shining city on a hill was a poor joke

[canpakes]

bypassing the paywall
https://archive.is/yZV61

Thank you, ¥a.k.a.. That’s a good read.

[¥akaSteelhead]

Another

We knew, and have known, for years. Every American knew, or should have known. The man elected president last night is a depraved and brazen pathological liar, a shameless con man, a sociopathic criminal, a man who has no moral or social conscience, empathy, or remorse. He has no respect for the Constitution and laws he will swear to uphold, and on top of all that, he exhibits emotional and cognitive deficiencies that seem to be intensifying, and that will only make his turpitude worse. He represents everything we should aspire not to be, and everything we should teach our children not to emulate. The only hope is that he’s utterly incompetent, and even that is a double-edged sword, because his incompetence often can do as much as harm as his malevolence. His government will be filled with corrupt grifters, spiteful maniacs, and morally bankrupt sycophants, who will follow in his example and carry his directives out, because that’s who they are and want to be.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... aign=share

[Kishkumen]

Another

We knew, and have known, for years. Every American knew, or should have known. The man elected president last night is a depraved and brazen pathological liar, a shameless con man, a sociopathic criminal, a man who has no moral or social conscience, empathy, or remorse. He has no respect for the Constitution and laws he will swear to uphold, and on top of all that, he exhibits emotional and cognitive deficiencies that seem to be intensifying, and that will only make his turpitude worse. He represents everything we should aspire not to be, and everything we should teach our children not to emulate. The only hope is that he’s utterly incompetent, and even that is a double-edged sword, because his incompetence often can do as much as harm as his malevolence. His government will be filled with corrupt grifters, spiteful maniacs, and morally bankrupt sycophants, who will follow in his example and carry his directives out, because that’s who they are and want to be.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... aign=share

Yep. That's true. We really don't yet appreciate what kind of awful nightmare we are headed into. People who look at Trump 1.0 are kidding themselves. Now is when the Christian nationalists, grifters, and conspiracy theorists have their way. Now is the time when people committed to pulling apart the DC bureaucracy that makes day to day operations of the federal government work get down to business. Elon Musk fully anticipates this will hurt, but, what does he care? He will still be fabulously wealthy more than any of us can imagine at the end of it. The problem here is a failure of imagination. People simply cannot accept how bad it can get until it is too late.

[Res Ipsa]

When Musk says hurt, he doesn’t mean billionaires. He means me and you and Ajax, too.

[Kishkumen]

When Musk says hurt, he doesn’t mean billionaires. He means me and you and Ajax, too.

Oh, I know. I don't know that Ajax knows.

[Some Schmo]

When Musk says hurt, he doesn’t mean billionaires. He means me and you and Ajax, too.

He told voters to their faces, and they damned ate it up.

I don't have to hope they suffer. They asked for it, so they shall receive.