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Bucky

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5. They're nihilists. They're all about destruction as protest against their own impotence

Mon Oct 23, 2023, 03:06 PM

Oct 2023

Freud would call it being stuck in the anal expulsive mode.
Alfred Pennyworth noted that some people just want to see the world burn.

If you're looking for a way to make sense of it all, then you haven't reckoned with the Republican reactionary mind. At no point does personal or civic responsibility enter their minds' calculus. You might as well ask how it makes sense for Phillies or 76ers fans to trash their own city in celebration whenever they win a big championship. It's not a function of a rational mind. They're stuck in mob mentality mode.

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I'm cynical about this whole Speakership thing [View all] nitpicked Oct 2023 OP

Shutdown is a goal, not an obstacle getagrip_already Oct 2023 #1

Because they want it absolutely clear that the shutdown is their fault? onenote Oct 2023 #2

I suspect that they believe they own enough of the media Bettie Oct 2023 #4

They're nihilists. They're all about destruction as protest against their own impotence Bucky Oct 2023 #5

Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism... Tommy Carcetti Oct 2023 #8

"I hate Illinois nazis" Bucky Oct 2023 #12

It makes perfect sense to the chaos caucus Silent3 Oct 2023 #7

That might not be the original calculation. After all, they love power more than they hate spending. Bucky Oct 2023 #3

I've said from the beginning that paralyzing the government is the goal here. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2023 #6

Of course... the whole GQP playbook FalloutShelter Oct 2023 #9

As part of coup part Deux, shutting down government is their goal. usonian Oct 2023 #10

I am thinking that is... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #11

Whichever republican eventually becomes Speaker of the House will know that they are second choice behind a man who keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #13

A quote: Dulcinea Oct 2023 #14