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ShaggySnacks , in Disneyland workers say they live in cars and motels due to low pay

Don’t worry front line workers. The C-Suite and the shareholders appreciate your sacrifice to allow them to make more money.

This is was workers need to strike and form unions.

finley , in "The Grindr Super Bowl": Gay dating app saw influx of users during Republican National Convention | Salon.com

ah, so, apparently, fascism is caused by decades of sexual oppression, denial, and self-hatred erupting and being directed outward at others.

this would be far more interesting if it didn’t also mean the downfall of democracy.

CosmicTurtle0 ,

I just listened to a Behind the Bastards episode where basically…yeah, that’s been the prevailing theory.

finley ,

Obviously, I’m both being sarcastic and massively oversimplifying things. This is just one tiny splinter of the cause of fascism, not the entirety of it.

DoctorButts ,

Nazis should literally go fuck themselves

Know_not_Scotty_does ,

Yep, no one else will.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

Can you remember which episode? Sounds interesting but I can’t remember if I’ve heard it yet :)

rimu ,
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That's a part of it for sure but there's a lot more going on also:

how fascism works

peopleproblems ,

Wait hold on

Why would cucks bother them? Isn’t that like a conservative thing?

Am I seriously missing something here?

rimu ,
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peopleproblems ,

Honestly, I’m even more confused now. White supremacists were using it against “RINOs”

The original insult makes sense in that context (man who’s spouse is unfaithful), but in this diagram it was listed with oppression of identity and sexuality. The only way my brain seems to interpret that is by assuming the word is used in its fetish form which makes even less sense to me

rimu ,
@rimu@piefed.social avatar

In the diagram you can substitute that word for any non-mainstream sexual or gender thing. It really doesn't matter what - they'll scapegoat anything as long as it's a minority, elicits disgust from the in-crowd and reinforces any of the things it connects to with dashed lines.

Pedophilia is a good one because it relates to 'defending women & children', makes the enemy look weak, causes sexual anxiety and elicits disgust. Hence 'Save the children' and all that.

The diagram maps the conceptual framework behind it all - it's best not to get too literal about any of the individual words.

kaffiene , in Trump Blows a Kiss as Hulk Hogan Rips His Shirt Onstage in Surreal RNC Scene

If, in the 2000s, you wrote a novel detailing the reality of the Trump presidency, campaign, his manipulation of SCOTUS & it’s subsequent rulings, I think it would have been rejected as farcical - pure sick fantasy. Trump world is grotesque and I feel like a lot of our media still hasn’t articulated just how fucked up all of this really is.

GroundedGator , in Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

Small government right there folks.

solsangraal ,

they’re too busy outlawing porn and forcing the 10 commandments into classrooms to deal with any actual problems

FlyingSquid , in "The Grindr Super Bowl": Gay dating app saw influx of users during Republican National Convention | Salon.com
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ALoafOfBread ,

“I convinced myself I was gay when I was a kid”.

Well congrats, bud: you also convinced me you were gay when you were an adult.

darkpanda , in Sandra Hemme freed after 43 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit

Defence lawyer Sean O’Brien told the Star that she will still need help because she has spent most of her life in prison and was ineligible for social security.

So she was locked up for a crime she didn’t commit and was straight up framed by cops to protect one of their own, was prevented from working for her entire life, and now she’s of retirement age and can’t even get social security or a pension or nothing. Simply atrocious. I hope the inevitable lawsuit is worth millions.

bzarb8ni ,

I hope the inevitable lawsuit is worth millions.

Unfortunately, unless things have changed it seems like she’ll get screwed by the state again. Many states seem to have laws that limit what the wrongfully convicted can get in terms of compensation.

stlpr.org/…/missouri-legislators-seek-to-expand-l…

Marduk73 , in The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization
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The title reminds me of the microsoft monopoly issue ages ago. They had to bail ou Apple so ms could have competition.

MyOpinion , in Tesla Sales Drop 17% in California

The Musk dump. Well done loser.

Zerlyna , in "The Grindr Super Bowl": Gay dating app saw influx of users during Republican National Convention | Salon.com
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Love this!!! Perhaps I should post this in conservative Reddit. 🧐

aseriesoftubes ,

Enjoy your immediate ban

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks ,

Win win.

umbrella ,
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yes only bots are allowed on reddit

yournamehere , in Sandra Hemme freed after 43 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit

40 years in prison. whats that supposed to help? not civilzed if thats really legal possible. sounds like the dark ages.

toast , in Secret Service said to have denied requests for more security at Trump events

Trump has spent years overcharging the secret service for years. Why wouldn’t efforts to limit his grifting be in place?

EleventhHour ,
@EleventhHour@lemmy.world avatar

Perhaps they just hit the limit of their budget

charade_you_are , in Secret Service said to have denied requests for more security at Trump events

pretty good policy if it only applies to him imo

SirDerpy , (edited ) in Plane crash in Ohio kills 3; federal authorities investigating.

Know some. Expired PPL.

7/19 18:51; NE 6; 10mi visibility; few clouds FEW055 FEW250

Twin Beechcraft 60

This plane is from the 60s. It’s unique because it has electromechanical systems and piston prop engines. These were replaced by IC circuits and turbo prop engines. It’s super cool and handles well. But, no one wants to own one because of the cost of keeping it running.

Guess: was already navigating to a restricted airfield; electromechanical failure of flight controls created a severe aviation problem, perhaps with a secondary failure as the pilot continued to compensate

CameronDev , in Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants’ scientific names

TLDR: Caffra -> Affra

Meanwhile: fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/469

pno2nr , in Pelosi voiced support for an open nomination process if Biden drops out

It is almost as if it would be better to have actual primaries rather than the DNC choose the nominee. But apparently 2016 taught them nothing.

tal OP , (edited )
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They can’t at this point, as the primaries have already happened. Their only option to change candidate now is to have the party select someone else.

I went digging through the list of other presidents that decided not to do a second term in the past, and the latest an incumbent president ever announced that they weren’t doing another term was towards the end of March in the election year, which permitted time for the primaries.

That also allowed for a lot more time for the new candidate to start putting together a campaign. It’s still on a time crunch relative to the normal situation, but they had seven months before the general election to sell themselves to the American public. We’re down to three-and-a-half months and we don’t even know if this is gonna happen.

EDIT: There is one perk of it being so late, which is that Trump has already selected his running mate. That means that unless Trump’s willing to dump Vance, it’s possible to build a ticket specifically optimized to beat Trump/Vance – Democratic strategists know what they’re facing in building their ticket, whereas Republican strategists did not.

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