217 points

Literally the richest man in the world, who’s now got the President of one of the richest countries in the world with the strongest military, in his pocket. Doing a Nazi salute twice on a national stage with very likely no repercussions whatsoever. Not to mention all the other billionaires at the inauguration. This is truly a cursed timeline.

That Doomsday clock must be very close to midnight by now

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92 points

It’s an arrestable offence in Australia.

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73 points

Rich people don’t get arrested.

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21 points

What’s the line? Something about becoming rich so that they don’t have to follow the rules.

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33 points

In most countries, the KKK would be considered a terrorist organization. Here in the US, they’re a “political group.”

The call has been coming from inside the house for over a century.

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8 points

Yet Luigi is a terrorist

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5 points

The US has considered them a terrorist organization since 1870

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28 points

Same in many European countries.

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14 points

Some things make execution the public’s job. And I’m tied of pretending otherwise.

I should be able to post a video of myself killing Nick Fuentes, for example, and receive nothing but favorable responses.

I don’t understand the argument when someone is a total negative in every way, with absolutely zero redeeming characteristics.

I am not typically a violent person, but with someone out there causing actual harm to people, promoting more harm, with a completely objective negative amount of humanity and worth, there is definitely a line where the cost of keeping them alive outweighs every single good thing they’ve ever (and will ever) do.

The line for this is really murky down here in peasant world, but the leaders should be the absolute peak of humanity.

And when their death provides an amazing benefit as well, then I say bring on the Luigis. I don’t say that lightly either. This isn’t a “kill everyone meeting this criteria” kinda thing. This is very specific.

The ones not quite worth messing still deserve the next worst punishment forever. And there are plenty of groups that fit into this. Nazis is the obvious one. That specifically should be a crime by itself, but that argument has issues too, but that’s just my opinion until I hear a better one.

You don’t deserve to participate in society just for being born. You deserve it by being a contributor to it. All you deserve for being born is a fair chance not to be evil. The price for crossing that line should be everything.

I realize the line of thinking is dangerously close to theirs. But it isn’t based on arbitrary issues like beliefs or race. It’s just being a decent person. That line should be pretty clear and obvious.

Nobody should be intentionally harmful to anyone- except for evil people. I don’t think we’ll ever evolve to that point though. Not inside of at digit number of years at the very least.

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28 points

That Doomsday clock must be very close to midnight by now

Goddamn better be.

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12 points

I’m pretty sure it’s been 5 after since 2016

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3 points

It’s been close since 2017. We’re the closest to midnight we’ve ever been since it’s inception.

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What’s worse, this happens at a time when there are already certain issues genuinely bigger than humans as a species (in some regards), like climate change, that ought to supercede all other issues and really need everyone to pool all of their resources and be smart about it.

Instead we get Chucklefuck McDoofusface doing a Sieg Heil as he accepts his de-factor presidency of the Unites States of Assholery.

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In Greek theater, when the events on stage looked like they were headed for certain tragedy, there was a trope that could salvage the situation and turn it on its head.

The deus ex machina.

The Doomsday clock is definitely ticking down, but there’s also some curious things taking place beyond the edge of where most people have been following in that vein.

We live in interesting times, but the variables at hand are different from the history that seems to be repeating in very important ways.

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Just gonna buy some of those goggles those dudes wore wearing at the Trinity tests, grab some popcorn, and watch the world burn.

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7 points

“We’ll all burn together when we burn”

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3 points

We all fry together when we fry!

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182 points

Weird how the ADL is nowhere to be found when someone does a Nazi salute on a national stage. I guess it’s more necessary to dunk on anti-genocide Jews instead.

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196 points

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160 points

Fucking stunning.

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116 points

“The Party told you to reject evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final and most essential command.”

  • Probably Orwell or something
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54 points

This is exactly how modern fascists operate. The majority of people will brush it off with “It’s just a joke” or “It was an accident”, but the extremists in the crowd know that it wasn’t, and they feel right at home. There was a video on youtube called something like “the pewdiepipeline” that explained this perfectly.

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11 points

Just plain gross.

I knew a number of camp survivors, and I’m just glad they aren’t still around to see the voices that were so loudly calling to “never forget” having turned into “I’ll ignore your Nazi salute if you ignore my war crimes.”

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58 points

this is appeasement, you shitfuckers at ADL…

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Jesus Christ. Mask off… Maybe if we had a halfway decent education system, people would see this for the bullshit it is

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13 points

So he’s not a Nazi, he just awkward. O_o

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5 points

Mengele was pretty awkward too. And Josef Fritzl too from what I understand

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13 points

Benefit of the doubt, eh? When have republicans ever done that for democrats?

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11 points

Not a Nazi salute

Oh fuck OFF!

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88 points

It’s worse than that, they said it wasn’t a nazi salute. :/

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27 points

Remember, it’s only a Nazi Salute if it occurs in the Weimar region of Germany between 1938-1945. Otherwise it’s just Sparkling Fascism.

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20 points

Got a link for that? I’m surprised they even acknowledged it instead of ignoring it.

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https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403

If you don’t wanna click the x link, here’s what it says in full:

This is a delicate moment. It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety.

It seems that @elonmusk

made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.

In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new

beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.

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My theory: a test to see how easily their media apparatus can explain this away or ignore it entirely. Effectively shaping reality in realtime.

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Shockingly easily. Here’s the New York Times

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50 points

Don’t believe your lying eyes.

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7 points

Peak gaslighting

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62 points

I think they’re going to pull a strategy of just doing everything so fast that people won’t have time to react properly to anything before the next, worse things comes along. Trump virtually admitting that Musk interfered with voting machines yesterday, Nazi Salute today, 200+ executive orders dropping tomorrow. Sort of like a Gish gallop of Nazism.

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Trump virtually admitted that Msjk interfered with voting machines yesterday

Got a souce for this?

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He’s quoted as saying that a) musk in some way interfered with voting machines in PA to stuff the ballots and b)that he (ie trump) wouldn’t be president if the election had not been rigged. Cba to find the link because I don’t like watching footage of trump saying words.

Edit: here’s a Newsweek bit about it https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-voting-machine-2017657

Not exactly difficult to dig up

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18 points

Goebbels Gallop.

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1 point

Oh yeah that’s way better lol

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4 points

This whole.election was just to see how much they could get away with

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“Fell for it?” “Fell for it?” They intentionally voted for that.

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35 points

Beyond comprehension how the brown and black ppl who voted for him are able to reconcile all of this shit.

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You mustn’t have read up a lot on the history of fascism then.

Plenty of people deported by Hitler, supported Hitler. Including the guy who wrote the famous “First they came…” poem. It’s not just a turn of phrase, it’s plainly autobiographical.

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It’s not like they stopped cheering when Musk gave two Nazi salutes.

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19 points

Hey, now. Not all Republicans are just plain evil. And not all Republicans are just plain dumb either. Some of them happen to be both.

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When the other shoe drops, they’ll be saying they were tricked

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“Somehow it’s Biden’s fault” © Lucasfilm… err Maga …

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Only if it ends up hurting them, and they’ll find a way to blame liberals anyway.

They’ll recognize no mistake in their parts; they will admit nothing.

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It was their goal. The rubes that fell for it were the ones that legitimately thought that it would lower prices.

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Somebody’s upset that he wasn’t the center of attention for a few hours.

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