Hardkill

People in the US hate or are hurting late-stage capitalism in many ways even if they don't realize it: Yet, they love or are addicted to late-stage capitalism in many ways even if they do realize it: Is that the paradox that's going on with people's entrenched beliefs on hyper-capitalism? Just want to make sure I am clear on what you're saying.

But the rise of Nazism happened not just because of some evil charismatic madman convinced enough to follow his regime. Hitler was able to make it happen primarily from enough people suffering from both the Great Depression and from surrounding countries they perceived to be great threats to their society. The economy we are in is the strongest it has been since the 1990s. Greed is truly one hell of a drug. I am sure that the brainwashing from both the right-wing media machine and many alt-media outlets on the internet including those damn crypto scams and online "get rich quick schemes" have made this whole problem even worse.

Yeah, a lot of people in the US don't even know what the hell neoliberalism or late-capitalism is or means. Yet, there a lot of people who do know what those concepts are, but they still seem to not be able to stop doing those same things that are in line with unchecked capitalism because they are too addicted to it, yeah? It's sometimes like "Yeah, I know it's really bad for me and it will probably be the death of me one of these days and I know it's not fair that many people in our country are still struggling through no fault of their own, but it's like a drug that I can't stop taking because of how good the high from it feels!"

I agree. People in the end always come to sorely regret their subconscious support for hyper-capitalism. Yeah, it really is strange how the Left and the Democrats aren't as associated with those more "cool" groups of people like they used to be.

The economic inequality in America is still truly terrible and now our country is going to be run by Trump and his billionaire oligarchs in his administration in an extreme right-wing hyper-capitalist manner. Obviously this will make the economic inequality even worse in a number of ways. But If Americans still crave for more neoliberalism, then why since the election of Obama in 2008 have there been more and more popular major social democratic policies enacted by the government down the line? Why didn't the Republicans during Trump's presidency eliminate every single liberal policy enacted during Obama's presidency that led to greater long-standing progress for our country in many ways? Moreover, why did Trump and his party struggle so much with enacting much of their agenda through Congress that the only things they successfully passed legislatively that were hard right-wing and for the rich elites were the Trump Tax cuts and a partial deregulation of Dodd-Frank? Why were the Democrat's progressive policies during Biden's presidency cause even more of a break from the decades-long dominance of neoliberalism than during Obama's presidency? Why am I even hearing that the Republicans in Congress no longer have the appetite they used to have for trying to repeal Obamacare and don't have the will to repeal much of the economic populist policies passed legislatively during Biden's presidency? Is this because our country is going through some kind of non-linear transition from neoliberalism to full social democracy?

You know, I am now thinking that I'd like to see Trump and MAGA try to undo EVERY bit of progress made by Biden and his party and more. Let's see how the people really like it. In fact, from the viewpoint of accelerationism, let's truly hit rock bottom by having another crisis that's so widespread that it becomes truly as bad as the Great Depression and WWII were combined. That way, the country will have no choice but to go through another New Deal kind of revolution that will springboard us to a new era of radical reform

Okay, but at the same time, is what I've been saying about how we are transitioning out of it slowly into social democracy through something like 2 steps forward, 1 step backward the right way to look at it what's happening? Also, I thought neoliberalism was only in stage Orange and that solid Stage Green (which is the last Tier 1 stage) is where neoliberalism no longer dominates or exists anymore.

Because Trump will actually carry out literal firing squads for anybody who dares question him, his party, and his donors?

Yeah, I think that there must've been some kind of catch here. Probably the terms in this deal were very favorable to Bibi and his right-wing coalition but very unfavorable for the Palestinians and the left-wing down the line.

What about the growing movement of progressives, climate activists, and younger generations of people throughout the whole country who are all deeply concerned about climate change more than ever before? Why hasn't the suffering from it and majority support for attacking climate change already been enough to wake up enough of the masses to take some serious action on it? Are too many Americans still too afraid to change over to wind, solar power, EVs, and other alternative energy sources because they still aren't familiar enough with all of that?

Yeah, and I don't like how Mearsheimer is giving a lot credit to Trump too. Though even if the US has leverage, that still wouldn't be enough to permanently stop Israel from murdering people in Gaza, right?

