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to win this fight, we cannot limit ourselves to arguments based on competency or efficiency. we should attack incompetence where we see it, ofc, but we must be militant in arguing - ad nauseam - that the roots of this dysfunction & collapse are moral and spiritual. to do good, we must be better
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
to win this fight, we cannot limit ourselves to arguments based on competency or efficiency. we should attack incompetence where we see it, ofc, but we must be militant in arguing - ad nauseam - that the roots of this dysfunction & collapse are moral and spiritual. to do good, we must be better
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we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
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7. Yet, the precondition for these developments is that Trump fails to turn the US into a truly authoritarian state, which remains an open question.
Desperate budding authoritarians tend to start wars, which Trump threatens to do.
The US is at a tipping point, but which? /8
Desperate budding authoritarians tend to start wars, which Trump threatens to do.
The US is at a tipping point, but which? /8
December 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
7. Yet, the precondition for these developments is that Trump fails to turn the US into a truly authoritarian state, which remains an open question.
Desperate budding authoritarians tend to start wars, which Trump threatens to do.
The US is at a tipping point, but which? /8
Desperate budding authoritarians tend to start wars, which Trump threatens to do.
The US is at a tipping point, but which? /8
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6. From 1930-1980, the US hardly bred any new billionaires because of high taxes & strict regulation (Brad De Long).
The very rich lose respect & power with their money.
Trump is likely to cost the US right far more than Herbert Hoover did. /7
The very rich lose respect & power with their money.
Trump is likely to cost the US right far more than Herbert Hoover did. /7
December 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
6. From 1930-1980, the US hardly bred any new billionaires because of high taxes & strict regulation (Brad De Long).
The very rich lose respect & power with their money.
Trump is likely to cost the US right far more than Herbert Hoover did. /7
The very rich lose respect & power with their money.
Trump is likely to cost the US right far more than Herbert Hoover did. /7
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5. Trump's demise would augur a new 1933.
From 1933-1981, the democrats controlled the Congress for all but four years. 3 policies are likely to return:
1. Much higher income taxes (91% federal income tzx until 1962).
2. Balanced federal budgets.
3. Better social welfare. /6
From 1933-1981, the democrats controlled the Congress for all but four years. 3 policies are likely to return:
1. Much higher income taxes (91% federal income tzx until 1962).
2. Balanced federal budgets.
3. Better social welfare. /6
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
5. Trump's demise would augur a new 1933.
From 1933-1981, the democrats controlled the Congress for all but four years. 3 policies are likely to return:
1. Much higher income taxes (91% federal income tzx until 1962).
2. Balanced federal budgets.
3. Better social welfare. /6
From 1933-1981, the democrats controlled the Congress for all but four years. 3 policies are likely to return:
1. Much higher income taxes (91% federal income tzx until 1962).
2. Balanced federal budgets.
3. Better social welfare. /6
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4. In important regards, the US is reminiscent of 1929:
A. Wealth & income inequality has never been greater than today - the last peak was 1929.
B. Stocks are very highly valued.
C. Worse: The extreme public debt burden & the large public deficits. /5
A. Wealth & income inequality has never been greater than today - the last peak was 1929.
B. Stocks are very highly valued.
C. Worse: The extreme public debt burden & the large public deficits. /5
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
4. In important regards, the US is reminiscent of 1929:
A. Wealth & income inequality has never been greater than today - the last peak was 1929.
B. Stocks are very highly valued.
C. Worse: The extreme public debt burden & the large public deficits. /5
A. Wealth & income inequality has never been greater than today - the last peak was 1929.
B. Stocks are very highly valued.
C. Worse: The extreme public debt burden & the large public deficits. /5
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3. Will Trump's damaging policies cause a financial crisis before he falls:
Too large public debt;
Even larger public deficit;
Discriminating against foreign investors in the US;
Extreme crony capitalism.
So far Trump has been lucky but for how long? /4
Too large public debt;
Even larger public deficit;
Discriminating against foreign investors in the US;
Extreme crony capitalism.
So far Trump has been lucky but for how long? /4
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
3. Will Trump's damaging policies cause a financial crisis before he falls:
Too large public debt;
Even larger public deficit;
Discriminating against foreign investors in the US;
Extreme crony capitalism.
So far Trump has been lucky but for how long? /4
Too large public debt;
Even larger public deficit;
Discriminating against foreign investors in the US;
Extreme crony capitalism.
