They will, but that is nowhere near a majority, look at the numbers… they are cataclysmic for Trump.

The point is that it doesn’t matter to Trump, and his cronies are going to try hard to make it not matter that these things are massively unpopular to the general public.

Can we stop focusing on the fact the 20% of most crazy Trump fascists won’t change? We know they won’t change… but there are a LOT of people who voted Republican or who didn’t vote who are rethinking their choices hard right now.

Maybe it is too late, that isn’t a point I necessarily disagree with… but your thesis that things can continue to get worse and it won’t matter for Trump’s core popularity has already been proven stunningly false by every single damn poll out there of the U.S. (try watching some Republican town halls too, they are a madhouse of people screaming DO SOMETHING TO HELP US).

I just want to add this here, in the hopes that people see this.

From what I have read the shortage of toilet paper during Covid that became a meme representing the whole experience of supply chain shocks is actually misplaced.

The major reason there was a shortage of toilet paper was not really because there was a panic buy of toilet paper that cleared the shelves out, or rather that happened only after there was a genuine shortage cause by the fact that a massive amount of people moved from using toilet paper at their jobs, in their employers bathrooms, bought from a B2B company and delivered by a truck specialized in delivering supplies for businesses… to buying toilet paper from distribution networks positioned to deliver products to consumers in grocery stores and such.

Those are seperate logistics networks with seperate companies, seperate delivery trucks, seperate everything, distribution and sales of toilet paper not smoothly adapting to the shock of Covid was a product of this, not just some purely irrational fear in consumers, there is a legitimate reason it happened and it won’t likely happen again unless there is mass unemployment… at which point there are bigger problems….

This won’t hurt him. At all. His supporters by and large are what you’d expect from full on Stockholm syndrome victims.

This is such a tired narrative.

Yes, yes it will.

It is hurting Trump, Trump has historically low approval ratings, people all across the political spectrum are literally shocked in realtime right now at how fast his approval ratings are tanking. Bernie Sanders and AOC are getting bigger crowds than Bernie even got during his presidential campaign. If the Republican party, Democratic party and the entire system of checks and balances were functioning in the U.S. this would be catastrophic for Trump and for Republicans in general. It still might be if we can manage to survive this.

The one issue voters who sat out last time, the middle of the ground twats who thought their vote didn’t matter, the Palestinians who thought Kamala’s stance on Israel wasn’t strong enough… Those are the people who have to suffer enough to motivate them to not be so fucking indifferent to things they don’t fully understand.

Go spit your venom somewhere else and stop condescending people for seeing genocide as a redline.

Leftists voted for Kamala, the people who didn’t vote were meaningfully connected to Palestinians or were Arab… in other words this wasn’t political for them this was just a basic litmus test for whether centrist democrats can be trusted not to turn a blind eye to blatant horrific genocide against arab people while at the same time lecturing other countries about human rights.

You just directly chastised people who decided not to vote for a presidential candidate that was the previous vice president under the president that directly facilitated and provided political backing for a genocide of their people and homeland, do you understand how pathetic you sound? This isn’t about Trump being worse, of course Trump is worse, what is pathetic is that you would in this moment of utter strategic failure on every level by the entrenched corporate leadership of the democratic party to resist against an openly fascist candidate… choose to pick on people adjacent to one of the most horrific genocides in modern history…

Let me re-emphasize to everyone who upvoted this fool, the person I am replying is admitting that they think their best strategy for appealing to more people with their viewpoint is picking on victims of a genocide. Do you really want to throw your lot in with people like this who are so bereft of strategies and visions that can appeal to everyone?.

By October 2024, Israel said it bombed 40,000 locations[4] in the Gaza Strip (which is 360 km2). By one estimate, as of April 2024 the bomb tonnage dropped on Gaza was more than 70,000 tonnes,[5] surpassing the combined bomb tonnage dropped on Dresden, Hamburg, and London in World War II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip

the Gaza strip is only 360 square kilometers, the other bombed places being compared here are far larger areas, and yet there still has been more bombs dropped, almost every single one gleefully handed over by the U.S., on the Gaza strip than these other places.

When will you suffer enough to realize that you were on a tiny, cynical island of people who thought we could ignore the plight of the Palestinian people as if it were an unconnected issue to the U.S. and as though the U.S. public could be calmed down by the likes of Chuck Shumer uselessly waving his hands around as the democratic party turned around and did whatever the hell AIPAC wanted… and the world watched on as Israel committed genocide full tilt and unabated?

