So many people think when Trump leaves his mortal boil things will get better.
But actually, what are the odds that the next sellout-in-chief will be as stupid as Trump? We’re just getting started
bruh
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Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I have to say Trump is a fairly unique distillation of every aspect of American society that Americans don’t like to admit they have. He has plenty of vain, self-serving sycophants under him that could take his place, but I will say there are very few who have the same mix of incompetence and charisma draw for a certain populace.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I like to say he is America’s Id made manifest.
bstix@feddit.dk 1 day ago
It will be difficult for someone else to do, because Trump also didn’t actually do anything himself to become the representative of the idiots. Remembering how surprised he was to win in 2016, it only happened because the idiots didn’t want to vote for a woman. He basically tripped and fell into the role.
It’s difficult to tell if the MAGA crowd will silently retreat to not voting again, or if they’ll agree on some random celebrity again, but I don’t think anyone can put themselves in that kind of position of representing people who hates having a representative at all.
tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I feel like you just jinxed us with a Joe Rogan presidency. WTF, dude.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Accurate typo is accurate.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
People underestimate the influence a single person can have on history. Without Hitler, there would have been no Nazi Germany. Without Trump, the Nazi movement in the US will fall apart. They’re certainly not going away but without a Führer they’ll just be a bunch of bickering factions. And none of the other fuckers will be able to rally their base the way Trump did.
LwL@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There might very well still have been something else bad. The discontent was there, if hitler hadn’t been the one to utilize it, it could’ve been someone else. Same with trump. There’s still a good chance that whoever would win the power struggle if the orange suddenly croaked had none of the apparent charisma of trump (not that I think he has any but it clearly works on a lot of people). Fascism is a personality cult, and just replacing that isn’t a given, but the initial rise heavily selects for someone who is able to create one. So if not them, it’d likely have been someone else maybe a little later.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A lot of folks don’t really think about it. A man could be gone, but his ideas and legacy will live on. We are short term thinking and instinctive animals prone to collective suicide.
Agent641@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The CIA tried 307 times to kill the demon Lord but it turned out every agent working on the demon file was actually a double agent, including the head of counterintelligence.
(This is a post about Cuba)
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Look the only thing that matters if I get fucking Isekai’d is that I am a woman in that world. The governments can go fuck themselves if I get my wish, ain’t wasting time on being a fucking hero.
tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I’m reminded of the manga (something about “I don’t really get it but I’m…) and she creates a bunch of horny toys and does yuri stuff.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I actually was going kind of the opposite direction than sex stuff, but you know, whatever floats your boat.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sorry no unsekai for you
Fenloss@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Now that I think about it, are there any fantasy stories written from a marxist perspective with a focus on actual bottom-up revolution strategies?
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
The closest I know of is a manhua called, “Release that Witch.” I wouldn’t necessarily call it Marxist, but the hero enacts a bunch of progressive reforms, starting with ending witch hunts and instead working with them to use their powers to power new technology he develops, as he introduces an industrial revolution. His ideas and success are eventually seen as a threat to the powers that be, so even as he turns this random backwards village into a prosperous and advanced civilization, he also has to navigate the world’s politics carefully to prevent a backlash.
It’s been a while since I thought about it but I remember it being pretty good. It looks like they made an anime adaptation recently but I don’t know anything about it, might be about to watch it.
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
You mean fantasy stories other than the Communist Manifesto?
Zing!
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Bad Guy: You know what Naruto, you’re right, I was wrong. Let me just unkill all those people I just killed.
Naruto: Cheers
Bad Guy: I cant really walk around in public anymore so I’m gonna just fade into aether and die.
Naruto: That would be great, thankscannedtuna@lemmy.world 2 days ago
mitram@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Really like the concept of modern technology interacting with feudal realms able to use magic, so GATE scratched that itch really well.
The fan service and the constant presence of lolis kinda ruined it though.
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It was fun to watch, but got old fast with pretty much every problem being solved by superior technology and firepower.
gex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I Was Reincarnated As A Sorcerer’s Apprentice Under Orders Of The CIA, Now I Infiltrate Student Organization To Inform On Socialist Sorcerer Activists.
FluidBeef@quokk.au 1 day ago
In Return Of The King when the tower explodes the orcs and trolls that ran off all went and founded Florida.
Epp@lemmus.org 1 day ago
These read like anime titles.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, they read like light novel titles. Lately, light novels have been getting adapted into anime about as much as manga. Manga-first and anime-first works will have much shorter titles. This is due to there being absurd levels of competition in the light novel space for the last seven or eight (I think) years, so authors need to use titles that double as a short blurb; there are so many books coming out each month that potential readers don’t have time to read the full blurbs for even a fraction of the books, so you need a very descriptive title to hook potential readers.
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Is there a parody here? These just seem like completely normal anime titles to me.
GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Unexpected Laundry Files
procrastitron@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“The CIA; not some fantasy equivalent… the ACTUAL CIA…”
😂