@FinnishGear GWOT changed everything, polished boots, starched uniforms, Drill and Ceremony, it all got canned in favor of "warrior skills". Vet Bro culture, were everyone acts like Delta Force operators, pretty much finished off all the garrison training stuff that used to be foundational.
@JayinKyiv It sucks they have to make nice with the same people that tried to exterminate them. But geography is not on Hayastan's side. They need to break out of the stasis that's been imposed on them before Moscow reasserts itself and sucks them back in.
@geogvma I grew up on movies like Red Heat, Rocky IV, Enemy at the Gates, and Scorpion etc... Bad guys but cool bad guys. After 9/11 it got even worse, "They're on our side now!". A bunch of revisionist BS about the "bad 90s" followed. Ukraine destroyed 40 years of pro-Moscow propaganda.
@jmorizwagner@SJulie92264@TheRabbitHole I grew up listening to AM radio in my Dad's truck throughout the 90's. Liddy, Rush, etc. It was a fever swamp of conspiracy and fear mongering. Then, by complete coincidence, there was spree of "lone wolf" domestic terrorism peaking with the OKC bombing. Very "normal" stuff.
@VlogHog@nypost I think he's a bad candidate BECAUSE he's obviously a reactionary who got lost on his way a Trump rally. He'll revert back to factory settings before too long. The Right attacking him for the very traits they would love anywhere else is just the chefs kiss to the whole farce.
@Qveen_Potato This Omnicause garbage needs to end. The most extreme hardcore militant "anti-trans" (extremely loaded and probably inaccurate label) Dem politician is preferable in every way to a Republican. So I'm not sure what this is supposed to accomplish. Depress turnout?
@krassenstein The Commies messed up. They kept talking about "nationalization" and "confiscation" to scare people. Turns out if you do the exact same thing, bringing companies under state control, and call it an "investment" it's all good.
@Hesamation Somebody looked at the upcoming IPO confidence scheme and thought, "Huh, will ML models that are already stagnating really make infinity dollars next year?". Somebody big defected and now it's a rush to exit. The music is winding down and everybody wants a chair to sit in.
@JamesRaxz People are tired. What do they hear and see nearly every single day:
- New bad economic indicator drops
- Admin official says "Don't believe your lying eyes"
- Demented President forcibly injects himself into your life
It's been over a year of this, but it feels like decades.
@TheSportProhet "the veil woman has no inner life."
Yeah, and? Have u never met anyone that u know, 100%, has no internal monologue? They're out there and more in numerous then u think. Authoritarian regimes depend on them, no doubt, no second thoughts, just whatever in the moment.
@lyndseyfifield I like the part where you went on a date with a guy, saw his Nazi tattoo, and then had a two year relationship with him. Its funny cause you'd think that would be a deal breaker, but turns out nah. Truly conservatives contain multitudes.