A lot has changed in the 12 years since that article was published…

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory world champions 40+ years running

Whether or not that’s technically true, that’s so far from how they normally do it that neither Republicans nor Neoliberal “the system is fine, actually. Just needs a few minor tweaks” Democrats and “independents” would ever accept it as legitimate or even consider going through with it in the first place.

This is a perfect example of how EXTREMELY wrong the system defenders are to ignore what the left has been warning about for several decades.

Then they’ll say they’ll leave the country

Which they never will. You could (and should) raise their tax rate all the way to 90% and the US system would STILL be better for enabling their excesses and protecting both their wealth and themselves than any other, since that’s what it’s been tailored specifically for since January 1981.

I don’t want a load of freeloading companies or billionaires. If you can get rich using public stuff like roads and stuff then you should want to contribute.

rAmen, brother/sister/other!

I’m happy to pay taxes for the betterment of society, I just want the wealthiest to pay their fair fucking share. How radical of me.

Distraction Cabbage.

That’s honestly a dope ass-name for a horse IMO 😄

They’ve successfully gotten away with grifting a ton of money off it without being punished for it.

Successful outcomes for regular people aren’t part of the criteria of these cretins.

What’s your bright spot today, buddy?

The biggest impetus behind all of this is its profitability, not any ideology.

Yes and no: to many, including most of the most powerful people in the US in particular and the world in general, “fuck everyone else, I want more money and/or power right now” IS their foundational ideology.

It’s like Ayn Rand, but with less grandiose justifications and even more “might makes right” and victim blaming.

In other words, a particularly toxic mix of fascism and anarcho-capitalism.

Supergreen!

It’s pronounced like this

Giraffic Interchange Format made sense

In no world does that collection of words ring true, regardless of context.

you could depict things other than giraffes

But why would you?

Simple: they just applied Wilhoit’s Law

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition … There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” --Frank Wilhoit”

I love the unofficial slogan “we are NOT affiliated with OSHA” 😄

Me with PC games ever since the typical timeline of my favorite kinds of games went from “one every year or two, three at the most” to “lifespan of a Miniature Schnauzer” 😮‍💨

I’m currently replaying Skyrim for the umpteenth time while I wait for The Outer Worlds 2 and Bloodlines 2 to come out almost simultaneously later this month after 6 years and twenty fucking one years since their respective original games!

Instructions unclear, became a grass simp.

Not true! I’m definitely not eligible, and I’m not listed anywhere in the article.