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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Some of them actually did, but then /pol/ was spamming nearly every board with Trump and Hillary memes, so it was really hard to tell. /b/ is a bit more diverse with its fuckery while /pol/ is actively malicious and they still drank the kool aid /pol/ was feeding those idiots. Like they a good amount of the Trump team actually believed Trump was anti-establishment.
Right now /pol/ is trying to get Ron Paul as the secretary of treasure. Needless to say they really believe they meme'd Trump into the White House and are trying to do the same for Ron Paul. Yeah sure, /pol/sters good luck with thinking you and the alt-right kiddies have any power in Trump's team. Bunch of idiots.
edited 12th Nov '16 9:46:02 PM by AngelusNox
Inter arma enim silent legesConsidering Trump as the alt-right candidate makes sense, really. They both use the same pattern of defusing legitimate criticism by saying that it was for publicity (or lulz), hide serious agendas behind 'harmless' disruption of the usual order, and so on. A lot of the stuff Trump has been saying appeals to white nationalists and radicalized antifeminist young men.
It's been fun.That's what many of his online supporters are, the alt-right kiddies who have been raised in a culture of misanthropy, casual racism/misogyny and nihilism on 4chan and other cesspits of the internet. When I was younger I thought most of that was just trolling and some of it probably still is, but it's become obvious to me that many of them are actually serious about that shit.
It makes discussions of Trump difficult to have on the internet because of the real possibility that many people will jump on you and barrage you with all their preferred insults instead of having a real conversation.
edited 12th Nov '16 10:01:03 PM by Draghinazzo
Are they still counting both of them?
Absentee ballots swinging those states blue would be the ridiculous cherry on top of this ridiculous election cycle. If it were to happen, I just might start dancing uncontrollably around my house.
Almost certainly won't happen, but one can dream.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas EdisonInteresting bit on the coal industry world wide. And basically confirms that most people consider the coal industry a dying one due to economic factors.
I've come up with a political idea.
This election served to awaken me, in terms of wanting to do political things.
California, as I learned from my class at college, is a very large economy. What would happen if we excluded the South, the Rust Belt and Appalachia from our food sales, business and trade? Giving incentives for moving away from them and going to more lucrative markets.
Essentially, its aim is to further cooperation among states that did not vote for Donald Trump, and to show the states that voted for him we can deny them things they desperately need.
That's not about to teach them to adapt or die, merely generate more resentment towards "the elite" for letting them wilt.
Using excess state revenues to invest in industrial transformation programs in the Rust Belt, Appalachia etc. would be more practical, even if it's not the change they want.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotPutting aside the morality of bullying regions into submission, wouldn't that cut into your exports significantly?
And besides, not everyone who lives there is the enemy.
edited 12th Nov '16 11:34:19 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!

You mean they actually cared about real change happening and not just white supremacy and and trolling?