Therapeutic kicks to the ribs appreciated

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#he's slurring his words a little but that's about it #the evidence of joe biden's parkinsonism was substantially stronger #liberals just really want to believe in Evil Brain Syndrome

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I have said it before, but I really recommend Henk de Berg's Trump and Hitler: A Comparative Study in Lying. It was written before Trump 2.0, back when the comparison was bold and provocative.

De Berg points out that Hitler engaged in a lot of shameless Trump-like grandstanding and self-enriching behaviour. It just doesn't get talked about as much, because it's been overshadowed by the atrocities.

Both men, de Berg points out, have a very deliberately crafted communication style that reads as unhinged and incoherent to their political opponents, and spontaneous and authentic to their supporters. De Berg uses the example of Hitler practicing his furious tirades in the stairwells, only to exit cool and composed a few seconds later; and Trump absolutely losing it and threatening a prospective employee at a party, but turning around quite calmly and explaining that it was a test.

Trump, according to de Berg, isn't incompetent; he deliberately cultivates the image of a loose cannon so that people will be more likely to capitulate to him; news agencies will do nothing but talk about him and devote huge amounts of time to trying to predict his decisions; and people in his organization who are smarter and more skilled than he is will abandon all attempts to strategize against him, and simply compete with each other for his capricious favours. His actions seem illogical partly because he wants them to, and partly because the logic behind them isn't the same logic that other people are using. It's not about peace or justice or mass prosperity; it's about calculatedly creating chaos, and then seeing what people will give you to make it go away.

IF YOU CAN’T GET A JOB, IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT!!!!! THE SYSTEM IS DEEPLY BROKEN!!!!!!!!

The hiring process has never been great, but in the past couple of years it’s hit rock bottom. Ghost jobs probably outnumber real jobs on job sites. Recruiters and HR use AI which throws out 90% of resumes before a real human being sees them. And most companies are hellbent on holding out for a unicorn candidate- meaning someone who already knows how to do the EXACT role without any training while also accepting entry level wages- instead of investing in new people.

I've been taken in, they tell me the royal alchemist aims to uncover the source of the alleged "natural crystal formation," but the princess surely knows it was a fake; she surely felt my futile attempts to pry the gem from her ring, this must be some ploy to keep me under watch until they gather enough evidence to send me to the gallows. it's strange, but they left me to "wait" in her bedroom rather than clapping irons on my wrists and throwing me in a dungeon; I imagine it is a trick, to lower my guard.

I know not why, but she is presently lurking on the other side of a divider, throwing pieces of her outfit over the top. the silhouettes of her magnificent ears are just barely visible through the paper- by god that is a massive dagger under her belt... she must be preparing to kill me herself! I have to get the fuck out of here!!!

1) Figured this out.