So far Trump has been lucky but for how long? /4
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2. If the GOP is routed in the midterms, one would expect the bizarre Trumpist ideas to be thrown out & replaced with Reaganism:
Free trade;
Free markets;
Rule of law & end of corruption;
Sensibly regulated immigration;
Renewal of the Western alliance;
Freedom of speech;
Etc. /3
Free trade;
Free markets;
Rule of law & end of corruption;
Sensibly regulated immigration;
Renewal of the Western alliance;
Freedom of speech;
Etc. /3
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
2. If the GOP is routed in the midterms, one would expect the bizarre Trumpist ideas to be thrown out & replaced with Reaganism:
Free trade;
Free markets;
Rule of law & end of corruption;
Sensibly regulated immigration;
Renewal of the Western alliance;
Freedom of speech;
Etc. /3
Free trade;
Free markets;
Rule of law & end of corruption;
Sensibly regulated immigration;
Renewal of the Western alliance;
Freedom of speech;
Etc. /3
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. The only plausible brake on Trump's rule is mid-term elections to Congress in November 2026. Suddenly, it looks as if the GOP could lose both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Trump's aggravated madness makes this look not only possible but likely. /2
December 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
. The only plausible brake on Trump's rule is mid-term elections to Congress in November 2026. Suddenly, it looks as if the GOP could lose both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Trump's aggravated madness makes this look not only possible but likely. /2
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As Trump's senility & madness get worse & the Epstein scandal more evident & Trump's public support declining, I have suddenly started hoping that the US may avoid a fascist dictatorship. How could this happen & what would happen? /1
December 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As Trump's senility & madness get worse & the Epstein scandal more evident & Trump's public support declining, I have suddenly started hoping that the US may avoid a fascist dictatorship. How could this happen & what would happen? /1
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Syd Barrett with family at Christmas, 1967
December 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Syd Barrett with family at Christmas, 1967
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liberals can be just as boomer pilled, madness of the crowd as the right in certain situations. just a smidge of hysteria about china and supposed brainwashing of young people about israel and they tried to take down one of the best ways we have to communicate. insane.
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
liberals can be just as boomer pilled, madness of the crowd as the right in certain situations. just a smidge of hysteria about china and supposed brainwashing of young people about israel and they tried to take down one of the best ways we have to communicate. insane.
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still amazing to me that one of the few places you can find left leaning compelling video content is tiktok and a *democratic* administration effectively tried to shut it down. so dumb. so, so dumb.
December 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
still amazing to me that one of the few places you can find left leaning compelling video content is tiktok and a *democratic* administration effectively tried to shut it down. so dumb. so, so dumb.
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Stay tuned for more shitty donation appeals from James Carville, is what I’m saying.
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Stay tuned for more shitty donation appeals from James Carville, is what I’m saying.
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A class of people took hold with Clinton’s win in 1992 and a fresh crop came in with Obama 08 and they’re still firmly in control of everything. They don’t know shit, but they’re in control.
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A class of people took hold with Clinton’s win in 1992 and a fresh crop came in with Obama 08 and they’re still firmly in control of everything. They don’t know shit, but they’re in control.
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I personally don’t even think it’s ideology. The Dem establishment and its donors just do not understand the utility of media other than as a vehicle to make Dem consultants rich via shitty tv ads.
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I personally don’t even think it’s ideology. The Dem establishment and its donors just do not understand the utility of media other than as a vehicle to make Dem consultants rich via shitty tv ads.
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In the great pantheon of things this would not be expensive to do. Would cost less than half what the Dems wasted on useless senate races in Kentucky and S Carolina. There just isn’t the willingness.
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In the great pantheon of things this would not be expensive to do. Would cost less than half what the Dems wasted on useless senate races in Kentucky and S Carolina. There just isn’t the willingness.
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If there was a liberal equivalent to Fox/NY Post every page of the Epstein docs that slightly mentions Trump would be 2–3 weeks of content. Panel discussions, breaking alerts, hell even 3d reenactments. Roger Ailes was an evil genius at such things.
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If there was a liberal equivalent to Fox/NY Post every page of the Epstein docs that slightly mentions Trump would be 2–3 weeks of content. Panel discussions, breaking alerts, hell even 3d reenactments. Roger Ailes was an evil genius at such things.
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The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
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Normie Americans are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a popular administration that generally allows society to function well. They’re much less likely to do so for an administration that has been cruel and capricious and dysfunctional, which is why the 60 minutes piece might hit hard
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Normie Americans are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a popular administration that generally allows society to function well. They’re much less likely to do so for an administration that has been cruel and capricious and dysfunctional, which is why the 60 minutes piece might hit hard
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makes you wonder the extent to which the loser behavior of a lot of Democratic electeds is just downstream of the loser behavior of apparently a bunch of Democratic voters
December 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
makes you wonder the extent to which the loser behavior of a lot of Democratic electeds is just downstream of the loser behavior of apparently a bunch of Democratic voters
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The comments on this video on TikTok are so interesting to me because it is a lot of people saying that we can’t do this because what if Republicans try it to or what if Republicans reverse it. “We have to change the court the traditional way.”
did a video a few days ago making the case for supreme court expansion www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjB_...
Why Democrats need to expand the Supreme Court
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The comments on this video on TikTok are so interesting to me because it is a lot of people saying that we can’t do this because what if Republicans try it to or what if Republicans reverse it. “We have to change the court the traditional way.”
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It used to be that the United States would use Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to transmit truth across the borders of repressive regimes.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It used to be that the United States would use Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to transmit truth across the borders of repressive regimes.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
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