chefs-kiss (news of trump inauguration indoors in capitol rotunda accompanied with amy klobuchar picture of what could have been)

  • quarrk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    Politicians primarily conceived as brands seems the most fitting form of politics in a commodified society where identical products are re-invented over and over as different brands. Each brand attempts to persuade the public about their patented, utopian vision of life that only their product will offer if you buy (or elect) it. When your commodity is physically the same as that offered by a competing producer, then you either compete on price alone, or you brand your product such that its perceived to be different, although it would be impossible to tell in a double-blind test.

    The American worldview is deeply capitalist-realist, and I think it will require reeducation if a revolution ever comes.

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    3 days ago

    Imagine if Soviet politicians went inside for a speech because it was too cold.

    Maybe they don’t want some hogs freezing to death on the lawn trying to get a glimpse of Trump?

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    I’m sure the weather is the reason, and not because they’re worried about security concerns. There’s probably going to be a dozen would be assassins trying to take the shot at him.

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      They were shutting down roads overnight in DC for the past month, not too sure what they were doing but I really doubt anything would have happened if he did it on the Mall

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        Oh damn, America is so car brained that not being able to drive to their sniper nest would actually get any would be assassin to give up, won’t it?

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    The president actually sent out a tweet🐣. He made fun of me for talking 🗣️ about climate change🌎 in the middle of a blizzard ❄️ and he called me SNOW WOMAN ⛄. So I 🙋‍♀️ wrote back✍️, hey Donald Trump💩 the science⚗️ is on my side and I’d like to see how your hair 👱‍♂️ would fare in a blizzard🌨️. Mr. umbrella ☂️ man💩.