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intrepidity

(8,581 posts) Sun Jan 29, 2023, 10:14 AM Jan 2023

You know that thing called "Locked-in Syndrome"? [View all]

That's the best comparison I can come up with for how it feels to be so well-informed within DU (eg, wrt 2016, McGonigal, etc) yet watching helplessly as the world burns down around us (metaphorically as well as literally).

Even when I am speaking irl (eg, with a magat) it still feels, functionally, like I'm frantically waving my hands in front of their face, trying to get their attention, but nothing works.

Intellectually, I recognize that this, too, could be a result of "active measures" whose goal is to instill such feelings of helplessness.

Know what I mean?

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You know that thing called "Locked-in Syndrome"? [View all] intrepidity Jan 2023 OP

I do, but remember the MAGA is a small population apnu Jan 2023 #1

Makes sense to me.... secondwind Jan 2023 #2

a) is a winner! jaxexpat Jan 2023 #17

Right. And get a better, comprehensive perspective on the situation. Hortensis Jan 2023 #31

Yes I stopped watching Rachel Maddow because mucifer Jan 2023 #3

I mean, the McGonigal stuff happened in 2016-18 intrepidity Jan 2023 #4

Every day so much proof of corruption and mucifer Jan 2023 #13

Also under Bush, emails relating to the run-up to the Iraq War were stored on a private RNC server. Lonestarblue Jan 2023 #18

IOKIYAR FoxNewsSucks Jan 2023 #19

It wasn't DOJ who discovered McGonigal gab13by13 Jan 2023 #24

Gah! So much worse. intrepidity Jan 2023 #25

Ahem ... it was the ex-girlfriend - he dumped her, then she found out he's already married FakeNoose Jan 2023 #32

John Carpenters 1988 "They Live" was about this. The Reagan years really. underpants Jan 2023 #5

That dystopian vision wasn't supposed to be prophetic. lambchopp59 Jan 2023 #6

It was supposed to be observational underpants Jan 2023 #10

Not just Faux BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #15

6 giant conglomerates own most media; they approve of an oligarchy. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #35

Neither was the farcical movie Idiocracy - and yet here we are nt. Pluvious Jan 2023 #23

"They Live" is art imitating life apnu Jan 2023 #7

Powerful forces underpants Jan 2023 #9

Right-wingers in V masks... typical. apnu Jan 2023 #14

Not just Glengarry, FoxNewsSucks Jan 2023 #20

Yeah that one too. apnu Jan 2023 #28

And AI is poised to reinforce this iterative nightmare intrepidity Jan 2023 #11

It's not repeating if it never stopped. plimsoll Jan 2023 #12

This is a good point. apnu Jan 2023 #16

Hah, yep, seen it. nt intrepidity Jan 2023 #8

Are we being subjected to the Cassandra dilemma? Baitball Blogger Jan 2023 #21

Here's a knowledge nugget to help: lambchopp59 Jan 2023 #22

How both sides discuss McGonigal is incredibly interesting Sympthsical Jan 2023 #26

I listen to scores of podcasts intrepidity Jan 2023 #29

That's awesome Sympthsical Jan 2023 #30

Too bad we didn't have a cable news network gab13by13 Jan 2023 #27

No, I don't, frankly. BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #33

Sure do know what you mean. Mention of DU also brings to mind Hortensis Jan 2023 #34