The expanding social inequality and capture of our democratic institutions, including the media, the Congress, organised labour, academia, and the courts by corporations and oligarchs, would inevitably lead to an authoritarian and finally Christian fascist state. Chris Hedges, lecture Workers Fight Back Conference 2025, Youtube 36.16
A serious impassioned plea to take the decay seriously. ibid.
This despair, this loss of hope, this denial of a future, leads the desperate into the arms of those who promise miracles and dreams of apocalyptic glory. Donald Trump does not herald the collapse of democracy. He heralds the ripping away of the veneer that masked the rot wihin the ruling structures and their pretence of democracy. ibid.
The Democrats are as guilty as the Republicans. ibid.
They embody the moral decay unleashed by unfettered capitalism. ibid.
Now we are shifting to totalitarian’s more recognisable form, one dominated by a demagogue and an ideology grounded in our homegrown Christian fascism. ibid.
The utopian ideology of neoliberalism and global capitalism is a vast con, a mechanism to funnel wealth upwards to the billionaire class. ibid.
The labels liberal and conservative are meaningless, evidenced by a Democratic presidential candidate who turned to Wall Street bankers to formulate her economic policies, and bragged about an endorsement from Dick Cheney, a war criminal who left office with a 13% approval rating. ibid.
Trump lies like he breathes, but the lies told by the two establishment parties caused far more pain and did far more damage than the lies told by Trump. ibid.
We are a culture awash with lies. ibid.
Empty mind-numbing chiches and slogans most of which are absurd and contradictory replace political discourse. ibid.
The cult of the self dominates our cultural landscape. ibid.
These are the debauched revels of a dying civilisation. The system is not reformable. ibid.
They know when you fight for the oppressed, you get treated like the oppressed. ibid.
Hope comes when we physically defy those in power. ibid.
They cannot see that the suffering of a child in Gaza or a child in the blighted pockets of Washington DC diminishes and impoverishes us all. They are deaf, dumb and blind to hope. ibid.
Our strength comes from our steadfastness to Justice and Truth. ibid.
The more we make compromises with those who serve privilege and power, the more we diminish our own strength. ibid.
If we cannot make the elites scared of us, we fail. ibid.
We must organise and organise fast. ibid.
And we must end the genocide in Gaza. ibid.
The mafia state will be brutal. ibid.
We may not succeed. So be it. At least those who come after us, and I speak as a father, will say we tried. ibid.
[Erin]: The Life and Times of the worst thing to come from South Africa since apartheid. Hysteria: This Fucking Guy: Not a Genius, A Bullshitter: Elon Musc: Everything You Don’t Know About His Shitty Past, Youtube 2024
He’s still being trusted with billions in government contracts and essentially being allowed to man the levers of the financial markets, all while rage tweeting fringe conspiracy theories and cozying up to extremists. ibid. Erin
Elon Musk became one of the richest people in the world by convincing enough people with power that he’s a genius … he’s a bullshitter. ibid.
The self-perpetuating scam that is Elon. ibid. Alyssa
He did not co-found Paypal. He started his first company with some help from Daddy. ibid. Erin
It’s no secret Tesla is shitting to its workers. ibid.
Poor quality builds to serious iddues like sudden uncontrollable accelleration … faulty breaking … an operating system that can be hacked … batteries that spontaneously light on fire, the suspension suddenly collapsing leading to something called Wampy Wheels … ibid.
Elon’s ineptible has been on full display. ibid.
Elon it turns out is not good at running Twitter. ibid.
[Alyssa]: An almost pathological need to be talked about. Hysteria: This Fucking Guy: Everyone’s Tired of This Fucking Guy: Donald Trump: Everything You Didn’t Know About His Shitty Past I
Trump fancies himself a builder but only spreads destruction and sadness. ibid.
In 1927 Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens. ibid.
Hanging out with Ghislaine Maxwell on his dad’s yacht. ibid.
He was a spoiled rich boy who wanted to join clubs. ibid.
[Erin]: Matatasized into a cancer that has irretrievably corrupted the Republican Party and eaten whole of America’s very soul. Hysteria: This Fucking Guy: Everyone’s Tired of This Facking Guy II
They built a windfarm off the coast of Aberdeen within sight of one of Trump’s golf courses. ibid.
‘Windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before.’ ibid. Trump
‘Ivana does exactly what I tell her to do.’ ibid.
‘I moved on her like a bitch!’ ibid.
[Alyssa]: Our epic trilogy on Donald Trump, the Fucking Guy to end all Fucking Guys. Hysteria: This Fucking Guy: Donald Trump III: America’s Soul-Sucking Cancer: Everything You Didn’t Know About His Shitty Past
And then stumbled into politics at just the right moment. ibid. Erin
Donald Trump cheats at golf. In fact there’s a book about it called: [Rick Riley]: Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump. ibid.
‘We’re looking strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms … People are flushing toilets ten times, fifteen times …’ ibid. Donald Trump, 2019
January 6th: 174 police officers were injured; 6 people died that day, including one Capitol police officer. ibid. Erin
More than 1,200 charged, more than 460 imprisoned for role in Capitol attack. ibid.
[Erin]: Whether or not he had sex with a couch. Hysteria: That Fucking Guy: J D Vance, Everything You Didn’t Know About His Shitty Past
One of the best memes of all time, though! ibid. Alyssa
Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed J D Vance. ibid. headline