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b_b  ·  1499 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: October 14, 2020

    Another four years of batshittery will be the downfall of conservativism.

Lol. I've stopped making those predictions. I thought Trump getting a serious look form GOP primary voters was the downfall of conservatism. Then I thought him winning the nomination. Then the election. Then the selling of US foreign policy. The abyss is so much more vast than I think we ever supposed. I checked Fox News' website this morning to see what their takeaways from the town halls were (I didn't watch). Their headline was "Biden not asked about Hunter's emails." For real.





goobster  ·  1499 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Crap. You are right.

I said the same thing when Bush Jr was elected.

And then when he was elected again.

It's batshittery all the way down, isn't it?

b_b  ·  1499 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The one thing that all positive feedback loops have in common is that they all have to end in instability eventually. Either the system runs out of fuel, it collapses, shorts out, whatever. So while I'm not in the business of saying what will cause the end of the craziness, I am confident that something will. I really hope that something isn't a war.