cwericb Posted February 7 Posted February 7 (edited) The video portrayed President Trump as a lion. Barack and Michelle Obama... as primates/apes. Kinda tells ya all ya need to know... No racism there? Edited February 7 by cwericb
Spekulatius Posted February 7 Posted February 7 On 2/5/2026 at 8:52 PM, RichardGibbons said: Yeah, I'm not that interested in the atrocities themselves, but more interested in how they reveal the parts of human nature that I can't understand. Like, a mother or father jumping between an angry grizzly bear and their kid isn't that interesting, because I can understand it. But understanding the psychology of the people involved in something that I can't identify at all with, is fascinating. Like, I read that book, and think that I probably wouldn't be in the 10% relishing mass murder, and I'd like to think I'd in the 1% refusing to commit genocide. But the sheer weight of numbers indicates strongly that I'd be one of the people just viewing it as a distasteful task. And that provides insight to me. Like, I'd much rather be in the 1%, so how do I have to think about both the world and people to become that person I aspire to be? Read Bonhoeffer essay on stupidity being the most dangerous trait of all. I linked it above in this thread and you can find several interpretations of it on YouTube. Just my guess, but you can get at least 30% of the people in any country to behave in inexplicable stupid ways and now with social media probably more than that.
Spekulatius Posted February 7 Posted February 7 9 minutes ago, cwericb said: The video portrayed President Trump as a lion. Barack and Michelle Obama... as primates/apes. Kinda tells ya all ya need to know... No racism there? It tells you all you need to know about whoever posted or approved it.
RichardGibbons Posted February 7 Posted February 7 3 hours ago, Spekulatius said: Read Bonhoeffer essay on stupidity being the most dangerous trait of all. I linked it above in this thread and you can find several interpretations of it on YouTube. Just my guess, but you can get at least 30% of the people in any country to behave in inexplicable stupid ways and now with social media probably more than that. Thanks, that's a certainly worthwhile. I think we need a new word for it, because people generally view intelligent and stupid as opposites, which isn't what Bonhoeffer is getting at. Basically, we need a word for "consumed by a social movement such that one becomes incapable of independent decisions, reasoning, and facts." If we had such a word, it might actually help prevent that outcome. Thought I suppose that, like other words, it would become diluted as it was used as an insult, as "fascist", "communist", and "racist" have been.
dwy000 Posted February 7 Posted February 7 11 minutes ago, RichardGibbons said: Thanks, that's a certainly worthwhile. I think we need a new word for it, because people generally view intelligent and stupid as opposites, which isn't what Bonhoeffer is getting at. Basically, we need a word for "consumed by a social movement such that one becomes incapable of independent decisions, reasoning, and facts." If we had such a word, it might actually help prevent that outcome. Thought I suppose that, like other words, it would become diluted as it was used as an insult, as "fascist", "communist", and "racist" have been. I think "cult" is the word youre looking for.
RichardGibbons Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Yeah, that's fair. Now I have to think about whether cult member is different than what Bonhoeffer is describing. It certainly not far different. Maybe one difference is that cult implies an organization with direct social control, while Bonhoeffer doesn't.
cwericb Posted February 7 Posted February 7 (edited) On 2/7/2026 at 11:40 AM, Spekulatius said: It tells you all you need to know about whoever posted or approved it. And we all know who posted it and where it was posted... Is there anyone here who still doesn't believe that Donald J Trump, President of the United States of America is a racist? Edited February 9 by cwericb
Castanza Posted February 8 Posted February 8 5 hours ago, RichardGibbons said: Thanks, that's a certainly worthwhile. I think we need a new word for it, because people generally view intelligent and stupid as opposites, which isn't what Bonhoeffer is getting at. Basically, we need a word for "consumed by a social movement such that one becomes incapable of independent decisions, reasoning, and facts." If we had such a word, it might actually help prevent that outcome. Thought I suppose that, like other words, it would become diluted as it was used as an insult, as "fascist", "communist", and "racist" have been. The word you’re looking for is “Human”.
flesh Posted February 8 Posted February 8 17 hours ago, Castanza said: The word you’re looking for is “Human”. Correct.
