***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[friscostylez]

Many in elite bubbles believe the American public doesn’t know “what’s good for them” so they need to be tricked into “doing the right thing”


Is that what they tell themselves before showing all the American propaganda to have our fellow countrymen not feel uncomfortable with our country getting into all those goddamn unnecessary wars? F the "elite"

 

[dwalk31]

Pretty inaccurate to say Fauci lied about the masks, when it appeared he was working with the information known at the time. Like several other leaders.

 

[KHUFU]

Trump not lifting a finger to stop the slide, is downright comical to me. Black people are always dealing with oppression and racist policy in this country, but white people and the model minority? Oh, his not signing this bill is going to get it poppin' even more!

To the conscious Black people on this site, be very aware of your surroundings, and make for certain that you have a nice stash of cash ready.

 

[obeahmyal7]

Trump not lifting a finger to stop the slide, is downright comical to me. Black people are always dealing with oppression and racist policy in this country, but white people and the model minority? Oh, his not signing this bill is going to get it poppin' even more!

To the conscious Black people on this site, be very aware of your surroundings, and make for certain that you have a nice stash of cash ready.

What’s your thinking behind cash-on-hand?

 

[KHUFU]

What’s your thinking behind cash-on-hand?

Watching people panic, behaving out of desperation.
Lessons taught by my Great Grandparents though oppression, and the depression.

 

[aepps20]

To be Young, Black and CONSERVATIVE is the dream. Very proud to be all three but most importantly I'm CONSERVATIVE FIRST. When people see me they don't see my RACE but they see my CONSERVATISM in how I carry myself and what I stand for.

 

[KHUFU]

To be Young, Black and CONSERVATIVE is the dream. Very proud to be all three but most importantly I'm CONSERVATIVE FIRST. When people see me they don't see my RACE but they see my CONSERVATISM in how I carry myself and what I stand for.

 

[Nike Jordan]

Republicans really have no flavor.

 

[Nike Jordan]

Says guy who got the vaccine.

 

[Belgium]

I just became 5% more caucasian looking at those 'food' pics

 

[Methodical Management]

If only there were was more money

 

[gry60]

So, dude is probably holed up somewhere with strict control on who gets into his quarters, but he's gonna go on Twitter and lie about supporting local businesses:



Reminds me of this New Yorker article I read about Soviet leaders erasing people they executed/jailed from official photos:

The Photo Book That Captured How the Soviet Regime Made the Truth Disappear

Sometimes we don’t know who is missing from a photo or why—only that someone has been elided. We are lucky even to know that there is something we don’t know.

www.newyorker.com

 

[dinyc3st]

She's prolly punching her stacks of paper all of her room.

 

[Wargames]

Watching people panic, behaving out of desperation.
Lessons taught by my Great Grandparents though oppression, and the depression.

Are you talking a run on banks?

 

[rexanglorum]

Looking back on 2020, as far as posting and reading posts here and on other online communities goes, it is hard to disagree with a poster with whom one normally agrees.

When you disagree 100%, that poster is a caricature, a heel. If it’s a 5/95 agree/disagree, you can marvel at how a broken clock is right on occasion. If it’s 50/50, that person is enigmatic relative to your politics. When it’s 70/30, you know they are an ally but there is still difference. It gets tricky at like 80/20 or 90/10 because those few cases where there is disagreement feels like a betrayal by someone who ought to know better.

I am going to try to keep the 80% to 90% agreement in mind in 2021, when there is a disagreement.

 

[rexanglorum]

I came across this piece on Twitter. It’s pretty good and it says, better than I could, why economics and economists need to include morality and humanity in our calculations and analysis and conclusions.

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

Looks like we ain’t getting no 2k

 

[frink85]

Looks like we ain’t getting no 2k

I've heard that Congress can amend it later to add the extra 1400, not 100% sure about how that works. But at least unemployment gets extended, thats a W.

 

[had pants]

 

[had pants]

 

[Armada]

Random but I can not wait for a public option for cellular services and internet services similar to what USPS is to REALLY become a part of the discourse for change we need

 

[KHUFU]

Are you talking a run on banks?

All sorts of dangers regarding personal safety.

 

[dinyc3st]

Lol

 

[Canadian Destroyer]

Random but I can not wait for a public option for cellular services and internet services similar to what USPS is to REALLY become a part of the discourse for change we need

Can elaborate on this?

 

[dinyc3st]

I don’t even think these GOP members are wildin out for Trump at this point. There’s gotta be more to it.