The Political Thread

[Grim]

Disgusting.

 

[Comrade Khan]

probably gonna make them his private army

 

[Comrade Khan]

bet we get a new order of Pinkertons too just to really go full regressive

 

[Grim]

probably gonna make them his Sturmabteilung

Fixed it for you.

 

[Grim]

bet we get a new order of Pinkertons too just to really go full regressive

I hate to break it to you but the Pinkertons still exist, in fact last year they raided someone's home over uncirculated Magic The Gathering cards.

 

[Grim]

Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

www.nytimes.com

It just gets worse and worse.

 

[OsBlaze]

I'll put it this way, and this is something I've reiterated in the past, actually:

Millionaires I don't have a problem with. Those within the $1-$249 Million scale are generally those who are smaller business owners and don't have monopolies on their respective fields.

Multi millionaires I don't like, it's those that are within the $250-$799 Million range that I think have a larger overall control of not only media but businesses in general, and also tend to be venture capitalists who are primarily interested in their own gains, extremely popular athletes, or musicians. I don't advocate for their extinction, but more higher regulations to control their income.

Billionaires, or those in the $800M+ range should not exist. Either their wealth should be stripped down to a more manageable level, or outright overthrown and destroyed into extinction. No person should have that much money to hoard for themselves and control markets, politics, and influence anything.

So with that regards, that would also mean Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc. should be broken up and their subsidiaries made independent.

Now what if one day I win the lottery and end up with over 800 million?


Keep in mind I would gladly help out any one of my friends here if they needed it

 

[Grim]

Now what if one day I win the lottery and end up with over 800 million?


Keep in mind I would gladly help out any one of my friends here if they needed it

Well luckily for you, you wouldn't even get like 80% of that money after taxes, you'd be somewhere closer to around $650 Million.

 

[Grim]

Then there's also the data the correlates that those who win the lottery are more prone to depression and suicidal ideation, and I'd be really worried for you Blaze...

 

[OsBlaze]

Well luckily for you, you wouldn't even get like 80% of that money after taxes, you'd be somewhere closer to around $650 Million.

Ahh fuck yeah! I can live off that.

Shit I could live off 20-30 mill probably tbh lmao

 

[OsBlaze]

Then there's also the data the correlates that those who win the lottery are more prone to depression and suicidal ideation, and I'd be really worried for you Blaze...

Don’t tell me that!!

 

[Samoa Looch]

• Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
  • On his first day of his second term, Trump signs his first executive orders on gender and immigration, and also signs an order ending usage of the CBP One app. (Boston Globe)
  • Trump signs the Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements executive order directing the US to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. (AP)
  • Trump signs an executive order directing the US to withdraw from the World Health Organization. (Reuters)
  • Trump signs executive orders calling for the renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" and for Denali to return to its forrmer name "Mount McKinley". The rename would apply to all references from the federal government. (CBS News)
  • Trump declares illegal immigration a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act. (Reuters)
  • Trump officially creates the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk aimed at cutting spending of the U.S. government. DOGE is a temporary organization under the United States DOGE Service, not a federal executive department. Within minutes of the announcement, government employee unions, watchdog groups, and public interest organizations sued over this executive order. (Reuters)
  • Trump signs an executive order to delay enforcement of the law banning TikTok in the United States for 75 days. (CNN)
  • Trump revokes Biden removal of Cuba from US state sponsors of terrorism list. (Reuters)
• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Anti-Trump protests are held in cities across the United States, as well as in other countries, such as Mexico, Panama, and the United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
• Second cabinet of Donald Trump
  • The United States Senate unanimously confirms Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, making him the first Cabinet official of Trump's second term to be confirmed by the Senate. Rubio also becomes the first Latino American to serve as Secretary of State. (The Hill)

Especially phrases like "Putting America First" should always been the reddest of all red flags for any person with a brain between their ears and a basic understanding of what's happening in the US politics for the last 10 years (at least). Decades of misguided, brainwashing-like "patriotism" being hammered into the heads of people prevents them from realizing how that is being utilized by the assholes in power right now.

 

[Comrade Khan]

 

[Comrade Khan]

 

[Comrade Khan]

where are all the "ill see it when i believe it" morons now?