[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 hours ago

I have considered looking into this. Building one's own TV might be the move.

Have you done it, and if so, any tips?

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 15 hours ago

I mean, they say both things.

My advice is never use a smart tv of any kind.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 16 hours ago

It is getting harder and harder to find a dumb TV though.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 17 hours ago

It is biased towards the rich. Much of American society and laws are biased towards the rich or biased towards large corporations.

So it is insane, but since it's just as insane as the rest of the system, you aren't supposed to notice.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

From the headline alone, I knew which party.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 day ago

Another weird Republican snowflake. So many of them lately.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 37 points 1 day ago

Tons of people still play Skyrim.

Something tells me that, in 10 years, few if any will still be playing Starfield.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 days ago

pedophilic

And yet, I don't see any evidence of drag queen or gay involvement.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 71 points 2 days ago

Whoever approved this is clearly very weird.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 days ago

I think it is important to understand the nuance here. In many ways, the Republican party is now a victim of its own rhetoric.

They have convinced a sizeable portion of the base that Trump won the election, regardless of mountains of evidence to the contrary. That is no small feat for the propaganda machine.

The problem is, there are saner folks in the Republican party -- we have seen many of them come out with very public endorsements of Harris, and that's only the famous ones. The Republicans know they need to stop the bleeding.

But the dumber among their base see this as an ultimatum. Saying Trump lost is playing into what they think is a biased media narrative. Vance didn't answer the question during the debate because to do so would have instantly alienated him from his own party base.

To retain anyone who isn't a bozo and is actually trying to make an informed decision, it would be important for the party to distance themselves from the conspiratorial nonsense once and for all. For all intents and purposes, it is currently impossible for them to do that.

Thus it is good that we speak up with any evidence like this that Team Trump is the same old bunch of weird losers they always have been. Regardless of what concessions they try to make to woo the non-crazies, facts are facts, and alternative facts don't exist.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 2 days ago

None of this is surprising. It feels like we hear shit like this every single day, and yet half the country still feels like they want this clown back in office.

Propaganda is a helluva drug. Nancy Reagan would blush.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 2 days ago

"Free speech" does not mean free from consequences. It seems to be very difficult for some people to understand this.

If you say something on social media which the company deems against TOS, they have every right to bump you. It is not a public forum, regardless of what misunderstanding people may have. It is the digital equivalent of a private company kicking you out of the store for yelling obscenities at customers.

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(This post was intended for politics@lemmy.world, but as it seems they don't allow text posts, I'm posting it here)

This post will likely not go over well with everyone and some people may not agree with the premise of the question. Mods please remove if not allowed.

I am curious if the MAGA-esque approach to politics is new for the US, or if there have been other examples of similar political movements which may be considered "cult-like". To better define what I mean, here are some examples:

  • Large amounts of signs bearing a candidate's name being shown by single individuals (e.g. big trucks covered in Trump signs everywhere)

  • Use of a candidate name over the US flag

  • Use of a kind of supporter uniform (e.g. the red MAGA hat)

  • The "alternative facts" of MAGA, where debate can be impossible because supporters believe anyone who is a detractor must be lying

  • In some cases, voter intimidation or coercion from staunch supporters

It seems to me that some of this is new but I'd love to hear other thoughts. I have heard and seen many relatively obvious parallels to German politics in the 20s-40s, but I'm specifically wondering if anything similar has ever been seen in the US before.

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