the level of malice towards like...the entire world displayed by Trump and Musk is just beyond comprehension.
how did they become so sociopathic and why did Americans let them have the most powerful jobs in the world?
how did they become so sociopathic and why did Americans let them have the most powerful jobs in the world?
Think about it this way.. when tech folk got hooked up to mainline net access 24/7, it wasn't exactly good for us. Think 1970s cocaine consumption.
When the rest of the population got Facebook, that's a refined and potent strain being sold into a population with no natural immunity or defensive mechanisms. Now it's 1990 and there's a crack dealer on every corner in poor neighborhoods.
Those politicians who were at the wheel in 2008-10 must bear a share of the blame. They could see this coming, or should have done. There was far too much complacency about what was festering online and how easily it spread.
Did none of our leaders hear about Gamergate in, what, 2015 and go, hang on we've got a BIG problem brewing here? Even GG wasn't really that much of a shock/surprise if you'd been paying attention since the mid 00's.
One is a convicted felon and the other one openly stated that he's going to prison if said convicted felon is not elected president.
WAKE UP AMERICA
trump, thiel, and musk also see how rich russia's oligarchs are, and want to replicate russia in the USA.
It's a viable explanation.
Russian state media were allowed into the Zelensky meeting while other traditional news orgs were not.
The use of tariffs and customs against trading partners to shape general foreign policy, via a compromised president, as well as other things, is strongly reminiscent of Russian interference in Ukraine pre-2014.
Even the Mueller report is best read as concluding there was obstruction of justice into the investigation.
Thiel has openly discussed disappointment with democracy and advocated for autocracy, and his companies have celebrated the current state of things in shareholder meetings.
russia owns trump. elon talks to putin regularly, and he was promised access to Ukrainian mineral wealth. The whole Panama canal, Canada, and Greenland sabre-rattling is so eventually russian oil tankers can traverse the world with impunity.
russia is dividing and conquering. They still dream of being a superpower, instead of a failed mafia state with nuclear weapons.
Our only hope now is that the American economy rebels against this insanity.
The Orange One spent a lot of time praising Zelenski before throwing him to the wolves. That had to be a jolt to everyone, admitted or not.