# Random Political Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** Political Topics\ **Created:** [February 22, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146 "2021-02-22T15:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 52
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1030 "2025-04-02T22:17:19Z")
Can we spike the water on Capitol Hill and at the White House complex with molly? A post on /r/UIUC introduced me to this article: > **[How a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacist](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230614-how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist)** > > Brendan was once a leader in the US white nationalist movement. But when he took the drug MDMA in a scientific study, it would radically change his extremist beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1031 "2025-04-04T00:48:28Z")
So, with the US having been drop-kicked out of its former position of global hegemon, inquiring minds wonder what entity, if any, will step into that position. Is it Beijing’s turn, or will the EU be stepping up for a bit? ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1032 "2025-04-04T01:06:18Z")
My money is on China. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickBauer](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PatrickBauer](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatrickBauer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1033 "2025-04-04T13:58:33Z")
Whenever Trump does or says something I think “What would Putin want?” they never fail to align. Now that the US has self sanctioned it’s like a comedy skit with Putin holding a phone with his hand over the mouth piece as his advisors call out silly things. Then Putin saying into the phone “Hey little Donny you should…” ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1034 "2025-04-04T14:44:40Z")
Not sure where to put this, so I decree it “random” [![](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/0/c0f8c1fb4c52444c53759d6ac4d46a5b6ab78d75.jpeg "History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALsenmw) > [@Youtube description](#): > > Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What’s the difference between a dictatorship, an autocracy, and authoritarianism? What are the most common personality traits found in tyrants and dictators? Is Xi Jinping a dictator? How do dictators amass wealth? Professor Ben-Ghiat answers these questions and many more on Tech Support: Dictator Support. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1035 "2025-04-04T15:11:02Z")
Based on what happened with tariffs last time, I think it’s going to be a good summer to enjoy smoking and grilling. I expect lower prices on pork, beef, and chicken as supply increases due to reduced exports. We might see demand decreases too due to tighter budgets. Big charcoal producers are generally domestic. Fire up the grill! ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1036 "2025-04-13T02:02:55Z")
Random political visualization, encountered on Reddit: ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/a/5a922acb9342ad76c0ca7992e3d5f549fb7ec87d.png) ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1037 "2025-04-13T17:54:37Z")
![b3ea56f8-251c-4c1f-89a3-87cc803c4f54](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/0/70b31a9df90ec29671da70860fe96f7b135b64c3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jasper07734](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jasper07734/32/24056_2.png) [@Jasper07734](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Jasper07734)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1038 "2025-04-14T22:59:26Z")
There are many things I don’t understand about the Maab. (i.e. the MA\_A crowd). But in particular, what is the bug up the MAHA crowd’s butt about seed oils being basically the same thing as nuclear waste? (as I pop cashews writing this thought) ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1039 "2025-04-15T02:52:29Z")
Keep in mind that a vax skeptic is promoting the campaign against seed oil. That being said… > **[Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says beef tallow is healthier than seed oils. Is he...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/health/beef-tallow-healthy-seed-oils-rfk-wellness/index.html)** > > In the debate over beef tallow versus seed oils, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says beef tallow is healthier. Experts weigh in. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper07734](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jasper07734/32/24056_2.png) [@Jasper07734](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Jasper07734)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1040 "2025-04-15T03:23:42Z")
So the short answer seems to be basically “the jury’s still out, but moderation is fine for now.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_president/32/70075_2.png) [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1041 "2025-04-15T10:43:36Z")
I am guessing it is not as bad as 1990s margarine or HFCS, but as a cheaper alternative to what it was intended to replace is probably belongs in the same category. ---
**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1042 "2025-04-15T16:30:54Z")
> [@Jasper07734](#): > > What’s the deal with that latest flavor of conspiracy theorist, the so-called “sovereign citizen”? When did this start being a thing? Sovcits have been a thing for a LONG time. Militias often form from groups of sovcits or at least attract them. They have a deep and wide history of the ways that they can “get away” with not obeying the laws of the nation in which they are “traveling, not residing”. Like any vague conspiracy theory, there are a lot of flavors, similar to the Illuminati/New World Order/Freemasons. “Getting away” with it is all in theory, in practice not so much. ---
**Author:** ![dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/dothemath/32/651_2.png) [@dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dothemath)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1043 "2025-04-15T19:18:59Z")
Why don’t you ever hear protests about trans men competing in sports? So weird. ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1044 "2025-04-15T20:24:37Z")
I’m aware of more trans men who have competed in D1 swimming as men than of trans women. People never believe me when I say that. Or assume that they must have finished last, although one guy was top 15% nationally which is pretty far from last. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1045 "2025-04-15T23:43:43Z")
It seems nuts to me that “Libertarians” are lining up not only to support Trump but to kiss his ass. Authoritarianism is diametrically opposed to Libertarianism. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1046 "2025-04-16T00:18:53Z")
In a libertarian forum I lurk on, it seems to be roughly an even 3-way split: - Folks who voted for Trump because Harris was going to continue the descent to communism/socialism, and his promises of deregulation, getting out of the Israel-Gaza and Ukraine wars and doing something about immigration offset his other failings…but now that the wars are getting worse, and he’s gone crazy with tariffs… - Folks who knew that Trump was an authoritarian saying “told you so!” and/or reciting the observation that, to a libertarian, D’s and R’s are equally problematic - Folks who claim to be “libertarian” as cover for some pretty ugly beliefs, who are mostly OK with Dear Leader. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1047 "2025-04-16T00:27:57Z")
> [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](#): > > Folks who claim to be “libertarian” as cover for some pretty ugly beliefs This seems to be increasingly common: “I’m Libertarian because I believe in the freedom to enforce my particular religious and cultural beliefs on everyone” ---
**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1048 "2025-04-16T12:57:06Z")
![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/d/1d473072100e1f0f819696118b346a6d8b085240.png) My aunt is a gem. She’s been writing daily letters to several of her MAGA Congresspeople and continuing to chalk the local office sidewalks. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper07734](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jasper07734/32/24056_2.png) [@Jasper07734](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Jasper07734)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146/1049 "2025-04-16T13:30:45Z")
just write “sucks” next to her work > **Summary** > > spoilered to hide his face from those who hate him … although in fairness, this was before he went craycray (it’s Giuliani if there’s no picture) > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evKuSq\_GDkw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evKuSq_GDkw) [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146.md?page=51) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-thoughts/2146.md?page=53)