Hardkill

but when would two or three of the conservative US supreme court plan to retire? What if all of the 6 conservatives on the bench never retire even during the next presidential term?

Responding to Leo's recent IG video on "The economy is never why you aren't wealthy": I get the value of pushing people toward extreme personal responsibility. But how do you avoid collapsing everything into “it’s just your mindset”? At what point do you acknowledge that system-level constraints are the dominant factor—like during the Great Depression— rather than individual psychology? What’s your actual method for separating the two in real life?

Okay, well then, if you are not a native German and you actually happen to be Iranian, then that's different. Sorry. In fact, in that case, I fully sympathize with your support for Palestine and Palestinians. To be clear, I fully acknowledge that there have been self-described leftists who were responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. Those were communist and Marxist-Leninist rulers including Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and others like them. But those rulers did not embody the true emancipatory meaning of left-wing politics. They betrayed it. They claimed to stand for workers, equality, liberation, anti-imperialism, and the oppressed, but in practice they built totalitarian police states, crushed dissent, created leader cults, ruled through fear, and treated human beings as disposable instruments of the state. So yes, they used left-wing language. But the way they actually governed was authoritarian, hierarchical, militarized, anti-democratic, paranoid, and brutally oppressive. In practice, they reproduced many of the same power dynamics seen in fascist, far-right, monarchic, imperial, colonial, and theocratic regimes. And that is the part people love to ignore: emperors, kings, colonial rulers, slaveholding elites, religious tyrants, and racial supremacists were not necessarily “right-wingers” in the modern electoral sense. But in practice, they operated through many of the same core power dynamics as fascists, far-right dictators, and ultranationalists: absolute hierarchy, domination, dehumanization, racial or religious supremacy, repression of dissent, militarism, conquest, forced labor, and the belief that certain groups of people could be ruled over, exploited, expelled, enslaved, or eliminated. That is the deeper historical pattern. Mass atrocity does not come from “the left” or “the right” in some cartoonish way. It comes from unchecked authoritarian power, dehumanization, ideological fanaticism, militarism, supremacy, and systems that place the ruler, state, race, empire, religion, or party above human life. So no, I am not denying communist atrocities. I am saying communist dictators are one modern category of atrocity-producers, not the whole story of atrocity in world history. Across history, many of the worst atrocities have also come from fascists, far-right dictators, emperors, kings, colonial rulers, slaveholding elites, religious tyrants, racial supremacists, ethnic nationalists, and ultranationalists. Hitler was not some left-wing humanitarian gone wrong. Mussolini was not some progressive reformer gone too far. Franco was not some champion of liberation. These were authoritarian right-wing rulers and movements built on hierarchy, repression, militarism, nationalism, anti-left politics, and the crushing of human freedom. And Netanyahu is not some moderate liberal statesman either. His government is a radical right-wing, ethnonationalist, militarized project. I have never excused what Netanyahu and his government have done to innocent Palestinians. I totally hate it. The mass killing, starvation, displacement, humiliation, and collective punishment of Palestinian civilians is morally disgusting and indefensible. So using Palestinian suffering to whitewash far-right politics or to be for a radical right-winger like Dan Bilzerian is absurd. The people brutalizing Palestinians today are not left-wing social democrats. They are overwhelmingly coming from a radical right-wing governing project. That is why Dan Bilzerian does not impress me just because he says one correct thing about Palestine. He looks like another far-right winger trying to use Palestinian suffering as a moral shield for his own reactionary politics. If someone only cares about Palestinian children when it gives them an excuse to attack liberals, Jews, immigrants, Muslims, women, minorities, or the left, then they are not actually standing for universal human rights. They are exploiting Palestinian blood for their own ideological agenda. Opposing the slaughter of Palestinian children is morally necessary. But it does not magically make far-right politics humane, principled, or safe. A person can be right about one atrocity and still be wrong, poisonous, bigoted, authoritarian, or dangerous in the broader political sense. The consistent position is simple: oppose the massacre of Palestinian children, oppose U.S. and Western complicity, oppose Israeli occupation and apartheid, oppose antisemitism, oppose Islamophobia, and oppose authoritarian far-right politics everywhere.

Ok, to be quite frank, native Germans have absolutely no right to say what's good for the Jews/Israel or even what is the right thing to do for the rest of humanity including who would be best for the Palestinians. You guys totally lost that argument, especially when Germany allowed such an unfathomable abomination rise to power and commit the greatest evil ever in human history, especially on the Jews. Not to mention that Hitler was an extreme right-winger just like Dan Bilzerian and Trump are. I am glad that Germany became a strong supporter of Israel after WWII, but that's still not good enough.

