rant · moment 12 of 23
America as a Failing Pog Company
from #222 - Running Out The Clock | The Tim Dillon Show · #222
5 min
Tim frames the 2020 election as a choice between two bad CEOs running a company (America) that makes a product nobody wants anymore, comparing the country's output to obsolete Pogs and criticizing Trump's lack of managerial decorum via a Long Island mortgage-company boss anecdote.
- Tim compares the country to a corporation where half the employees think the CEO is trying to kill them.
- The CEO tweets "Maybe I'll kill you" while the alternative candidate sniffs people's heels and is asleep.
- America as a failing company manufactures Pogs—a toy nobody wants anymore, like the country itself.
- Trump hasn't done a great job leading the company, and it's not just about ideology but the day-to-day atmosphere.
- Tim recalls working for a mortgage company run by Mike McKew, a respectable guy who acted like a CEO should.
- The difference: McKew didn't get drunk at the Christmas party and threaten to kill the staff or attack competitors.
- Tim criticized Trump for telling people specific states have gone to hell, saying that signals weakness to enemies.
- When the president publicly lists failing states, it suggests the country is fractured to those who wish to do harm.
- Trump's pitch reduces to a threat: vote for me or go to hell.