LovrofTruth
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#bread_and_circus #politics #military_industrial_complex #distracted #important
Oct 11, 2018 11:43 PM
LovrofTruth
330
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#bread_and_circus #politics #military_industrial_complex #distracted #important
TheMinisterOfCommonSense
... aliens
ParanoidWithGoodCause
we're on a speck of dust orbiting an unremarkable star in an insignificant galaxy in a vast unknowable universe nothing we do really matters
TheMightyMoto
so what is really important?
LovrofTruth
That whatever control we think we have politically is an illusion. That those who do control are subverting the public’s mind for their....
LovrofTruth
... own ends. Ultimately we first need to free our minds and only then can we work towards external control of the government.
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
Obviously. It's been said before; Trump is just Zaphod Beeblebrox but without the charisma
JAFIOI
I havent ever heard a better description.
myballshurt
Who?
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
The Galactic President from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In the wiki he's described as " hedonistic and irresponsible, narcissistic 1/
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
almost to the point of solipsism, and often extremely insensitive to the feelings of those around him" but what I'm thinking about is his 2/
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
intro, where it goes over how the role of the Galactic President isn't to hold power but to draw attention away from it. He's loud, 3/
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
brash, dramatic, on the surface often pretty vapid and stupid. Where he differs from Trump is that he's always very charismatic, and 4/
sqbutte
Fun fact: 1 out of 3 Hillary supporters is just as dumb as the other two.
twotontunatown
Oh wow a republican that made a math joke, that's not one you see every day.
sqbutte
A liberal that gets it, even more impressing.
twotontunatown
Maybe I should run for President.
sqbutte
Think mom will let ya?
twotontunatown
Only if your moms my first lady.