How To Give A Damn
Added 2025-10-06 10:30:03 +0000 UTCBefore embarking on a spirited bout of rank punditry, we take a step back and talk about the Staple Singers, Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, Tocqueville's Democracy in America, Zohran, and giving a damn about both your "fellow man" and democracy. Then, we walk you through the latest catalogue of horrors: Hegseth's lame TED talk in front of the generals, the menacing yet comically inept dimestore Gestapo that is ICE, the shutdown, and more!
Sources:
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835, 1840)
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
Jasper Craven, "Battle of the Sexes," The Baffler, Sept 2025
"Deafies for Zohran" (YouTube)
"Things Can Change" (X)
Comments
Doesn’t change your underlying point though obviously
laybros
2025-10-12 20:20:28 +0000 UTCHi at 58:40 just so you guys know the counting of electoral votes will be done by the congress elected in 2028–not the 2026 midterms. Congress convenes on January 3rd following the election, and the count happens on January 6 following the election. So it’s always the new congress doing the counting
laybros
2025-10-12 20:19:52 +0000 UTCSaw a tweet of the hedsegth thing that said “this meeting could have been a drunk text.”
Nicole F.
2025-10-09 06:18:08 +0000 UTC
