Amazingly we are living out 1984 while heading to the movie idiocracy
UPDATE: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President
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If this was Biden.
The Corporate News Media would be going crazy against him.
This ignorant mofo is showing off a bunch of fake shit he had someone print off at FedEx Kinko’s.
Pure Comedy.
Lawrence has been calling these assholes out for months. In this report, he not only calls out the White House press corps, but he even calls out MSNBC. The difference between the way the press corps went after President Biden and Karine Jean-Pierre and the timid way they mince around Trump and Karoline Leavitt is disgusting. Every word of this whole damn video is worth watching - every single word:
Imagine if everyone commenting on X were articulate.
I still don't understand what the hell he was trying to say.
1984 is one my favorite books.
Very basic breakdown of the world for those that don't know: there are three super states in the world. Oceania (where the story takes place, specifically London), which comprises of the British Isles, Australia/New Zealand and North/South America, including the Caribbean, Eurasia which comprises of entirety of Europe including Russia, and Eastasia, comprising of China, Japan, Korea, and the rest of that region.
The three super states are locked in a permanent war where it's always 2 vs 1, and alliances shift constantly. They're presumably fighting over resources in Africa and the Middle East/Central Asia, who are not part of these or any superstate. Why this war is neverending is a mystery, until you get to the latter half of the story. The thing is, all three states are totalitarian, who seek to have complete control over their populations, or at least what we're led to believe about them anyway. And by complete control, that means controlling ones perception of reality.
Like the poster above mentioned, in Oceania there are different ministries that deal with the particulars of government, with the protagonist of the story working at the Ministry of Truth, which deals with propoganda. See in order for the government to maintain complete control, they have to be seen as never being in the wrong. Which means that if they switch alliances between the other two superstates, the Ministry of Truth is there to scrub and rewrite all or the media to make it such that they government was always always allied with whoever they're allied with today.
*Slight spoiler*
My favorite part is when they're at the Hate Week rally, and some guy is giving a speech about how evil Eastasia is as the enemy, and while he's talking, something walks on stage, whispers in his ear, and without even pausing for a second, switches his language to demonizing Eurasia as the enemy. The crowd is stunned, not because the speaker suddenly switched who the enemy was, but because somehow, the enemy managed to sneak in and change the names on the banners (that those same people had put up btw) to an allied state! Do that actually believe this? No, but they do so out of lying to themselves and fear of being called out for not supporting the party, which can get them disappeared.
Whenever I see Maga switch up their supposed positions on things as long a Trump says so, it reminds me a lot about that scene.
No, they are not telling the full story. An E7 in the military with a family is not living in poverty or need a food bank. They would make about 4,600 a month plus $1,500 to $2k for housing allowance plus $300 for food. So thats about 70k plus a year. Plus health and dental insurance is free. You receive a uniform stipend every 2 years, its not much but still, you are not buying clothes every year.
They may have bought brand new expensive cars and trying to keep up with all the new and shiny electronics. Or rented or have a mortgage higher than the allowance that was given. Whats stopping them from living on base now you are closer to work and a house you dont pay for but you give up your housing allowance.
Now if they know they have a huge debt and shopping at Walmart, Target and Whole Foods thats on them when they have the base exchange and Commissary, where there are no taxes. Cause I retired 10 plus years ago and a family of 4 and cash was not an issue. And the wife was not working at the time.
They mentioned deployments like its a bad thing. Deployments are money makers. You get family separation($125) and hazard duty($250) pay monthly and your paycheck is taxfree for the months you step into a tax free area. I say its a money maker cause that's one car not being driven, no gas purchased and you can call your insurance and have it lowered to a garage fee. Plus while you are deployed there is no need to spend money dining facility is free and housing and utilities are free. Now you can go spend in the stores or order online but thats on you if you are struggling. If the spouse back home is spending that money again thats on you. My first deployment I came back and paid off my car 2 years early.
Yes there are kids that have reduced lunch in the military. I had reduced lunch as a kid cause we had a family of 6 and when my father made higher ranks they took it away. But there was still money stop trying to live like the single E4, when you are married with kids. And like the Army tells you we didnt issue you kids and a family, that was your choice.
I cant feel sorry for their stories when I believe they threw away money.
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