US Politics Thread 2021-24

[Arlo]

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[Rockstar]

Don’t do drugs hardbass is kewl

[Rockstar]

As much as I did laugh the sad truth is it’s probably exactly how they’re making decisions

[Arlo]

Thinking there should be a Russian politics thread for you (if that's what that was).

[Rockstar]

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[u crank]

Remember, this is a country with the news-cycle attention span of a sugar-high child: Twitter can deplatform a president and Jeff Bezos can murder the American Dream on live TV, and 48 hours later it’s not even a story; yet the Capitol riot lives on. The level of obsession devoted to this one event is astounding. So what else?

https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/17...ats-the-point/

So, what are the traditional jobs of government? Are they to destroy Donald J. Trump or to stop all disease or end all discrimination?

Not so much; the actual reasons government exists are a lot more modest. Government exists to defend our borders and our nation from dangerous, predatory people who might harm us. Government exists to establish fair laws, and enforce them. It exists to create the infrastructure we all benefit from, but which no single one of us has enough resources to build. In short, governments exist to do things that allow their citizens to flourish.

We hear that the Capitol riot was an assault on our democracy, but what puts our democracy in more danger? Some unarmed 50-year-old men cavorting in the Rotunda, or a government that sits paralyzed while private equity loots small towns, tech behemoths monopolize free speech, and H.R. departments force you to pledge allegiance to a rainbow flag?

Good government is hard. It’s often boring and unrewarding. Some of the most important policies we can enact won’t make for a good cable news hit — but we need them.

[Arlo]

[Rockstar]

you have just justified peoples observation this entire situation is no longer about medicine but now about divisive politics. It’s what I’ve been trying to tell you all along, glad you finally see the light, good job. Thanks buddy

[Arlo]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

you have just justified peoples observation this entire situation is no longer about medicine but now about divisive politics. It’s what I’ve been trying to tell you all along, glad you finally see the light, good job. Thanks buddy

Relax, 'peoples.'

[Rockstar]

After looking over your recent posts I think it’s safe that I and everyone else here is probably more relax than you.

I think it’s amusing, please do continue.

[u crank]

Glenn Greenwald's Twitter thread on Sep 15, 2021.

Watching liberal media stars spend 5 years trying to thread the needle between "we are so grateful to the unelected but noble Generals thwarting Trump" and "only insane conspiracy nuts believe the US has a Deep State" has been quite dizzying.

The other bizarre aspect of the last 5 years was watching these same liberal media figures prance around as defenders of "norms" and "democratic values" while simultaneously swooning over every unelected military/intel official who purposely impeded or sabotaged Trump's policies.

In US Government jargon, "democratic leaders" has always meant: "leaders who do what we want regardless of how they came to power" (hence, pro-US dictators are "democrats" while anti-US elected leaders are "dictators").

That's the same definition liberal media figures have.

It was widely reported in major outlets like WSJ that CIA, on its own, was concealing classified information they didn't want Trump to have. They sometimes just ignored his orders in Syria. This was *cheered.*

If that's not a "Deep State," nothing is.

Imagine if, in 2011, a right-wing General called Gaddafi and said: "Obama wants to bomb your country and usher in regime change against you even though the House voted *against* its authorization. I give you my word I'll let you know what he's planning & stop him from bombing."

Liberals are happy to be governed by CIA because CIA was where Russiagate came from and they see CIA (correctly) as their political ally. They'll never admit it explicitly -- nobody on the center-left wants to say they see CIA as the Good Guys -- but this is their worldview