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Nevilledog

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:56 PM Sep 2025

We're Being Ruled Over by the World's Biggest Losers

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/conservative-losers-elon-musk-stephen-miller/

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In philosophy, the Nietzschean Übermensch frees himself from the pedestrian bounds of humanity to become a superior being that can rule us mere mortals. In our reality, the men who fancy themselves Übermenschen—and who, unfortunately, are currently in charge of both the US government and much of the rest of the world—are huge losers and crybabies, despite getting basically everything they want.

We’re living through a golden age for losers who don’t seem to realize how much they keep telegraphing their loserdom to the rest of us. They preen and pose as world-conquering superheroes while continually exposing just how sniveling and pathetic they really are.

Their impulse to tell on themselves has been on full display in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Conservatives who normally never shut up about cancel culture instantly formed a roving cancellation mob, running around to get dozens of educators, government workers, and journalists fired for being insufficiently mournful or a bit too honest (among those fired were MSNBC senior political analyst Matthew Dowd and Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah). Some particularly sad sacks even went around hassling local businesses to lower their flags in honor of Kirk.

This crusade reached its apex when Jimmy Kimmel was unceremoniously pulled off the air “indefinitely” for his benign comments about Kirk’s killing. When Kimmel was let back on the air last week, even President Trump, a confirmed Winner, wasn’t above bellyaching like a loser.

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We're Being Ruled Over by the World's Biggest Losers (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2025 OP
Somehow maga thinks tRump is a manly man because ... Melania? . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #1
A stupid, miserable wretch Blue Owl Sep 2025 #2
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2025 #3

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