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(DIR) Post #Azbs2mxfaw4zjqAFHM by interfluidity@zirk.us
2025-10-26T18:50:47Z
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building a giant golden ballroom while cutting SNAP has very Marie Antoinette vibes.
(DIR) Post #AzbsjBT4s0iLuH4R5k by tedmielczarek@mastodon.social
2025-10-26T18:58:25Z
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@interfluidity at least Marie Antoinette was suggesting the poor should eat *something*
(DIR) Post #Azbwb0mh6iJ0GvbYVE by curtosis@mastodon.social
2025-10-26T19:41:45Z
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@interfluidity And those peasants were not widely armed.
(DIR) Post #Azbwj4A0RIRx3jLicK by interfluidity@zirk.us
2025-10-26T19:43:16Z
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@curtosis our current leaders have imagined, perhaps quite mistakenly, that “second amendment people” will always be on their side.
(DIR) Post #AzbxSkGIkmD6fM4jbs by curtosis@mastodon.social
2025-10-26T19:51:28Z
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@interfluidity I have taken of late to pointing out that two things could be simultaneously true:a) Armed resistance is [or at least may be] an essential line of defense against tyrants, and b) [Most of] The 2A fetishists have been full of shit all along.
(DIR) Post #AzbzdShMauTBHsyHL6 by scott@carfree.city
2025-10-26T20:15:50Z
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@interfluidity @curtosis that’s why regime-friendly oligarchs own all major media and social media platforms. Misdirect everyone’s anger and they’re fine.
(DIR) Post #AzbztG13VyvUaSiKS8 by Phil@freeatlantis.com
2025-10-26T20:18:42Z
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@interfluidity the ballroom is privately funded and the total cost is about 20% of the annual cost of snap. Trump isn't cutting SNAP, the democrats are blocking payments. The BBB did expand the work requirements. This is a good thing it isn't good for society tob create/enable moochers and it isn't good for the moochers, themselves. This is why there is a line in the Bible that says, someone who will not work, shall not eat, in the same book in which it says to bear one another's burdens
(DIR) Post #Azc04MXnaFuo1FKC0W by Phil@freeatlantis.com
2025-10-26T20:20:42Z
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@interfluidity @curtosis right now Trump is doing exactly what the second amendment people want him to do, though most would like him to be more aggressive. There is zero reason for them to oppose him.
(DIR) Post #Azc04qusf0CiDWM39M by interfluidity@zirk.us
2025-10-26T20:20:49Z
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@Phil the ballroom is funded by bribes, yes. Republicans control the government, all three branches. you are deeply mistaken if you think America’s problems result from too much generosity to “moochers”.
(DIR) Post #Azc09YMF5Xzw6eOVhQ by interfluidity@zirk.us
2025-10-26T20:21:40Z
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@Phil @curtosis not all second amendment people are you, my friend.
(DIR) Post #Azc0ScgJEmND1AsE52 by Phil@freeatlantis.com
2025-10-26T20:25:05Z
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@interfluidity no im not. What you say has been true for 9 months. Enabling moochers, has been going on for my entire life. The current budget was enacted by dems. Many of the same ones who are blocking its continuation. The damage our welfare system (designed to foster dependency) has done is incalculable. It has crushed human dignity over generations, just as FDR warned it would.
(DIR) Post #Azc0VtcQiktCPvcUiW by Phil@freeatlantis.com
2025-10-26T20:25:40Z
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@interfluidity @curtosis just most.
(DIR) Post #Azc0k2NsvbLvemYlIu by Phil@freeatlantis.com
2025-10-26T20:28:14Z
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@interfluidity note that its mostly democrats that get super rich off of government.
(DIR) Post #Azc1ET4IHXu76SuGFU by interfluidity@zirk.us
2025-10-26T20:33:46Z
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@Phil @curtosis it’s a more minoritarian coalition than i’d imagined!
(DIR) Post #Azc3EX5JY5AjT6Xgky by curtosis@mastodon.social
2025-10-26T20:23:14Z
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@scott @interfluidity Media can’t override what people see happening to their neighbors and friends.
(DIR) Post #Azc3EY8Bet42iItUsC by scott@carfree.city
2025-10-26T20:50:04Z
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@curtosis @interfluidity It can override who they blame for what they see happening. It happens all the time.
(DIR) Post #Azc3EYmFFx6giXdUJM by interfluidity@zirk.us
2025-10-26T20:56:09Z
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@scott @curtosis it works until it doesn’t. the humans are not so predictable, and objective conditions can have some play. i’d not make any bets on “real Americans” turning on their masters very soon, but eventually they will. the question is how much collateral damage—how many scapegoats must be exhausted (if not exterminated)—in the meantime. and whether technical means of surveillance and control fully neutralize any 2nd amendment prerogatives before they do. Larry Ellison is working on it.
(DIR) Post #AzcE2AAS1kxKPfFWGe by curtosis@mastodon.social
2025-10-26T22:57:05Z
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@interfluidity @scott We are also already see that surrounding yourself with sycophants and believing your own propaganda makes them seriously overestimate their popularity.Plus, at some point, the Weekend At Donnie’s charade wrt his obvious illness will crumble, and the infighting will be unhinged.
(DIR) Post #AzcG7kMz3Wdw32tyCW by kevinrns@mstdn.social
2025-10-26T23:20:34Z
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@interfluidity Let them eat cake.