He took the greatest military force in world history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, and demanded that the media lie about this and everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone can mistake this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength. His weakness is something negative, gravitational, so deep that it can draw in a whole country. But only if we fail to see it. Only if we let it.
I have spent the last 3 days painfully sitting through Charlie Kirk debates. Here are my conclusions:
He was a political grifter pandering to his MAGA base for personal and monetary gain.
He purposely chose divisive topics to maintain relavence.
His videos were manipulated, only showing arguments where Kirk was succesful
When facing actual intellectuals or prepared students, Kirk's arguments were repeatedly crushed, exposing Kirk for the uneducated buffoon that he was.
Kirk was highly succesful against random, unprepared, and often emotional university students, who often didn't have any debating experience, or the media experience he had.
Kirk was a predatory oppurtunist who prioritized entertainment value over genuine intellectual value.
Kirk operated as a sophisticated political grifter who successfully monetized cultural resentment and political division.
His dramatic personal enrichment, calculated message evolution, strategic provocation, and opportunistic positioning all point to someone who prioritized personal gain over genuine conviction
His ability to extract millions from donors while living in luxury estates represents a classic grifter model - exploiting the genuine concerns and grievances of his audience for personal enrichment while offering them little substantive improvement to their actual circumstances.
Yes, “if you think of the attacks on climate science and the attacks on vaccines and biomedical science …. there's a lot of overlap.”
Because they are products of the same industrial science-denial machine.
https://t.co/6lYqVNjG6z
There is an increasingly stark divide emerging in the United States around vaccinations, with some Republican-led states starting to roll back or eliminate mandates while Democrat-led states split from the CDC to come up with their own vaccination guidance
https://t.co/lQYdfJUKtZ
This shit by Trump is beyond fucking sickening. The fascist authoritarian Trump regime is now forcing 4-year-old children to represent themselves in court. I'm going to keep saying it: America is now a facsimile of 1934 Nazi Germany. 😳👇
Elon has no immunity.
He can be imprisoned.
He can have his assets seized.
He can be put on trial for state crimes and have no path to a pardon by Trump.
The more you know.
Turns out Musk's starlink satellites are raining out of orbit at a rate of 120 per month and each one produces 30 kilograms of aluminum oxide which eats away at the ozone layer and these oxides have increased 8 fold in the atmosphere since 2016👍
What if I told you Trump is turning America into a playground for billionaires while dismantling protections for veterans, immigrants, and marginalized groups?
Buckle up. This is the America we’re living in under Trump’s executive orders. 🧵 (1/11)
Now we know why Elon Musk wanted USAID shut down and the Inspector General fired:
Elon Musk's Starlink was being investigated by the agency. https://t.co/nuRDGU93Gn