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Hugin

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44. It's all a vulture signaling contest from here on out.

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 10:34 AM

Jan 14

Which lamprey can attach itself to the posterior sweet spot of the Tangeranus and hold on the longest. AKA A spoils system.

This is precisely why I could never buy into science fiction plots where there was an evil alternate universe where a comparable level of technological advancements existed. Scientific advances require working together and an acceptance that one is fallible. It also necessitates a willingness to change based on evidence and an open mind.

A feature of totalitarian culture is how sclerotic they are and it would be far more likely that in an alternate reality where it had taken hold the citizens would be sitting around in an unlit cave warily grunting at each other. Sizing each other up for a weakness leading to them being the next meal.

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Experts, education, science have no value in America's new fascist regime. [View all] Irish_Dem Jan 14 OP

Our Freedoms Are Reason Based. When Delusion Rules Our Freedoms Cease To Exist In Application MayReasonRule Jan 14 #1

And perhaps, most egregiously, LOGIC/CRITICAL THINKING has no place in no_hypocrisy Jan 14 #2

Yes also remember the "weapons of mass destruction" lies to promote the invasion of Iraq. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #3

But, but yellow cake... rubbersole Jan 14 #8

And funnel a huge amount of money to his company Halliburton. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #22

There were reports that proved that no WMD. Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #10

Yes this is why I put that in quotes. It was a total lie. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #21

Americans can't help buy the lies ... Charging Triceratops Jan 14 #27

The US media is the propaganda arm of the PutinGOP. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #29

for me it was an interview with Karl Rove, barbtries Jan 14 #11

That was a turning point. Thanks Evolve Dammit Jan 14 #16

This is the Vietnam story as well. Simeon Salus Jan 14 #4

Uneducated are easily controlled. Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #5

Yes exactly. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #6

Ohio has some insidious evangelicals Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #13

Yes NASA has been working hard on stem and especially getting women into stem. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #23

I drove across Ohio two years ago ... Charging Triceratops Jan 14 #28

Yes the media takeover has been complete. Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #33

Even decent, educated people can be naive. Many are reared to be trusting and to allegorical oracle Jan 14 #7

Yes true. But education is the cornerstone of democracy. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #9

Oh certainly. And perhaps that's a difference between MAGA followers and those allegorical oracle Jan 14 #14

Good point. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #24

One that the republicans have been eroding Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #17

And to know how our system works .. LSparkle Jan 14 #19

it's true. barbtries Jan 14 #12

Nor empathy surfered Jan 14 #15

Yes, empathy, kindness, respect, public service are now quaint old fashioned values. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #25

The "Know Nothing" party in the 1800's lives on? Evolve Dammit Jan 14 #18

Had a friend that was a professor that taught English as a Second Language. multigraincracker Jan 14 #20

I agree. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #32

Here is part of the issue as I see it. OldBaldy1701E Jan 14 #26

Getting an education now is about making the billionaires richer. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #30

Exactly! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 14 #31

That's why the student loans Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #35

I wonder who gets rich on student loans? Irish_Dem Jan 14 #36

Koch's were the ones that fought Biden Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #38

Americans are victims of ongoing scams designed to make the rich richer. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #41

Very true. OldBaldy1701E Jan 14 #42

"Outcome-Based Education" us an example of this. John1956PA Jan 14 #39

Play dumb and get to work bucolic_frolic Jan 14 #34

The billionaire scams and corruption of US politicians and judges will cause a collapse eventually? Irish_Dem Jan 14 #37

Sure, they are going to arrest themselves. Blue Full Moon Jan 14 #40

I agree, Americans seem to love being scammed, lied to and manipulated. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #43

It's all a vulture signaling contest from here on out. Hugin Jan 14 #44

exactly Blue_Tires Jan 17 #46

Brilliant metaphors. Irish_Dem Jan 17 #47

We're in a post-truth, post-fact society Blue_Tires Jan 17 #45

Yes truth, reality, facts are no longer in vogue. Irish_Dem Jan 17 #48