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TomCADem

(17,837 posts)
10. Exactly, Just Add Some Artificial Intelligence Prompts Referring to Action Stars and Masculinity...
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 08:02 PM
Apr 2025

... and being economically stupid can sound positively bad ass. For example, couldn't you see JD Vance saying something along the lines of the following:

The Lone Wolf Ideal: Strength Over Support Systems
In a world reliant on collective systems like unions, healthcare, and worker compensation, there remains a belief in the enduring power of individual strength and self-reliance. This philosophy celebrates the "lone wolf," a man who, like the iconic John Rambo, embodies resilience, courage, and determination to navigate life's challenges on his own terms.
Rambo’s legendary survival against overwhelming odds serves as a potent symbol of this ideology. In one memorable instance, when gravely injured, he didn’t turn to a hospital or external aid. Instead, he took a heated knife to cauterize his own wound—a raw, striking act of self-reliance that underscores the belief in personal ingenuity over institutional support. For the lone wolf, challenges are opportunities to demonstrate inner strength and to grow tougher through adversity.
This perspective views unions, healthcare systems, and worker compensation as tools that, while helpful, risk fostering dependency. The lone wolf values personal accountability and sees rights not as granted by institutions but as protected through vigilance and action. Success, in this worldview, is earned through sheer grit, hard work, and unyielding spirit, unencumbered by reliance on external structures.
While critics might argue that the lone wolf path overlooks the importance of community and shared support, for its adherents, it embodies a pure form of independence. It celebrates masculinity in its rawest form, where triumphs are deeply personal and resilience is a mark of true strength. For the lone wolf, life’s hardships are not a hindrance—they are the proving grounds of greatness.


So, you just question the masculinity of male Trump voters, and you can take away their health care, collective bargaining rights, pensions, etc., and they will even cheer you on.

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Well that changes everything. Buddyzbuddy Apr 2025 #1
"It actually forces companies to build here to dodge them"...no, it fucking doesn't. Why do we have to learn the same Karasu Apr 2025 #2
He's clearly mentally not right not fooled Apr 2025 #3
How the actual fuck will it force farmers to sell more product here? lonely bird Apr 2025 #4
No, that's not it. twodogsbarking Apr 2025 #5
Our criminal president made his fortunes from Russian money laundering... AntiFascist Apr 2025 #6
The lies that come out of that bamagal62 Apr 2025 #7
what are the odds its Russian propaganda? LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #21
If only Biden had thought of this Diraven Apr 2025 #8
Exactly, Just Add Some Artificial Intelligence Prompts Referring to Action Stars and Masculinity... TomCADem Apr 2025 #10
but Biden was OLD LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #22
Because that worked out so well for Hoover IronLionZion Apr 2025 #9
You don't actually think he's capable of understanding... dchill Apr 2025 #17
Or listening to anyone who disagrees with him IronLionZion Apr 2025 #20
all he knows is it says he's right about what he's doing... total cult reinforcement LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #24
"Here's our secret plan, and, it's going to make you rich!" - he sounds like a greasy huckster. Oneironaut Apr 2025 #11
Nah, You Just Need to Make Failure Sound Bad Ass ... TomCADem Apr 2025 #12
Chris Murphy's take on All In is correct imho Deminpenn Apr 2025 #13
Riiiiight... LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #14
Thank you...I scrolled down to see if anyone shared that! Drum Apr 2025 #15
"...and it could make you rich." dchill Apr 2025 #16
No- Warren Buffet never said any such thing. James48 Apr 2025 #18
Well, that explains an idiotic response I got to a post on another site. MAGA will believe anything. Vinca Apr 2025 #19
Every statement in that video is a complete lie IronLionZion Apr 2025 #23
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