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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (10 children)

That's most industries. Society is falling apart lol. Look how the secret service responded to an assassination attempt on trump. It was absolutely pathetic. These people are supposed to be the best of the best of the best. It doesn't surprise me that other industries are also experiencing this.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated

    NOFX wrote about the rise of ignorance in America and the song "The Idiots Are Taking Over" is more appropriate now than ever before.

    full lyrics below. link to song for anyone not familiar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sNWDfryyMk


    It's not the right time to be sober
    Now the idiots have taken over
    Spreading like a social cancer, is there an answer?
    Mensa membership conceding
    Tell me why and how are all the stupid people breeding
    Watson, it's really elementary
    The industrial revolution
    Has flipped the *removed* on evolution
    The benevolent and wise are being thwarted, ostracized, what a bummer
    The world keeps getting dumber
    Insensitivity is standard and faith is being fancied over reason
    Darwin's rolling over in his coffin
    The fittest are surviving much less often
    Now everything seems to be reversing, and it's worsening
    Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool
    Now angry mob mentality's no longer the exception, it's the rule
    And I'm starting to feel a lot like Charlton Heston
    Stranded on a primate planet
    Apes and orangutans that ran it to the ground
    With generals and the armies that obeyed them
    Followers following fables
    Philosophies that enable them to rule without regard
    There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated
    Political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
    Majority rule, don't work in mental institutions
    Sometimes the smallest softest voice carries the grand biggest solutions
    What are we left with?
    A nation of god-fearing pregnant nationalists
    Who feel it's their duty to populate the homeland
    Pass on traditions
    How to get ahead religions
    And prosperity via simpleton culture
    The idiots are taking over
    
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Look how the secret service responded to an assassination attempt on trump. It was absolutely pathetic

    it was perfectly fine??? They shot and killed the guy within like 3 seconds of the event happening???

    Sure it's weird that he was up there, but i'm not sure that's a failing of SS specifically, but they certainly did their job in regards to neutralizing the threat.

    Also trump isn't even the current president, so it's not like he's going to get all the coverage in the world.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The fact he even got shots off while laying on literally one of the only spots a sniper could get a shot off is absolutely bad enough. They should have had minimum one sniper looking at that roof constantly. That's like step one.

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  • i believe they did, though it's worth noting, you're constantly scanning rooftops as a sniper, so there's always going to be a small amount of time before targeting and shooting.

    I've heard, havent verified but apparently local police were working the grounds and apparently maybe that roof? So it might have been their responsibility entirely. I'm guessing the kid only peaked the roof shortly before shooting though, that's the only way he would've gotten a shot off.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't see how the secret service is relevant to this in literally any way.

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