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

 

[Rykel22]

What I don't get is what the Republicans are huffing to miss this. What the fuck y'all?

Probably because they've been subverted.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

What about South America? Who's gonna claim that? Even a weakened USA has an easier time fucking around down south than any other multipolar power.

I would expect some civil wars and hardcore narco fuckery.

 

[doodoocaca]

Gonna show my age here, my dude. I don't know how the party of Reagan could be this bitchmade. Crazy? Sure! Cucked? What the fuck.

 

[doodoocaca]

I would expect some civil wars and hardcore narco fuckery.

So the 80s part deux: electric boogaloo, without the good kind of boogaloo?

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Biden is inviting those dems that got expelled in Tennessee. But not the parents of the kids who got killed in TN, or the mayor of East Palestine.

Look on the bright side. TPTB doing this guarantees that those parents and East Palestine will be radicalized against them. Then they'll be all "shocked Pikachu" when it happens.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

You are also underplaying the most critical element.

Nobody believes our elections were legitimate.

I said way back when it became clear they defrauded the 2020 election that nobody would outright call them out on it... but that they would begin to distance themselves the more obvious it is, and the more they fuckup removing any reason to pretend.

I’d argue that that’s a function of the powers that be’s escalating insanity.

 

[Gar For Archer]

You are also underplaying the most critical element.

Nobody believes our elections were legitimate.

I said way back when it became clear they defrauded the 2020 election that nobody would outright call them out on it... but that they would begin to distance themselves the more obvious it is, and the more they fuckup removing any reason to pretend.

Who’s the “nobody” in this equations? Normies? People in “the system”? People with political power? Given you’re the one posting I’m assuming the latter? If so, what’s the endgame here? What does “distancing themselves” actually look like with regards to its consequences for “the establishment”?

 

[Gehenna]

Who’s the “nobody” in this equations? Normies? People in “the system”? People with political power? Given you’re the one posting I’m assuming the latter? If so, what’s the endgame here? What does “distancing themselves” actually look like with regards to its consequences for “the establishment”?

Actual countries and heads of state. And you are watching it.

People moving away from the Dollar as the main currency? Check.
Ignoring American diplomatic demands? Check.

All this and more. Do you think Germany pre-2020 would have ignored U.S. demands to cut Russian oil? Do you think the Sauds would have started looking to the Yuan, do you think Russia would have invaded Ukraine in full force?

All of these are the results of countries deeming the U.S. government illegitimate and losing any practical reason to keep up the pretense.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

Actual countries and heads of state. And you are watching it.

People moving away from the Dollar as the main currency? Check.
Ignoring American diplomatic demands? Check.

All this and more. Do you think Germany pre-2020 would have ignored U.S. demands to cut Russian oil? Do you think the Sauds would have started looking to the Yuan, do you think Russia would have invaded Ukraine in full force?

All of these are the results of countries deeming the U.S. government illegitimate and losing any practical reason to keep up the pretense.

Why, it's like false elections have consequences too!

Honestly, if the administration at least projected some kind of sense of power, it probably wouldn't be near as bad. But our president is a senile kid-fondler, the VP is a whore who slept her way to political power, and the entire cabinet is populated by people who couldn't brew a pot of coffee without written instructions. Our military is crumbling and the solution our so-called betters have settled on is to try and recruit mentally unstable people who probably couldn't pass the ASVAB or the military fitness tests.

Way to fucking go. Been nice knowing you guys.

 

[doodoocaca]

The culture war shit is a distraction, but I think it's more a distraction from "having to do their fucking job" than "some nefarious plot." Hanlon's razor.

 

[Gehenna]

Why, it's like false elections have consequences too!

Honestly, if the administration at least projected some kind of sense of power, it probably wouldn't be near as bad. But our president is a senile kid-fondler, the VP is a whore who slept her way to political power, and the entire cabinet is populated by people who couldn't brew a pot of coffee without written instructions. Our military is crumbling and the solution our so-called betters have settled on is to try and recruit mentally unstable people who probably couldn't pass the ASVAB or the military fitness tests.

Way to fucking go. Been nice knowing you guys.

Those are all examples of the practical reasons I mentioned. If the U.S. could still hold a big stick then other countries would balk but comply despite the illegitimacy. And same for reverse, if we were a legitimate government but having a spot of weakness other countries would still be reluctant to shift because they could rely on the government changing over to someone stronger.

Its a one-two punch. Both illegitimate -and- weak.

What is the line from Game of Thrones? We have had Idiot kings and mad kings before, but we've never had a mad idiot king before?

 

[Weppers]

The culture war shit is a distraction, but I think it's more a distraction from "having to do their fucking job" than "some nefarious plot." Hanlon's razor.

Hanlon's Razor is a joke from a joke book about computer problems.

The culture war is the result of critical theory, which is an explicitly nefarious plot, becoming an all-consuming religious cult to millions of people.

 

[AnitaSarsleezian]

He showed up at Trump Tower in Vegas when I was staying there; didn't get to see the man but many people were excitedly tittering about it, and showing me pics they took of him as we were chatting in the elevator. He looked genuinely happy and the people, from the workers to the guests, were thrilled to see him. Considering how he always stops to commiserate with people whether it's stopping his motorcade to talk to first responders or joking around at his hotels, it's been obvious for a while that he's truly a President for all.

I've told this story here ages ago but as a native New Yorker, I've met him before. It's actually not that rare for a New Yorker because he's often out and about and very approachable. This was before he was president though.

