I don’t know. As someone that has worked for Cisco and Microsoft on both routing/switching and cloud/datacenters. I really would put my trust in a system that has been running perfectly fine for decades over anything these companies want to replace it with. There isn’t really any company in the US that doesn’t have ties to this administrations corruption.

The entire tech industry needs to be gutted and the criminals in it need to be rotting in prison before id trust anything to be done right.

I agree our infrastructure needs to be maintained and upgraded. But, holy shit, the flight industry does not need AI. It needs a massive jobs program funded by the government for training.

It’s embarrassing how obvious it was. It felt like I was back in high school listening to someone read a book report on a book they never read. The “it’s not the new stuff. It’s the old stuff” from the white house press briefing.

Dude. They essentially plugged in 100 hair dryers, turned them on at full heat, and then complained that the wiring in the house was old when the circuit breaker tripped. “It’s not the hair dryers fault!”

“All the SI smart system does is send information”

“The outage was caused by the servers being flooded with too much data”

“They aren’t connected in anyway”

They fucking ddosed themselves dude. You can’t make this shit up.

Haha. Just a Drunken ADHD rant.

So, I’ll answer for those that don’t have a PHD in the study of fascism/rascism and the far right. You’re normal and shouldn’t have to know this.

You probably heard about MTG (Margary Taylor Green) leaving her place in the House. If you follow politics at all. Well, this and Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News would be the early adopter’s of the shift in the right we are seeing right now.

It’s the same thing that Trump actually ran on that was so appealing to the normies that started paying attention to politics when he ran. The anti war/conflicts in the middle East (not yet anti Israel in 2015), the “make America great again” shit and anti NAFTA trade policies. The “I’ll protect social security” stuff.

People forget that Trump got popular on a lot of economic talking points he never had any intentions of actually following through on. But he captured a large portion of the population that (1) didn’t understand why their kids weren’t obtaining the same success they had; and (2) had inherent rascism built into their politics because of… well, read a fucking history book.

So, MTG is an example of timing. But Tucker Carlson is the real ideologue that we can track. A real white supremacist that is constantly looking to push his agenda on any hook of populist interest. And, to his credit, he read the room better than Trump did. He’s been hooking onto the left and saying a lot of true things about Israel. But, it’s not with good intentions. He read the room and decided to get in early with a position that he saw would need to be inevitably addressed. Trump did not. That’s why he’s stuck in Iran and failing. This is a fundamental difference.

This created a small shift in the right. That was largely working to connect to the people that didn’t get what they wanted from Trump. Their lives didn’t get better. But it was a small part of the right initially. That we will see explode before the next election. They are in a transitional phase. But are still captured by these two factions of the right that are at an impasse right now.

It’s a nationalist movement that is still holding onto the xenophobic and economic populist policies that Trump lied about (focusing only on the xenophobia). And it is attempting to capture the real economic changes that the leftist movement (DSA/Mamdani) have made popular.

It is yet to be seen, but, the upcoming presidential elections will likely be fought on the right trying to convince the population that the xenophobia and anti Israel position is “more pure” on the right than the left. The leftist politicians will be filtered by attempting to appeal to a center that does not exist. And their lack of ability to engage in class based politics will give the right wingers (following Tucker Carlson’s lead) the advantage in their lies. And, if we allow the liberal zionist to maintain control within electoral politics within the Democratic party; we on the left will lose that fight.

The “Tucker Carlson” wing of true white supremacist fascism will outweigh the good intentions of the liberals that cannot call out the class structures as the core problem.

The larger population will fall for the truths that the fascisg speak with no intention of addressing. And this time; it won’t be an incompetent old TV show host in power. It will be a competent and capable white supremacist like Tucker Carlson (or whatever puppet they put in to run) that will be more interested using their position of power to do more than just enrich themselves. They will be an actual ideologue (see Stephen Miller) that will know exactly how to direct the anger of the masses, and their worsening material conditions, towards the perfect scapegoat of whatever minority group is the best target.

