absolutely batshit crazy levels of delusion.
does the richest man in the world think... the "resistance" is... tech billionaires?
does he believe the group recklessly wielding sweeping executive powers, directing raids of homes and schools, imprisoning, threatening, black bag kidnapping dissenters off the street, and deploying the military to the borders.... that they are the resistance?!
i know playing the victim is a standard gaslighting fascist rhetorical maneuver... but if he really thinks of himself as a "rebel" outsider. god help us. this man's continued metabolic equilibrium puts us all in grave danger.
tbf, there's also a lot of immensely powerful corporations and political propagandists who invested heavily in Rogan over the years into him becoming a huge success.
it wasn't all organic popularity, media platforms, Spotify, advertisers and a whole slew of griftosphere talking heads made sure his brand of braindead 'just a regular guy asking questions' shtick was beamed directly into the brains of males age 25-50 who self identity as 'independent thinkers'.
it's easy to manipulate marginally stupid/normal people when you know precisely what topics get them riled up and tuned in to your disinformation machine.
Stitching together 343 distinct photos, Rozells illuminates a growing problem. When Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched Starlink in 2019, 60 satellites filled the skies, with a race from other companies to follow. That number has now topped 10,000, with tens of thousands more in the works. SpaceX alone plans to launch 40,000 more.
Rozells’ composite visually echoes pleas from astronomers, who warn that although satellites collect essential data, the staggering amount filling our skies will only worsen light pollution and our ability to study what lies beyond. Because this industry has little regulation, the problem could go unchecked.
wow, 10k? and 40K more planned... I had no idea
at first I wondered, is that a sun or a moon... then I realized, it's more likely a spotlight from a Google AI powered autonomous weapon system hunter-killer drone.
love the skull piles btw!
irresponsible gun owning parents, who literally put firearms into the hands of their homicidal children, need to be held accountable for these tragedies.
dozens of mass shootings in recent years, especially school shootings, were absolutely preventable. if only these fucking lazy stupid ass adults would stop fetishizing guns for 2 seconds, long enough to store their weapons securely like a sane responsible person. or they could, idk, maybe steer their mentally disturbed crotch goblin towards a more pro-social, harmless activity?
firearm ownership is a responsibility too few take seriously.
"This is unacceptable. No one should ever resort to violence or vandalism to make a political point." Hochul said in a statement in X.
craft supplies == vIoLeNcE
nice how he intentionally conflates vandalism with violence, to make the act of putting tape on a building sound like a level 4 code magenta terrorist attack. these fragile pathetic losers.
i think tik tok might be in a position where they must sell in order to continue serving content to American users
The order was announced as White House officials believed they were nearing a deal for the app’s operations to be spun off into a new company based in the U.S. and owned and operated by a majority of American investors,
the extension only happened because after the TikTok CEO, Shou Chew, threw a big party for right wing influencers during Trump's record breaking $200M bribe acceptance party inauguration, Trump mysteriously halted the order (despite being signed into law) to ban the app.
from the article:
Top TikTok executives reportedly rubbed shoulders with American tech leaders and handed out business cards at an elite pre-inauguration donor event on Sunday featuring members of the Trump administration, as the app’s future in the U.S. remains uncertain.
Tiktok executives including CEO Shou Chew and vice president Michael Beckerman were reportedly on hand at the event, which President Donald and First Lady Melania Trump hosted at the National Building Museum in Washington. They joined a reported guestlist including Vice President JD Vance, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and conservative megadonor Miriam Adelson.
geeze, it's almost like the tech oligarchs told Trump to pause the ban until they could negotiate a way to profit more from acquisition of TikTok (or a newly created US based subsidiary that Bezos is trying to invest in) than by outright banning users access to it, cold turkey.
here's another great historical photo of a revolutionary. the sources have more details about Marina's life, for those interested in Spanish Civil War history.
Marina Ginesta - photo by Hans Gutmann
source: rarehistoricalphotos.com
source2: Marina Ginestà, 94, the defiant militia girl with the gun
The photo was taken by the Irish photographer Colman Doyle. The original caption: “A woman IRA volunteer on active service in West Belfast with an AR18 assault rifle”.
The IRA regularly conducted “show of arms” displays, showing off their modern and numerous weapons.
source: rarehistoryphotos.com
interesting movie you should check out, God Bless America, directed by the inimitable Bobcat Goldthwait.
it's a sort of dirtbag dark comedy blend of Falling Down meets Joe vs The Volcano. middle aged guy gets a terminal diagnosis and goes on a cross country rampage taking out right wing pundits. there's a fair amount of poorly aged schlock and nostalgia fetishizing but the core premise is enough to make it worthwhile.
The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think. | Vox
Wikipedia - Charter Cities
Wikipedia - Effective Accelerationism
Trump's weird new 'freedom cities' and the Network State cult | The Nerd Reich
great YT explainer for anyone unfamiliar with the Yarvin style techno authoritarianism to which Thiel and Musk subscribe: DARK GOTHIC MAGA How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America | Blonde Politics - YouTube
on April 19th there will be protests nationwide in every city.
I plan to be at the one where I live, with as many people as I can get to come with me. attending is the bare minimum i can do, but until we collectively get up enough courage for large scale civil disobedience, simple protests are a starting point to get you connected with local allies and movements.
people aren't doing anything
literally millions of Americans organizing nationwide protests and resistance events, uniting with friends and co-workers to strategize, with larger and larger turnouts with each passing week....
🤔🤔🤔
your observations are spot on. these Randroid tech weirdos are actually trying to make Galts Gulch a reality in America, and will burn down every institution standing between them and their "charter cities" ancap fantasies.
we need to vigorously demonstrate to these Curtis Yarvin inspired delusional motherfuckers that The Fountainhead is a work of fiction, and we're not going to let them sacrifice our children's future so they can cosplay as John Galt.
this makes me so fucking angry... and exhausted.
please, everyone reading this:
consider ways to protest what's happening to biodiversity and climate right now as a result of the Musk/Trump administration.
even if you can't participate in actions directly in person, find ways to materially support those who are putting themselves on the line. (eg, cover their shift at work, give them a ride, babysit their kids while they are involved in actions, etc). even a simple 'thank you for fighting' goes a long way.
we can't let this constant string of bad news grind us down into apathy. consider participating in nationwide protest April 19th. hope to see you there.
This isn't about anyone but Trump.
💯 everything you said up to that last point...
I think Peter Thiel and Dark MAGA billionaires are also pretty interested in what's going on... they literally installed JD Vance as VP to guarantee inside influence over policies which serve their long term anarcho-capitalist fantasies.
as others have said. it's both. you don't have to be an employee, you just need advance access to privileged knowledge that no one else has. an unfair advantage granted to you by proximity to the decision makers who cause the market to react.
if a Senator is on a committee that meets behind closed doors to vote on whether a bill will move forward or die in committee, and he tells his wife to go buy/sell certain stocks (before the vote is publicly announced)... pretty sure most people would call that insider trading.
whether Musktrump alerted their own wealth manager or their private equity and oligarch buddies about the exact timing of certain key decisions which would impact stock valuations or securities, is a matter to be investigated. but it seems pretty fucking likely.
besides, it's irrelevant what the law defines at this point... no one in the administration will face an inquiry or be held accountable for this.