Why are you still talking like you represent any kind of majority coalition? …like you represent the nexus of any kind of ideological or political consensus?

You are an irrelevant cynical voice yelling ineffectually into the void.

No, they don’t know what the fuck they are doing.

There is a difference, the difference being that they don’t understand how badly this is going to end for everyone.

This won’t be “covid like” shortages because covid was chaotic and unpredictable whereas this is a result of a very predictable progression of the U.S. into fascism… and the shortages as a result from that as other economies disentangle from the U.S. economy will be long lasting and indefinite not transient like the crisis point of a pandemic.

There is no “weathering” an existential loss of trust.

RPS has let go of too many of the people that made it what it was, now it is just a business webpage with dark mode and the name of something I used to love… yeah!..

I don’t really want neoliberals in my coalition anyways, I don’t like associating with people who smugly talk over other people to push shit ideas that don’t work while innocent USians are suffering and dying everyday. I also don’t like associating with people that bring nothing to the table but a liability to the legitimacy of the political coalitions they assume they are the heart and soul of.

spits on the ground heck no I am never rallying around the DNC again and neither are other younger people, corporate centrists can come begging to our feet for our vote and we will give it to them if they stop wasting our time with empty feckless promises.

It is up to the DNC to prove to the people holding the gas cans that it is reformable, and so far their argument still sucks.

Try harder lights match while whistling jeopardy theme.

Still waiting for proof centrists learned anything from this election other than that they are ok with genocide and that we must always accept the framing of conservative arguments and move right (which is the only thing US centrist neoliberals seem to be capable of concluding).

The part about being a scout that is dangerous is that the enemy understands what you will do if you aren’t eliminated immediately.

U.S. “at the brink” circa 2025

bullshit

The best tip I have for getting rid of LinkedIn is a flamethrower.

pikachu face meme but doubled to make it look like how pete kegseth would perceive it at 9am

my brain has so many crossed wires, or I have read wayy too much james joyce, or both because I didn’t even realize I did that lol

I am one of those millenials that took down the U.S. economy by spending too much time chilling with cats instead of having enough money to buy a home and start a life shrugs.

Adults kept telling me to grow up and learn how to be an adult, but my response always was “but you losers don’t even know how to correctly annoy a cat? I have nothing to learn from you”.

You are right, those cats definitely exist, I am just warning against generalization.

A lot of houses (most houses) are purposefully completely devoid of the kind of stimulation cats need at a basic level.

Imagine walking through a house if you were as tall as a cat, most houses are just a series of blank, sterile surfaces without even any visual or texture variation.

You can’t assume cats will just entertain themselves, they might be happy to do so but it is kind of cruel to assume they will given you are the one that locked them in a box. Like a bored predator, they need dynamic, reactive things they can discover, stalk and pursue, not static objects that are briefly compelling to swat at.

Cats love to play hunt though, for most cats their hunting drive is so strong that I think a lot of indoor cats get screwed over by the idea people have that you don’t have to play with them the same way you do a dog.

If you want your indoor cat to be happy you do have to play with them (they will be happy outdoors too but they will murder wildlife needlessly :( :( ). Play doesn’t just mean interacting with them and giving them attention however, in fact some cats barely desire or need that.

Play means giving your cat an athletic challenge where they can use their bodies in a burst of energy and skill to try to stalk or catch something.

The most longterm successful cat toy I have found is just a wire close hangar straightened out with a length of string and a knot or bit of cloth tied at the end of the string for weight. Make the string wiggle across the ground or through the air like a snake using the springy snap and even if you don’t think your cat likes to play hunt they will likely go nuts.

Laserpointers are fun for you, they don’t give your cat something satisfying to actually succeed or fail at catching, which on that point when your cat successfully catches the toy, let them have it so they can proudly walk away with it in their mouth like a lion.

Every damn time I make a cat toy for people, show them how it works, and give to them, their cat IMMEDIATELY nails the toy and then they sit their frustrated their cat got it so quick and tug on the string trying to get their cat to let it go. Cats don’t generally like tug of war, they like hunting tiny little squeeky things in ambushes. Let the toy go so your cat can be proud of their catch and walk away with it, this is your chance to praise them! Then pick the toy back up 30 seconds later.

This is also simply hands down the best way to befriend cats because they will immediately associate you with the joy of hunting…which for 99% of cats rockets you to the top of their list of favorite people, especially if you are nice to them too.

damn you George Soros!

Chuck Shumer will… soon!

I think we are solidly in that territory

ahaha, I cant even correct that, it feels wrong

Literally dangerous for targeted groups to do that…