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Speaking in an interview with US broadcaster Fox News, he said the new US president had won “fresh respect” from him, adding he was “quite confident” Trump would approve of his appointment.
“In fact, if he whipped it out right now I’d gobble it right through the screen.”
Look, I know DJT is shooting for fascist dictator, but are people so afraid that they’ll put aside any dignity or respect for other people at all?
I felt that way at first, but I’m not worried about their illusion of control so much as the seemingly growing apathy towards it. A lot of people voted in this election thinking that they can’t possibly get away with what they want to, but that’s exactly what will give them the power to do it.
Don’t know if I’d use the word hilarious, but certainly revealing of their ongoing misdirection tactics.
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Wait, is this /s or no? Do you guys also have a rapist Nazi oligarchy in charge? Damn. Nowhere is safe right now.
If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any…
Quite literally what he said back in 2020.
Yes. Scotland.
I hope you’re right.
The first hurdle is getting over the fact that the US is huge and fragmented. Organizing a general strike so vast would be difficult, especially once you consider that any company, big or small, will have bootlickers, not just employers, that will actively work against you. Not a chance you could get more than 10% of the population on board. But, let’s say you get that far. Now you have the do everything “legally.”
Legally protesting is getting harder and harder to do. You have to strike in the right place, at the right time, in the right manner. Even then there’s a chance you get shut down with little ability for legal recourse without immense resources. Many protestors will likely end up in prison and many more will lose their jobs and probably homes. Trust me, the employers won’t care. There are thousands of applicants ready to take their place. But, if you can keep it going even after that, what happens next?
You might get a few “peace talks” that result in a 3-5% bump in wages, a stipend for childcare, and free coffee. Maybe some industries get a few small protections. There’s too much money from businesses flowing into Congress for anything more to happen.
And that’s that! You end up with wages that barely keep up with inflation, lots of people losing their jobs and homes, and most assuredly a more active and higher funded militarized police force than ever.
The days of American workers being able to make real change happen through striking are just gone.
The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end.
Guess we should’ve known that meant they will no longer seek justice at all. Though, I have a sneaking suspicion the DOJ will be very active looking into “credible reports” of political rivals soon.
A lot of people don’t even need incentives, they just need things to not be shit.
Notice how they’re all “states rights” until the state wants to be more progressive than them. Then states rights go out the window.
“Back to our roots around free expression”
God, why would I want to binge oligarchy?! /s
Interesting. I’ll keep an eye on it, but I do wonder if more serious photographers looking to move from IG will feel overwhelmed. First, they need to choose to go to the fediverse over something like Flickr, Foto.app, or Vero. Then, not only will they need to wrap their heads around how the fediverse works, but then also pick a platform and instance, all while leaving behind potentially thousands of followers on IG.
I think we’re hitting a point where the fediverse will be like GNU/Linux. Lots of potential, but too fragmented to get past more than a niche user base with specific priorities.
Didn’t they make a Pixelfed app? Is this different, or are they just tarting their own server with their app?
Just puked a little after reading that.
No? Huh, I could have sworn I had downloaded an APK and just assumed it was the beta. Haven’t had an Android in a year, though, so I might just be misremembering or thinking of another app.
Weird. I feel like at some point I remember it having a dark mode on one or the other. Wonder when and why it was removed.
Interested to see how they spin the next decade of economic insanity and pin it on Biden.