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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I bet you if more of our corporate leaders demure to his craven demands that he'll just go away and be reasonable.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Exactly, spineless fuckers can't stand their ground at all in the situation where it is known that if you ignore him - he can't do anything about it.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] witten@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

The challenge is that workers in the States aren't sufficiently organized to weather a general strike (much less coordinate to start one). So how do we get sufficient mutual aid in place so that workers have the support they need to strike?

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The US is officially the North Korea of the western hemisphere.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 26 minutes ago

Um... forgot about UK?

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 hours ago

Thought people were being hyperbolic about trump packing the supreme court. This guy has wasted no time completely destroying any shred of legitimacy the supreme court has ever had. I kind of see this as a positive. Now people see that trusting the supreme court with interpreting the constitution is extremely dumb. If one president can pack the court with fascists what's the point in even having this system? Obviously our constitution was never meant to be beneath the supreme court. This is an extremely clear violation of the right to free speech and of a free press. Our 1st amendment, not even our 2nd one.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Wtf watches that shit anyways. Just use peer tube and it will help the Google dependency of the population. Only problem is, they are probably coming after Fediverse soon.

[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 minutes ago

^ this is what being terminally online looks like.

Being a subculture of a subculture and thinking everyone else should just shift to your thing. While also belittling the thing that nearly everyone outside of your hyperfixation uses and takes for granted.

[–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

You are missing the point. Removal of free speech.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Say goodbye to SNL.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 hours ago

He's gonna do to TV what he has done to manufacturing. What a guy.

[–] Liljekonvalj@feddit.org 7 points 8 hours ago

Imagine if he didn't do these interviews on his plane. Might be a less uncohesive interview if he didn't.

[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 31 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What a dumbfuck; doesn't realize everybody is against him.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 32 points 9 hours ago

Just watch how 51% of voters will vote for him again, because the opposing party's candidate isn't a saint actually and might have some flaws.
Hahaha, who am I kidding, there will be no next free election, nobody will need to vote anymore.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Not everybody, apparently a lot of americans are ok with all this.
I mean, if they weren't ok with it there'd be a visibly decent amount of push back about it all. Yet all they've done is post memes, and went out and had a walkabout with some signs a few months ago.

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

There are massive protests they just don't cover them on TV and YouTube.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The people saying that shit want us to just shoot everyone while they don't have to face any of the potential consequences and are safe.

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

“First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Martin Niemöller, a German Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident. 1945 after being imprisoned for opposing Hitler.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

That's because a lot of this hasn't really started to affect them yet. Sure he has his merry band of loyal supporters but there's also a lot of people who are just not really very politically aware and aren't paying attention.

Think about your grandparents or if you're old enough just your parents. They sit around watching fox news and seeing posts on Facebook and they assume that those are viable sources of trustworthy information. Which obviously they are not.

At some point in the next few years they will start to wonder why the shelves are always empty now, and why are the products they do have so expensive? Also why are so many businesses closing, I was told the economy was doing well.

Getting the media to lie for you only works for so long.

Getting the media to lie for you only works for so long.

For Hitler, it worked until the Russians were literally on top of him and he was putting a bullet in his own head. And this was after years of his cities being bombed into rubble.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

they will start to wonder why the shelves are always empty now, and why are the products they do have so expensive?

And fox/oan/whatever will convince them it's because of the illegal trans immigrants and they'll vote for whichever fascist shows up after Trump dies.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 47 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

one note andys

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago

Now that's what I call Facism

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 26 points 14 hours ago

If you go back, I guess they haven’t had a conservative on in years or something, somebody said.

So, he basically read some ragebait on Facebook

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 38 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Fucking do it. When the only news feed people have access to is state sponsored Fox News and AI generated MAGA memes on Facebook maybe we'll get enough people waking up to make a difference.

[–] oneser@lemmy.zip 46 points 12 hours ago

My brother in christ. They are pulling people from the streets. They are re-writing what schools have to teach. They are removing references to an inconvenient history (slavery). They are calling for civil uprising. They are denominating opposing political groups as terrorists.

If people haven't snapped out of it now, they definitely won't when only state sponsored news is on the air.

[–] Azal@pawb.social 33 points 15 hours ago

Live in a right wing state....

They'll still call it the "Liberal media" any time it says ANYTHING against their world view. Fox is "liberal media" around here.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I am not 100% sure about that. I could see some growing quite bored with their options and maybe waking up. I can see some falling into The Algorithm and getting way, way radicalized into more Nazi stuff.

But yeah, if Taco even takes away the soma, it might be that some people get well and truly pissed. At him. And the Republicans and the conservatives that are destroying this country.

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[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 161 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Hey Disney/ABC, capitulation hasn't worked. What's your next move?

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 87 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Guess I'm going to have to torrent Disney's new film, 50 shades of Mickey.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 hours ago

Fervently waiting their next film, Triumph of the Birth of the Will of a Nation (after they finish editing out all the woke parts)

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[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 87 points 18 hours ago

One thing that has been an eye-opener about all of this is how much cowardice there is in the U.S.. It's easy to talk a big game about free speech and freedom of the press, but when push comes to shove, most buckle.

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

  • Benjamin Franklin
[–] f1error@lemmy.world 29 points 16 hours ago
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 61 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And this is why you never give these people what they want.

Imagine the shitshow if the FCC pulled ABC’s broadcasting license for hurting the administrations feelings. They should have played hard ball.

[–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago

The government can't stop ABC from broadcasting.. Especially if laws have no meaning....why would they care?

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 51 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Actually, that makes a lot of sense...

Given that Trump is the best president ever (I'm sure I have heard people say so), then anyone who opposes him is, ipso facto, an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.

The more I think about it, the more obvious it is. I mean, why even have another election?

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 31 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I'd like to go back to living in a country that isn't run by a moron who shits their britches.

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 15 hours ago

This is what happens when fascism goes unchecked. Fuck dumpy.

[–] Luouth@lemmy.world 46 points 19 hours ago

What a whiney fucking baby. Someone needs to change his diaper... AGAIN

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

Frankly, hardly any of them deserve broadcast rights anymore. They sold out decades ago and it will never be enough. We need ferocious, independent, professional journalists, not billionaire minions.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Pull em you dumb fucking fascist. Who uses rabbit ears anyway?

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