The end of the American Age is a lot more stupid than I had imagined.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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As an American, this is how stupid we've always been, frankly.
I was going to say, it was clearly heading in this direction for a long time.
I don't know what weapons with which world war 3 will be fought...but world war 4 will be fought with memes and AI deepfakes.
At least it's got what plants crave
What are electrolytes? Do you even know?
Dipshit could never play a character that smart.
The Mustard Mussolini is more of a Scooby Doo villain. Only the monster costume is his own skin.
I sure hope it's his own skin....
Somehow Trump has returned... Coincidentally this is also the worst sequel.
More of a Darth Jar Jar. He can get away with as much evil as he wants so long as he plays a convincing enough dumbass while doing it.
This is exactly the kind of thing I'd expect from Newsom. Remember his podcast interviews with Bannon and Kirk? It was obviously a failed political wiggle to the right when he thought that was the way the winds were blowing, but fate has brought this new opportunity to his doorstep.
His motives should be seen as nothing more than political ambition. Now that he's found a worthy opponent in Trump, he's seeking to scramble to the top of the oppositional hill, the Democrats. That's where his ambitions end, just another unsuited Democrat for the current climate who wants to return things to the status quo. He'll be another Biden but this time with an undeniable scrap of charisma.
Newsom's not even the Han Solo he's trying to imply he is here, it's obvious he's Lando Calrissian. He's not your friend, and he's not going to help you. He's going to help himself, and that might briefly help you, but don't count on it. We've gotta be our own heroes in this story.
He'll help after exhausting all other options.
At long last, the liars in control of our governments have the ability to meme. Only something like AI could have accomplished this.
Trump is actually Hari Seldon and we're simply unable to comprehend his genius grasp of psychohistory.
I think seldon was decent at maths tho
Not going to lie, there are some holes in the metaphor.
Bullet holes make it more authentic
The Emperor at least had a plan and not a TACO.
at least Palpatine had cool force powers
I'm not saying he's wrong, but stop using generative AI. Full stop.
What is 2025.
I think I would respect it a lot more if he hired people to make the video. Even if he hired amateurs. He could always say he's supporting American people. Using AI to make it? Cringe.
Trump self identifies as Sith.
Taking bets on how fast this gets spun into an AI emissions thing and they glaze over all the pro-trump bull crap they have made.
somehow trump is palpatine