That is IF there is not already a mutiny brewing within the Trump admin. That the fascist ideologues are not already looking to maintain power before the next elections. This will depend on their confidence; and, the interest of the capitalist class that looks to maintain their hold over the economy.

We will see. But that’s my explanation of what is happening on ‘the right’ right now. I’d appreciate any criticism of the analysis.

Tons is left out. Nick Fuentes, Epstein, etc. But, that’s more of a 202 class in your second year in these studies. I’ll leave it alone for now.

It’s annoying that news networks don’t show videos from things that happen on other news networks. I feel like that’s literally the definition of fair use. But, it’s definitely why they don’t. I think it’s more of an industry standard to not though.

But, it’s the worst case, because they don’t even link to to the source. They just write about a video. I feel your frustration.

Dude is behind on the grift. Tucker Carlson and MTG were way ahead of it. The obvious grift right now is to pretend that Trump betrayed the movement and that the real America First people were just the countless people that supported Trump until it became unpopular to do so.

It’s really easy, you just point to all the shit he lied about, that you defended previously, and now acknowledge it as a lie. Protecting social security, bringing back manufacturing, ending wars, etc. Just revert back to the shit he lied about and pretend you’re for those things. Easy.

Oh, and make sure to point to the DSA candidates as the “real grifters” that are just lying. And ignore Mamdani. Just don’t talk about him.

And does not support Medicare for all. Dude is just Haley Stevens with charisma and better PR.

Want to say something about the topic I’m actually discussing?

You’re engaging in class reductionism. The main reason is of course her socialist identity. But, to ignore that she is a black woman from the south would be like ignoring the attacks on Abdul for being Muslim (from both parties).

A black socialist woman is significantly more dangerous to the Democratic party as their core voting base in the south is comprised of lifelong democratic black voters that they are trying to distance from DSA. “DSA is all privileged white people” you hear both parties regurgitate. They clearly see her as threat that will push a large part of their base further left.

It’s ok to analyze incentives through intersectionality. The Democratic party establishment is. They are just using it to keep power. Don’t ignore it because the main reason they are against her is because of her socialist policies. That doesn’t mean there isn’t multi things that are a threat from her, because of her identity, that introduce contradictions to their existing narratives.

Edit: This is not to say that black voters aren’t extremely more left than the average American on average, they are. But, a large portion of the base of the democratic party, those that vote in primaries, are more likely to vote for the parties pick than an insurgent DSA candidate. A black woman from DSA contradictions their entire narrative. Ignoring that is ignoring how they are attempting to use identity politics to attack socialism.

The polling in Florida was not 13 points. And there was significant evidence that a cash infusion from Bernie had helped to close the gap even further.

This isn’t a “in hindsight” kind of thing. The Democratic party had plenty of opportunities and evidence to show that funding was leading to a winnable race. Even more so than places that they DID fund and ended up losing/winning as well.

I’m sorry. But you were not paying attention to Florida and Nixon if you think there wasn’t a deliberate bias against a black woman and DSA member. They abandoned her because they did not want her to win. They did not want an example of a leftist winning in the South. They want to continue to run establishment figures that are against Medicare for all; like Jon Ossof. Don’t fall for their lies.

They lose either way though. Because she nearly won and didn’t get their support. Now we’re gonna run her again in two years and by then we hopefully won’t need any of their funds.

The great thing about this election is that it was a special election. She can literally run again in two years since the term ends. And she absolutely should. As more DSA politicians gain national popularity like Mamdani and Abdul (not DSA but is very much associated with them), she will have a lot more support. And there are a lot of House members that can promote DSA from DC.