Spekulatius Posted February 8 Posted February 8 17 hours ago, Castanza said: The word you’re looking for is “Human”. Human are social mammals and prefer to stay in a pack. It safer this way and comes with many benefits. Now if the pack itself goes in a wrong direction, it creates an issue - ist it safer to stay in the pack or get out of it and either flee or oppose. so being stupid can be seen as a survival mechanism of sort, Case in point, many Nazis survived the war and Bonhoeffer got killed. On crowds- there is wisdom of the crowds and there are crowds that are incredible stupid ( can be called mobs in some cases). Why do we have these differnt outcomes? it not that one is more intelligent on average than another necessarily. A crowd is intelligent when there is free information flow and diversity of opinion. A crowd become stupid if information isn’t free or unbiased and if there is no diversity opinion. All this applies to investing.
Gregmal Posted February 8 Posted February 8 “Raciest” Lmfao…. -Frequents an investment community to offer zero investment contributions… -can’t spell with third grade proficiency; no it’s not a typo as it’s in every post lol -hangs around said investment board just to let us know how utterly obsessed he is with some 80 year old man from another country while brandishing these theories that everything in the world comes down to skin color. God ain’t the internet great?
dwy000 Posted February 8 Posted February 8 2 hours ago, Spekulatius said: Human are social mammals and prefer to stay in a pack. It safer this way and comes with many benefits. Now if the pack itself goes in a wrong direction, it creates an issue - ist it safer to stay in the pack or get out of it and either flee or oppose. Reminds me of Carneys speech at Davos and the sign in the windows reference
Mephistopheles Posted February 8 Posted February 8 16 minutes ago, Gregmal said: “Raciest” Lmfao…. -Frequents an investment community to offer zero investment contributions… -can’t spell with third grade proficiency; no it’s not a typo as it’s in every post lol -hangs around said investment board just to let us know how utterly obsessed he is with some 80 year old man from another country while brandishing these theories that everything in the world comes down to skin color. God ain’t the internet great? There's a reason we have Trump, and there's a reason why Trump won a record black vote among Republican Presidents. Latino votes too. How could it be when Democrats labeled them correctly as "LatinX"?!?! lol People are individuals, not groups. The left uses them as pawns to draw support from their extremist base.
Gregmal Posted February 8 Posted February 8 26 minutes ago, Mephistopheles said: There's a reason we have Trump, and there's a reason why Trump won a record black vote among Republican Presidents. Latino votes too. How could it be when Democrats labeled them correctly as "LatinX"?!?! lol People are individuals, not groups. The left uses them as pawns to draw support from their extremist base. Exactly. Theres a bigger cult than people realize. If it weren’t for folks like them it wouldn’t be so easy for folks like us! Long live the tards!
Patmo Posted February 9 Posted February 9 8 hours ago, Mephistopheles said: There's a reason we have Trump, and there's a reason why Trump won a record black vote among Republican Presidents. Cause you're a 3rd world country propped up by cowarding out of WW2?
Parsad Posted February 9 Posted February 9 11 hours ago, Gregmal said: “Raciest” Lmfao…. -Frequents an investment community to offer zero investment contributions… -can’t spell with third grade proficiency; no it’s not a typo as it’s in every post lol -hangs around said investment board just to let us know how utterly obsessed he is with some 80 year old man from another country while brandishing these theories that everything in the world comes down to skin color. God ain’t the internet great? Wait! Are you talking about Trump? - Can't spell! - Constantly is on Truth Social...offers zero investment contributions! - Can't spell or pronounce words with third grade proficiency...no it's not a typo as it's in every Truth Social post! - Obsessed with some 80 year old man...Biden! - While brandishing these theories that everything in the world comes down to skin color! Oh the juicy irony! God ain't the internet great again? Cheers!
Parsad Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Di' any of you see Ba' Bunny...he so ba'...ba' for America, ba' for Futbol, ba' for muzic...and also got Trump's panties in a knot...once again! Cheers! Yo soy de P fuckin′ R (¡ah!) I'm from P-fuckin'-R (Ah!) ¿Cómo?, dile, Diego, dice Say it louder, Diego, let them hear it Yo soy de P fuckin' R I'm from P-fuckin'-R Ay, vamo a ver, vamo a ver, dale, métele pa′cá Come on, bring it, bring it here Ey, ey, ey, ey Ey, ey, ey, ey Yo soy de P fuckin' R I'm from P-fuckin'-R Uy Uy Ahora, ahora, ahora Right now, right now Yo soy de P fuckin′ R I'm from P-fuckin'-R ¡Viva! Long live!
