• @alekwithak@lemmy.world
      74•5 days ago

      So many fake Simpsons Trump “Predictions” I see them literally everywhere. It’s so weird how hard people try to push this shit, especially considering The Simpsons has made plenty of amazingly and eerily accurate … prognostications? But you never see those on mainstream social media. Only the fake Trump ones.

      • @TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•4 days ago

        But the title of the article is “Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict President Trump’s Death”. And it’s rated “false”. If The Simpsons did predict his death, just not as indicated by the specific image mentioned in the article, surely that would be mentioned and the overall rating would be something like “mixture” rather than “false”.

        I suppose unless The Simpsons predicted his death in an episode released after that Snopes article was written. In which case, fair point.

        • @samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
          3•4 days ago

          Yeah, and it was written in 2017. This is clearly an AI image created much later than that.

  • Wren
    68•4 days ago

    Aside from the fact that this is entirely fake- I’ll say…

    If only.

    • Basic GlitchEnglish
      34•4 days ago

      I’ll say, it wouldn’t fix anything. Vance is way more psychotic and calculated. He’s actually waaaay more dangerous than Trump.

      Vance combines the philosophy of a Nazi legal theory loving ivy league elite like Adrian Vermeule, with Curtis Yarvin, and Peter Theil. In a lot of ways I think Trump buffoonery keeps people distracted from a lot of their evil shit, but I also honestly feel like Trump’s ego demanding he always be the focus of attention, is acting as a chaotic buffer to keep their plans from working out as smoothly as they would like. I think Musk was even probably more of a distraction than we realized, and the only reason he’s becoming less involved is because Kratsios is able to do just as much awful shit that nobody wants but look normal by comparison to the chainsaw wielding maniac that was proudly getting like 7 hours of sleep a week. I’m honestly not sure if Theil set him up once again like he did with PayPal. Or did Musk know he was just the face that would take the blame for holding the country hostage while robbing us of money that will now be sunk into an absurd number of AI projects with Thiel’s protege at the helm as Science Advisor?

      I wish we could just get the entire dishonest administration removed from office, but we can’t even get most members of the House and Senate to acknowledge they’re actively trying to destroy the United States because they seriously believe their loyalty will be rewarded. Bc the fuckers that plan to replace everything with shitty AI would definitely never be able to replace them.

        • Diplomjodler
          2•3 days ago

          Exactly. The only reason Trump became The Führer is his ability to basically hypnotise the morons with his insane ramblings. Something he has in common with a certain failed painter from Austria, incidentally.

        • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
          6•4 days ago

          Yeah, Vance is a lot smarter, but he does not have the sauce. He could do a lot of damage in the next couple years, but the GOP would get roasted in 2026

          I mean, they’re gonna get roasted anyway, but at least the MAGA cultists are gonna show up to vote for daddy Trump. If he dies, the cultists stay home.

        • @Nalivai@lemmy.world
          4•4 days ago

          He doesn’t need charisma if we will have the whole cult behind him. It’s the story old as time, if any cult survives for at least a generation, it always goes like that. Charismatic and slightly insane leader starts it all, ruthless evil angry greedy follower takes over after his death.

        • Basic GlitchEnglish
          3•4 days ago

          If he needed to be elected, I agree 100%. But since he’s VP, he assumes the presidency if Trump is no longer president. His lack of charisma doesn’t really stop him from doing anything.

          A few months ago when he was arguing that judges shouldn’t be able to interfere with the president’s executive power, he was arguing what right wing Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule has been arguing for a long time.

          Vance and Vermeule believe that the constitution should be interpreted to enforce law and order rather than to protect liberty. Vermeule has written extensively about the legal architect of the Nazi agenda, Carl Schmitt. Schmitt used legal means to grant Hitler unchecked executive power. He argued that it is the job of the leader to protect the law, and because of this. Führerprinzip essentially allowed the German constitution to remain in name only and placed Hitler’s will above all written law. So, because it was Hitler’s will, when he began proposing genocide as necessary for the good of Germany, there were no legal means to stop him from carrying it out.

          This is why Vance argues against federal judges. It’s not that he doesn’t understand checks and balances, it’s that he wants to destroy them. He wants an Americanized Führerprinzip, that will allow the executive power legal authority over all written law.

          He hopes that if he normalizes that idea and pushes it enough, eventually others will accept it as common knowledge. Vermeule and supreme court justice Alito are also Catholic integralists, and believe that medieval inspired Catholic faith should be the basis of public law. Alito flew a flag in support of the Jan 6 insurrection attempt. His judicial decisions and most of the right leaning members of the SC almost always side with Trump. He would definitely sell this country and argue the constitution allows for something like American Führerprinzip if it also meant Catholic integralism would be adopted by those in power. There are also several powerful Catholic integralists involved in the Heritage Foundation and project 2025.

          I really think Vance converted to Catholicism so recently bc he knew that it would make him more attractive to the Catholic integralists. It seems like Peter Theil may have been the main reason he did.

          Sorry to ramble, but the T.L.D.R. if you want to see the scariest aspects of project 2025 come true (like the IRL handmaid’s tale) without any legal means to stop them from happening, then Vance is your man to get the job done.

      • @pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        9•4 days ago

        …because they seriously believe their loyalty will be rewarded.

        This is the only part I disagree with. I don’t think they think they’ll be rewarded, they just don’t want to be targeted. Trump is a mob boss.

      • qyron
        6•4 days ago

        The US system baffles me.

        No way an unelected individual would take office in my country.

        If the president dies, the national assembly president assumes the role, internally, and is mandated, by force of law, to schedule elections to within 90 days.

