Funny part is that this comic is at least a decade old
It feels earlier. I could swear I saw it at the tail end of the Bush years, but it might have actually been the first Obama term. The artist dumped a bunch of comics in a 2011 post on their blog, so probably at least that old.
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George Carlin routines always feel relevant and fresh. The reason is he didn’t jump into specifics of Reagan or Clinton. He talked about general behaviors of government and society.
The reason his material always seems current despite him being dead for almost 2 decades is that we as a country never got our shit together and fixed the issues.
This scene takes place in the gift wrapping section of a department store. Let that sink in for a moment.
This comic is from (IIRC) 2002 or 2003, it’s at least 22 years old.
The have wanted us to shut the fuck up and play along sine 9/11
They’ve always wanted everyone to shut the fuck up and play along. 9/11 was just another opportunity to build towards that goal.
I‘m pretty sure it’s from the early 2000s
Trump fucks kids
Unfortunately it is only barely better in the EU, and not just because we use the same trashy US services. On the 14th of October the EU parliament decides about chatcontrol, and it doesn’t look too good right now. They’re close to completely eradicating trust of communication.
Wanted to say the same, the uncle Sam hat might just as wel be replaced by an EU hat.
They’re close to destroying EU software trust. Everyone will just move on. Apps like Telegram who are not EU based are already spiking
Lol, as if Telegram was even remotely better or would not bow to the EU.
I think the only safe bets would either be software that’s rather safe due to it’s FOSS nature (with servers outside of the EU), or those who simply do not give a shit. There’s als Signal clearly stating that if the EU does this their app will become unavailable, as they’d rather stop releasing their software to people than collaborating in surveillance and breaking their own secure protocol in some way.
Not to mention chatcontrol literally breaks both basic EU law, human rights as well as most national constitutions. They’d still try though, obviously. It would indeed shatter the current high trust in EU software.
The UK has already gone all-in, lots of US states are actively crushing free speech with SCOTUS’s illegitimate and corrupt blessing, and the EU is set to approve the widespread spying of it’s citizens in a few weeks. Global authoritarianism is here.
We’ve always been at war with eastasia
Unfortunately for the US government, the internet never forgets.
But it’s just a series of tubes
Don’t forget to call it antisemitism to speak out against genocide
Also don’t forget to check whether your VPN is now owned by a British-Israeli company Kape Technologies, because they’ve been buying them up!
Golden.
I am Antifa
I am NVE
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