Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 448: North Carolina Blues

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yes, that picture of him with an angry face being pushed by police while saying that is making the rounds. Honestly, it comes across as righteous anger to me. Born into wealth, a high school valedictorian and ivy league graduate who dealt with several health issues, seemingly very aware of the injustices of the American health insurance industry. An interesting character study here. Though I think we have to acknowledge his mental wellness likely wasn't in tip top shape leading up to the shooting.

"This is completely unjust and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!"

Our generation's gritty reboot of "Democracy Manifest".

Seemingly accurate information coming out about Luigi Mangione:

-Suffered from chronic back after botched surgery
-Family is rich, like VERY rich
-Family donated to hospitals, also built some nursing homes, which he apparently volunteered at

Not difficult to see why healthcare insurance got on his radar.

Also, what is apparently the real manifesto:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fae9562f.jpg

Those "indecipherables" are positioned a lot like where profanity would be

worth mentioning that the only outlet/journalist (that i'm aware of) that has actually published the full manifesto is ken klipperstein, despite multiple orgs having it.

i doubt any officials want this manifesto to be released because it very, very strongly resonates with like 80% of the nation and i don't think i'm exaggerating on the numbers.

KamikazePotato posted...

Also, what is apparently the real manifesto:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fae9562f.jpg

If this is true this may be one of the greatest patriotic acts of the 21st century in America

That makes it seem like he really didn't care about being caught.

Maniac64 posted...

That makes it seem like he really didn't care about being caught.

Or he knew that he'd eventually be caught because what he did was high profile.

With this and the eventually successful attack on Trump, plus many other copycats, the 20s will go down in history as the decade of political violence. Could be a significant turning point, like a Western Arab Spring.

imagine having this much drive to fuck over workers

Senate Dems thought they could reappoint the NLRB's current chair to a new five-year term, giving Dem appointees a 3-2 majority on it and would have guaranteed that held for the first two years of Trump's term.

Sinema votes no, leaving it at a 49-49 tie - but fine, Harris can just tiebreak it, right? Nope, Manchin who wasn't in the capital rushes back before they can do it and sinks it with his own no vote.

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/schumer-nlrb-vote-manchin-sinema

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And Fetterman decides to join Truth Social and call for Trump to be pardoned in the NY Hush Money case in his first post.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5034700-fetterman-trump-pardon-hush-money/amp/

Hard to do when a few Ds arent very D at all and vote more like Rs

If you were already in poor graces with the Ds, it seems advantageous to your career to cater to the future president/dictator

https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1867187660814504285

I love to comply in advance
https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3ld3balizbc27

AriaOfBolo posted...

I love to comply in advance
https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3ld3balizbc27

Common L for the American people.

Thorn posted...

And Fetterman decides to join Truth Social and call for Trump to be pardoned in the NY Hush Money case in his first post.

Hilarious considering how poorly he was treated by the Republicans during his election.

I hear conservatives like him now. All it took was him getting some brain damage for them to find him more relatable I guess

I an arguing with you tubers who think the 14th amendment doesn't enshrine birthright citizenship

Nevermind democrats you did nothing wrong burn everything.

KamikazePotato posted...

Also, what is apparently the real manifesto:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fae9562f.jpg

And look how scared they are with just a single CEO's demise. Then look at their indifference every time our children end up in body bags.

Bringing it back to the topic title, Republicans passed the power grab from the newly elected Democrat governor.

Dark_Young_Link posted...

And look how scared they are with just a single CEO's demise. Then look at their indifference every time our children end up in body bags.

i still wonder just how much nyc is gonna become gotham that we're on a joker-lite route here from an italian, so maybe it could be a penguin origin story too!

long as it doesn't become a musical somehow this is better at least

Wanglicious posted...

i still wonder just how much nyc is gonna become gotham

I got some news for you, about what city Gotham is based on.

IShall_Run_Amok posted...

I got some news for you, about what city Gotham is based on.

I've legitimately only ever heard Chicago for this before now

Gotham is a name for New York at least, if not necessarily where the comic writers got the name.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a94fb832.jpg

I always thought it was Chicago too, but The Dark Knight has that falafel line and that's more of a New York Thing so...

It's both, really.

And while Chicago is famously corrupt, New York is not much better, as you can see to this day!

After spending some time on youtube comments I have gotten a more sincere appreciation of how uninformed so many people are on so many issues.

I actually came away thinking these people aren't really racist, they've just been fed line after line blaming other people for their problems and at this point they just.,.. hope it is true lol.

Eat the rich tbh

SirChris posted...

I an arguing with you tubers

SirChris posted...

