IronBird

no, just get a steam deck

i would be

it doesnt need to be effective, the whole goal of our entire MIC is shifting tax $'s into the pockets of contractors, and the officers (and members of congress) they have paid off, just like damn near every other facet of our economy/government.

yes...obviously both are a part of cycle.

for me, establishment means they do atleast want keep this fucked up game of theirs somewhat sustainable. in that sense, trump and co. are not establishment.

trump was establishment, but now he's a braindead parot repeating the last thing he's heard

eh, skipped nihilistic dead end. went to Sartre

haven't read much philosophy since though

no, at this point Trump is a braindead puppet for whoever has his ear last.

The likes of Shumer and McConnel are the establishment.

Carter with Rockefeller's congress, during the last (long) Dem super-majority...proceeded to tie the american pension system into the casino. acting as a regular wave of bagholding liquidity pumps.

Obama, during that short super-majority, passed Romneycare...a blank check for pharma and healthcare corporations to ratfuck public funds.

and of course while all that happens they're all insider trading the whole time too, the greedy fucks

that is the establishment

obviously republicans are worse, but in a way they're better...cause atleast you know they're pieces of shit. meanwhile the dem side preaches Hope and Change to the public while reassuring their donors the status quo will be maintained

it's fucking insidious

i know, have started that process too recently. I'm just not used to feeling things so strongly i guess, and really don't have anywhere else to turn to at this specific moment.

idk about that, made them more confident...sure. but look at all these local/state elections, flipping seats that have been solidly/establishment-D for decades to independents/progressives.

people are turning out in record numbers to vote for independents/progs would suggest that the "Left" in america isnt dead...maybe they've just been demoralized from decades of disappointment and Trump and Co. was the wakeup call they needed

not trying to dismiss your concern, things are bad and they are probably only going to get worse for the forseeable furure...but...giving up is exactly is the first/biggest move these psychopaths have, it's a truly insidious system we've managed to imprison ourselves in...

idk, Trump has done more to mobilize the left these last couple cycles than the last...30 years.

good business just backs both sides, hence why media like Time will release editions with "conservative"/democrat leaning cover-arts, for specific parts of the country.

anything and everything to keep people inside their bubbles

I wonder if this line would work to console the families of the people his gestapo have already black bagged off the street

the denial won't end until trump is dead (ideally, in as embarrassing and compromising a manner as possible), coping for a "return to normal" that won't manifest