Smooth Operator on Nostr: white_male Rick anonymous My mind always recurs to that episode of Futurama ...
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Rick (npub1qw3…qe66) anonymous (npub1xk5…l7kr) My mind always recurs to that episode of Futurama (1999-2001?) which depicted the political system. It's platitudes, fake conflict, and non-debates:
>I say your 3% [whatever] tax goes too far!
<And I say *your* 3% tax goes too-far-not-enough!
That's how it was, particularly with immigration quotas, funding for israel, etc. No question of should we do it; just bikeshedding over how many pounds of our own flesh we should surrender to hostile aliens. I feel like we (by which I mean people who were coming of age around that time) thought the reality of this unthinkable stupidity was somehow remote, and that it didn't matter that "you can tell a politician is lying because his lips are moving." Like there'd never be consequences for suffering ourselves to live under this bullshit regime.
And of course, people would buy into parts of what these bullshitters were selling, as if picking out the ripest turds at the bullshit buffet. And that got worse as we got older, and most indulge in the same retard political sideshow we called boomers retarded for indulging in.
Sigh.
Rick (npub1qw3…qe66) anonymous (npub1xk5…l7kr) My mind always recurs to that episode of Futurama (1999-2001?) which depicted the political system. It's platitudes, fake conflict, and non-debates:
>I say your 3% [whatever] tax goes too far!
<And I say *your* 3% tax goes too-far-not-enough!
That's how it was, particularly with immigration quotas, funding for israel, etc. No question of should we do it; just bikeshedding over how many pounds of our own flesh we should surrender to hostile aliens. I feel like we (by which I mean people who were coming of age around that time) thought the reality of this unthinkable stupidity was somehow remote, and that it didn't matter that "you can tell a politician is lying because his lips are moving." Like there'd never be consequences for suffering ourselves to live under this bullshit regime.
And of course, people would buy into parts of what these bullshitters were selling, as if picking out the ripest turds at the bullshit buffet. And that got worse as we got older, and most indulge in the same retard political sideshow we called boomers retarded for indulging in.
Sigh.