Well, there’s no way anyone could have known that Trump would abuse that power.

Other than the past decade of him abusing every little bit of power he could, of course.

They want to promote the heirarchy that puts them on top.

That’s all that matters to Nazi shitbags like Donald J. Trump, Elon Musk, and those who venerate them.

At the risk of giving unsolicited advice, I find that you get a lot of people willing to discuss things if you post in a general community related to the topic.

For example instead of posting in an empty sub for a specific video game or sports team, there’s /c/gaming or /c/baseball that have people who are happy to chat.

Yup, they get off on knowing that they are above the rules that they prescribe for others.

It’s frequently used as an excuse to berate “sinners,” with the excuse that they would want someone to confront them about their sins and lead them to Jesus.

Zelenski has the patience of a demigod for not slapping the shit out of Vance.

He handled the no-win situation as best as he could; I hope it raises Europe’s will to back Ukraine since it was obvious how he was ambushed by a supposed ally.

Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide.

-Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum address

Remember that time that we thought he might die of covid? Those were the days.

I’d never heard of Easter lamb cakes before, and it’s my sincere hope to never hear of them again after seeing this.

Lie with dogs and you’ll wake up with fleas.

He’s the guy who picks his nose and then goes for a handshake to wipe off the boogers.

Under the agreement that it would be there for us though.

I’m glad that people are getting payments, but I want it too; it’s a benefit that we were promised for good reasons.

They’re right to be pissed that they paid into it without getting that benefit.

A mandoline slicer makes the chopping much faster if you have one.

I like caraway seeds in mine.

I ferment on the top of my cabinets in a mason jar, then move to the fridge when it starts tasting right.

Mercutio from Romeo & Juliet is an all-timer. Just a clown who nobody takes seriously, but is liked by everyone. Then while he’s being stupid playing with swords (but trying to patch up a blood feud at the same time) he gets killed, triggering a revenge murder that spirals into the deaths of the teens. Sorry for spoilers.

Fix- Informal. to arrange or influence the outcome or action of, especially privately or dishonestly: to fix a jury; to fix a game

Try the Fedigrow community, maybe.

Your post will probably be removed as off-topic here.

You’re right.

They’ll Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 is the best book I’ve read for understanding the rise of reactionary dictatorships.

From the reasons why people buy in to why they look the other way when atrocities are committed.

Reactionary ideology is all about hierarchy and assigning everyone to their proper place within it.

They want women to be baby factories instead of in the workforce where men belong.

They want those children obedient and knowing their place in the patriarchal structure; being a woman who wants an education or a trans woman or a man who believes in feminism is a slap in the face to the reactionaries, who think a person’s highest purpose is to stay in their place within society.

In other words, reactionary parents take it personally when you don’t want to be stuck in their assigned boxes.

You denied Musk’s obvious Nazi salute.

You don’t care about the truth or you’d look it up for yourself and find out this is real. Instead, you’ll continue to poison the well.

When J Edgar Hoover is too much of a “liberal commie” for your tastes…