US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[Ruin]

Just a quick reminder that the aftermath of WWII left over 30% of Russia's population dead and during the Battle of Stalingrad there were twelve Russian casualties for every German casualty and Russian soldiers resorted to eating their dead in order to have enough energy to keep fighting.

Russians are basically irl orcs you do not want to get into an armed conflict with them. You probably won't win and even if you do they'll inflict such massive casualties because they're fucking insane that it won't be worth it.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Not all of the minorities, just the ones that can’t earn more than $50,000/yr in the private sector without gov’t handouts.

Can confirm: I traded in my black card for a computer programming degree. Now I don't get shit for handouts.

can also confirm. But not being eligible for handouts is a source of pride for me and my family. It says "we're not so helpless after all. We don't need no governmental saviors to take care of our needs. Fuck you."

 

[Meat Target]

Stonks are back up as oil falls from highs.

 

[Vaclav]

Seriously, what is this gay Jewish 'equity'? I hear it slung around like so much excrement at an Indian festival, but what does this word, spewed by loose toothed morons actually mean?

It means ensuring that people have equal outcomes in life. According to orthodox woke ideology, if there is any difference between the results that various groups of people get in life, it's de facto evidence that there is some kind of systemic oppression afoot. The idea that different groups of people may have different temperaments and levels of ability is unthinkable. If there are more white and Asian theoretical physicists than African ones, it's because physics is racist. Physics must be changed to ensure that there is an equal number of physicists of all ethnicities and cultures.

"Equity" is basically the last stop for the left-wing paradigm. Everything imaginable has been done to ensure that people get equal opportunities, moreover that "marginalized" people have access to much greater opportunities than others, and the "marginalized" are still falling flat on their face when put to the test. Therefore we need to guarantee not just equal opportunities but equal outcomes - the alternative is admitting that people aren't made equal and that their concept of reality is fatally flawed.

I recall arguing with a right-wing guy online back in the 2000s who said "liberals will not be happy until they establish absolute parity of outcome for everyone!" I told him it was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard, that there may be a handful of crazy professors at the most ultra-leftist universities who believed something like that but that such a view could never survive a minute in the mainstream. Ah, memories.

 

[Mr. Bung]

I recall arguing with a right-wing guy online back in the 2000s who said "liberals will not be happy until they establish absolute parity of outcome for everyone!" I told him it was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard, that there may be a handful of crazy professors at the most ultra-leftist universities who believed something like that but that such a view could never survive a minute in the mainstream. Ah, memories.

I mean, that's still technically true. It's just that these batshit university ideas that we thought were safety sealed away in the ivory towers have been released onto us by politicians and major corporations. And the worst part is that the professors, as extreme and batshit as they are, are not worst of the villains here. They probably came up with these ideas out of actual concern and care for people, wanting to see what they believe would be a better world. Politicians and major corporations on the other hand really don't give a shit about black people, or troons etc. They're just using the woke shit to amass more power for themselves at the expense of everyone who isn't them.

 

[Gehenna]

You mean they can't wait for him to get situated in his new home outside of the country.

We actually are situated, though right now getting a crash course in local politics which is.... fascinating.

Does polling matter at all if 300,000 ballots are found at 2am in every swing state for the preferred candidate?

Yes. There is a limit on the amount that is cheatable, a limit enforced on a variety of sides. They can fudge the numbers on a tight race, not wholesale subvert them.

So, is this "It's all Putin's fault" for the gas prices is going to stick or is this yet another L for Biden and friends?

No.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Trump is doing a podcast interview today.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

Just a quick reminder that the aftermath of WWII left over 30% of Russia's population dead and during the Battle of Stalingrad there were twelve Russian casualties for every German casualty and Russian soldiers resorted to eating their dead in order to have enough energy to keep fighting.

Russians are basically irl orcs you do not want to get into an armed conflict with them. You probably won't win and even if you do they'll inflict such massive casualties because they're fucking insane that it won't be worth it.

But are they same crazy fucks they were back then or are they a similar kind of broken and maladapted as pretty much every other polity.

 

[JoseRaulChupacabra]

One geopol wonk I discovered from polandball videos (by brain4breakfast, God rest his soul) is Peter Zeihan who bet on a world in which America remains powerful but absent from global affairs due to the fact that America has energy and food. So shipping lanes can fuck right off. Around the end of 2020, he wrote an article stating that the various Dem factions will basically mean that Biden is the last win for them in a while.

