It can also be helpful to realize, doomer headlines like this one about nothing-assholes are common on opposite political spectrums too. There are probably some liberally minded feminists who have given horrific takes like “We should just round up every white man born in a red state, and dump them all in a landfill, with no trials.” And as stupid and evil as that is, some news site has probably quoted them to make manosphere centers feel even angrier towards “evil feminists”.

I don’t think this is quite so true. If the only thing the resistance did to win back power was grab the presidency, that still wouldn’t be nearly enough. Trump and his body of oligarchs managed to corrupt the DOJ, the special counsel, the supreme court, an entire political party, and more. It is a machine far beyond one person that prevented the checks and balances on him.

I’m open to people’s suggestions for how to improve the three branches, but I’m sad to say, even when such suggestions bring up “a special commission, a voter-approved team of judges, a friggin’ AI”, there’s no absolute means to say that group won’t be either corrupted by special interests through insidious means, or completely ignored when their time comes to act.

I will say, we have seen hopeful amounts of change even in Democratic primaries. Voter suppression has happened in the partisan election, and candidates have been rejected from primaries, but if this continues across the country (slower than we’d like) it’s going to signal to Democrats their same old “I’m the only opposition to Trump you’ve got!” story isn’t working.

But in terms of earning back trust: Yeah, I don’t ever really see a path to that. That’s my main issue, even living here; someone can tell me “I’m sorry I voted for Trump” and I still won’t know what motivated them towards mass murder, as well as lying through their teeth to me about how they never imagined he would do such things.

In Warhammer, there’s an Ork flying machine that works because the Orks believe it should work.

In that respect, Ork war technology is more advanced than American law.

I’ll admit this is a useful observation in terms of pure facts.

Like, I read up on the news; so I’m constantly horrified and want immediate change. But being a white male with a job, in terms of personally observed situation, I’m hardly affected (and hardly received Democratic benefit either, in part because I don’t need it) - it’s my societal awareness that makes me want to take action, and that’s not often guaranteed of so many people.

You do realize that speech in The Witcher was at the beginning of a character arc, and he gives up on that viewpoint as the story goes on?

This buys too far into the claim that Republicans are all hicks afraid of communism; something Russian bots suggest heavily to keep America divided. When Bernie and AOC toured the nation, they saw that people overwhelmingly support universal healthcare. Many of them, in 2024, foolishly believed vague claims by Trump that he was going to “revamp” healthcare, not cut it.

I know it’s not popular, but this is how I view it too. To be clear: There is no reason - none - for the Republican party to exist. I almost think some major Democrats might fund them just so that they can have a clear “You gotta vote for us, or you get these lunatics” vibe.

They do nothing for any part of America, and I am personally disappointed in every single individual allegedly-sane allegedly-human consciously voting for them. In a sane world, they would get zero votes anywhere, and I am not okay with a handwave of “yea but you’ll never get Joe Redneck in Montana to vote against them”.

When the vote is 100% democrat, then some intense primarying can happen, fracturing the party into people who actually DO want to help the country. We all know there are at least some of those in the party.

I mean…it sucks to envision phantom insan-o scenarios, but given three years ago I didn’t think we’d be in this one, I’d say yes: If my other choice was a candidate who literally promised day one nuclear war, then I’d be terrified into the choice of voting for Trump. I’d be appalled that those are the choices we’re built to, and would actively seek retribution on everyone involved in those primaries, though.

Gentle reminder that their main concern is not having enough targets to rape.

The fallacy above is the Tolerance of Intolerance. Democrats, up until this presidency, generally respected the rule of law. There has been nothing close in any of their behavior.

When the “other” is an identity formed through place of birth, race, or cultural upbringing, I agree that extermination is a horrific thing that serves as a warning bell. But when the “other” is an intentional ideology formed through mature, conscious decision as a functioning adult, especially when it originates from boundless hatred, I don’t see any particular issue in full, total extermination of its source.

If I had a nickle for everytime articles of impeachment came up during this administration, I’d have a lot of money - but I still wouldn’t be able to get myself a double double, because the price has inflated the whole time.

Funny you bring this up as a meme: The indie game Terror of Hemasaurus is basically about this exactly; running a Rampage clone to rage against capitalism and climate destruction.

Sorry, but something I’ve had to learn with time is that it really doesn’t matter who’s operating the gas chamber, if their actions rely on hundreds of other people openly saying “Death to all jews”. There’s no importance to whether those people would ever pull the lever themselves. The language is what’s important, not how much they were “only joking”. Both an ultra-racist and an edgy teen in their late 20s are just “trying to get away with it” and don’t care who they hurt.

And even then, you can’t talk to half the US.

“Have you considered not hand-delivering your family overseas to fight for oil?”
“I would but liberals would invade my home with electric cars and their transgenderism.”

Even if most real people would be happy, you can bet Israel, Russia, and the RSF + allies would astroturf the hell out of a “How dare America, evil world police, expansionist imperialism” campaign. And, just like how much of America is stupid, many people globally will believe it. It has happened before.

You got me, they’re actually a set of goalposts with a sheet over them - but it appears someone moved them.

So, I can believe Windows is falling apart; I’m less sure of real indications that “Microsoft is panicking” though. I think the newest pie charts I saw of their revenue showed they weren’t really so specifically dependent on Windows. It helps to sell their other cloud platforms, sure, but it doesn’t seem so critical they sell home PCs anymore. Maybe I could be wrong and someone can correct me.

Don’t get me wrong, I moved my gaming PC off Windows late last year, I’m happy to end the toxic relationship, just predicting what’s going to happen next.

The police are hundreds of years old. They still need warrants.

Some key details from the phone footage.

1. It was a handheld phone cam, not a body cam. ICE has thousands of dollars in equipment, but is choosing not to equip body cams; which could have kept his hands free to protect himself. Handheld allows the footage to be far shakier, so he can emphasize the idea he was “struck”.
2. The footage doesn’t contain all of the gunshots. In high likelihood, it had to have been edited before posting, for this to be the case.