The problem with Reagan and Trump isn’t that they were actors. The problem is that they were complete pieces of shit long before they were elected.
Actor-presidents have demonstrated a natural propensity for revolutionary disruption of entrenched attitudes. Reagan completely fucked over economic policy; Trump is completely fucking over the fundamental concept of democracy.
Imagine that same degree of revolutionary disruption moving us toward egalitarianism rather than corpo-fascism.
He was handed the Russian invasion from heaven so he can be whitewashed into a saint and national hero. You can’t even find a controversies section on his wiki, the corrupt fucker.
With the latest court ruling saying trump can fire anyone he’s wants despite laws against it, the next Dem president should just go full tilt and fire every right wing judge, every Republican voting government employee, just straight purge and let the supreme Court try and justify why it was ok in December 2025 but not 2028. Fuck we’re still have more than 3 years left of this shitty ass government.
Jon Stewart is no progressive, and some of his takes are frustratingly bad. Just this Monday, he made the case to his interviewee that there’s basically nothing we can do about climate change except maybe a little carbon scrubbing after the fact.
He makes his position clear at 7:50 of that interview that he defers to climate scientists on the issue and continues to ask the writer “what can we do”? Which in my mind is all we can hope for in a politician.
It seems your referencing his suggested response at 8:30. But he then works off her response, that there is no clear path forward, which is inline with his previously stated position frankly.
I guess I expect more from a progressive leader than “Welp what can we possibly do on climate in the face of consumerism?” I think there is a clear path forward, and that’s making investments to move off of fossil fuels. Part of that means stopping government handouts to fossil fuel companies, stopping the lowering of CAFE standards, etc.
And before the usual: “Oh but we don’t have the political will.” … I’d counter that, yes, the mainstream Republicans and Democrats that are beholden to fossil fuel companies don’t have the political will, because of course they don’t. They know on what side their bread is buttered. And that’s exactly why we have to stop electing them and primary them all, putting progressives in their place.
(I also wasn’t particularly impressed with the interviewee in that interview, even if she did have some good comedic timing. I realize she’s a writer and not a politician or talking head used to generating pithy soundbites, but still.)
Jon Stewart, 2028.
The problem with Reagan and Trump isn’t that they were actors. The problem is that they were complete pieces of shit long before they were elected.
Actor-presidents have demonstrated a natural propensity for revolutionary disruption of entrenched attitudes. Reagan completely fucked over economic policy; Trump is completely fucking over the fundamental concept of democracy.
Imagine that same degree of revolutionary disruption moving us toward egalitarianism rather than corpo-fascism.
Zelenski worked out pretty well for Ukraine.
He’s not a saint, but he’s been pretty damn good by understanding.
Okay, he’s not Trump, so bad is always relative.
He was handed the Russian invasion from heaven so he can be whitewashed into a saint and national hero. You can’t even find a controversies section on his wiki, the corrupt fucker.
With the latest court ruling saying trump can fire anyone he’s wants despite laws against it, the next Dem president should just go full tilt and fire every right wing judge, every Republican voting government employee, just straight purge and let the supreme Court try and justify why it was ok in December 2025 but not 2028. Fuck we’re still have more than 3 years left of this shitty ass government.
Rails against celebrities in politics.
Nominates a celebrity instead.
Jon Stewart is no progressive, and some of his takes are frustratingly bad. Just this Monday, he made the case to his interviewee that there’s basically nothing we can do about climate change except maybe a little carbon scrubbing after the fact.
He makes his position clear at 7:50 of that interview that he defers to climate scientists on the issue and continues to ask the writer “what can we do”? Which in my mind is all we can hope for in a politician.
It seems your referencing his suggested response at 8:30. But he then works off her response, that there is no clear path forward, which is inline with his previously stated position frankly.
I guess I expect more from a progressive leader than “Welp what can we possibly do on climate in the face of consumerism?” I think there is a clear path forward, and that’s making investments to move off of fossil fuels. Part of that means stopping government handouts to fossil fuel companies, stopping the lowering of CAFE standards, etc.
And before the usual: “Oh but we don’t have the political will.” … I’d counter that, yes, the mainstream Republicans and Democrats that are beholden to fossil fuel companies don’t have the political will, because of course they don’t. They know on what side their bread is buttered. And that’s exactly why we have to stop electing them and primary them all, putting progressives in their place.
(I also wasn’t particularly impressed with the interviewee in that interview, even if she did have some good comedic timing. I realize she’s a writer and not a politician or talking head used to generating pithy soundbites, but still.)