WatDabney

joined 2 months ago
[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

It's not an accident that Muskntrump are slashing federal spending but Trump threatened a government shutdown to get the debt ceiling increased.

It's all sleight of hand. The budget cuts are intended solely to cripple departments and programs that benefit common people or inconvenience the wealthy and empowered few, and all of the money that's not spent on those programs and agencies (and more) is going be funneled directly into the pockets of the wealthy and empowered few.

NO money is actually going to be saved. It's just going to be redirected, to even more directly benefit the wealthy few.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So... Trump voters?

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Toddler-in-chief strikes again.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 92 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Oh look - the Democrats are going to fight fire with lukewarm criticism.

Yes, that will surely work.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As always, I just wonder if it's a pose or a delusion.

In much the same way that the Zionists have characterized any criticism of Israel as antisemitism, Democrats have characterized any criticism of themselves as "both sides." And it's for the same reason in both cases – so they can reject criticism out of hand rather than facing up to it.

For the professionals, it's simple, if loathsome - they get to feed at the money trough as long as they can continue to essentially pose as leftists but not really accomplish anything (since anything truly leftist would be at odds with the desires of the people and corporations who are keeping the money trough full).

For the rest though - the rank and file that just repeat the cant they're fed - what do they gain?

I've never been quite clear on that, but I assume it's that their self-images are wrapped up in the labels they wear, and one of those labels is "Democrat," and it only works as a boon to their self-images if it can't be criticized.

I can't see how that can be worth it though.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 weeks ago

Good luck. You're going to need it.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I think they're analogous to people who would stand and watch a stoning, then congratulate themselves on not having thrown any rocks themselves.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

You got the first half right, but the second wrong.

Netanyahu's government doesn't give a shit about Hamas. They never have. Hamas is just a convenient excuse for them to pursue their real goal, which is and has been all along to kill, drive out or subjugate every single Palestinian, because they believe that Palestine has no right to exist at all and that everything from the river to the sea should be theirs, no matter how many lives they have to destroy along the way.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's a solution to the problem of the Trump family not owning enough waterfront real estate.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah - I'm prepared for that. I had a friend who had a GS back in the day, and it notoriously ran sometimes. Overall it spent more time running than it did broken down, but it was close.

But the other thing that struck me about it, and still does, is I think it's one of the most distinctive and attractive auto designs ever. Just something about those curves and that stance appeals to me in a way that no other car ever has.

And while part of the reason I'd want a stock one is that people notoriously bolted crappy parts to them, most of it is that I'd actually want it mechanically rebuilt pretty much from bumper to bumper. If I could find one that's had all of that done, and done well, that'd be fine too, but I'd rather have it done exactly the way I want it. And either way, I want the body to be completely stock.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 weeks ago

The Toddler-in-chief.

view more: ‹ prev next ›