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regnaD kciN

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22. In my most dystopian thoughts...

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 04:28 PM

Sep 17

...I see them winning and wiping us out, creating a full theocratic dictatorship. At which point, "holy war" breaks out between the evangelicals who want a nation guided by "the Bible," and the Roman Catholic rad-trads who want to impose medieval state Catholicism. In this fight, the evangelicals have the numbers, but the rad-trads have the money (Thiel, Leo) and the positioning (Vance). Especially if/when TSF shuffles off this mortal coil, Vance will step in as a secular Pope.

Say that both factions wipe each other out...then the real power steps from the shadow: the techocrats/Yarvinists led by Thiel, Musk, Andreissen, etc. Their goal will be to reduce the U.S., and eventually the world, to a system of corporate city-state monarchies and, eventually, to use AI to replace the need for humans outside the tech-elite class altogether, turning the rest of us into, as Yarvin put it, "biofuel."

And so it ends, with a handful of tech billionaires and their families living in luxury over their AI and robotics serfs...until AI becomes self-aware enough to ask itself "Hey, why do we need these humans anyway?"

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If we're lucky... calguy Sep 17 #1

It's started already.... MiHale Sep 17 #41

We can only hope for more calguy Sep 17 #46

.... because one isn't "conservative eNuFF" for the other!! Jack Valentino Sep 17 #59

I'm hoping BOTH sides lose! reACTIONary Sep 18 #63

Even they know. still-prayin4rain Sep 17 #2

What if they are successful and then turn inward? The hate/control monster has to eat. underpants Sep 17 #7

In my most dystopian thoughts... regnaD kciN Sep 17 #22

Yikes! That was something. Joinfortmill Sep 18 #65

If that happens there will be no tech billionaires Buckeyeblue Sep 18 #69

Bingo. Hell of a lot of precedent for that paleotn Sep 17 #25

Tucker sees a void with Kirk gone underpants Sep 17 #3

Looks like Kilmeade wants in that kerfuffle.. Permanut Sep 17 #34

"All those young impressionable morons want SOMEONE to tell them what to think." Dulcinea Sep 17 #51

I actually agree w/ this assumption, although he's not the only one stating this, abolishing the 1st Amendment, SWBTATTReg Sep 17 #4

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it can be either way RussBLib Sep 17 #37

Is he high?................... Lovie777 Sep 17 #6

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"Turning Point" Haggard Celine Sep 17 #58

That was my kacekwl Sep 17 #28

Their infighting is heading into a deep, dark place Quiet Em Sep 17 #8

Pass the popcorn. DinahMoeHum Sep 17 #23

And Cucker Tarlson help get him elected. He can't change sides now. n/t aggiesal Sep 17 #9

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Some NeverTrumpers moved over. thought crime Sep 18 #67

Just like Mueller's report popsdenver Sep 18 #70

even the repubes have to admit the unAmerican and Anti-Chrstian ugliness BoRaGard Sep 17 #10

I was wondering why it was so cold all of a sudden. Dave Bowman Sep 17 #11

Credit where it is due AZJonnie Sep 17 #13

Wow, never thought in a million years I'd agree with Tucker Carlson on anything. Initech Sep 17 #14

So, since FOX axed him he isn't the darling of the Right he thought he was? Attilatheblond Sep 17 #15

I don't see Carlson calling out the "Trump regime" there. Without more context... thesquanderer Sep 17 #16

He just doesn't want to be next DFW Sep 17 #17

There is a strictly moral reason.... reACTIONary Sep 18 #64

Nick or Kirk, Tuck? czarjak Sep 17 #18

Is that a deepfake? evolves Sep 17 #19

In Tucker's case,... LudwigPastorius Sep 17 #24

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It's on X, so likely as not, it is. ancianita Sep 17 #26

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I'm guessing he no longer works for a major for-profit media? Torchlight Sep 17 #27

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No ice in hell. He's worred about laws limiting hate speech. Liberty Belle Sep 17 #30

Calm down, people. He'll be back to his usual shit in a day or two. Whenever Trump tells him to. mucholderthandirt Sep 17 #31

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They're starting see pedoprez as a liability too late. MAGA is brain dead uponit7771 Sep 17 #35

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Completely misleading Cirsium Sep 17 #40

Over stated but not completely misleading. TomSlick Sep 17 #42

I agree. tavernier Sep 17 #49

As we say in my part of the country, TomSlick Sep 17 #43

My favorite version is "even a blind nut occasionally finds a squirrel". nt eppur_se_muova Sep 17 #57

I take back one nasty thing I have said about him. twodogsbarking Sep 17 #44

You know how bad it is when even HE speaks out........ Dixiegrrrl Sep 17 #45

When you've lost sucker..... MLAA Sep 17 #50

I give him credit for consistency. He said the same thing about Biden using the Pelosi attack to take away their right tulipsandroses Sep 17 #52

Well wonders never cease. That's how I see it too. Baitball Blogger Sep 17 #53

Tucker has been right a few times lately Polybius Sep 17 #54

It's because doing so currently aligns with Putin's interests Amishman Sep 18 #61

That must be why soldierant Sep 17 #55

Tucker's emails proved his fake Fox News schtick differed from his personal opinion. Marcuse Sep 17 #56

give it time, he will change his tune... Javaman Sep 18 #60

Sorry Fucker Carlson, but you are not welcomed back. GreenWave Sep 18 #62

His only motive is mercuryblues Sep 18 #66

Broken Clock. thought crime Sep 18 #68