I can't tell if this B movie is satire, farce, blaxploitation, comedy, or tragedy. One thing I do know: whatever it is, it's extremely poorly-acted, poorly-written, and ham-fisted.
Pretty good troll. The right can meme.
Back in the day, surveillance meant manila folders and steel cabinets. Today it’s Denver & Utah data centers. Palantir + AI makes every marcher, chanter, or weekend protester a colored dot in the system. Masks and numbers don’t overwhelm—it all scales. Mud duck hunting gone digital.
Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers (Tom Wolfe)
Wolfe skewers limousine liberals hosting Black Panthers in their Park Ave salons. Half satire, half anthropology, it’s a portrait of how elites flirt with radical chic while insulating themselves from real consequences. Still cuts sharp today.
The End of America (Naomi Wolf)
Before “Trump fascism” was a meme, Wolf warned that Bush-era Patriot Act crackdowns, surveillance, and endless war bore eerie parallels to authoritarian playbooks. The book’s a time capsule of liberal fear—and a reminder the “fascism” panic didn’t start in 2016.
Moore’s Law killed file cabinets; cheap storage made the panopticon affordable. CCTV, body cams, sensors feed Utah/Denver farms where Palantir + AI scale like Google. The Stasi needed clerks—now it’s one engineer w/root. Every chant, march, tweet: forever.
Such a superior bit of kit.
Moore’s Law killed file cabinets; cheap storage made the panopticon affordable. CCTV, body cams, sensors feed Utah/Denver farms where Palantir + AI scale like Google. The Stasi needed clerks—now it’s one engineer w/root. Every chant, march, tweet: forever.
Cheap storage made the panopticon affordable. Moore’s Law killed the file cabinet, but the real breakthrough was outsourcing human surveillance. CCTV, body cams, sensors feed into Denver/Utah data farms, where Palantir + AI scale like Google Search. The Stasi needed rooms of clerks; today it takes one engineer with root access. That’s why every chant, march, or tweet lives forever.
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Don't I know it.
Back when storage was expensive, surveillance meant picking who to watch. Now terabytes cost pennies, so the state just watches everyone. Cheap data storage democratized the panopticon: every chant, march, or hashtag is affordable to log forever. Ironically, Moore’s Law made repression scalable.
Back when storage was costly, surveillance meant hard choices: who’s worth a folder, who isn’t. Moore’s Law crushed that scarcity—terabytes now cost pennies, so everyone’s worth logging. The bottleneck used to be human eyes; now CCTV, body cams, and AI (30 years ahead of what you see) automate the labor. Outsource the watchers, outsource the analysts, and suddenly the panopticon scales. Cheap storage didn’t just make repression affordable—it made it automatic.
Is it really a “takeover” when mayors still run cities, courts stay open, and DC police still answer to the mayor? Or are students mistaking Guard trucks, trash pickup, and ICE/FBI support for Il Duce in Rome? Isn’t DC already under Congress anyway? https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/09/10/trump-dc-protest-college-students-walkout/
Unfettered protests are a very fine signifier that Trump's not Hitler. There's not remotely enough people for an anti Trump tipping point, alas.
MAGA is actually against student activism so this is just confirmation for MAGA. Also, if Trump were any good as a Hitler or a despot, wound not he crush those students, literally, and then shut those universities with brownshirt force? Indeed
> D.C. college students walk out to protest Trump’s 30-day "takeover" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/09/10/trump-dc-protest-college-students-walkout/
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Unfettered protests are a very fine signifier that Trump's not Hitler. There's not remotely enough people for an anti Trump tipping point, alas.
MAGA is actually against student activism so this is just confirmation for MAGA. Also, if Trump were any good as a Hitler or a despot, wound not he crush those students, literally, and then shut those universities with brownshirt force? Indeed
Every fight against the 2A makes it stronger. Courts expand carry, rulings harden rights, and bans fuel demand. What was ink on paper is now granite. Guns once came from Sears—today, every challenge deepens freedom. Crimes won’t be used to strip law-abiding Americans of what’s theirs.