Wait, are you actually from Germany? Dan Bilzerian has no real plan or experience for getting anything done for the people. He's actually part of the wealthy elites and corporate tyrants, who need to be held accountable for their corruption and crimes. I would focus on that if I were you. We need an FDR like hero more than ever before

This is why we may need another Great Depression, a mass labor movement, a major breakdown in the right-wing media ecosystem, progressive media ecosystem that dominates the media environment, and an FDR-like savior to save and fix our country.

How is he different from Trump? He's a radical right winger which is the complete opposite of being a Leftist like Bernie Sanders, AOC, or Mamdani. Only, true leftists with enough power can give you actually what you want. However, centrists are the 2nd option for pro-palestinian rights. Even, Bernie Sanders, AOC, or Mamdani say that it's still better to vote for a moderate/establishment Dem than for any right-winger or Republican, including when it comes to pro-palestinian rights.

These upcoming midterms are not a good time for any brand new Republican candidate in any case. If Dan Bilzerian was smart enough then he would run as a Democrat. Btw, Bilzerian is already very anti-Trump having already called him an "an extreme narcissist", and having called on Trump's cabinet to invoke the Twenty-fifth Amendment. I wonder how he will be able to win the primary if he is going to piss off too many MAGA voters in the GOP primary who still see Trump as their "God-King" no matter what Trump has done. Oh yeah, I love how Dan Bilzerian said before after Trump won in 2016, that it was a great relief that he became president, because we finally have someone "telling it like it is", his anti–political correctness stance, and how culturally masculine — exactly the kind of image Bilzerian liked. Now, Bilzerian has swung so hard against Trump that he's like: “Trump sold out America to Israel / foreign interests / warmongers.” I knew that Dan Bilzerian would turn out to be such a complete moron. I am sure that all of that coke and roids and whatever else he's been pumping into his veins for most of his life already fucking fried whatever small amount of brain cells he ever had to begin with. In fact, what are men like Dan Bilzerian without their looks, money, status, and machismo? I mean I am sure he worked hard for much of what he earned, but at the end of the day, he's fundamentally just another mindless, ego-driven, empty, worthless, corrupt, weak, soul-sucking vampire starved for attention just like Trump is. It's a damn shame that someone like him with his military service record and the body and business acumen that he built could've been a real hero or a true warrior for the people like Graham Platner is. Instead, he took the wrong path because of his fear and greed.

Wait until you fool around and find out with him like how Trump supporters/voters have been now with Trump. Just like also what happened by the end of Bush's presidency. People are then going to say: "Dan Bilzerian lied to us like Trump did. He's just turning out to be a playboy moron who doesn't know what the fuck he's doing. I regret for voting him now, just like how I regretted voting for Trump, just like how I regretted voting for Bush. This really is a fucking disaster. Shit! I should've just stayed home and not voted for anyone...."

Happy birthday Leo!

I was really surprised by this development. That being said, however, as many people here have already pointed out, there was already enough popular support across ideological and party lines throughout the country for psychedelic treatments, and there was clearly enough support among key elites working with Trump for this executive action to happen. Besides, the more history you study, the more you realize that even the worst dictators and authoritarians in the world will do at least a couple of good things for the people every now and then. In fact, the smartest and most competent tyrants in history have always understood that they need, at times, to moderate tactically and fulfill at least some of the demands of both their elite circle and the people. Otherwise, they risk being overthrown or killed by their elite supporters and/or by the people.

If you are now fine enough to survive, then I would take the opportunity to use whatever amount of strength you have in you to leave the country. Yes, easy for someone like me to say, but if I were you, I would take the chance to fight for my life to leave a country that seems to be going down like a sinking ship. No offense to those in your country who have great pride for your nation.

I wonder why he didn't try like Trump did in 2020 and Jan 6, 2021 by constantly propagating that the election was "totally stolen and rigged from us," especially when he and his party have much more control over the entire country's messaging/media environment than Trump and the GOP do with our country's messaging/media environment.

I am very pleasantly surprised by this. Orban and his party indeed lost by a true landslide, which is really great news! I am also glad he ultimately conceded to Magyar and his party too. I wonder why or how come Orban and his party couldn't rig the elections to stay in power somehow. I hope their country's current devil and his movement are down for good and that the more centrist party stays in power for a long-time.

Agreed. I am still very skeptical of her change.