Donald Trump compared the war between Ukraine and Russia to a schoolyard scuffle between children, while he was simultaneously having a childish online feud with Elon Musk. The level of cluelessness of these people boggles the mind.
Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin's doormat, and today, Putin wiped his feet.
Yo, Elon Musk. I heard you're a gamer. I like video games, too.
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Okay, Michael Douglas' character in Falling Down is not a good guy and shouldn't be regarded as someone to emulate. That said, I totally feel him in this scene.
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That's why he did it. It was deliberate, but he didn't do it because he's a Nazi. He did it because he's a terminally online edgelord who desperately wants internet trolls to think he's cool. The key to understanding Elon is understanding that he is way, way dumber than anyone ever realized.
Four years from now, at the celebration of the 5th year of Trump's second (and eternal) term, Elon Musk shows up in a full SS uniform and reads directly from a well-worn copy of Mein Kampf.
The media: "That wasn't a Nazi uniform and that book wasn't Mein Kampf. He's just autistic!"
Yeah, it was never anything but an ego trip for him. The problem is that this time around, the people actually calling the shots are going to be much more unhinged.
As a resident of Washington State, I find the name of this site offensive. The sky is gray. Claiming that the sky is blue is regional bigotry.
It's a brilliant shell game. The ruling class convinced the middle class that the working class is their enemy, and vice versa.
I'm not a class reductionist. I don't want to line up with working or middle class Nazis, for instance. But a bit of class consciousness all around would be welcome.