Had a Substack Chat where someone ranted Fox/OANN were “KGB propaganda.” I agreed, adding CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, ABC, NBC, NYT, WaPo, The Economist, and more—all propaganda. I love it. Bias is flavor. He asked my favorite “KGB” source. I said RT and Sputnik. You? He only eats safe media. I told him a varied media diet builds an immune system. Don’t fear ideas—taste everything, even the poison. That’s strength.
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US court blocks New Jersey ban on immigrant detention in CoreCivic lawsuit - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-court-blocks-new-jersey-ban-immigrant-detention-corecivic-lawsuit-2025-07-22/
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Who's the we? America loves Israel much more than it loves itself. Europe? The Arab world? Who's we?
There's a war on. She should recommend surrender because only then can you expect mercy during war. War is war. War is hell.
> This Gaza teenager dreamed of being a doctor. Now she just wants to stay alive https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-gaza-education-children-0166fd483541632bde02a8c745e855c0
Trump’s tariff plan seems to be working — proving all the naysayers wrong - NewsBreak https://www.newsbreak.com/share/4135073041777-trump-s-tariff-plan-seems-to-be-working-proving-all-the-naysayers-wrong
I mean, he wants to deport the 30 million he thinks flooded in. Blame Biden for the open borders. 30 million in 4 years requires all the money, all the resources, and zero surgical precision. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3luvn2jyfkc2r
Historically, narratives like the Mariel boatlift or rumors of foreign jails being emptied reinforce the perception that illegal immigration includes a criminal element. In reality, the majority of migrants are seeking economic opportunity, not escaping penal institutions.
A torrent of will always finds a way over, around, under, or through.
> ICE may deport immigrants to 'third countries' with 6 hours' notice, memo says https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-deport-migrants-third-countries-assurances-wont-tortured-memo-rcna218990
The Deportation Industrial Complex
America’s New WPA How America’s next trillion-dollar domestic spending spree won’t build bridges or cure cancer — it’ll build detention centers, fund surveillance, and pay millions to deport 30 million people by 2028.
https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-deportation-industrial-complex
Best news today. Of the year. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:76e4qryfph6q4wmz3li6v2l6/post/3lu7fogeimc24
Most people misuse “yourself” and “myself” when they really mean “you” and “me.” “Yourself” and “myself” are reflexive or for emphasis, not fancy substitutes. Say “Call me” not “Call myself.” Use plain “you” and “me” 99% of the time — it’s clearer and grammatically correct!
Words/phrases of the year:
2024: "Literal Nazi Fascist!"
2025: "Concentration Camps!"
2026: ??????????
> ‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/13/israel-humanitarian-city-rafah-gaza-camp-ehud-olmert?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Over the last 5–10 years, I’ve been taught “FUBU” — for us, by us — so I’ve learned there are things not for me. I act accordingly. When people check out Ironheart and feel it’s not really for them — whether that’s queerness, race, or gender — they don’t stick around. Sometimes that’s respect, sometimes resentment. But you can’t blame folks for doing what they’ve been trained to do — and what they want to do. People vote with their money, their feet, and their attention.
> "When asked if they favored deporting ALL illegals, the polls were stunning–New York Times, 55%; Marquette, 64%; CBS News, 57%; ABC News, 56%."
CNN Stunned as Polls Show Strong Public Support for Trump’s Deportation Agenda
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Just an old dude hanging out in the Fedi.
I mean, do they ever poll about border jumping "immigrants" and visa overstay "immigrants" or do they lump everybody into "immigrant?"
> Support for Immigration Rebounds as Trump Cracks Down on It, Poll Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/immigration-poll-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Race and ethnicity is a red herring—a distraction from class. Can't win a class war unless you get whitey to like you and buy into your class revolution plan; otherwise, you're spinning your wheels and tilting at windmills.
You can't have race and class: you'll win neither contest/war.
Battles aren't wars: race and identity have lost most of the hills they won from 2020-2024. https://flipboard.com/@washpost/opinions-efcn4m7sz/-/a-4ezjiDEmQV6bI1CsTN76_w%3Aa%3A419161690-%2F0
Tim Walz isn’t up against a wannabe dictator—he’s up against the fact he’s a wannabe man. Archetypal white-boy mayonnaise trying to alpha post-defeat with tough talk he never showed on the trail. He didn’t help the ticket, and now he’s just embarrassing the Dems with cosplay courage and beta rage.