But back in the late 80s / early 90s I was making a living as a bike messenger in Manhattan. Any time I got a delivery for Trump, either to bring to Trump Tower or to bring to an office somewhere, he would ALWAYS take delivery of the package directly and then always hand me a $20 as a tip. Most other deliveries, you'd just have the girl at the front desk sign for it and leave but when it came to Trump, the girl at the front desk would always be like, 'Go right in, he's expecting you" and she'd direct me to his office. He would always drop what he was doing, come up, and even though I was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt and covered in sweat, he'd always shake my hand and thank me for rushing the package over to him as fast as possible. No matter how you looked, the man always treats people as if they're equals and gives them respect.

He was never some rich elite, in a gilded tower looking out over the plebs. He has always been a regular guy who just happens to have parlayed his father's businesses into a fortune. But as a New Yorker, he has always been out and talking to people.

Nothing he's done as president with his behavior is an act - it's just most people outside of New Yorkers have never had an opportunity to actually be around him. But what you see is how he's always been. And don't let the batshit left spin it any other way - before he was deemed an enemy of the state by democrats and their followers, you'd rarely ever find a single New Yorker who hated him. The man was universally loved. Yes, he had a reputation as a rich playboy but there were also tons of stories of him stopping to talk with the guy who waxed the marble floors in Trump Tower if he happened to be doing it when Trump entered, or the cleaning staff or the maids or any number of regular people who worked for him. The man has always had a gift of being able to balance being far wealthier than a majority of people while not alienating them at the same time.

 

[870EVO]

The culture war shit is a distraction, but I think it's more a distraction from "having to do their fucking job" than "some nefarious plot." Hanlon's razor.

"The Breitbart Doctrine is the idea that "politics is downstream from culture" and that to change politics one must first change culture."

Andrew Breitbart - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://twitter.com/AnonOpsUnited/status/1644860903261720576

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.”

twitter.com

 

[Eggplant Wizard]

Just remember, if you see anything that could be anti semitic, respond with a blue square

Not even shitting, about the time I saw this post just now, a TV ad came on for some dumb "blue square" meme getting astroturfed to "stop Jewish hate"

Fuck off you bignosed kikes, you crucified our Lord and Savior and immediately began crying how it affected you, you forbade news of his resurrection from being spread and continue to do so today.

What? I missed this, please explain.

 

[George Floyd Sneed]

"The Breitbart Doctrine is the idea that "politics is downstream from culture" and that to change politics one must first change culture."

Andrew Breitbart - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.”

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It’s not necessarily Breitbart who came up with that but yeah, you can’t avoid culture. Even Uncle Ted couldn’t avoid it. Pretending not to care about culture is the same as surrendering to it, which is bog standard procedure for conservatives. One of many reasons why conservatives continue to lose.

 

[Non-breath oblige]

What? I missed this, please explain.

It's the new #BLM #StopAsianHate, except for (((them)))

https://archive.ph/dhKMi

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/what-is-blue-square-the-voice-stand-up-to-jewish-hate-campaign

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

The biggest damage Biden has done is basically turn around and undo all kinds of overseas agreements.

It used to be that a deal made by one President would be honored by the next, to ensure any deals made by that President was honored by his successor.

But the Biden Administration flat out ran as fast as they could to undo or destroy any agreements, making America's 4-8 year schizophrenia look even worse to other nations.

They can't trust the US to hold to agreements any more.

Worse, this Admin seems like they'd sign and agreement, then go home, and repudiate the agreement the next day.

It's obvious Sniffy-Joe isn't running things, which makes foreign leaders wonder "Who the fuck is running things?" because he sure isn't.

is it Jill? Is it Kamala? Is it Miley? Or is it some shadowy cabal that nobody ever gets to meet with and is completely unaccountable?

 

[Romulus augustulus]

Actual countries and heads of state. And you are watching it.

People moving away from the Dollar as the main currency? Check.
Ignoring American diplomatic demands? Check.

All this and more. Do you think Germany pre-2020 would have ignored U.S. demands to cut Russian oil? Do you think the Sauds would have started looking to the Yuan, do you think Russia would have invaded Ukraine in full force?

All of these are the results of countries deeming the U.S. government illegitimate and losing any practical reason to keep up the pretense.

The Chinese, through their rapid industrialization in the 20th century, have massively increased the quality of life and average wage of the average Chinese But they only achieved that by being the cheap manufacturing hub of the world. but if wages increase so does the cost of manufacturing, to the point that many industries are pivoting to Indonesia, Vietnam and other SEA states or increasingly back to north America to cut out the transportation middleman.

to counteract the offshoring and to continue to be competitive they must (and have been) devalue the Yuan through printing and currency manipulation. they issued 11 trillion new Yuan in 2022. whatever the FED does to the USD the Chinese turn up to 11. The Issue is that if the Yuan becomes the world reserve or goes to a gold/bi metal/commodity backing its value will go through the roof, making manufacturing etc completely uncompetitive on the world stage.

And the Saudis are not holding the Yuan. they are converting it to USD. No one holds yuan, not even the CCP. they generally prefer US government bonds.

the United states dollar has become a monster. The Fed prints a lot, everyone else prints more. so by comparison the USD is very safe and very stable and very attractive for storing wealth. and even with all the printing the FED cannot meet international demand. lots of International debts are dollar denominated. would Brazil accept south African rand's when they may not be able to convert it all to USD (because everyone else needs USD too?).

For USD to die all other fiats must die first, then something else will replace it. probably backed, and may well be the USD (in gold or whatever) again.

 

[King Metalia]

is it Jill? Is it Kamala? Is it Miley? Or is it some shadowy cabal that nobody ever gets to meet with and is completely unaccountable?

I would be surprised if Kamala Is pulling a Dick Cheney and puppeteering everything behind the scenes. She doesn't have the brains to think up a scheme like that.