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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the guy is unraveling, every public appearance his tone and verbage become more desperate as journalists pick apart his garbage. but you know what he won't consider? stopping, going home and maybe focusing on his own life instead of worrying about how he can manipulate all of ours.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

standard fascist playbook

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

He really wants to turn it into Nazi Germany too.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who's going to shoot them? DeSantis with his pudding fingers?

Because even the police didn't like the barbed wire in the river.

And they already have guns.... so.... what? We force them to use them? Maybe we can put bounties on kills! The ones that are pregnant or below the age of 6 would be worth double points! Let's abandon reasonable evil ,lets just go full blow blown psychological evil. /s

All because someone is a different shade of skin..... :(

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m really hoping that Disney does something fantastic at Epcot Mexico as a response to this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sure, the corporations will save us. Btw have you seen the new Disney planned communities?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, and I’m not holding Disney up on a pedestal by any means, but they seem to be the only ones who can really speak up to Ron’s rhetoric and actions and have a meaningful impact (like the monorail thing).

The enemy of my enemy and such.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, until Robert bin Iger flips and turns the Mousekedeen into the Tinkerban.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t think he will (waaayyyyy too much IP & $$$ on the line, plus the cost of basically rebranding a fuck ton of shit from rides to merch to movies/TV), but if he does, he can go stand by one of those Disney lakes with the gators and cry about his dwindling million dollar bonuses.

The board and investors would be pissed off too because their wallets depend on him making good decisions.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They’ll turn on you, on a dime.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can enjoy the fact that Disney is fucking with DE Santis without "siding" with them in any meaningful way

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

And I do. But that is a dual edged sword, and I’m not kidding myself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, but until then, who can fight him more effectively?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't usually side with corporations, but when I do, it's because they are at war with Ron desantis

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know. It’s just sad that this is a “best” hope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it's pretty dystopian and sad for sure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. Let’s see how it plays out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did k-12 in Celebration, are they really trying that Stepfordian experiment again?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes they are. Apologies for the crap source but a quick search will pull up the medium of your choice: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/disney-storyliving-communities/index.html

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can we turn the border with Florida into the East German wall instead?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Please no I am trying to leave

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sacrifices must be made for the greater good. I'm sorry.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Cobrastan is not a country let alone a state, Jorji

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe we can borrow some mines from Russia

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

c/theonion

Wait... this is a real article? Wtf

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Nice of DeSantis to build Mexico an Anti-Fascist Protection Barrier to protect them from America

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The title reads like he invented one hell of a teleportation spell

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Wingardium Levi- AVADA KEDAVRA!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then you guys finally get Nudossi and Vitacola!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

He sells it to the soviets?