I sincerely doubt Rogan has learned his lesson. There is zero indication that he won't go right back to slurping the ass of the next dictator wannabe while, again, being completely oblivious to the possible consequences.

They really ought to switch to taxing the tires instead of fuel.

It's just a common rhetorical tool used by fascists. If people don't know when you are telling the truth and when you are "joking" you can say whatever you want and then judge public reaction before deciding whether or not to own what you said.

People understand the problems, particularly the ones that impact them but, most of the time, that understanding is extremely shallow. Knowledge dissemination alone would absolutely have been enough to prevent a second Trump Presidency, and actually a first Biden presidency as well. People make bad choices because they don't understand them.

I think the same goes for activism as well. I think a lot more people would get involved if they understood the stakes and the effectiveness of organized engagement.

Anyways, this is a humor sub, so I feel a little bad for going all serious, but I'm really bugged by pseudo-zen aloof disengagement rhetoric. (From the above, not from you.)

Um, not even close. Clinton and Obama gave a damn about looking like they gave a damn. Clinton did almost as much damage to this country as Reagan, and would have done more of his presidency wasn't sidelined by a blowjob. The best thing Obama did was implement a right wing healthcare plan from the same Heritage Foundation that brought us project 2025. He set the stage for the private capital takeover of healthcare that's driving up prices and driving Doctors to leave practice entirely.

Fuck no. Biden, Harris, and the Democratic consultancy machine did not run a presidency or a campaign that came within a million miles of supporting that claim.

In a populist age, like we are in, what beats right wing populists (fascists) is left wing populists. The Biden presidency nudged the party in that direction, but neither he nor Harris were capable of running a populist campaign.

That's what spare children are for. It's no coincidence that Elon started bringing his kid everywhere like baggage right after the (first) CEO shooting. You don't get to be a billionaire by giving a shit about anyone other than yourself.

Your right. The anti-establishment mood in this country and abroad has been building for decades. Americans have never voted based on foreign policy unless that foreign policy is directly impacting them.

So the action plan is what? Cull the voters? Breed better voters?

The first job of a politician is to reach and convince voters. Harris had a billion dollars and didn't do it. Yes, the voters made bad choices, but blaming the voters is not a way forward. There is no escaping that we have to figure out what Harris could have done better. More precisely, shitlibs need to figure it out because progressives already know and have been screaming it from the rooftops for decades.

There are plenty of discontent Americans who didn't fall into Trump's cult.

That amount isn't much more than our shitty local emergency rooms charge for walking in the door.

How dare you actually read the story!?

I do have some reservations about the idea of a compassionate execution method. It's kinda like tasers. Yes, they are a huge improvement on the alternative, but that also means they get used a lot more frequently.