It seems his predictions are coming true - but in a weird and distorted way. America's foreign misadventures look to be on a course of contraction, but I'm sure no one imagined the absolute shitshow that unfolded in Afghanistan.

Biden certainly looks to be the last win, but a last win doesn't necessarily equal implosion.

I bet he didn't see all the shenanigans with American domestic production and pipeline cancellation. If anything, his predictions mean the Arabs become less important, but we have news of America asking them for more oil.

What a kino world we live in.

 

[Constellationzero]

that's practically impossible. It's almost impossible having a person charged with guarding an inexhaustible treasure chest to not want to take a little off the top. Even if you're the most incorruptible person you get worn down through prolonged exposed temptation.

That's kinda ironically why politicians from wealthy backgrounds tend to be the most incorruptible.

You just beautifully illustrated the career of Rita Crundwell here. I suggest anybody with some time to waste, just look her up to see what @soy_king is saying.

 

[Blake Chortles]

I think corruption might actually go down if we paid congressman a million a year. Or at the very least itll be for less embarrassing amounts/sources.

 

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No.

No it won't stick and will be an L, or No to both?

 

[Retink]

I think corruption might actually go down if we paid congressman a million a year. Or at the very least itll be for less embarrassing amounts/sources.

I doubt it would help much. Politicians aren't corrupt because they are lacking in funds, they're corrupt because politics attracts the scum of society and no amount of pay can cure that. It's like all of those influencers who are making millions a year and still shill crypto scams to make an extra ten thousand or some such.

 

[mandatorylurk]

Peter Doocy goes 4 minutes on Psaki, calls out the "Putin Pump Price" and all the lies Joepedo said yesterday about shrugging and drilling here. They're in a corner but can't admit to anything but just broad things, but you can tell Psaki thinks she's so smart with "you tell mes"

 

[CarlosDanger]

So, is this "It's all Putin's fault" for the gas prices is going to stick or is this yet another L for Biden and friends?

Looking at the polling since the SOTU, he hasn't made any gains with independents, this is only going to play with his base, everyone else with a brain can see right through it.

 

[Nypical Haterade Comment]

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Never forget what these fags deliberately didn't do. It isn't just them stopping Trump because he was an outsider, it's that the things Trump wanted were so cheap by government standards you sign off on them to shut Trump up and both sides are happy. Mega faggots.

They are incapable of making good decisions.
Remember the RINO credo:
“If you are victorious, then your opponent wins.”

 

[Mister DNA]

I doubt it would help much. Politicians aren't corrupt because they are lacking in funds, they're corrupt because politics attracts the scum of society and no amount of pay can cure that. It's like all of those influencers who are making millions a year and still shill crypto scams to make an extra ten thousand or some such.

Echoing this. Money past a certain threshold is simply a representation of one's standing in the social hierarchy and that's what really motivates most of these people. To mildly powerlevel, I work in a career where I deal with politicians and other "high status" types. They're almost universally as you describe: scum with an insatiable need to be on top.

 

[Feldspar]

>Buy gas 2 weeks ago for $3.30
>Now it's over $4

Anyone know how to suck it back out of the tank. I'm not missing out on 25% profit over 2 weeks. Should I HODL?

 

[Ser Prize]

That alone is funny, the whiplash from "THE ADULTS ARE FINALLY IK THE ROOM ADULTING" to "EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART." What's infuriating is the narrative of "it's patriotic to destroy the US economy and make you poor (not the elites of course), and if you complain about it being harder to afford food and gas well you're a selfish chud."

"It's unpatriotic and conservative to not let us molest your kids"

 

[Titos]

Echoing this. Money past a certain threshold is simply a representation of one's standing in the social hierarchy and that's what really motivates most of these people. To mildly powerlevel, I work in a career where I deal with politicians and other "high status" types. They're almost universally as you describe: scum with an insatiable need to be on top.

I believe I've said it before in this thread but I'll say it again. If you want to get rid of corruption you have to make being a politician painful. Make it so they are not allowed to live in their own homes and instead have to live in a shack, make it illegal for them to buy anything for themselves or family, and make it so after leaving a position they are legally required to be homeless for at least 5 years.