Stoobz
@stoobz.bsky.social
I mean, I have hobbies, but I mostly just post rambling diatribes about politics to get them out of my head. If that's your thing, I'm sorry.
"Failing" implies trying. The current Supreme Court isn't there to do its job, it's there to erase the concept of corruption from jurisprudence and to impose their personal preferences on the country. They aren't failing to do good things, they are succeeding at doing bad things.
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Failing" implies trying. The current Supreme Court isn't there to do its job, it's there to erase the concept of corruption from jurisprudence and to impose their personal preferences on the country. They aren't failing to do good things, they are succeeding at doing bad things.
America fought WW2 to defend America from Japan. Then they pretty much dropped out of the war to trade with both sides until it was absolutely clear which side would win, before finally re-entering the war on the winning side and immediately demanding credit for the victory.
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
America fought WW2 to defend America from Japan. Then they pretty much dropped out of the war to trade with both sides until it was absolutely clear which side would win, before finally re-entering the war on the winning side and immediately demanding credit for the victory.
...if Trump were gone, the voters who put him in power would still be there, ready to elect another guy like him. Why would they want to go back to trusting the US when the US has done literally everything it can to show itself to be untrustworthy?
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
...if Trump were gone, the voters who put him in power would still be there, ready to elect another guy like him. Why would they want to go back to trusting the US when the US has done literally everything it can to show itself to be untrustworthy?
After electing Trump the first time, this was broadly true, but I don't know if it is as true now. Americans have shown the world who they are, then when they got a chance to change they chose to double down. Now though, foreign policies around the world are being realigned. People know that even...
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
After electing Trump the first time, this was broadly true, but I don't know if it is as true now. Americans have shown the world who they are, then when they got a chance to change they chose to double down. Now though, foreign policies around the world are being realigned. People know that even...
Yeah, imagine America agreeing to a clause where they lose their Vero power regarding wars of aggression.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yeah, imagine America agreeing to a clause where they lose their Vero power regarding wars of aggression.
Only recent president, I mean. Obviously if you go back to the New Deal.
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Only recent president, I mean. Obviously if you go back to the New Deal.
Yeah, unfortunately we are at the end of a 50 year+ plan by right-wing billionaires to legalize corruption in the US. It all starts with the Powell memo, which yes, among other things determined that corporations have human rights.
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, unfortunately we are at the end of a 50 year+ plan by right-wing billionaires to legalize corruption in the US. It all starts with the Powell memo, which yes, among other things determined that corporations have human rights.
Yeah, the UN needs every member of the security council to support an action before anything can happen, and Russia is a member of the security council.
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yeah, the UN needs every member of the security council to support an action before anything can happen, and Russia is a member of the security council.
Democrats avoid accountability for Republicans for the same reason that they always find enough members to side with Republicans to pass anything the rich want to see passed, or block anything they don't. Because for a lot of Democrats, they side with the system that gave them power, not the voters.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Democrats avoid accountability for Republicans for the same reason that they always find enough members to side with Republicans to pass anything the rich want to see passed, or block anything they don't. Because for a lot of Democrats, they side with the system that gave them power, not the voters.
But also, to be fair, they were really bad at doing that historically. Really, Biden is the only president who has substantially moved in favor of the working class, and that push was absolutely rejected by the American people.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
But also, to be fair, they were really bad at doing that historically. Really, Biden is the only president who has substantially moved in favor of the working class, and that push was absolutely rejected by the American people.
Democrats just don't want to do anything that puts them in opposition to rich people, because Biden flirted with that and voters utterly rejected it in favor of corrupt idiocy. Now nobody wants to take the risk of siding with the American people, because they saw what was done to the last guy.
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Democrats just don't want to do anything that puts them in opposition to rich people, because Biden flirted with that and voters utterly rejected it in favor of corrupt idiocy. Now nobody wants to take the risk of siding with the American people, because they saw what was done to the last guy.
The corruption goes all the way back to the Powell memo.
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The corruption goes all the way back to the Powell memo.
Why do all these lists include "banged a porn star?"
Like, Trump raped children. Why does consensual sex with an adult even make the list?
Like, Trump raped children. Why does consensual sex with an adult even make the list?
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Why do all these lists include "banged a porn star?"
Like, Trump raped children. Why does consensual sex with an adult even make the list?
Like, Trump raped children. Why does consensual sex with an adult even make the list?
I will admit that I quite like this pope, but there have been many bad popes and a few good ones.
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I will admit that I quite like this pope, but there have been many bad popes and a few good ones.
Sure. We should not ignore everything popes say. We just shouldn't grant them any additional credibility based on their popeness.
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sure. We should not ignore everything popes say. We just shouldn't grant them any additional credibility based on their popeness.
Okay, but I feel like there is an equivocation here, like my use of "listen to" implies some measure of authority while you are using it in a more literal sense.
It is fine to hear what the pope says, but he should not be treated as any kind of authoritative source.
It is fine to hear what the pope says, but he should not be treated as any kind of authoritative source.
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Okay, but I feel like there is an equivocation here, like my use of "listen to" implies some measure of authority while you are using it in a more literal sense.
It is fine to hear what the pope says, but he should not be treated as any kind of authoritative source.
It is fine to hear what the pope says, but he should not be treated as any kind of authoritative source.
You can spot authentically religious people by the way they are not involved in politics.
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You can spot authentically religious people by the way they are not involved in politics.
I guess because I can make a coherent argument for ignoring all religions, but not one for preferring any particular religion over others.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I guess because I can make a coherent argument for ignoring all religions, but not one for preferring any particular religion over others.
There is no problem that rich people can be expected to solve without government coercion that is not caused either by rich people or the systems that allow them to exist.
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There is no problem that rich people can be expected to solve without government coercion that is not caused either by rich people or the systems that allow them to exist.
Once people realize that literally everything that billionaires do would be done better and more cheaply by a transparent and democratically accountable government, that's one step towards realizing that the rich are worthless parasites who contribute nothing of value.
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Once people realize that literally everything that billionaires do would be done better and more cheaply by a transparent and democratically accountable government, that's one step towards realizing that the rich are worthless parasites who contribute nothing of value.
But Biden was running the country competently, and that's the one thing billionaires cannot allow. If the people are allowed to see the government functioning, and not just that, but functioning to their advantage, they might start thinking that is a thing they could have more of, and vote for it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
But Biden was running the country competently, and that's the one thing billionaires cannot allow. If the people are allowed to see the government functioning, and not just that, but functioning to their advantage, they might start thinking that is a thing they could have more of, and vote for it.
"...I just dedicated my life to working for and with the people who always do the thing I don't like the idea of."
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"...I just dedicated my life to working for and with the people who always do the thing I don't like the idea of."
To be fair, I don't think elected officials should be listening to the pope either. I think the pope is correct in this case, but popes say all kinds of dumb shit about God and demons and magic and stuff, so maybe ignore them and listen to sociologists.
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
To be fair, I don't think elected officials should be listening to the pope either. I think the pope is correct in this case, but popes say all kinds of dumb shit about God and demons and magic and stuff, so maybe ignore them and listen to sociologists.