Ok millennial doesn’t have the same ring to it
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favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Charlie Kirk: No One Is An American Unless I Say So3·2 days agoIt’s really hard to look at
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto Technology@lemmy.world•Apple's Greed Is Finally BackfiringEnglish3·2 days agoApple is 50 years old
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Trump quietly abandons all-caps tirades after Newsom's trolling spree1·3 days agoWe’ve had progressive moments in this country though. That’s how we got national parks, labor laws, and social security.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Trump quietly abandons all-caps tirades after Newsom's trolling spree1·3 days agoI think people need to abandon the idea that we will go from being a far right country to a socialist or progressive one overnight. We didn’t get this far right in one election cycle, we crept this way over time. You want to see big progressive change? Start doing what you can to move the country left, but don’t do something out of spite that the country isn’t moving left fast enough that makes it more likely that the country moves right.
If Newsom is the candidate, vote for him. Then put a ton of pressure on him to enact meaningful progressive policy change. And elect as many progressives as you can to Congress. But, if a neoliberal is on the ballot against a fascist, show up and support the neoliberal. And, raise up and empower progressive media. And, actually get out there yourself and be part of all this.
Kill dash nine https://youtu.be/Fow7iUaKrq4
Ok, what’s the point of posting an article from 2 years ago?
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•California's New Congressional Maps Would Add Five Democratic Seats, Offsetting Texas' Push12·4 days agoIt should be 9. Extinct the mother fuckers.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to DC in expanding federal crackdown14·4 days agoBecause the north didn’t fuck them hard enough. When you take antibiotics, you take the full course to make sure the infection is completely eradicated. America didn’t take its full course of treatment and look what it grew back into.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Louisiana sends National Guard troops to D.C., joins four other states in federal crackdown6·4 days agoI think first we need to see if there is a political solution. If Trump loses enough support or somehow we manage to have midterm elections that aren’t messed with too egregiously and swing to the democrats, then we could get there peacefully. Another possibility is Trump’s health fails and there isn’t a clear successor that is powerful enough to unite his base of support.
While we can hope for those two possibilities to give us a chance at not seeing total fascism in America, I do share your perspective. Things aren’t good and we are very likely in a time just before things get very bad. No one is going to save you. Maybe some meaningful, clear-eyed resistance organizes (in which case civil war is possible), but you should start making arrangements. Either get out now, or figure out a few plans for what you’d do if you had to quickly react to something like that.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Has No Cards | Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?1·5 days agoYou somehow missed my entire point. The Russians themselves aren’t a particularly self-motivated bunch. In order to make them fight, the army literally has to threaten to kill them. Behind their front line, they have another line of Russians that will shoot anyone who tries to retreat. Surrender? You’ll also be killed for that. Also, alcoholism is pretty rampant with soldiers frequently being drunk. You can find clips of them drunk driving their military vehicles online, even getting into accidents with each other.
The US army has also proven pretty capable against the Russians in recent battles in Syria — like the battle of Khasham. If the Russians can barely win against the Ukrainians, I think the US would pretty capably put Russia down. Add in all the expensive weaponry and the US could manage.
favoredponcho@lemmy.ziptoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Gavin. Its time to put on the (orange) mask. Finish the job.40·5 days agoHe needs to keep doing it
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car powerEnglish5·5 days agoI had a Jetta in that era. Died after just 135,000 miles. Family was also into other German cars. They all had expensive issues. We switched to Japanese cars and stopped worrying about car repairs. Unfortunately, there is no real reason to buy a German car unless you’re hoping someone notices the car you drive. When I see people driving German cars, I mostly see people too rich to care about car repairs or a sucker.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Three Republican-led states to deploy National Guard troops to US capital20·5 days agoBecause some dude named big balls got in a scuffle.
Why is this necessary again? Makes no damn sense. Imagine if Biden had deployed California’s national guard to Texas. You’d have a convoy of F-350s through the entire state of MAGA flag waving lunatics with ARs strapped to their chests.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Has No Cards | Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?1·5 days agoThe US and Europe can own Russian natural gas
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Has No Cards | Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?1·5 days agoNot sure why you find it funny. You’re not talking about a country of religious zealots like you find in the Middle East. You’re talking about a country full of drunks where half of all deaths for men are attributable to alcoholism. Add in that Ukraine has steadily ground down Russia’s supply of military hardware to the point where Russia is now pretty much a soft target. Russians are riding into battle on e-bikes now because they barely have any tanks left. Of the tanks that do remain, they’re circa 1940s and 50s.
Edit: or, downvote and say nothing because you haven’t got a response.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto Videos@lemmy.world•Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water3·6 days agoWhat is the bypass plug? Does it contain an RFID chip or can these be mass produced?
favoredponcho@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•San Bernardino family claims federal agents shot at truck54·6 days agoMasked men refusing to identify themselves stop your vehicle with your family inside, smash a window, and demand you get out. What would you do? Stay there or drive away?
You drive away. Now they’re shooting at you. What do you do? Stop and comply?
How convenient to find this entity unconstitutional 90 years after it was founded. You’d think someone would’ve noticed earlier.