Somehow this is the most dystopian thing I've witnessed recently. Just straight up disappearing reality once it doesn't fit the regime's narrative. Chilling.
War is peace. Truth is lies.
Gave a book club with elderly. Chose 1984 for January.
A woman literally said after we had discussed this that the salute wasn't the salute.
The Jewish woman next to hers fingernails were about to grip through her own wrist.
Shocking to see the dissonance in real time like this and then.
Next, 1984 will be banned in US
The worst part? There is no need for it. 1984 can only happen in places other than america, after all. America is a shining beacon of beautiful democracy that is #1 in everything, ever. Anyone saying otherwise is just a whiny bitch social communist.
The maga idiots are not in their position from logic, but from following the cult, and the cult is the current president.
I feel like the original quote applies here pretty well, no real need to change it…
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
Should be updated to include "empathy is sin".
Empathy is weakness
Racism is virtue.
Let's add: Poverty is wealth
I think the other famous one applies even more:
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
---George Orwell, 1984.
and now Wealth is Poverty
Beans are eggs
France is bacon
Knowledge is power
The US is what Americans think China is.
... and they're not wrong. Now we have two authoritarian world powers, yay!
Trump and Xi both want unlimited terms. Xi got his and Trump is jealous.
"If we stopped testing we wouldn't have so many positive cases"
This is hardly new.
Sorry not related, but why do all conservative American news women have this over done make up and fake looking hair? It really moves them into creepy territory. Like sort of evil clown creepy.
Many conservative American women strive to look like this, not just the news anchors. Among the women in orbit around Trump there are several with this same look. It's all very artificial, with lots of makeup and plastic surgery, but apparently it's an ideal in Republican circles.
The other day we were watching a clip of that Goldigging Whore Press Secretary walking up to deliver an outdoor press conference, and she had two blonde clones trailing behind her. We all commented on how weird it was.
thats her replacement, incase trump wants to oust her.
Just the way God made them.
This is actually a very big thing in conservative areas. It's like they all want to be that princess that they were told they were at 3 years old.
Some have suggested it's because of puritanical upbringing. Girls learn how to do their makeup and the like by experimenting etc, but many puritanical families may act like a teen doing so is "dressing like a whore" or something. So they grow up it having the experience,and don't know what to do so just imitate what they think they should look like instead of finding the look that looks good on them.
And without the stock ticker they do look fatter, don't you think?
A British owned tabloid posing as an Irish paper reporting on American news. There aren't many worse sources.
This is such classic Fox bullshit. I'm reminded of FOX News changing the Party ID of Republicans they don't like to "Democrat".
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mistake-fox-news-identifi_n_85656
fox is pretty comedic unintentionally
Citing fox "news" as trusted media source ought to disqualify you from voting. Prove me wrong.
My local fox news is actually pretty good at reporting basic local news, it is the national programs that are foaming at the mouth propaganda.
I saw it but I cannot find it. But I recall Fox News admitting they're not news when pressured for disseminating fake news.
Multiple times, in multiple court cases. Tucker Carlson argued that no regular viewer would consider his content news or factual.
The fact that they get away with this is infuriating. They should have to put a Surgeon General warning label on the screen like tobacco product have on the package.
"WARNING: This content is for entertainment purposes only. We acknowledge that most of the content presented is not factual, and most of the opinions are not based on reality. This platform was created explicitly as a right-wing propaganda outlet to spin damaging news stories and prevent another Republican from being impeached after Watergate. Viewing the content and opinions presented will leave you less informed than not viewing any content at all"
it seems to me like the people should have no problem coordinating an attack on fox news that would take them off the air. i feel like that's an easy one to do that doesn't require a leader, just anonymously post maps detailing the infrastructure of their studios, where security guards are posted, any known passkeys, etc.
If this hypothetical were to come to pass I personally wouldn't call it an attack, so much as a day of love where nothing was done wrong.
Reminds me of how his administration stopped reporting on COVID testing. Obviously if you suck at something, you should just not tell anyone, even if it affects the entire American constituency in a massively dangerous way.
I bet once the markets come back up after he lifts those tariffs again, the ticker will be back.
America's North Korean propaganda network at it again.
Ah, peak Trumpism. "If we ignore it, it goes away!"
To be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if, had they not removed the ticker, they'd gotten complaints about anti-Trump bias.
Not saying they were justified, but at this point, their viewers are as radical as they are.
I googled for fox news screenshots, but can't find any with ticker... I'm confused, where is it usually?
Edit: Found a clip, unfortunately with Trump onscreen here
We all know that BAD NEWS sells so they must think the crashing stock market is GOOD NEWS.
We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!
Posts must be:
Please also avoid duplicates.
Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.
And that’s basically it!