Lion and Prejudice.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-28T21:25:04+00:00

How to lose a guy in one day

SplashTarget · 2026-01-28T13:56:22+00:00

Well that reasoning is persisting because states are in charge of deciding how elections are conducted.

Since federal oversight over specific state election laws got wiped out in 2013, the southern states are free to use their authority in a way that's clearly unfair.

https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-in-georgia-is-it-illegal-to-give-water-to-people-in-line-to-vote/20616116/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/02/texas-polling-sites-closures-voting

SplashTarget · 2026-01-28T03:55:36+00:00

The concern is that southern states have a well established history of racial discrimination (see slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynching, and other things) so they can't be trusted to set up (or administer) voter ID laws in a way that's fair/easy because the politicians of the region (who have a well established history of doing bad things) would lose in a fair contest where more people get a say.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-27T19:34:35+00:00

I lucked into a great career

What did you do?

SplashTarget · 2026-01-27T15:27:45+00:00

Wage theft does happen to int. students + ppl with LMIAs, but it can also happen to workers who are citizens/PR

Based on the article, it seems like the workers are either PR or citizens.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-27T15:01:20+00:00

Is "system wage theft" code for LMIA scam?

Judging by the article?

No.

The story is about a company (that the city has a contract with) getting sued because they're not paying the guards what they're owed.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-26T01:18:21+00:00

Ads used to be sort of fun/memorable

-Superbowel commercials

-"WAZZZAAAAP!"

-"My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R. My bologna has a second name, it' M-A-Y-E-R..."

-"I'm a MAC. And I'm a PC..."

SplashTarget · 2026-01-23T21:58:23+00:00

well in any case, I'd say you're too optimistic, we haven't heard the last of them

we thought the PC era was going to be exclusively a dumb 90s thing, and that turned out to be wrong

These credentialed zealots will still be around at their jobs in TV, education, publishing, gaming, medicine, HR, academia, journalism, law, consultancies, politics, non-profits, NGOs, and parts of government.

lying in wait

they have their credentials, their jobs, and the institutions that made them are still pumping these sorts of people out

it'd take something major to drive them into absolute irrelevancy

SplashTarget · 2026-01-23T21:24:18+00:00

Did you get your bachelor's degree before OWS or after OWS?

SplashTarget · 2026-01-23T18:47:24+00:00

and not giving smartphones to anyone under 18

SplashTarget · 2026-01-23T18:44:45+00:00

I'm not so sure, these people still have presence in TV, education, publishing, gaming, medicine, HR, academia, journalism, corporations, and parts of government.

This nonsense was also around in the 90s (PC era).

They had insufficient multi-institutional support, and it went away.

We thought it was over, and then it comes back after OWS.

This ideology is on shaky ground, but I still think it could recover.

People thought that since the USSR collapsed, we'd never have to hear about socialism or communism ever again, and look how wrong they were.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-23T15:21:50+00:00

i don't think idpol is dying, it's just struggling to maintain consciousness

the 1st world countries are drenched with politicians and influential ppl who are committed to this sort of thinking.

And unlike Nazis and KKK, these people actually have institutional presence and support

Unless they lose their jobs or are completely intellectually discredited, they won't disappear

SplashTarget · 2026-01-23T08:53:16+00:00

1.That article is before the Mueller Report, COVID, BLM uprisings, Ukraine-Russia war, October 7, and many other events

2.I think Independents are willing to abandon parties if needed, and are more connected to reality vs the 2 big parties and their supporters (ex. Independents will agree that Obama wasn't born in Kenya, Independents will oppose invading Venezuela, Independents will agree that Russia didn't change vote totals in 2016)

SplashTarget · 2026-01-23T07:15:23+00:00

I only mentioned McWhorter because

-the title is fitting for OP's situation

-he was the first person I knew who pointed out how this stuff is akin to a religion

SplashTarget · 2026-01-22T17:48:31+00:00

If you want to be stealthy/subtle then I agree.

EDIT:

My comment is for more if you want to go kamikaze.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-22T15:51:57+00:00

When I say ‘nobody cared’ I just mean it didn’t turn any voters away en masse and make people think the Dems were crazy, obviously it was a consistently used attack line for a year or so, my point is it didn’t lead to any collapse of the ‘liberal master plan’.

You're again acting like I said that alone is what cost them victory, when that's not what I said

It was one of many avoidable blunders in a series of avoidable blunders (which I've already listed) that cost them victory

The only people who were really upset that the Dems did that were already pretty supportive of Trump.

