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Never occurred to me that Ned Flanders would have sheltered Anne Frank, but it tracks.
Shes countering our truth-like lies with fake-sounding truth! Get her!
Lmao
I could see that line actually being in the Simpsons.
Kind of dark but idk why, the last column with Ned did it for me.
Cause at the end of the day, those people would still exist even in an insane world.
Not sure how this is a shitpost.
This is dead on. Tomthedancingbug, awesome again (as almost always).
I never realized until now why they use the “45” so much. Just move one of the black bars and it’s a fucking swastika… And Haitians are really a stand-in for black people.
The real problem is that we allowed the plutocrats to control both the news and social media and the government. Basically the US doesn’t have a free press any more but a quasi-government controlled oligarch media. As long as these neoliberal policies continue the degradation of institutions and politics continues.
Something drastic would need to happen to purge this incredibly power imbalance from the captured state. A kind of reformation or practically a coup.
Are you a bot? Your grammar makes me think: yes. Or autocorrect, via Google.
Neoliberal policies fuel degradation of institutions? Can’t say I disagree, though having little to do with dismantling of democracy, or those institutions.
Some socialist theory defines fascism as capitalism in decline. I don’t really agree with that definition but it’s not wrong with their critique of capitalism. So if you want to learn more about that, you should look into the (few) socialist academics.
One simple example would be corporate or capitalist ownership of media or the “fifth estate”. How could you have a democracy when voters are deliberately misinformed about reality? And not because of ideology but for profit and to create better rules to increase corporate profits? What else do you expect to happen?
Is this even satire? It’s just using the Simpsons to illustrate current events.
Nice touch that Trump has to keep notes of the complicated words.
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Even the ancient Greeks has visions how democracy collapses in to a fascist Oligarchy when money and politics are intertwined.
It’s a bit sad that we are globally making that happen word for word.
- Yep, but not the gov, from right-wing extremist groups funded by billionaires
- Yes
- It does work, but it shows how fragile it is to a few rotten apples
- The internet? No. Circa 2005 it was a wonderful place for nerds to exchange ideas and foster small communities and groups. Social media gameified this, turned quiet discussion into a public stage where the aim is to win an argument by votes, and not to foment ideas through the freeform exchange of discussion. Polarisation was a metric they maximised because it kept engagement high for ad revenue.
Thanks for that. Love that man.
Good at heart but easily twisted.