        The only time an unelected person was nominated for a government role in this country ended terribly, with the president disbanding the national assembly and scheduling elections in less than 30 days after the apointment and the appointment had been aproved by the national assembly.

          • Basic GlitchEnglish
            2•4 days ago

            It definitely would be nice to have more voter involvement in VP and cabinet picks.

            I feel like even if people couldn’t be motivated to vote against Trump in the election, it would have been a lot easier to unify people to vote against someone like RFK Jr. for health secretary.

            If we can never have any choice other than a 2 party system of Republican and Democrat, maybe we could at least start having something like a mixed cabinet, so that the policies and mandates being created are more representative of different ideas on different issues instead of any single ideology.

            • @Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              2•4 days ago

              If we can never have any choice other than a 2 party system of Republican and Democrat, maybe we could at least start having something like a mixed cabinet, so that the policies and mandates being created are more representative of different ideas on different issues instead of any single ideology.

              I genuinely don’t mean to be snarky here, I promise. I’m sorry to say that you’re literally reinventing congress. The executive branch has become so bloated and overpowered that it sounds reasonable to hold elections for the Cabinet, because it is a group of people that write the policies of the US government. But that just further entrenches the Executive as the central source of power and policy.

              The more appropriate and democratic (and more likely to succeed) response is to dramatically downsize the power of the presidency. The only reason Trump is able to do so much damage is because Congress gave the presidency in general most of that power and now specifically refuses to take it away from a senile criminal narcissist.

              The executive has only grown so large because the parties constantly use the Presidency as a scapegoat and a sledgehammer when it should be a figurehead and a scalpel.

              • Basic GlitchEnglish
                1•3 days ago

                I don’t think it’s snarky. I agree with you, but I also really have no faith in elected representatives doing what they’re supposed to.

                Specifically, this election and the Senate confirmation hearings are what make me say I wish we could have more say in cabinet positions.

                I’m in Louisiana and one of my senators was literally the deciding vote for RFK’s fitness. It sounds naive now but I actually had faith he would do the right thing. Even though he’s a Republican, he’s also a doctor. He’s spoken out in the past about supporting vaccines and stood up to Republicans on the issue.

                I watched the hearings and heard RFK say things I know my senator disagrees with. Many people in Louisiana, including myself, wrote him an email saying we were glad to have someone like him in the position to make such an important decision. Yet, he decided to fall in line with his party even though he had every reason not to.

                Since we can’t trust elected officials to be the safeguard they’re supposed to be, I think we should have more say in who actually gets selected for cabinet positions.

                I don’t think it’s a good idea to let a president pick his cabinet. I feel like allowing people to vote and create a list of candidates for the president to select a cabinet member from would be an ok compromise vs either letting votes decide or keeping the current nominee/fitness BS that is purely theatre at this point.

                If this country actually survives this apocalyptic BS which is a giant fucking question mark, whoever the next president is, will need to be willing to actually fight for this country without giving a fuck about re-election or pleasing donors.

                I don’t know if the answer is to pack the court or to just pressure the shit out of the judges to do the right thing, but we all should have revolted when citizens United happened. I don’t think anyone really understood a group of billionaires that have been thirsting for power for decades could take advantage the way they have, but that’s on us and now we are definitely paying the consequences.

                If they can overturn Roe V. Wade when so many Americans were actually against the decision, they can overturn citizens United, and we should be raising hell until they do.

        • Basic GlitchEnglish
          1•4 days ago

          I agree we need more checks and balances to power grabs, but the people in charge want less bc they claim it only prevents them from doing what needs to be done to help Americans.

          “Your life would be so much better off if we could just cut through all this red tape. It’s not the tariffs that are destroying the economy, it’s the regulations that are keeping change from happening.”

          Soon it will be “You’re starving and your children are dying, because of red tape. These judges blocking my orders are screwing everything up. If you want things to get better, we must remove the corrupt judges that are hindering progress.”

          • qyron
            1•4 days ago

            The US is on the verge of collapse, in my view. Make use of your 2nd. Everyone is tired of hearing about it.

            • Basic GlitchEnglish
              3•4 days ago

              I think that’s most people’s view, but if you honestly think it stops with control of the U.S. you’re in for a surprise. The only way to stop this is through uniting against oligarchy.

              The Heritage Foundation has affiliates established in all 50 states and world wide. They’ve been planning this shit for decades. Similar to how everyone knows Putin would never stop with Ukraine, he will take and take until he has control of all of Europe and eventually global control if he has his way. These people will never be satisfied with control of the U.S., their ultimate goal is global domination.

              Idk if you’ve heard of Deloitte and all the shady shit tied to their “consulting group” and the CIA/FBI?

              This administration is trying to get rid of Deloitte, but not to “drain any swamps.” It’s to replace them with their own group.

              Not sure what country you’re in, but word of advice, be on the lookout for Guidehouse consulting. These fuckers are everywhere, and trying to offer their consulting services to all levels of government. I literally just learned while typing this, that despite the fact the economy is in the toilet, on top of the billions in contracts the U.S. govt already has with Guidehouse, the Army announced yet another multi million dollar contract yesterday. Wonder what that’s all about?

              Today me, tomorrow you.

      • Wren
        3•4 days ago

        Good point and well said. Thank for the effort you made to write that up.

    • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
      10•4 days ago

      How would you know? The only way to verify this is to actually watch something from the last twenty years of The Simpsons, and nobody’s going to do that.

      • Wren
        4•4 days ago

        Ummm…. Because it’s been disproven by the show creator himself here, and here is an article explaining how this isn’t the first time people tried to do this.