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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 1d

Dunning-Kruger darlings

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 2d

Diminished capacity

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 2d

It appears obvious to them that some groups are below others because they analyze humanity in vertical terms and don’t have the tools to think laterally. Liberals must be stupid because they can’t see what is obvious to them, when in fact they are the ones with finished intellectual capacity.

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 2d

Such as letting in immigrants to gain electoral advantage

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about people with authoritarian brains and hierarchical worldviews is that they are incapable of conceptualizing more inclusive worldviews. Therefore, they can only project what they can conceptualize, which is that those that are inclusive must be faking it for some hidden purpose

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 5d

Ding ding ding

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 5d

I’m betting he didn’t even read the article.

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 12d

And realize that it won’t be Trump that will be able to wield that authority in full because he won’t be around or cognitively in charge for much longer (if he even is now). It will be whomever successfully maneuvers himself into the position of successor

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 17d

So imagine what’s it’s going to be like for them when, if the Trumpites get their way, all but those from elite families will be forced into vocational traps at an early age

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · 25d

My daughter is 23. Hers was the first cohort to get smart phones aggressively marketed to preteens (11 in 2013) and was 18 (adult emergence) when COVID started. Double whammy. I call her age group the Axial Gen Z. Tip of the spear for change.

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Sep 18

Indeed. The circle of beneficiaries just keeps shrinking. And this American one is, I think, particularly comprised of grifters…with a cult leader who isn’t going to live much longer. It’s going to be ugly as they increasingly fight amongst themselves

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Sep 13

They want a day to celebrate the assassination of a hate monger by a guy inspired by people who thought he wasn’t hateful enough?

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Seems like a good analogy for our buffoonish Silicon Valley overlords to me

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Dividing us is a tactic, not the objective. The objective is authoritarian control and seizure of the wealth of the country

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Aug 31

Trying desperately to convince the MAGA faithful that their day will come. The politics of inevitability (T. Snyder)

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Aug 30

Refusing to be shoehorned into shit jobs with no prospects of a better future is not laziness. Quite the opposite

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Aug 26

Which has lead to another catastrophic decision - to go with scale under the false pretense that more compute power will create more “intelligence”. AI boosters are con men…or just stupid

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Aug 23

Nero energy

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Humor evolved to challenge authority and only primates have it, at least in a developed form. See how it’s used in other great ape societies

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Aug 15

So it’s all gonna be taken by Musk, then?

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Aug 2

Me too. The faster Gen Z grabs the reins of power the better

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Jul 27

The Republican Party is full of people like this. The power of elected office gives them more opportunities to abuse people and if they get busted, they have more leverage to avoid prison

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Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Jul 21

Yes he does. Because for him, being able to abuse American Hispanics on a massive scale is his dream come true.

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Jul 13

The billionaire as victim pose is about as cowardly as it gets

Keith Johnston @kjinbkk.bsky.social · Jul 1

Nearly concentric Venn circles