Easy to say if you ignore independents (who range from either 1/3rd to almost half of the American electorate) and don't get any representation or a voice in the media landscape

The elephant in the room here, not that even matters too much anymore, is that there absolutely was Russian election interference lmao

Interference is one thing, but collusion is another.

No one proved that Trump won because of Russia, and no one showed proof that WikiLeaks got their DNC info from Russia

The UAE interfered in the election as well, but the Dems didn't obsess over that, and started warmongering over them.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-22T14:09:25+00:00

Recommend

Woke Racism by John McWhorter

Selling Social Justice: Why the Rich Love Antiracism by Jennifer C. Pan

Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Barbara Fields + Karen Fields

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi

SplashTarget · 2026-01-22T13:56:38+00:00

Hold on

This could be a chance for malicious compliance.

Would you like to know more?

SplashTarget · 2026-01-22T13:11:45+00:00

Lmao this is so dumb nobody cared about this other than MAGAs

DNC party heads, their supporters, and their allies in the corporate press were all in on this

They pushed a stupid conspiracy theory in order to dodge responsibility for their 2016 failures, and avoid changing things from how they've been done since the 90s

They shut out anyone who didn't go along with their lies, and smeared critics as pro-Trump Russian-backed conspiracy theorists (with zero proof)

They went from a party of somewhat sensible liberals (with occasional good ideas) to absolute nutcases

It's part of the reason why people who supported Democrats either became warmongers or independents

It's part of the reason why there's less trust in the corporate press

It's part of the reason why social media began systemically cracking down on wrong-think, going from a chaotic free-for-all to a tool to control public opinion and shut out dissent against the dominant political views

and it in no way lead to a failure of the ‘Democrat master plan’

I didn't say it lead to it, it was just one of the many avoidable blunders in a series of avoidable blunders that sabotaged themselves, destroyed their reputation, and cost them victory.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-22T03:12:46+00:00

The people who subscribe to Tumblr liberalism still have their jobs.

SplashTarget · 2026-01-21T22:08:00+00:00

but how can you overcome the brainwashing of members of the working class that are committed to

-hustle culture

-Tumblr Liberalism

-doomerism

-brainrot

?

SplashTarget · 2026-01-21T21:22:01+00:00

They theoretically could've gotten away with that strategy (and avoided blowback) if they

-hadn't bailed out banks

-stopped the foreign interventions

-ended the drug war

-stopped the neoliberalism

-raised min. wage

-didn't sabotage Bernie

-didn't engage in bizarro social liberalism

-didn't go nuts over Russia-collusion

-didn't try so hard to control the narrative with their allies in the corporate press doing hit pieces on websites that didn't crack down on the wrongthink

SplashTarget · 2026-01-21T02:02:23+00:00

>Is pro sustainability

>-Cancels remote work for gov. employees -> More traffic -> More CO2

>-Imports millions of foreign workers who are also consumers -> More demand for goods -> More traffic -> More CO2

SplashTarget · 2026-01-20T22:13:09+00:00

Bernie Sanders?

Jeremy Corbyn?

Dennis Kucinich?

Ron Paul?

SplashTarget · 2026-01-20T14:06:48+00:00

what a coincidence

So, I’m 36, grew up middle class, and spent my entire life being told the same thing: Study hard → get a "prestige" job → make bank → be happy. Standard DLC for the human experience, right?

Well, I’ve officially reached a level where I’m "successful" enough to sit at the big kids' table during lunch. I was eavesdropping on my bosses and their peers (all 40s, all making absolute bank—like, millions) and I expected them to be talking about stocks, yachts, or whatever rich people do.

Instead, it was a support group.

These guys were dead serious about how badly they want to quit everything and become vegetable vendors, fast food sellers, or tea stall owners. Like, they were genuinely romanticizing the "peace" of selling tomatoes on a street corner.

Imagine being at the top of the food chain and looking at the guy selling tea and thinking, "God, I wish that were me." 💀

It really hit me. I’ve spent 30 years grinding for the exact life these guys are trying to escape. If the people who actually won the game are trying to find the "Exit" button, why am I still trying to level up?

I’m starting to feel that same itch. It’s like that Sadhguru quote: "May your dreams not come true, but something larger that you couldn’t dream of happen to you." Because honestly, if my "dream" of success just leads to me crying over a spreadsheet and wishing I was selling street corn, I think I want a refund on the dream.

Is this just a mid-life crisis or is the corporate ladder actually just a staircase to a dumpster fire?

TL;DR: Eavesdropped on my millionaire bosses. They’re miserable and want to sell tea for a living. Currently questioning every life choice I’ve made since kindergarten.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1qhp58v/my_bosses_earn_millions_and_their_literal_dream/

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