It's been five long years of blogging the Trump years. We've laughed, we've cried, we've pulled some of our remaining hair out, but we've made it. It is almost done and our democracy, nation, and souls are still largely intact. Unfortunately, we're not through.There is much more to come as we stitch ourselves back together like some kind of common Frankenstein monster as we recover from the PTSD that Trump gave us and the needless deaths and suffering from #COVID19. We also have to keep #BidenHarris honest & progressive, oppose Republican obstructionism anti-democratic tendencies, and whatever other black swans await us. All of which will be addressed using good old-fashioned snarcky, sarcasticky, profaney fun and psychological insights.
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Everything is backassward in MAGA land. Instead of MAGA blindly following their leaders over a cliff, Republican politicians are gleefully tossing the entire country over the cliff to appease MAGA and get re-elected.
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In the same amount of time for it to take the average date rape to end, you too can find out how AI is going to power a rape near you!
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There’s a lot of cognitive Tom Fuckery going on in all our heads when it comes to race, racism, and racial animus. Here we go over some of what is helping maintain the inner racist of many white people, keeps them falling for racist dog whistles, and means they’ll vote Republican.
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Cognitive dissonance helps survive mental crises but it also helps us maintain erroneous beliefs like racial enmity that then respond to racist dog whistles and cause otherwise “decent” white people to vote Republican.
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The difficulty that AI has in dealing with darker skinned folks and women is all the proof you need to know that our culture is inherently racist and sexist. We put the same shit into training our AI as we did to training ourselves, and both have produced Ron DeSantis’ Florida.
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It’s simple: without truth and a commitment to honesty, we cannot have a functional society. By promoting dishonesty, MAGA and their cynical political and media manipulators are endeavoring to destroy our country.
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In a very twisted and real way conservatives encouraged sexual assault against teenage girls during the #COVID19 pandemic lockdown by doing everything in their power to keep the pandemic and lockdown going. We’re reaping the results of those efforts now.
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During the past couple of weeks I came face-to-face with the destructiveness of dark tetrad personality characteristics both in my personal life and in the SOTUS. The behavior of House Republicans makes a stark illustration of just how impossible large gatherings of personality disorders make cooperation and achieving goals. Craven self interest will be the downfall of human kind.
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The research of Karen Stenner on the authoritarian dynamic suggests that non-authoritarians become more liberal when confronted by deteriorating conditions. This tendency has saved us from fascism in the past and will now.
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As cultural multilevel selection predicts, declining cooperation and increasing distrust and dissatisfaction precedes social collapse, but it also sets the stage for the inner authoritarian of all the snowflakes to meltdown and grab our democracy by the pussy.
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With the betting windows open on McCarthy’s time with the Speaker’s gavel, it is hard to imagine that the mess Republicans are making in Congress and in legislators across the country can be good for us, but it is. #ScienceFact. But, there’s math!
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As much as I enjoy watching an asshole get his comeuppance, the problems that the Republicans are having in electing a Speaker of the House foreshadow much bigger problems to come. Cultural Evolution, Cultural Multilevel Selection, and the importance of cooperation for social success predict as much.
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Unfortunately, we’re always going to be living among people given to authoritarian tendencies because they make up about a third of our population. To protect ourselves and them from their worst instincts, we have to accommodate their authoritarian needs. Here are some factors to consider.
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With one third of the population set to have their inner authoritarian meltdown at any moment, what can we do to get them to see democracy as their in-group? How can Democrats continue to peel authoritarians off of the MAGA base?
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We’ve known all along that MAGA are the true snowflakes, but now it is #ScienceFact! And, worse, it is this snowflakiness that makes them so vulnerable to the sweet siren song of populism… the racism is inbred, you don’t need nothing added to pull that out of them!
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Happy Merry Christmas, y’all! Here’s an explainer of authoritarianism and when it rears its ugly head just in time for the 6 January Committee’s report release party and everything.
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The 6 January Committee has released its summary of a report. It should alarm us all. It should light a new fire of urgency to hold Trump et al. accountable before the 2024 elections. Will it?
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Everyone knows that family holiday time is political-religious-sports argument time. Mix in alcohol, the Airing of Grievances, and Feats of Strength and you’ve got a mixture that could easily end Festivus at the emergency room, with gun fire, or the summoning of the police. Here’s how to avoid all that.
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It’s a Festivus Miracle! I’ve made my Festivus cards! I’ve posted my Festivus post! Ye Olde Blogge lives!
Everything you need to know to make Festivus a success at your house this year!
#Festivus
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We are watching the fascification of America in real time. We watch our society become increasingly violent. We watch as Republican politicians stoke violence and scapegoat groups. We know this path leads to authoritarianism.
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