• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    “The communist states are getting earthquakes. Look at California. You can’t have more earthquakes than California. You want to figure out why?”

    Californian here, the answer is “plate tectonics”, and “fault lines”.

    Source: I graduated the third grade.

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      Communism is when you… Wait okay let me start over. If someone else is doing something and… Hold on. So you know how theres capitalism and then there’s… Please don’t do a communism.

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      It means any place where total oligarchy is resisted in any way whatsoever.

      It sounds like a stupid comment to rally the hogs, but in reality these types of things are a mask-off moment.

      “We hate it when people attempt to better their lives because it threatens our wealth”

      EDIT: I mean yes, it’s all those other things too. America’s Mayor would, be definition, have to be a dumbass bootlicking yes man who swindles for votes AND also be a fascist culture-warring capital defender.

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    Yeah, and witches cursed my pants to not fit anymore. NOT all the non-stop sitting and snacking. Definitely witches.

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    Look at California. You can’t have more earthquakes than California. You want to figure out why?"

    I think they’re called fault lines. This is on the level of “tides go in, tides go out, you can’t explain that!” Followed by an “are you fucking kidding?” face

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    Maybe the home of Wall Street, the world’s largest market, isn’t Communist.

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      wall streets only there to draw away suspicion. nobody would suspect wall street to be right in the middle of a communist city

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      That is still one of the most surreal moments to come out of that whole mess.

      I just don’t understand how it was allowed to play out. At some point, someone had to decide that going ahead with it was more important than waiting a day and finding a suitable location.

      For the life of me I can’t remember what the press conference was about, only the screw up.

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        Extreme ego and narcissism allowed that to happen. It was a simple mistake in booking that they refused to own up to because that would be admitting mistake which is something fascist leaders are completely unable to cope with

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        I really just wonder how easy it would be, psychologically, to start a Red-Blooded for Jesus organization, rake in profits under a non-profit tag, then “have to close because of the economy” and retire.

        • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I’m on board. We make some up some bs but close enough Biblical quotes and bad AI images, put them on t-shirts and flags, charge too much. Couple that with a poorly produced podcast. Tell them that we “support” (in really vague terms) a variety of groups (that we have made up) and infer that monthly subscriptions will help stop communism and wokeness - again couched in vague terms.

          Of course, it’s a for-profit corporation. Jesus specifically said that getting a high ROI is divine.

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      Depends on which tier of republican you’re referring to. People like Trump and Giuliani are defective in the sense that they’ll happily lie through their teeth for personal gain without that pesky conscience getting in the way.

      The voting base is defective in that they have no critical thinking skills to see through these obvious lies.

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      Different priorities. If your goal is to see your stock portfolio go up and ignore everything else, voting republican makes sense because that’s their goal too.

      Not saying it’s right but that’s what it is.

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          Definitely not facts

          Usually republicans make things go up for a while, then they pass a bunch of stupid shit, destabilize the economy and cause a crash for democrats to clean up.

          It’s more about control of congress than anything else, the president doesn’t have a huge impact on stock prices on the whole

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            If you are comparing the orange traitor to Brandon (not sure that’s what you’re intimating), consider both data points at the same time in their presidential trajectories.

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    God sending earthquakes to encourage states to be communists… See? It makes the same sense, none at all.

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    I grew up in the tri-state when this guy was mayor and I just remember him being called Gestapo Guiliani. NY appeared cleaner, especially on 42nd and Times Square, but he always seemed to be a shit person despite the handjobs he’s received from the public.

    I was wrong, he is worse.

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    God used to turn cities to rubble by raining fire. Now he makes the ground shake enough for books to fall off the shelf.