who worked for her. there is truly no metaphor more beautiful for how rich people think— Official Enya VEVO (@nachdermas) September 17, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 September 2018 01:09 (five years ago) link
what should she do?
― the late great, Friday, 21 September 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link
read thread
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 September 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
nah
― the late great, Friday, 21 September 2018 01:22 (five years ago) link
bump
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
who?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
"All black people look alike."- Hillary Clinton 2018 pic.twitter.com/A7oPH17pNA— 🎃Spoopy Human Bean🎃 (@Rebell117) October 30, 2018
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
"all centrists talk alike"
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
I make that joke too. OK?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
worst comedian of her generation
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
Except what other joke is there to make when white people still can't tell high profile or completely physically different black people or asian people or latinx apart. It's absurdly ridiculous in how tiresome it is.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
She is not really the one doing something embarrassing there?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
no, she's not. But I've already seen this circulating as a reason she's racist. So congrats everyone.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Like I just saw this on a the NIKE stream on a trading board where all the MAGA trolls like to hang out right now.
tbh I don't see the case for it not being smarter to just politely correct the interviewer and leave it at that but I also don't see why anyone should care either way
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
I make that joke too. OK?― Yerac, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:32 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Yerac, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:32 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
uh...
Except what other joke is there to make when white people still can't tell high profile or completely physically different black people or asian people or latinx apart. It's absurdly ridiculous in how tiresome it is.― Yerac, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:37 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Yerac, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:37 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
huh?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
good thing nobody elected a racist president huh
― Freda VanFleet (symsymsym), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
what's your actual question, flappy? xpost
― Yerac, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:41 PM (twenty seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
right, I just think it's funny how often HRC ends up with her foot in her mouth. cf. "CP time"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
yerac i'm confused why anyone would make that joke it's not a good onei'm also not comparing this to anything Trump did, jfc. I voted for Hillary, I find her gaffes inexplicable and amusing.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link