First, I was told by a total MSNBC-watching, immigrant neoliberal mom that she took out a book on Kamala Harris for her son. Made me look at her different after that. Contempt then gave way to pity.

The propaganda machine relentlessly churns on, while we have this place.

What’s the latest in The Rat? I bet that overly ambitious robot mf-er is gearing up big-time for another run.

Get me the fuck out of this surveillance police state, capitalist dystopia!

At least my kids know better when they see cops, the flag or advertising, all of which are suspect to them now.

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I feel bad for the kids who have their parents buying this for them. Can't think of a single kid that looks at this and feels inspired by a former mayor of the 310th largest city in the US.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Can’t think of a single kid that looks at this and feels inspired by a former mayor of the 310th largest city in the US.

      I mean, the Former Mayor of the City of Burlington managed to be pretty inspirational for a minute. Meanwhile, the mayors of LA and Chicago and NYC routinely shit the bed.

      Pete's problem isn't that he failed to be in charge of a large enough municipal bureaucracy. He's suffering from terminal empty suit syndrome. Just like Kamala Harris and Beto O'Rourke, he's a placeholder for whomever is cutting the checks.

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        But the former mayor of Burlington was a Senator and referred to as such during that time. But your point about him being a placeholder is very true.