barneypiccolo

He cheated, not just legally, but illegally. They worked every angle they could. They weren't going to give the Dems the chance to overwhelm their cheating strategy like 2020.

He's going to go even further in the 2026 midterms. It's shaping up to be a bloodbath, and he can't afford to lose his precious Congressional majorities in either chamber, and allow the Dems to control investigative committees with subpoena and arrest powers.

It will be too difficult to control election fraud in so many Congressional districts and all 50 states, so he will be forced to suspend elections, and the easiest way to do that is to declare Martial Law in response to violent protests, and he can make that happen by calling on his RedHat goons, the most violent and loyal of which are the Jan6 insurrectionists he pardoned. Now he's talking about paying them for their time in prison. They'll do anything he tells them to do.

Conservatives (and businesses are generally conservative) are great at deluding themselves into adopting any strategy that puts money in their pocket over intelligent strategies that would lead to better long-term outcomes, but cost a little more and/or make slightly less profit.

That's why they stick with Trickle Down Economics, which have poor long-term outcomes for all but the rich, instead of Trickle Up Economics, which helps everyone, even though the inevitable outcome of Trickle Down is a catastrophic shift (for the rich) to Robin Hood Economics (Take from the rich, Give to the poor).

Always good to read something by someone who actually understands how business works.

I'm all for a "Hot Tariff Summer." Let the shelves be mostly empty, with everything else tripling in price.

Even MAGAs will feel the pain, and they'll know it is all HitlerPig's fault. Once they start questioning him even a little bit, it's the beginning of the end for him.

His approval ratings are already underwater, and dropping. Let him have his way for a while, and his virtuosic incompetence will do more to reduce his support than anything the Resistance can do.

Nope, i made a living in that world for a long time. I know it well. A vehicle is the worst sound environment possible.

And now all those fired people can be recruited by the Resistance.

I've heard people ask why we aren't hearing from ex-presidents and ex-military leaders. Do you think they are just sitting on the veranda drinking ice tea and watching the sun set before Jeopardy comes on, as the greatest military in history, which they helped build, is dismantled, and being readied to be used against American citizens? The rank & file may be trained to be autonomous drones, but the leadership aren't, and most won't illegally follow illegal orders from Nazis, whom they take great pride in already defeating once.

When they defeat them a second time, they won't make the mistake of leaving a pulse.

Every time he fires knowledgable, experienced, competent people, and replaces them with people whose primary qualification is loyalty and sycophancy, he weakens his side, and strengthens the Resistance.

When the Tipping Point comes, and whatever pops off happens, his hand-picked loyalists won't know how to properly respond, although they will absolutely refuse to believe that (Frequently wrong, Never in doubt). The commanders and soldiers who are ordered to attack American citizens wont respond reliably, with many refusing, with massive defections to the Resistance, with their weapons. The Resistance will have experienced, knowledgable military leaders who know how to lead, and will command the respect of their troops.

The enormous might of the American military has shown on many occasions that they are very vulnerable to an insurgency, and have little to no defense against that strategy, especially with leadership that is breath-takingly corrupt.

Conservative media environment?

Its called the Conservative Propaganda Machine, and it exists by design. Dick Cheney and Roger Ailes created it in the wake of Watergate, because they felt like the Republican party had no allies in the mainstream media to defend Nixon, so they decided to create an alternative media that would be on their side.

Ailes gets credit for it for creating Fox News in 1996, but it started long before that, with Rush Limbaugh and the enormous number of conservative radio talk shows that exploded after Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine in 1987.

Today we have families that have grown up with three generations steeped in concervative propaganda, discussing "politics" over the kitchen table that are nothing more than deliberate lies. They think they live in a world where Blue state schools have litterboxes for students who identify as Furries.

It's a giant market because people spend a lot of money on it, mostly being loud. Loud is not the same as high quality sound.

Or in defense of others.

Thanks, I appreciate that. We already have brutal enemies within our own country, we don't need our neighbors hating us for the actions of those enemies. If America falls to the Maga Nazis, so will Canada. We have to band together to crush and purge them.

I agree, and I dont advocate for copying most of their unethical, illegal, and unconstitutional methods. But if something works, without stepping over that line, we should definitely adopt it. We shouldn't limit our selves from successful options just because Reps did it first. Democrats are way too good at shooting themselves in the foot that way.

Telling insipid weenie Dems that they better pick up their game or we'll find someone who will, should not be off the table simply because Reps employ it. Thats just good politics that strengthens your party.