Well, maybe final months- we’ll see how desperate republicans get as the midterms draw closer.

Thank you for the post.

We sure can hope so, however it can't be soon enough and won't really be over until they are all incarcerated for a very, very long time.

And with shitty health care please.

It's our job to minimize the damage and help bring about a swifter end.

The fascist playbook is powerfully uses resentment, racism, xenophobia, fake religion and shoddy sham nationalism (among others) to rile up the people and lose their decency, money, and even lives for the "Leader" and industrialist cadre.

Note to Trump: the German industrialists got off scot-free. Hitler didn't.

Here's the good and the bad.

I have always argued on principle, while noting that Democratic economies outperform Repubilcan ones. Nobody listens.

It's all in the propaganda. The cult was mesmerized into believing that Biden's revolutionary "bottom up" economy was in fact a depression, But the Trump Trash economy is well, a wreck.



And the lies are contradicting themselves in a way that's hard to ignore. Lies and denial are part of cult "culture" and some do break free when the contradictions are very clear

And well, .... the shit hits the fan. It's no longer fun and games when groceries are out of sight.






I don't know why they call this stuff Hamburger Helper lt does just fine by itself

HOWEVER: Trump is a cornered dying animal. He is going to become more dangerous every day until he finally dies. I can only imagine the various disasters he will cause before that happens.

And no matter what happens to Trump, the economy is teetering on the edge of a major crash. I'm talking about a crash of 1929 dimensions. Of course Trump will make it worse. That is going to become a huge issue for all of us.

Bottom line: We are in for a very rough time for the next several years. I feel like the only positive is that in '26 and '28 we can and will elect people that will be able to start the process of digging us out from under this mess.

But it will still be a long slog ahead repairing the damage done..it was fueled by this technofascist cult that tried to bamboozle the public with an appearance of technocratic muscle bolstering the fascism.

I don’t think this accelerationist bunk had any there there. It’s complete bullshit. I am reading a book by this scientist Adam Becker called “What is Real?”. But it’s his latest book that I think will interest me even more:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-mad-religion-of-technological-salvation/

I wouldn’t say I have been depressed, but I have been confused by how the most familiar and least alienating of all things -science and medicine- have had a new-agey, spooky and grotesque flair in the last 15 years but more overtly lately.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

But yeah I think it is finally over or on its way out. Good..I can go and focus on wrapping up a paper I have been working on for longer than I care to remember and refocus on science but without creepy, new agey or other driveling shit.
Yeesh..
Man I hate everything..
The last 15 years are the worst drivel I have ever seen. These technofascists..there really is no there there..

The idea has merit but it now depends on the mindset of those techies with the most influence and money. And those people are likely not motivated by altruism as they still have primitive hunter/gatherer ape minds wired for US vs Them. So the first step toward any kind of tech renaissance must be to literally change everyone's minds so they would override their primitive selfish instincts and get on with the business of what John Lennon sang about in "Imagine."

I have a feeling they will find someone equally vile (if possible). They certainly have a lot of despicable people to choose from.

they told this morning. When an elderly couple was asked if they liked and approved of ICE's crimes, they replied, "But we're at WAR!" Plenty of magats still drink the koolaid.

It was 'sposed to be over after McChimp and the Tea Party. Now look what happened. Fitzmas and Muller Time went straight up our asses.

and the voters keep putting them back in power after 4 years of Democratic Party rule. Gullible voters. I never realized how much racism there is in our country. It's still a big problem.

I do consider him a prophet in the original sense of someone who fearlessly speaks truth to power. (Foretelling the future was just frosting on the cake.)

Because it's a cult, and cults, if thet crash,, crash pretty quickly and pretty much all st once,
I have no quarrel with the concept that when it goes, it will go rapidly. But as far as when, I have no idea. Interestingly, Michael Fanone recently said basicall the same things as John, and they may nboth be correct. I too hope so., Being human, I dislike uncertainty.

long after ICE and CBP have their budgets severely reduced, all the recently hired are terminated, and those employees that violated the law face justice.

With the enhanced executive power and immunity bestowed by the Roberts court.

It's going to be a long painful ride, even if Dems retake the House and possibly the Senate.

let's not forget X, Facebook, OAN, AM radio, etc. The media is saturated with right wing bias.

In what? Geologic time?

That fucking bastard just won't die!

It's been ten fucking years since he came down that escalator. Nearly one/sixth of my life! I can't take this shit anymore!

and the effects from that monstrosity will be felt far beyond our lifetimes

….but we can use some of that.

I think that it will be hard to decide when (if) it actually is over. In my view it will not be over until all accounts are settled and all the historical records are set straight. Any point where this can begin is a win, but will still be a long time until it’s over. Educating the people is as important as any other part of the process.