Sure, people love witty comments, but sometimes a simple LOL and LMAO are the only things to say. Nicely done!

That old vector graphics Star Wars game was my favorite! So cool. If I remember correctly, there was also an Empire Strikes Back one, done in the same style, which I only saw once.

I know it’s bad to dehumanize people, but sometimes I can’t help myself when we’re talking about a person who completely lacks empathy. It’s like they walk and talk exactly like a person does, but they’re missing something essential.

The entire world needs to treat American investment as a potential threat/exploitable weakness, and have a Plan B ready.

Change the name of the community to Mildly Hilarious

America won big both morally and militarily in WWII. For the average poorly informed citizen, that meant our government had permanently earned its position as the Good Guy. Lots of people thought (and still think) that any evidence to the contrary is merely a mistake or anomaly.

Then there’s capitalism. Wartime manufacturing brought us out of the Great Depression, and even the average citizen benefited. Unfortunately, capitalism became much more powerful than we realized, and now we’re beginning to see what a monster we’ve created. We know that the top 1% are literally killing our biosphere to protect their investments, but somehow our Good Guy government is allowing it to continue. The average citizen can’t reconcile those facts, so they decided that the facts must be wrong.

Government and capitalism have always been intertwined, but never to the extent we’re seeing under Trump. A Nazi billionaire is shaping government policy. That was supposed to be impossible. Again, the average citizen can’t reconcile those truths, so many of them decided that the libtards must be exaggerating.

I wouldn’t say that we Americans are stupid. I’d use the word “foolish” instead. “Deceived”, too. A few people saw what was coming and tried to warn the rest of us, but we let it happen anyway, because organizations that we thought we could trust lied to us.

Those of us with at least some awareness of what’s going on are traumatized (whether we think so or not). We’re trying to accept that our own government suddenly hates a lot of us, and that the corporations that have tried so hard to make themselves indispensable are, at best, constantly trying to deceive and monetize everything about us.

Ah. Thanks for clarifying!

“Here’s why” is basically a red flag for me. DO NOT READ THIS TRIPE!

It’s a fun game, but I’ve seen enough counter examples that I don’t rely on it as a definitive guide.

I must reluctantly agree. Replace “nervous” with “annoyed” and you’ve got a more accurate headline.

I think people will support democracy.

The biggest lemmy instance…

That seems like a flaw in this reasoning. I don’t think the behavior of society as a whole can be extrapolated from the behavior of Lemmy users.

May I suggest Goya?

DO NOT TAP ON GLASS

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250323131337/https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/john-roberts-has-created-a-monster-and-he-knows-it/

Do folks think this is legitimate news, corporate news meant to intimidate protesters, or a combination of both? I’m curious to hear how people interpret it.

Some men tend to act like minor illnesses are more serious than they actually are. I know I have. I don’t get sick often, so I worry about it when I actually do.

He’ll never win. People who think like he does have repeatedly tried to kill ideas. They’ve always failed. Sure, he can make some major, sweeping changes, but ultimately he will fail.

Unfortunately, there’s no way for us to tell. Regardless, it’s very well written.

I think NutinButNet has the best reply. I wish you the best.

He was a good guy. I think he’d appreciate the dark humor done without ill intent.