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[–] erik@hexbear.net 66 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think she's more savvy than a lot of her compatriots. She understands that Trump is tanking the MAGA brand and she's been distancing herself from him basically all of this second term. I don't trust her at all even when she actually says something approaching agreeable; she's just using undeniable facts to smuggle in her insane brand of politics. But it's clear she's triangulating for the post Trump era of the party while most of them are just stuck in his gravity.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 45 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

she's triangulating

is MTG the scratched version of Hillary

[–] BearerOfPickles@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

I've glitched out and lost sanity points because the idea "which of the two is more likeable" pooped (not popped) into my head and it's more debilitating that certain drugs

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Punished Hilary

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago

Someone over at r/TrueAnon had a good take that they think MTG is trying to soft launch becoming the more explicitly fascist arm of the Republican Party after Trump dies, her and Tucker have both started dropping more openly National Socialist takes that fly in the face of traditional "small guberment" American conservatism.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My assessment of MTG as “just a dumb suburban white woman” continues to hold strong

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

Idk grifters gonna grift.

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

wdym? She's one of the best grifters on the right, everything she does is politically motivated and it works

[–] SwitchyandWitchy@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whenever I hear something of MTG it seems like she's extremely propagandized but would otherwise get it. Which is just so incredibly frustrating. Honestly a lot of republican voters have class consciousness but it's just extremely corrupted by US imperialist, capitalist, and fascist propaganda that they fell for. Which isn't new either, there was that period of time where you would get beat up in Detroit for driving a Japanese car or even just looking Asian, which I have to think was instigated and encouraged by the bourgeoisie. I mean hell I've heard it from the company man at work and my boss, "We have to work harder and longer hours and less carefully becauce we're competing with China and African countries where they don't have workplace safety or environmental regulations." If I rolled my eyes any harder at that I would've passed out.

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't know about MTG personally, but I agree with you in a general sense. The USian civil religion of individualism fosters a selfish mindset. That propaganda you speak of is introduced before children even learn to read and speak. But there are bare spots which manifest in this way. I think the Qanon people with their MedBeds and debt jubilee are another example of this phenomenon. (I'm aware they generally have limits on who'd be allowed access to these programs but that's beside the point I'm trying to make)

The fascist nature of popular media is nothing new either but I have to wonder if its purveyors haven't stepped up their game. Social media has definitely proved to be a useful tool for them. They'll continue co-opting socialist agendas to peel off the exact people you're talking about, the heavily propagandized but otherwise reachable. I think this is what makes people like Tucker Carlson so dangerous. I count MTG in the same category, I don't give her the benefit of the doubt like I might for someone's Meemaw in Tennessee. (Don't mean to imply you are, of course, I'm just sayin)

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Tucker Carlson is the one where I'm 100% confident he knows exactly what he's doing, but more importantly that he's 100% grifting. He doesn't believe in anything and has no interest in pursuing any kind of office, he's content raking in millions as a political commentator. With MTG it's a lot harder to estimate what she understands and what she believes.

[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

another piece of evidence for the mtg horseshoe theory

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

Once she finishes her leftist Punch Card she can cash it in and become an honorary Stalinist.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

MTG / AOC 2028:

  • Universal healthcare
  • Rename Amtrak
  • Make Amtrack fast and free
[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
  • Make the Amtrack go on time
[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They been just go Make Amtrack Great Again and reuse the MAGA caps

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Put em on engineer caps

[–] jack@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago

Amtrak about to pop off when all planes crash 60 seconds after takeoff

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago

Majorie Train Gang

[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago

Wow a Nazi who likes trains.

[–] musicpostingonly@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey even a fascist POS must travel.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They've helped tremendously in innovating modes of travel. Just look at Spain's first astronaut.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 2 weeks ago

I also make sure to greet the conductors every time I take the train.

[–] Homme_Tanks@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

!!! Never order the egg sandwich !!!

!!! Do not get a soda at the station from the vending machine in the secondary hallway where the lights don't work !!!

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Please God, make it stop.

"We will have P R E M I U M artwork that's just Twitter screenshots and if you don't like it then this product just isn't for you."

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Added 1🔥 to her mana pool