Of course we can’t rid of all oil now or for the foreseeable future, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t do more to transition from oil usage to renewable energy. Wasn’t that the main point of the climate provisions in the IRA? Didn’t you say before that transitioning to renewable energy as fast as possible is more important than ever?

So then, isn’t Finkelstein exaggerating the leverage the US has over Israel for stopping this war?

Yeah, but most people believe climate change is a very serious crisis in our country and want new-age reforms done for this issue. Also, why haven't the growing large progressive and youth movements on climate change been enough to make it an exceptionally important issue in people's minds? I can understand why if say a majority of old people wouldn't care or worry about this issue for themselves at all because they've already lived out most of their lives and know that they only have a relatively short amount of years left to live. Yet, most young and middle-aged people in our country know that they will have to live with this serious problem for several decades and that this issue will continue to get worse and worse and worse for the rest of their lives. Is it because most people are still prioritizing financial affordability and other things over climate change at this point in time?

Israel may go through with this truce deal at least momentarily because of how worn out their military is, but it's more likely than not to be temporary:

Pornstars like Mia Khalifa, Kendra Lust, Abella Danger, and Kira Noir have millions of followers. How are they able to get about as many followers as a lot of mainstream celebrities do when they've been heavily shamed for the kind of work they do?

I know the far-left doesn't like anything about Newsom out of purity politics, but do you think that anything TYT said in this vid about Newsom are fair criticisms of him?

Well then maybe we shouldn't make it a secret guilty pleasure anymore.

He would definitely be the Trump of UK if he became PM of the country. Though I think the parliamentary system makes it a lot harder for someone like him to become Prime Minister because members of Parliament decide who the prime minister is and they would not be thrilled about the idea of Tate running the whole country.

But the reason it is more progressive than red states are is because of how developed they are and the demographics they have. Leo talked about this before. I don’t know what happened with the LA fire department. I am they’ve made mistakes that need to be urgently addressed but they are still ahead of most states on climate change and taking care of the natural environment.

I get that, but California, Illinois, and New York are blue pro-environmental states because of those factors I mentioned. Those same factors also exist in Florida. It's not some backwards rural state with older and less educated folk like in Alabama or Mississippi. Besides, Florida already has a lot of floods, hurricanes, and other weather-related problems for many years. So again, why have states like California been more on the ball and proactive about climate change than other very developed states like Florida?

Miami is sinking and will continue to sink and has floods even when it's not raining. Not to mention the hurricanes it has every year. Despite Florida's shift towards being a solid red state, its demographics remain remarkably similar to those of Illinois, New York, and California. In terms of GDP per capita, education levels, urban and suburban development, population size and density, cultural and racial/ethnic diversity, age diversity (including a very sizable young population), and level of secularism, Florida's profile aligns more closely with these states than with traditionally conservative states like Mississippi or Alabama. So, why aren't there enough people and organizations in Florida pushing back hard enough against the bad environment policies enacted by DeSantis and his radical right-wing state government?

Sadly, these natural disasters are very likely going to get worse and worse during the next 4 years as Trump and the GOP deregulate a lot of environment. The radical right-wingers on SCOTUS have already been striking down a number of environmental protection-related laws for many years, especially during these past 4 years. It's remarkable that the Republican Party was once a staunch advocate for environmental protection, from the early 1900s to the 1970s. Even President Nixon, not typically known for his environmentalism at heart, implemented significant policies for improving the natural environment during his presidency, that made up a comprehensive environmental program including the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Hopefully, Newsom finds some way to mitigate this disaster and make the optics of the situation not bad for him for his potential presidential run. He already has had a lot of problems that have happened under his watch such as previous big wildfires, high levels of homelessness, and previous high levels of crimes in various cities.

But then why don't we talk about pornstars as a more everyday topic like we do with mainstream celebrities?

It's very frightening that he's saying all of this, especially given the newfound power he will have as president. However, I think he would need the votes in Congress to do something that insane and barbaric and I don't even think that the Republicans in Congress would approve of it. Many of them like the new Senate Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson aren't that crazy or that extreme.