The next two years are about building the power and funding of the DSA so the Democratic party is less of an issue and a dependence. And we need AoC for that funding and national popularity. The DSA needs to understand that opportunity. That we need to be within the foundation of her campaign. So when the time comes for 2028 these candidates are further less dependent on establishment and a frontrunner for the presidential primary has DSA as its foundation. And DSA isn’t chasing her and pressuring policy from the outside.

We want less money and influence coming from the Democratic Establishment and more coming from building an independent insurgency that operates within the Democratic party until we are either forced out, or are popular enough that the “default to Democrat” vote of a lot of the country is no longer a massive hurdle.

I don’t think we will be able to run as a separate party by 2028. But, we (DSA) need to start operating like we are.

Nixon wasn’t a cult. There isn’t a real comparison in past presidents on approval ratings. Cults don’t usually shrink slowly. They have splits that occur. It’s in a hardened defensive state right now. They moved to private land and built a fenced off hideout. Breaking out takes a larger event. But the complaints are open secrets. The sewage is backed up. The crops aren’t growing. People are getting sick. But everyone is too deep and too far in to say anything. We have to wait til the leader asks everyone to drink the Koolaid.

The cult. Yes. But the cult is shrinking and it’s leader will be dead in the next 5, maybe 10ish, years if we’re unlucky.

The cult henchman (politicians) do care and are having a hard time right now dealing with the backlash. Complaining about trans girls in sports doesn’t really work when people can’t afford gas to drive to their job.

The 30% cult is still filled with the most out of touch and uneducated Americans. They are still reachable in a way, at least their children and next generation with the right education. But there is at least 15-20% that are just old, privileged, and upset that their children won’t talk to them. And that problem will solve itself with time.

Democrats are afraid of missing out on the use of acceptable bigotry. They love to be biggots for largely acceptable bigotries when they can. It is the easiest way for them to guard against leftist policies. They have never been there to move the needle. They are there to take credit for the move when forced to by decades of civil rights movements making progress. They mostly serve as a filter that makes sure that those policies are as diluted and ineffective as possible.

They don’t offer any real material improvements from their policies; so their entire appeal rest on the idea of inclusive and progressive policies. They rarely actually fight for them and quickly push away minority groups when they think they need to to win. Harris 2024 immigration ads being the obvious one. Or the awful immigration policies they tried to push before the 2024 election that basically gave Republicans everything they wanted. And now just openly transphobic Democrats running for elections.

The most acceptable bigotry in this country that reaches further than immigrants or LGBTQ people is rascism towards arabs and Muslims. The Democrats have always reached towards what they perceive as “the center” to portray themselves as “reasonable” when the bigotry is more largely accepted. In this country, rascism towards arabs and Muslims is very much the center, unfortunately.

Democrats won’t actually stand on the principles that they pretend to have. When, a Muslim man starts talking about policy that has actual material impact and improvements, their donors can’t have that. They’ll associate them with 9/11, they hold the place of the acceptable bigotry in order to do their actual function. Which is to serve the interest of the capitalist class that line their pockets.

The irony of the Zionist comedian that’s used her “racial identity” to justify genocide being “white” in this. The continuous confirmation that “white” is a made up social construct that is either used to signal to hate for an outgroup; or in her case, remove it as an identity when it’s convenient to use her Jewish “racial identity” as a shield for an emotional support apartheid state.

Also, relevant louis ck from before that video was made; that was basically what the video you linked was ripping off. Kind of blatantly.

https://youtu.be/7AbxHo9ybD0

Still, appreciate the sharing. Not directed at you. But, fuck Sarah Silverman. And Louis CK is also a weird sex pest.

Though both the video and his standup are pointing to white privilege and racial constructs as comedy. So both are good in a vacuum.

Dude, white Republicans must be fucking depressed. Like, the bigotry is still their, it’s clearly the only thing left fueling them. But God damn. Having to cope with the gas prices, the economic failures, a datacenter poisoning your lungs and ears. Listening to your president talk about his ballroom and golf course renovations on social media all day.

