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magicarpet

(19,274 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:23 PM Yesterday

Are we being fed spoon full by spoon full - a Reality TV Presidency to keep us entertained and distracted,..

.. as we fall for their each and every scripted and theatrical scenarios coming at us machine gun style to keep us off balance, confused, and unstable as a society ?

Take a look at this analysis of the "assassination" attempt that occurred in Pennsylvania not too long ago. Incidentally, when polling numbers for Viktor Orban were stuck in the cellar and it looked like he might lose the election in Hungary. Numerous "assassination" plots were also hatched there to boost his polling numbers there also. Team Putie and Team trDUMPee seem to be working from the same script, how odd is that ?

https://youtube.com/shorts/fyXC_y0kBEg?si=4zyviYlUx8_lC-Qe

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Are we being fed spoon full by spoon full - a Reality TV Presidency to keep us entertained and distracted,.. (Original Post) magicarpet Yesterday OP
Yes, yes and FarPoint Yesterday #1
You bet we are. Don't know who said it, but Cyklops Yesterday #2
Cake, bread, and circuses. magicarpet Yesterday #3
I posted something similar recently. Solomon Yesterday #4
Good post, thanks orthoclad Yesterday #6
Bingo! orthoclad Yesterday #5

Cyklops

(9 posts)
2. You bet we are. Don't know who said it, but
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:29 PM
Yesterday

.."Politics is the entertainment branch of the military-industrial complex"

magicarpet

(19,274 posts)
3. Cake, bread, and circuses.
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:56 PM
Yesterday

But little to nothing of any nutrition and/or substantives or sustenance.

orthoclad

(4,814 posts)
6. Good post, thanks
Thu May 7, 2026, 03:27 PM
Yesterday

There are outlets like Flawed Story that specialize in trump porn - "Look what he did now!"
This is useful in some ways, but it draws the attention of the opposition into self-entertainment and away from the machinations of the truly evil.
Dawg knows I need some entertainment and letting off steam, but we MUST keep the pressure on Palantir and Thiel and Musk and...

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