After spending some time on youtube comments

oh god it's contagious

AriaOfBolo posted...

oh god it's contagious

lmao

My pain tolerance is pretty high tbh

ChrisMarioSamus

In case anyone was under the mistaken impression the mods here know what the fuck they're doing:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c39cc601.png

I just got modded for Topic 447 (peep the mod note), 4 weeks after it was created, and a full 9 days after this topic was made.

Side note it's funny that I was dressing this as the elite vs the peasantry before the election and was called a conspiracy theorist and now you all are coming around.

Democrats are not your friends. Almost all politicians are corrupt and issues Democrats and Republicans pretend to disagree on are just to distract you.

Lopen posted...

Side note it's funny that I was dressing this as the elite vs the peasantry before the election and was called a conspiracy theorist and now you all are coming around.

Democrats are not your friends. Almost all politicians are corrupt and issues Democrats and Republicans pretend to disagree on are just to distract you.

That absolutely wasn't why we were calling you a conspiracy theorist.

It was the basis for it-- I was told Republicans and Democrats wouldn't work together because the Republicans would prefer an even smaller subset of the powerful be in power

We are seeing the early signs I was completely right now just wait for the fireworks

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I just got modded for Topic 447 (peep the mod note), 4 weeks after it was created, and a full 9 days after this topic was made.

can you appeal it so the mall cop knows that they're wrong?

Lopen posted...

It was the basis for it-- I was told Republicans and Democrats wouldn't work together because the Republicans would prefer an even smaller subset of the powerful be in power

We are seeing the early signs I was completely right now just wait for the fireworks

I miss the general mistrust we had towards the government back in the 90s and early 00s. Now we just pick a side and scream at each other for the entertainment of the elites lol.

Go watch Ben Shapiro's review of the wicked movie and mourn he ever got into politics lmao

Anyway I hope most people know this is a class issue. It's just that democrats have 95% of my friends and allies even if they are like 10% of the party.

Like democrats kind of suck

Republicans do shit like blatantly power grab like in north Carolina to the benefit of no one

people absolutely did not have mistrust for the government in the early 00s lmao, that's when a huge portion of the world went "the government is right, we should hate muslims for no reason and pay billions to kill them en masse"

Kenri posted...

people absolutely did not have mistrust for the government in the early 00s lmao

Early 00s still had the whole 9/11 being an inside job conspiracy going. I remember X Files and 24 going strong and those had a ton of don't trust the government messaging going on.

GranzonEx posted...

Early 00s still had the whole 9/11 being an inside job conspiracy going. I remember X Files and 24 going strong and those had a ton of don't trust the government messaging going on.

I mean you've still got plenty of dumb conspiracies. It's just that generally the idiots went right and the left got more savvy so their conspiracies are less conspiracy like.

I sincerely think we'll get there.

A big part of the reason I was so behind Luigi whacking that UHC Ceo is it puts the narrative in the right place. I am so sick of Democrats vs Republicans

Lopen posted...

I sincerely think we'll get there.

A big part of the reason I was so behind Luigi whacking that UHC Ceo is it puts the narrative in the right place. I am so sick of Democrats vs Republicans

Me too. I wish Republicans would stop trying to take human rights away from my friends and loved ones so I could focus all my time on class issues. Alas. Intersectionality is what it is.

Lopen posted...

Side note it's funny that I was dressing this as the elite vs the peasantry before the election and was called a conspiracy theorist and now you all are coming around.

Democrats are not your friends. Almost all politicians are corrupt and issues Democrats and Republicans pretend to disagree on are just to distract you.

Yeah sure, nobody thought of that idea before you started saying it

I think you'd find most Republicans honestly don't care one way or the other and would vote for a Republican candidate that was pro human rights.

Which I realize not caring one way or the other isn't ideal but it doesn't make them an active enemy combatant. The Republican politicians are putting that forward as a smokescreen more than the base is.

paperwarior posted...

Yeah sure, nobody thought of that idea before you started saying it

Nobody in this topic did lol. Too busy villifying reds and Trump

Lopen posted...

I think you'd find most Republicans honestly don't care one way or the other and would vote for a Republican candidate that was pro human rights.

Which I realize not caring one way or the other isn't ideal but it doesn't make them an active enemy combatant. The Republican politicians are putting that forward as a smokescreen more than the base is.

I speak about elected officials. I know most every day Republicans don't care about those issues. In fact many don't like them but you know inflation

Lopen posted...

Nobody in this topic did lol. Too busy villifying reds and Trump

My brother in christ I have been championing class rhetoric in this topic for eight years what are you talking about.

I just also recognize the horrific danger that Republican politicians pose