I didn’t say “no”

I said it’s loser talk. It’s weak. Just like the Democrats. Which is why they’re the enemy - they’re in the way, and if we don’t sweep out the Schumers and Jefferies the DNC will continue to collaborate with the Nazis against populist progressive candidates

You can’t adopt their framing. Not maga’s framing, or the DNC framing. Reject it, just like I reject your premise that voting is just harm reduction.

If you want to win, you can’t talk like that. You can’t bet on “safe” candidates. You can’t settle for “not a Nazi”. You have to demand more, you have to have fire and speak of hope for the future

You’re missing my point entirely.

That’s loser talk. That’s how you lose elections. That’s how Trump won, twice. It barely got Biden in the door, because Trump was currently in office

You don’t have to be the less bad choice. You have to be the good choice. You have to stand for something. You have to have a message. You have to fight. You have to make enemies.

A Democrat will win the next election, no matter what. But in 2028? It very likely will be 4 more years of fascism if all we can muster is “well, it’s our guy or another fascist”

The only way to stop this is to get populist progressive candidates in office. In every office, in every election.

The Overton window needs to be moved left, or this never ends.

Quit with the loser talk and get involved with local elections. Go join your local DSA or phone bank with progressive victory. Help pave the way for a good candidate

No, he’s afraid, because half his core base are rabbid conspiracy theorists with guns

He won, both times, in part by actually convincing them Democrats were doing all sorts of things to children. The Epstein files are their holy Grail, it’s actual proof (including video) of this global elite child sex ring

The Epstein files are full of powerful people, so the files were never getting released. But people aren’t giving up on it, so they couldn’t do nothing… And now those powerful people are getting nervous

So Trump has to make the issue go away. Taco Belle’s voice was trembling the entire time she gave her press conference, Trump is being super weird about it, I think someone threatened them

No they fucking haven’t.

The uniparty thing started with like Clinton… Throughout our history, we had choices. Very meaningful ones. Maybe not the ones we wanted, but we had different courses for the county. It was always towards something

Click through some of these. This was the first rise of a fascist movement in the US, one that went on to influence Germany.

Did we hold the line and insist everything is fine? Fuck no, if you click back you’ll the Republicans held everything, the other two candidates had zero chance. Click forward and you get the largest wave of progressivism in our history, it took generations to tear down those safety nets, and they’re still not completely gone

That’s where we are now. Harm reduction doesn’t win, movements win.

This is a pale imitation of what came before. Never miss an opportunity to call them weak

Yes, this is horrible already. But never miss an opportunity to call them dickless

But like… I’ve seen dogs lie better than that

I can’t wrap my head around this. I can’t imagine this level of stupidity, i just don’t understand

I mean, that’s certainly true… But like, we told them the test answers. They let slip in an interview they just had to “clean up” the video, and reporters were like “what the fuck does that mean?”. So then they said they’d also release the unedited video alongside the “cleaned up” one, and reporters would not let that go

I mean, I know they’re dumb, but come on… I just can’t fathom this level of incompetence. They literally started a coverup, made out this video to be proof to get everyone to calm down, and what? Realized the video actually looked sketchy and doctored it?

Plus the video itself is super sketch - a guard walks in with a bag, leaves it inside, a hooded figure comes in and leaves, and then he’s found dead… What???

I thought Epstein was just coerced into killing himself, because of the video now I think he was straight up assassinated

My brain can’t comprehend such a chain of unforced errors

Fuck it, I’m just calling her Taco Belle from now on

Why shouldn’t they be allowed to be citizens? They already live here. They have jobs and pay taxes. They have lives here

Why is it they can’t live here, or even be citizens? They’re already here, the “right way” is a bureaucratic maze to justify the life you’re already living.

At the very least, they should get resident status here if they’ve been here more than a year. Why not?

The reality is, they’re part of our society already. The only reason to deny them status is to make them even more exploitable

No, no, no… That’s socialism

Socialism is when anything happens, and you can’t tell me who gets rich off it

I think the libertarian left quadrant is the only valid one, and it’s become very obvious at this point

The global economy is this monster of debt and overly clever math that is actively collapsing, there’s no fixing it, and even if we did somehow, each boom-bust is exponentially larger than the last one

And if you take the economy out of the equation, it’s a really simple question. Do you want people to suffer or not? Are you pro-horrors beyond comprehension, or do you prefer less suffering?

So yep… We should all be calling them the billionaires at this point

Is their media any good?

I’ve honestly been convinced that doing evil melts your face like the dark side of the force

Take Caroline Levitt… She’s so young, and yet in months her face has started to droop. On the other hand, you have people like Mike Johnson and JD Vance… They have the sith eyes, you just instinctively know they’re inhuman

Well, the cars themselves weren’t racist though

Progress!

If you got laid off for your ethics, it’s probably a good thing in the long run

Would you rather have a rough time now, or slowly be hollowed out inside over the course of years before you get screwed over anyways?

Ethics don’t help you, but lack of ethics catches up with you. For most people, they don’t even benefit much before the other shoe drops

Self examination. Question and challenge your beliefs constantly. Dig into anything that makes you uncomfortable especially

If you’re not growing, your views are not getting closer to the truth. There is no end point, only growth

What do you mean? Any AI can replace any knowledge worker. You just fire the worker and say AI will do it, easy

Look around… Running a corporation isn’t about doing things or making things anymore, it’s about the stock price. And consulting companies have convinced investors that layoffs are so hot and rich

If you haven’t noticed, the quality of everything has been plummeting since COVID. They don’t care about tomorrow problems, just extracting as much wealth as they can before it all comes crashing down

Don’t forget, she also delayed FEMA rescuers for 3 days in the Texas flood, because she decided she has to personally sign any spending over $100k… And then she didn’t. For 3 days

He’s a co-owner, the other guy (and CEO) is the former cop

Kyle Kazan is an American businessman who is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Glass House Brands Inc., a publicly traded cannabis company listed on the NEO Exchange and OTC Markets. He is also a founder and chairman of Beach Front Property Management, Inc. and co-founder and managing member of Beach Front Properties, LLC. Kazan has also served as a special education teacher at LAUSD and a police officer at the Torrance Police Department.

Apparently, the farm owner is a former cop. A former cop who had been in a labor dispute with workers over overtime and missed wages