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Do we really want a leader who celebrates firing people? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 142 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Please stop using Twitter.

[–] thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree, but isn't it fun that the Harris campaign is using Musk's platform to counter Trump, and in this case Musk.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I'd be much happier if it wasn't the FIRST AND ONLY place they post stuff.

It'd be hella funny if they posted screenshots of their stuff from Mastodon or Threads or like Tiktok or whatever people use

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Ideally, they’d post to Mastodon first, then link to it on all the other microblog sites. Drive traffic towards Mastodon, instead of keeping it as the backup.

[–] thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I love the concept of a pseudo Mastodon crosspost.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

They do post on Threads and Tiktok and other platforms. They also very much did posted clips of this very interview on Threads

https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 64 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Not to say that Trump normally looks spry and youthful, of course, but that picture of him is the worst I can remember seeing him. I'm surprised they used it for an interview like this.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago

He’s got those black sleepy-joe eyes.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

This photo of Trump looks like the illustration for a Magic The Gathering card for "Withered Ghoul" or something like that.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure only the audio is from the livestream. This video was probably created by a fellow lefty that wanted to make trump look bad. The Elon picture isn't great either.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Damn dude I guess the orange is actually functional fashion holy fuck

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Was wondering if that picture was manipulated at all.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 63 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Didn’t Trump get famous for “firing” people on TV?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 56 points 3 months ago

He also is notorious for skipping the bill on as much as he possibly can. A real charmer.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I was literally coming to the comments to say something similar. He's the "You're Fired!" guy how could anyone be surprised by this? He criticized the Biden administration for not firing people...

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago

He likes firing people, but can't seem to do it face-to-face it seems: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/politics/donald-trump-firing-twitter/index.html

[–] rezifon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nobody is surprised by this. The Harris campaign is aware of and is reminding people of this exact fact. It's part of why the ad is compelling. Seems smart and effective to me. It's made everyone stop to talk about how Trump is famous for firing people.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I'ma just drop this here

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 52 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine celebrating the idea that you've had no personal growth or made no social progress in twenty years. And not that it needs to be pointed out but it's also bullshit because the right have been marching fast towards fascism.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

The left only seems to be receding when the observer is hurtling rightwards.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I thought these were the years that elmo promised and failed to launch a rocket to Mars, let alone a cargo or manned mission to Mars.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Republicans do. They hate unions also.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Meanwhile the Teamster's president is looking Trump's way so wtf

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"The leopards won't fire my face."

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Its just two grifters grifting.

[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

It reminds me of that homeglow commercial where a lady brags about firing her old cleaning lady after using the service. Tone deaf and cruel, it's astonishing that someone was like "yeah, that's gonna make us look good".

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

It’s like a readymade promo for a guillotine retailer.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago

Is anyone really surprised? His tag line on his shit TV show was, "You're fired!".

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Well the sycophants don't believe it'll ever happen to them. Mostly because they're stupid.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

[–] SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Trump's out there making Sean O'Brien look more and more foolish every week.

[+] index@sh.itjust.works -9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why do you want a leader to begin with?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Leadership is a useful tool in coordinating the efforts of large numbers of people, in order to efficiently gather information, develop best practices, and accurately evaluate the results of organizational efforts.

[+] index@sh.itjust.works -12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A whip is a useful tool to force people into coordination, in order to efficiently do stuff. You may want one along your leadership.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago

Well done, you've indeed just described the role of Whip that a person can fulfil perfectly. And you're right, you do often need those people alongside leadership. And no, the term doesn't come from literally using a whip, though I suppose it does make for some rather evocative imagery. I do really love the term "lose the whip" to mean that someone is expelled from their own party.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

A whip is a useful tool to force people into coordination

It's an awful tool. It can't convey complex ideas, doesn't maintain a useful catalog of effective uses, and only works at a very limited range for a tiny number of subjects on a momentary time scale.

I might suggest replacing your whip with a library. Libraries have been far more successful at organizing and commanding large numbers of people over long periods of time. The library was arguably the most effective tool of the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Chinese Dynasts, and the Catholic Church in commanding populations by the tens of millions.

Wielding a whip makes you a nuisance. Wielding a library makes you a God.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good you seem to be interested in libraries. Here's one with many interesting books to read:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/michail-bakunin-god-and-the-state

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

See, you're not above being led. And you didn't even need to get whipped.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you want the current president's duties to be carried out at the snail pace of Congress?

[+] 1984@lemmy.today -19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In extreme capitalism, yes.

I don't live there so I view trump and musk like evening entertainment, and for that purpose they are up for the job.

You need the village idiots for a laugh sometimes.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I know it's hard to take pity on the US, but real people do suffer from the consequences of these monsters. Also, pretty much any cancer the US dreams up has a nasty habit of spreading elsewhere. Don't assume you will stay forever safe from the tyranny abroad.

[–] Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Hi American here. One of these men is the richest man in the world. To assume his behaviors aren't globally reaching is wrong. The other, if elected, would control the most powerful military in the world. Of course well suffer here but the influence and reach of these two should not be understated.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

I know. One example, without the US supporting Ukraine, Russia will win and they will continue taking over more European countries. So it very much affects millions of people what these clowns are doing, just that one example.

Alla you have big tech that is driving the entire path to dystopia with absolutely no privacy.