• baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    …Deters is pissed, lashing out at people whom he apparently expected to attend.

    “Out of all these people that have money that I interact with, who I do favors for all day long. They ask me for something, I never say no. I never said no to these people,”

    /c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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      4 days ago

      Are we not even trying to pretend we aren’t an openly corrupt authorization oligarchy anymore?

      Back in my day we at least tried to lie about it to the press.

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        4 days ago

        It wasn’t even an interview, it would have been an improvement if a reporter had had to squeeze this out of him. It was a completely voluntary Facebook tantrum.

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        3 days ago

        That seems to be the defining feature of neofascism vs previous iterations and old school conservatism.

        “Ironic” trolling and sarcastic, edgy cinicism eventually normalises mask-off, obscene lack of regard for any sense of truth or legal/ ethical lines.