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[–]Wrangel 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The elites are not communists and are not natural totalitarian, they are rather weak and ineffectual liberals that are trying to put out burning fires. Their ideology of liberalism was fun as long as the west functioned due to a strong culture and as long as the biosphere provided more and more natural resources..

The current leadership failed miserably with the pandemic, they couldn't even come close to stopping it. Their ideology of constant progress made them not think about how to actually handle a crisis. Their ideology of endless growth is hitting the ecological limits of the planet and the free market can't invent natural resources that dont exist. Using cheap Chinese people as slave labor ended up giving the Chinese the world's largest navy which they are now trying to contain.

The west is like the soviet union in the late 80s, the leadership consists of old people who's ideology is running into reality and they are desperately trying to keep the whole thing from falling apart.

[–]FrenologistSaving the World 1 Cranial Exam at a Time 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The current leadership failed miserably with the pandemic, they couldn't even come close to stopping it.

Ohh no a cold is spreading and it only kills the fat, old and unhealthy! We have to stop it! This is the greatest crisis of our time!

[–]Wrangel 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Let's become a third world country with rampant tropical disease!

Who cares about grandma, I am a hard core individualist nihilist tt doesn't care about anything else than my self!

[–]FrenologistSaving the World 1 Cranial Exam at a Time 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've kidnapped your grandma and to get her back you'll have to play Russian roulette with a 1911.