It's being run by incompetent fascists, which is the most terrifying reality to be living in.
Competent fascists would scare me more.
I think it's somewhat of an oxymoron. Authoritarianism is an extremely short-sighted ideology. You either die in disgrace or you live a long life that's just not worth living. With enough resources they could live a hedonistic life of luxury anywhere in the world, but they can't help themselves. I don't believe any fascist has ever been happy, because they have no choice but to obsess over the daily power struggle.
They might gleefully crush people under their boots, but they can't retire. They can't just go home and relax. Whoever takes over either puts them in prison for their crimes or puts them down for being a threat to the new regime. They have to worry about poison in the food, snipers in the hills, and betrayals by their closest aides and their family and friends.
The bar to pull the levers of government is so low these days that stupid people can effectively be just as destructive as an intelligent person, especially when aided by a coterie of sycophants.
There is no such thing.
More terrifying even then if they were competent?
the competent people are behind the curtains and they are doing a terrific job, this shitshow is all by design
Yes. They'll do incredibly foolish things that no competent person would do, simply because it maximizes power tripping cruelty.
o rly
See, this is why I advocate for Oxford commas. The way this is written, it makes it sound like the drug addicts are reality TV stars and Fox news hosts... actually, on second thought, carry on.
Love me some Oxford commas.
The leader is a convicted felon with their only actual government experience being from when he was impeached twice and shouldn't have been elected the first time
It's being guided into the ground at high speed, yes, bit I'm not sure anyone is running anything.
yes i said yes I will yes
Also convicted felons.
And pedophiles. (Trump has been seen with Epstein).
and honestly, considering the average American, this feels right. It's certainly more representative of us than any smooth-talking orator. We became a nation of charlatans and fools; it is only natural that our leadership reflects that.
Wait til Fox News debuts "Who wants to be a cabinet secretary island" this fall.
Wasn’t there talk about a show where foreigners would compete for citizenship? Or am I misremembering and mixing up what was actually just satire? Hard to keep it straight these days.
Edit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/politics/homeland-security-immigration-reality-show.html
Sigh, fucking gross and unsurprising. I hate what these assholes have done with my country.
Sounds like V for Vendetta
It's honestly sad seeing posts like these.
Did people forget that it's always projection with republicans? And how they stop complaining about something when they do the sort of thing they usually complain about? And notice how they're no longer compaining about a "swamp" or some vague "them" controlling the people in charge? Because that's what is going on right now.
And they are clearly succeeding in one of the their main goals: Put the blame on the idiots with the public facing positions.
There’s definitely some overlap with those categories.
People 10 years ago said that the USA is just a shitty reality TV show and now it literally is
Coincidental Metallica album:
‘Murica Vibing
And it shows