Dalal.Holdings Posted February 9 Posted February 9 (edited) https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/chasity-verret-martinez-wins-democrat-louisiana-special-election-trump/ Donnie made some big mistakes…doesn’t even fire the idiots he hires (Miller, Noem, racist “intern” who posts on his socials)… Maybe he should trash more American Olympian athletes on Truth and let his “intern” post more racist stuff. A “winning” strategy. Donnie sowing the seeds of his own demise If enough Dems take House and Senate, 3rd time will be the charm for impeachment. Seems like Donnie’s Epstein affiliation is enough to impeach on by itself. American people will speak in the end: “Louisiana Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez defeated her Republican opponent by double digits in the special election Saturday night for a state House seat in a district President Trump won by 13 points in 2024.” Edited February 9 by Dalal.Holdings
Gregmal Posted February 9 Posted February 9 4 hours ago, Parsad said: Wait! Are you talking about Trump? - Can't spell! - Constantly is on Truth Social...offers zero investment contributions! - Can't spell or pronounce words with third grade proficiency...no it's not a typo as it's in every Truth Social post! - Obsessed with some 80 year old man...Biden! - While brandishing these theories that everything in the world comes down to skin color! Oh the juicy irony! God ain't the internet great again? Cheers! Oh the similarities are hilarious.
gfp Posted February 9 Posted February 9 2 hours ago, Dalal.Holdings said: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/chasity-verret-martinez-wins-democrat-louisiana-special-election-trump/ Donnie made some big mistakes…doesn’t even fire the idiots he hires (Miller, Noem, racist “intern” who posts on his socials)… Maybe he should trash more American Olympian athletes on Truth and let his “intern” post more racist stuff. A “winning” strategy. Donnie sowing the seeds of his own demise If enough Dems take House and Senate, 3rd time will be the charm for impeachment. Seems like Donnie’s Epstein affiliation is enough to impeach on by itself. American people will speak in the end: “Louisiana Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez defeated her Republican opponent by double digits in the special election Saturday night for a state House seat in a district President Trump won by 13 points in 2024.” You understand this is the Louisiana State house of representatives right?
Dalal.Holdings Posted February 9 Posted February 9 (edited) 29 minutes ago, gfp said: You understand this is the Louisiana State house of representatives right? Yes. Democrats winning by double digits in districts Trump won by double digits in 2024 is not a good harbinger for Republicans in the midterms, even in state elections. Just like Texas a week ago: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/politics/texas-special-election-republicans-midterms Trump can't help himself. It seems we've passed the peak of Trump's power in his second administration due to him overplaying his hand. Even R's in Congress distancing themselves Tim Cook is no longer going to be returning Donnie's calls. Why would the Apple (or any CEO except the My Pillow guy) CEO want to stand next to the ICE guy or the guy who posted the racist image on social media? Trump is his own worst enemy in many ways Edited February 9 by Dalal.Holdings
cwericb Posted February 9 Posted February 9 18 hours ago, Gregmal said: “Raciest” Lmfao…. -Frequents an investment community to offer zero investment contributions… -can’t spell with third grade proficiency; no it’s not a typo as it’s in every post lol -hangs around said investment board just to let us know how utterly obsessed he is with some 80 year old man from another country while brandishing these theories that everything in the world comes down to skin color. God ain’t the internet great? OMG I made a spelling error! Duh it is 'racist'. But ............ I would rather misspell the word ... than actively support one.
Castanza Posted February 9 Posted February 9 On 2/5/2026 at 11:32 AM, cubsfan said: Definitely. @Castanza reminded me that POTUS is a NAZI too. I plumb forgot! Trump isn't a Nazi; but he is the closest to a fascist leader we have ever had. His dismantling of political norms are paving the way for a real one to take the stage. Hitler started as a populist (which you stated properly defines Trump). The bridge between Populist and Fascists is but a stones throw...
cubsfan Posted February 9 Posted February 9 12 minutes ago, Castanza said: Trump isn't a Nazi; but he is the closest to a fascist leader we have ever had. His dismantling of political norms are paving the way for a real one to take the stage. Hitler started as a populist (which you stated properly defines Trump). The bridge between Populist and Fascists is but a stones throw... Not to worry.... as long as he continues to clean up in the Supreme Court,,, all is well, per the "separation of powers". POTUS continues to have outstanding Constitutional Legal Advice.
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