Butlerian Jihad
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Butlerian Jihad
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"Working Towards the Führer"

“Officials are expected to take the initiative in promoting policies and actions in line with the perceived wishes and the goals of the leader without him having to be involved in the day-to-day running of the country.” -Ian Kershaw
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Think of what a motivated and ruthless Democrat could do with such a ruling....
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
President Boebert
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mozart
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oh great, just what we need, another slew of politically correct gobbledygook. English is full of charming obsolete expressions, what’s a few more?
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Keep in mind that there are no specific, direct orders for people to behave this way. It's all done on their own initiative. "Working Towards the Führer", as Ian Kershaw put it.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reminds me of when Pat Buchanan suddenly discovered the presumption of innocence when faced with a former Nazi concentration camp guard...
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It's worse than that. Trump's appeal is aspirational. Many of his followers would like to rape women with impunity.
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"We’d been building what we liked to call a “procrastination engine,” named Sloth Surf. The app worked like this: A user who had the urge to procrastinate on the internet could come to the site, input their procrastination preferences, and let an AI agent do it for them."
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There's no coverup, it's all out in the open. Donald Trump is the most "transparent" president in US history. Transparently corrupt, for example.
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Pay more attention to the people who are carrying out these policies, often without explicit orders from Trump.

"Working towards the Führer"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Ker...
Ian Kershaw - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Kershaw#%22Working_Towards_the_Führer%22_concept
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"Watchbird" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley about a society that uses robotic "watchbirds" to prevent murder.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Watchbird" by Robert Sheckley (1953). What could possibly go wrong?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
Robert Sheckley - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Cruelty is the Point
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Most of those “freedoms” are irrelevant abstractions to many Americans, alas. Same for the rule of law, due process, etc..
November 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You are deaf to the dogwhistle, then?
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM