Vibecession Forever
@ghazelleberner.bsky.social
If you blame/attack Democrats more than Republicans, you are not on the left.
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Someday, everyone needs to reckon with the utterly blasé attitude with which the internet left invokes the slaughter in Gaza as a rhetorical cudgel to beat social media enemies with.
It cheapens the suffering, has no positive benefit at all, and turns a real war crime into a meme. It’s disgusting.
It cheapens the suffering, has no positive benefit at all, and turns a real war crime into a meme. It’s disgusting.
Look I know we’re all in a mood right now but like, this would take some very serious soul searching. I dunno.
I might wind up pulling the lever for Hasan but I would spend most of that year simply pretending politics doesn’t exist. Left wing authoritarians are bad too!
I might wind up pulling the lever for Hasan but I would spend most of that year simply pretending politics doesn’t exist. Left wing authoritarians are bad too!
No they would all vote for Hassan against JD because it’s about picking the best possible president and not an extension of their personal brand. I beg you to think beyond the American consumer mindset
February 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Look I know we’re all in a mood right now but like, this would take some very serious soul searching. I dunno.
I might wind up pulling the lever for Hasan but I would spend most of that year simply pretending politics doesn’t exist. Left wing authoritarians are bad too!
I might wind up pulling the lever for Hasan but I would spend most of that year simply pretending politics doesn’t exist. Left wing authoritarians are bad too!
No one who has ever made this argument has done so in good faith. It’s the single biggest tell that you’re dealing with a bad actor.
February 16, 2026 at 2:44 AM
No one who has ever made this argument has done so in good faith. It’s the single biggest tell that you’re dealing with a bad actor.
Being this cutesie coy about your vote is fucking disgusting.
So tired of people taking this right for granted when there are others around the world who are literally killing to have that same right.
So tired of people taking this right for granted when there are others around the world who are literally killing to have that same right.
I will crawl through broken glass to vote against a a Republican bc my life depends on it.
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Being this cutesie coy about your vote is fucking disgusting.
So tired of people taking this right for granted when there are others around the world who are literally killing to have that same right.
So tired of people taking this right for granted when there are others around the world who are literally killing to have that same right.
He didn’t, though.
February 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
He didn’t, though.
Socialist icon George W. Bush.
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Socialist icon George W. Bush.
The whole known unknown thing is unfortunate as a meme because it was actually quite a useful rhetorical construct.
I don’t know if he invented it, but he sure ruined it.
I don’t know if he invented it, but he sure ruined it.
how is your strategery? keeping track of all those known unknowns?
February 16, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The whole known unknown thing is unfortunate as a meme because it was actually quite a useful rhetorical construct.
I don’t know if he invented it, but he sure ruined it.
I don’t know if he invented it, but he sure ruined it.
I’ve been guilty of this sort of thing and actively try not to participate in it (not always successfully). That’s why I’ve joined some in doing the screenshot thing or anonymizing sometimes.
But the fact that this is the default pattern just shows how microblogging is inherently toxic as built.
But the fact that this is the default pattern just shows how microblogging is inherently toxic as built.
I am also watching a trans woman who appears to need some help be racist to a black man she disagrees with politically about something.
Now a bunch of people are attacking the trans woman on her page. This is all not great.
Now a bunch of people are attacking the trans woman on her page. This is all not great.
February 16, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I’ve been guilty of this sort of thing and actively try not to participate in it (not always successfully). That’s why I’ve joined some in doing the screenshot thing or anonymizing sometimes.
But the fact that this is the default pattern just shows how microblogging is inherently toxic as built.
But the fact that this is the default pattern just shows how microblogging is inherently toxic as built.
This has been true since 2016.
The people making the most noise about wealth inequality and democratic socialism are middle and upper class, college educated people.
Not coincidentally, they also control the discourse.
The people making the most noise about wealth inequality and democratic socialism are middle and upper class, college educated people.
Not coincidentally, they also control the discourse.
The vibecession was primarily driven by lower sentiment among the upper and middle classes, not the lower classes.
February 16, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This has been true since 2016.
The people making the most noise about wealth inequality and democratic socialism are middle and upper class, college educated people.
Not coincidentally, they also control the discourse.
The people making the most noise about wealth inequality and democratic socialism are middle and upper class, college educated people.
Not coincidentally, they also control the discourse.
They had him on *before the election* and let him shit all over Harris without much pushback.
They silenced dissent over this in their subscriber discord. They’re gone.
They silenced dissent over this in their subscriber discord. They’re gone.
Running cover for Hasan is deeply embarrassing. The fact Crooked Media invited him to their conference is insane and, again, deeply embarrassing.
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 AM
They had him on *before the election* and let him shit all over Harris without much pushback.
They silenced dissent over this in their subscriber discord. They’re gone.
They silenced dissent over this in their subscriber discord. They’re gone.
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Granted, I also reject what he thinks is just. This guy can’t make moral distinctions between literal dictatorships and democracies. He is absolutely an antisemite. And he is an intellectual featherweight.
Someone send us a lib with Hasan’s jawline, and we can convert the youth.
Someone send us a lib with Hasan’s jawline, and we can convert the youth.
February 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Granted, I also reject what he thinks is just. This guy can’t make moral distinctions between literal dictatorships and democracies. He is absolutely an antisemite. And he is an intellectual featherweight.
Someone send us a lib with Hasan’s jawline, and we can convert the youth.
Someone send us a lib with Hasan’s jawline, and we can convert the youth.
This is the kind of thought leadership the country needs right now.
what if you had to put gas in your phone
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
This is the kind of thought leadership the country needs right now.
Why are so many people on this platform, specially, this unwell?
February 16, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Why are so many people on this platform, specially, this unwell?
Famine wasn’t a communist policy? Go to Kiev and say that.
Man, you people are drowning in the western propaganda.
Capitalism quite literally needs people to starve to death and live in poverty to scare people into maintaining their capitalist slavery so they don't slip into poverty themselves.
Famine wasn't a communist policy.
Capitalism quite literally needs people to starve to death and live in poverty to scare people into maintaining their capitalist slavery so they don't slip into poverty themselves.
Famine wasn't a communist policy.
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Famine wasn’t a communist policy? Go to Kiev and say that.
I have bad news for this person about the critics of capitalism.
Your head is so full of propaganda you assume every single person who has ever died in the Soviet Union is because of communism
If someone slips walking down the stairs it's because of communism
If someone slips walking down the stairs it's because of communism
February 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I have bad news for this person about the critics of capitalism.
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it is almost never a good idea to lie “for the greater good”
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
it is almost never a good idea to lie “for the greater good”
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One of the funniest things I've seen on this site in some time
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
One of the funniest things I've seen on this site in some time
Max Cady watching Problem Child (1990):
genuinely laughing so much rn this is so silly
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Max Cady watching Problem Child (1990):
Holy fuck the ratio on this
there would be no real concrete effects of an AOC presidency that would be materially different from a JD Vance presidency because they all work for the capitalist ruling class and not for us, yes including AOC. we don't need a different president we need a dictatorship of the proletariat.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Holy fuck the ratio on this
History is gonna look back on the 2016 election with increasing incredulity.
Not just at Trump’s supporters, but at all the people who let structural misogyny take the future away from them.
Not just at Trump’s supporters, but at all the people who let structural misogyny take the future away from them.
I love Biden and I love Harris, and I think they believe it too, but in so many ways Hillary ran on it, on the idea that America was ready to step into that shining future and people took a pass on it.
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 AM
History is gonna look back on the 2016 election with increasing incredulity.
Not just at Trump’s supporters, but at all the people who let structural misogyny take the future away from them.
Not just at Trump’s supporters, but at all the people who let structural misogyny take the future away from them.
An lot of the horrible people on here are antisocial 14 years olds.
I don’t mean that in like a name-call-y way. I mean it literally. It’s one of the biggest changes in internet use over the last decade.
I keep trying to remind myself of it when I get annoyed with people staying stupid shit.
I don’t mean that in like a name-call-y way. I mean it literally. It’s one of the biggest changes in internet use over the last decade.
I keep trying to remind myself of it when I get annoyed with people staying stupid shit.
I dunno folks. Find things to do with your life that aren’t trying to hurt other people
February 14, 2026 at 4:06 AM
An lot of the horrible people on here are antisocial 14 years olds.
I don’t mean that in like a name-call-y way. I mean it literally. It’s one of the biggest changes in internet use over the last decade.
I keep trying to remind myself of it when I get annoyed with people staying stupid shit.
I don’t mean that in like a name-call-y way. I mean it literally. It’s one of the biggest changes in internet use over the last decade.
I keep trying to remind myself of it when I get annoyed with people staying stupid shit.
I’d argue the big problem is that the proponents of theory two is that they’re the ones spewing the most misinformation about Democrats into the information environment.
If they actually believed their theory, they’d stop.
If they actually believed their theory, they’d stop.
Key point with low-information voters and flood-the-zone propaganda on social media: "Not engaging on the issue just lets that agitprop dominate low-info voters’ information streams ... [For many the] dominant sentiment was probably something like this: Wow, I didn’t know this was happening."
Behind all this is a deeper argument among Dems over how persuasion really works: The consultant class theory versus those who argue that the consultants are not seriously reckoning with the scale of today's information challenges.
I try to lay this out here. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
I try to lay this out here. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I’d argue the big problem is that the proponents of theory two is that they’re the ones spewing the most misinformation about Democrats into the information environment.
If they actually believed their theory, they’d stop.
If they actually believed their theory, they’d stop.
Every time one of the AI firms rolls out a real skill that replaces white collar workers, the market nosedives. Banking. Real estate. Etc. All in the last couple of weeks.
If this happened in 12 months, it would almost certainly trigger a depression before the jobs could even be replaced.
If this happened in 12 months, it would almost certainly trigger a depression before the jobs could even be replaced.
not for nothing, but this is in direct contradiction to what microsoft's own research team says. once again, the hypebeasts are the problem.
Microsoft AI CEO: 'Most, if not all' white-collar tasks can be replaced by AI within 12-18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Every time one of the AI firms rolls out a real skill that replaces white collar workers, the market nosedives. Banking. Real estate. Etc. All in the last couple of weeks.
If this happened in 12 months, it would almost certainly trigger a depression before the jobs could even be replaced.
If this happened in 12 months, it would almost certainly trigger a depression before the jobs could even be replaced.
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So whatever.
You can do litmus tests.
Or you can try to find ways to peel off right wingers, which is the ONLY way you can strip ICE of funding handed out last year.
Bernie got a 49-51 vote on that point. You need 12 votes.
You can do litmus tests.
Or you can try to find ways to peel off right wingers, which is the ONLY way you can strip ICE of funding handed out last year.
Bernie got a 49-51 vote on that point. You need 12 votes.
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
So whatever.
You can do litmus tests.
Or you can try to find ways to peel off right wingers, which is the ONLY way you can strip ICE of funding handed out last year.
Bernie got a 49-51 vote on that point. You need 12 votes.
You can do litmus tests.
Or you can try to find ways to peel off right wingers, which is the ONLY way you can strip ICE of funding handed out last year.
Bernie got a 49-51 vote on that point. You need 12 votes.
I’d personally characterize this post as pro-misinformation.
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I’d personally characterize this post as pro-misinformation.
I feel confident that if social media existed in ‘08 as it does today, Obama would have lost.
After months of attacks calling him a homophobe “just as bad as the GOP” for his civil unions position (not to mention moderation on race), I just refuse to believe the enthusiasm would have been there.
After months of attacks calling him a homophobe “just as bad as the GOP” for his civil unions position (not to mention moderation on race), I just refuse to believe the enthusiasm would have been there.
the whole anti-trans thing is because Newsom is the most anti-trans candidate and one of the favorite so they're readying a defense for why they won't vote for Democrats
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I feel confident that if social media existed in ‘08 as it does today, Obama would have lost.
After months of attacks calling him a homophobe “just as bad as the GOP” for his civil unions position (not to mention moderation on race), I just refuse to believe the enthusiasm would have been there.
After months of attacks calling him a homophobe “just as bad as the GOP” for his civil unions position (not to mention moderation on race), I just refuse to believe the enthusiasm would have been there.