vegeta

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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

sci fi timeline

You are Here----->

I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance

― Carl Sagan

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Contain? Hell, it will probably INCREASE his popularity among his base. At this point, are there still any undecided willing to objectively assess the situation?

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Then wait until a non-election year to do it

Democracy dies in cowardice

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That’s his summer home, he would only be annoyed if he were not allowed to go to Russia.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

So they are both maddening?

rimshot

Thank you, I will be here all week

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago

Won’t be satisfied until she wins 2-1

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

FTFY

Trump’s ~~trillion-dollar tax cuts are~~ spiralling out of control

H[e] is zany

Archive: https://archive.ph/5fcVG

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago

Ohh please let this be actionable a la Fox News

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Make America use Snakeoil Again

MASA (what he wants certain people to call him)

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