Can we get some “it’ll be ok white people” ads? That’s what Paxton is projecting right now. His entire voter base is too depressed to get off the couch. These red state Republicans never have had to actually try to win an election.

There there Pax. It’ll be ok. We just need some DEI for old white rascist shitbags.

Better get going. It’s a long walk and you’re still sitting at home.

Too quick of a death. Mars is a good choice. Send him with all the billionaires with space toys. Make it a reality TV show.

I love the Democratic party. The strongest position we have in it is “let’s make the Republicans look bad”. Like, holy fuck, talk about how you’re going to override the veto, talk about how you’re going to first pressure Republicans in purple seats to side with you on universally hated things like datacenters; to show that a 2/3rds vote is possible with pressure from the population.

Talk about how you ARE going to pass Medicare for all by pressuring Republicans about to be purged from office in 2028 to “walk out” and not be present for the veto override voting. (The 2/3rds is based on members that are present, not actual house or Senate capacity).

Hell, point the stroke gun at some old fucks not voting with you. Show some fucking balls.

Like, holy fuck, the “best” position right now is “we’re gonna fail, but we’re gonna make Trump look bad”. Fucking hell dude. We are at the absolute floor. No one left in this country that likes Trump is changing their opinion when he vetos Medicare for all. It’s a fucking cult. Stop trying to make the cult leader look bad to the 20-30% of Americans in the cult. Stop treating your Ls like wins. We don’t need “philosophical victories”. We need material change through legislation and a democratic party thats going to fight through every method possible.

I swear; when the Dems win in a massive wave, they will spend the next two years passing legislation they know will be vetoed and then talking about how important 2028 is. Will win massively in 2028, and then literally follow the Obama playbook post Bush. No trials for war crimes, no arrest of ICE murderers, and another “we tortured some folks” reflection of how we need to “move on”. And then pass some more useless neoliberal Reagan like reforms that just lead people to get frustrated and vote for the next fascist in 2032 or 2036.

Can we stop this cycle? This party is a fucking op. Even are “best” are fucking useless.

It’s 2/3rds of present members. It’s still likely impossible. But, if the Democrats actually want to play hard ball (they don’t) they could get shit passed without enough Republican members present.

The Democrats biggest failure has been that they don’t actually play the games the Republicans do. They follow the process and respect the rules when they have power and get nothing passed. When they don’t have power they complain that they can’t do anything.

Trump is going to be gone in 2 years. Republican politicians want a future in politics. There are significantly more ways to get shit passed and vetos overridden that aren’t just “the rules”. It’s actually engaging in political maneuvers and leverage that you won’t hear about on TV and aren’t a part of the actual “process” or law.

A threat or negotiating with specific Republicans to literally just not be present for a vote. That’s the shit that would need to go down. There are countless ways “the rules” can be bent like this. Republicans do it all the time. Democrats are very often completely capable of getting shit passed. But they don’t want to. They want to raise money from donors and continue to be “the less bad option”. If they actually started passing popular policy then the entire point of their party would be over.

This is what they mean when you hear Democrats say they want a “strong Republican party”. They don’t want the Republicans to lose too badly. If they had 2/3rds in the house and Senate we’d all clearly realize that they can’t actually pass Medicare for all because then the money from billionaires would disappear. And that money is what they are there for in the first place.

I don’t have faith in the democratic party. But, I also won’t make excuses for them if they twiddle their thumbs for two years.

The time for the weak backbone bull shit is over. We don’t need another year of the Democrats crying that the Republicans refuse to vote on Obama’s supreme court appointment. It’s that type of shit that got us here.

Fuck the Obama era of “they go low we go high”. It’s time to hit them below the waist. It’s the Democrats last shot to do so. If they fail to hold this administration accountable, makes actual arrest, and lock up not just Trump but also billionaires like Musk; we are not going to have a country anymore. Either through the next phase of fascism or through cities being burned to the ground.