I want to propose the thought experiment that we put a thumb over the image of Trump and see what the landscape looks like with him blocked out.
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I want to propose the thought experiment that we put a thumb over the image of Trump and see what the landscape looks like with him blocked out.
It is a wasteland of anger and agony, of the impossibly rich and contemporary serfdom. Of morality free consumption.
@cstross describes it best - although I think that the ‘christianity’ part, like Trump, is simply a coat hanger for a monstrous system.
Charlie Stross (@cstross@wandering.shop)
@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social @liebach@mastodon.art I can rant *forever* about what's really going on here, but most people don't seem to get it: TESCREAL is essentially a new christian-influenced religion (using the same template, but minus the bible and god and jesus bits), forming in front of our eyes. Syncretistic, revelatory, evangelical. Blurs into toxic christianity at the edges (eg. Thiel). Has immense influence over the elite of the World-Empire, although its Emperor Constantine hasn't emerged yet.
The Wandering Shop (wandering.shop)
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I want to propose the thought experiment that we put a thumb over the image of Trump and see what the landscape looks like with him blocked out.
It is a wasteland of anger and agony, of the impossibly rich and contemporary serfdom. Of morality free consumption.
@cstross describes it best - although I think that the ‘christianity’ part, like Trump, is simply a coat hanger for a monstrous system.
Charlie Stross (@cstross@wandering.shop)
@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social @liebach@mastodon.art I can rant *forever* about what's really going on here, but most people don't seem to get it: TESCREAL is essentially a new christian-influenced religion (using the same template, but minus the bible and god and jesus bits), forming in front of our eyes. Syncretistic, revelatory, evangelical. Blurs into toxic christianity at the edges (eg. Thiel). Has immense influence over the elite of the World-Empire, although its Emperor Constantine hasn't emerged yet.
The Wandering Shop (wandering.shop)
We’ve always had this weird dichotomy in gazing on Trump - he’s stupid and a genius. He’s strategic but a buffoon.
I’m reminded of a criminal profiler who said: when you see a radical dichotomy in the MO of a murder, you’re probably looking for more than one perp.
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