POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[CMRivdogs]

12 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Yes sir. However Socialism is more aligned with communism than Democracy. 

What is Trumpism aligned with? It ain't the democracy I was taught in school. It's much closer to Orbanism, when the ruling multibillionaire class controls everything despite the charade of Democracy.  

Edited Monday at 01:48 PM by CMRivdogs

[Tigeraholic1]

All his pals have a running theme. Oh well, back to my red state...

 

 

[pfife]

Lol now this ally of pedos is an ally of lgbtq.   What a joke

[chasfh]

Fun fact: communism and democracy are not mutually exclusive ideologies.

[Archie]

I actually hope mamdami does win.  We will have a front row seat watching the democrats destroy NYC so it will hurt their chances in future elections. NYC is already a liberal cesspool so nothing lost.  All these cities run by democrats have declined and the voters are somehow fooled by their line of BS to keep electing them and asking for an even bigger disaster.   

[chasfh]

4 minutes ago, Archie said:

All these cities run by democrats have declined 

Declined since when?

[Archie]

16 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Declined since when?

Since they have been run by democrats.  Same as the Biden did during his reign of disaster.

[Tigeraholic1]

15 minutes ago, Archie said:

Since they have been run by democrats.  Same as the Biden did during his reign of disaster.

 

 

[oblong]

"BIG CITIES"  "DEMOCRATS"....

nothing but buzzwords devoid of any logic or critical thinking.  When you see those words in the sentence... ignore it.  

It's like the word "thugs". 

You know what they mean

 

[ewsieg]

MTG was on Maher and honestly, it wasn't that bad.  I'm not saying she's smarter than I thought, but I got the feeling that while she may have headed to congress based on some incorrect views, she really is trying to do a good job.  (Not saying she's going about it correctly, just saying I got the vibe she wants to do good work, she not there just to grift/troll)

The other guy on the panel, several times, seemed perplexed, not because what MTG said was so ridiculous, but because he was shocked what she said actually made sense.  I will admit I was a bit perplexed too.

We definitely don't need to worry about President MTG though, she is not smooth in front of a camera.

 

[Tigerbomb13]

2 minutes ago, oblong said:

"BIG CITIES"  "DEMOCRATS"....

nothing but buzzwords devoid of any logic or critical thinking.  When you see those words in the sentence... ignore it.  

It's like the word "thugs". 

You know what they mean

 

100% true. You can’t have any honest discussion when there’s no logic to discus. 

[chasfh]

27 minutes ago, Archie said:

Since they have been run by democrats.  Same as the Biden did during his reign of disaster.

Chicago has been run by Democrats since well before I arrived here in 1996, and it has improved immensely in the past 30 years, with crime in particular having gone down by over half, and it wasn't even bad here when I arrived.

So, now I know by firsthand experience that you have no idea what you are posting from your bubble about.

[chasfh]

8 minutes ago, ewsieg said:

MTG was on Maher and honestly, it wasn't that bad.  I'm not saying she's smarter than I thought, but I got the feeling that while she may have headed to congress based on some incorrect views, she really is trying to do a good job.  (Not saying she's going about it correctly, just saying I got the vibe she wants to do good work, she not there just to grift/troll)

The other guy on the panel, several times, seemed perplexed, not because what MTG said was so ridiculous, but because he was shocked what she said actually made sense.  I will admit I was a bit perplexed too.

We definitely don't need to worry about President MTG though, she is not smooth in front of a camera.

 

It occurred to me maybe a year or so ago that as reprehensible as MTG and her views are, she is not the bridge troll that Lauren Boebert is. Of course, that's a super low bar.

[pfife]

Detroit hasnt declined, in fact the opposite happened.

[Tigerbomb13]

Just now, pfife said:

Detroit hasnt declined, in fact the opposite happened.

Correct. I live in the city, and it’s thriving. 

[Motown Bombers]

The states with the highest violent crime rate are red states. 

[pfife]

1 hour ago, Archie said:

I actually

You support the GOP federal government cover up of pedos.

[CMRivdogs]

1 hour ago, Archie said:

All these cities run by democrats have declined and the voters are somehow fooled by their line of BS to keep electing them and asking for an even bigger disaster.   

Richmond seems to be thriving here, at least from my perspective. Maybe you need to get out more. Try getting out of your comfort zone

[CMRivdogs]

28 minutes ago, chasfh said:

It occurred to me maybe a year or so ago that as reprehensible as MTG and her views are, she is not the bridge troll that Lauren Boebert is. Of course, that's a super low bar.

I haven't heard much of Boebert lately. Is she still shagging guys in theatres?

[Motown Bombers]

These blue cities literally prop up most states. I would like to see Illinois survive without Chicago. The GDP of the Chicagoland area is about 75% of Illinois GDP. 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Tigeraholic1]

40 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

The states with the highest violent crime rate are red states. 

Correction, blue cities in red states.

[CMRivdogs]

2 hours ago, Archie said:

I actually hope mamdami does win.  We will have a front row seat watching the democrats destroy NYC so it will hurt their chances in future elections. NYC is already a liberal cesspool so nothing lost.  All these cities run by democrats have declined and the voters are somehow fooled by their line of BS to keep electing them and asking for an even bigger disaster.   

As opposed to the corporate socialism by Republicans like Trump and the Heritage Foundation. Under Corporate Socialism this is what we get (h-t JV Last)

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• Refusing to enforce the 2024 law requiring the sale of TikTok until he was able to compel that the business be sold at an extortionately discounted price to his political allies.

• Creating a Golden Share of U.S. Steel for his government.

• Requiring Nvidia and AMD to pay the government 15 percent of all revenues from chip sales to China.

• Acquiring a 10 percent ownership stake in chipmaker Intel.

• Acquiring a 15 percent stake in rare earth producers MP Materials, a 10 percent stake in Lithium Americas Corp., and a 10 percent stake in Trilogy Metals Inc.

• Creating a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile.”

• Taking steps to create a sovereign wealth fund to be used as a vehicle for government investment.

• He has demanded that Microsoft fire an executive he does not like and demanded that private law firms commit to doing pro bono work on behalf of clients he chooses for them.

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So why is it so hard for people to just say, out loud, what is obvious: Donald Trump is a socialist who is trying to make the American economy function more like Communist China?

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-the-real-commie-mamdani-sanders-democratic-socialism?utm_campaign=email-post&r=45wcm&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[Tigerbomb13]

27 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Correction, blue cities in red states.

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/01/violent-crime-rates-south-homicides-fbi-red-states
 

Rural states in the American South and West had some of the nation's highest violent crime and homicide rates in 2024, driven by violence in small communities, according to an Axios analysis of FBI data

[Mr.TaterSalad]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Fun fact: communism and democracy are not mutually exclusive ideologies.

The Soviet Union had elements of democracy in that people did vote for the leaders and officers in their local Soviet. It was single party rule and in that sense, totalitarian and authoritarian because it outlawed other parties, which is a very bad thing for the state to do.