rant · moment 8 of 16
Jailing Journalists and the Far-Left/Far-Right Similarities
from Mike Recine · #142
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3 minTim jokes about jailing anyone who declines his podcast, then gets into how far-left DSA types and far-right ethno-fascists both crave authoritarian control, plus Trump rally attendees and QAnon believers being genuinely happy.
- 21:42If Tim ever got powerful enough, he'd throw his podcast critics in jail.
- 21:58Far-right and far-left extremists would immediately start jailing opponents if they ever seized power.
- 22:10DSA functions more like a social club where most members don't understand why they're there.
- 22:26Alt-right movement contains both committed ideologues and lonely people just posting edgy content for attention.
- 22:44Committed communists or ethno-fascists in power would start jailing people immediately, though Tim notes this will never happen.
- 23:10Hardcore Trump supporters, QAnon believers, and those who think he was ordained by God don't care about much else.
- 23:34People at Trump rallies are the happiest people around, living in a world that doesn't really exist.
- 23:46White trash people in Florida and elsewhere are genuinely the happiest people—just hanging out, smoking, eating at buffets.
- 24:11Tim fantasizes about retiring as a white trash guy, saving up enough money and disappearing outside Tampa.