I fucking can’t with the news anymore. Holy shit.

The “move fast and break things” mantra of silicon valley is bad enough when you aren’t talking about breaking a goddamn nuclear reactor.

It’s chilling that this article is from October and basically lays out how the overthrow of democracy would take place - exactly what’s been happening since then.

The speed at which we’re descending into the dark enlightenment period is beyond alarming.

In September of last year, the podcast Behind the Bastards did a two part series on right wing blogger Curtis Yarvin, his connections to Peter Theil, and his influence on JD Vance. I highly recommend these episodes for anyone who wants to know where this is all headed.

Yarvin has, for years, pushed the notion of RAGE (retire all government employees), and his dark enlightenment movement centers on dismantling democracy and installing a neo-feudalistic system of government in which oligarchs rule as kings.

This is not some crazy new proposal that will be ignored by the people in power. This is the endgame. The oligarchs and right wing fascists Trump has surrounded himself with have been pushing this for years, just waiting for their moment.

If you don’t think this is a big deal, then you probably won’t realize until it’s too late.

https://tenor.com/view/pom-poko-studio-ghibli-raccoons-pouch-magic-gif-25979208

You weren’t kidding lol.

My #1 Ghibli movie (haven’t quite seen them all yet though).

FDR was probably the greatest president we’ve ever had.

https://join-lemmy.org/ is a fantastic resource for onboarding. They even have a great list of apps with pictures of the interfaces for each: https://join-lemmy.org/apps

In a press release issued Wednesday by Arab Americans for Peace, the group said its members “appreciate the president’s offer to clean and rebuild Gaza” but “take issue with the president’s suggestion of taking over Gaza and removing its Palestinian inhabitants.”.

By “clean up”, he literally means removing the Palestinians you absolute fucking morons.