DarkCloud

joined 6 months ago
[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Dr. Frankenstein's car, Dr. Frankenstein's money, Dr. Frankenstein's custom tailored suit.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The pterror!

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want to know the actual reason is that Roddenberry planned for his wife (Marjel Barrett) to be Number 1 in TOS and basically have the ship deeply dependent on her. The Studio canned the idea, and she was relegated to playing nurse Chapel.

So TNG was a chance to revive the idea with Counsellor Troi looking after the whole ship via her job, but this too was downgraded so she was just another character on the show rather than the center of the crew's lives.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

People don't understand, they both speak the same language. They're both natural grifters... What's more Musk is probably better at it than Trump was. Trump needed lessons from Roy Cohn, who was a ruthless, damaged, low empathy, closet homosexual and self-hater.

Musk didn't need that kind of mentor, he's a natural grifter, and my bet is that Trump is fascinated by him. They do similar things in different ways.

Only in certain scenarios would this blow up, and Musk has already bent the knee to Trump, so those scenarios are unlikely.

Musk is a friendly fellow grifter Trump can use, and has power over, which is what Trump likes.

At best we'll see Musk become a fall guy for Trump's shortcomings. But seeing as Trump may later die in office, Musk might also avoid such a fate. Only time will tell.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If he's any good at it he'll pass an Enabling Act at the start (like Hitler did in 33), and then a halt to elections as an emergency measure later on.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Are you sure It's not low information voters who spend most of their time politically deactivated, feel disenfranchised from the economic controls that rule their lives, and have poor media literacy?

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Russell is doing the right thing.

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