Is it just me or does everyone see how important telling lies over and over and over is to fascism? And if you prefer to hear lies that fit your views, just know that lies weaken a democracy, the very form of government that protects your free speech right.
“… in many ways nonsense is a more effective organizing tool than the truth. Anyone can believe in the truth. To believe nonsense is an unforgeable demonstration of loyalty. It serves as a political uniform. And if you have a uniform, you have an army.” – Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Goldbug
The 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) “for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature.” For political reasons he would not receive the prize until 1974.
1970 Nobel Prize in Literature – Wikipedia
Thanks for reminding us that there are those who stood up
Doomsday: Wounded Putin’s Threat to Plunge World Into Nuclear War is ‘Very Real Possibility’ After Wagner Coup, His Enemy Warns
Yavlinsky, the founder of Russia’s last liberal party and a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, warned that the Kremlin’s threats of nuclear Armageddon should not be dismissed as mere bluffs and that they should instead be considered a real and imminent danger.
Experts have long cautioned against Putin’s nuclear ambitions, and his repeated threats of nuclear war have raised concerns among world leaders.
Alicia Sanders-Zakre, the Policy and Research Coordinator of ICAN, asserts that the current nuclear threat is the highest ever observed.
Russia is a country so corrupt that anything that is not a lie, or a grift, or a cheat, from the highest general to the lowest conscript, cannot be recognized as out of order. Each politician, from Putin on down to the lowest office holder cannot escape the opportunity to “take” a little something from whatever they are doing. Do you know anyone who would buy a Russian made car? Are you surprised that their newest and highly publicized main battle tank broke down in the midst of its first parade in Red Square? What more proof do you need than to see the “highly regarded” Russian air force absent, or avoiding actual air operations because their pilots do not have training in close air support? Yes, they do have nuclear weapons. Do you believe they would work any better than their tanks, or air force, or navy? We do not want to take a chance. But, there is a bridge I’m taking bids on from erstwhile supporters of the fiction of Russian military capability. There is a reason why their generals avoid second floor windows.
Asexual’s favorite guy TFG kissed every dictators keester but saved his extra special favorite shade of brown lipstick for Vlad the Imposter. But since that fool is sticking to the same ol’ same ol’ Big Lie propaganda playbook he can only parrot the Axis side of things from 90 years ago. The Chicken Cult has nothing else but that tired old load of lies and deflection. They always blame the other side for what in reality they have done
Watch out if we become like the USSR depicted by Solzhenitsyn, where human life is cheap, everything is a lie, everyone knows it and recognizing right and wrong puts you at a great disadvantage
shakeswilly 11 months ago
They know that we know that they know that we know, but does anyone know which general is going to shoot him in the back of the head ?
FreyjaRN Premium Member 11 months ago
That actually makes a certain amount of sense.
knutdl 11 months ago
Send Putin to Gulag.
braindead Premium Member 10 months ago
The same can be said about the Republican party.
Widespread undetectable voter fraud.
mrwiskers 10 months ago
Is it just me or does everyone see how important telling lies over and over and over is to fascism? And if you prefer to hear lies that fit your views, just know that lies weaken a democracy, the very form of government that protects your free speech right.
colinmac2 10 months ago
Russia or QOP?
Radish the wordsmith 10 months ago
It applies to the Benedict Arnold Trump admin as well.
rossevrymn 10 months ago
an’ Ted Rall can whatabout this golden form of Machiavellianism into an order of a Big Mac with fries and a coke.
rossevrymn 10 months ago
BTW, Bill Bramhall’s very good toons are now on GC’s site.
mourdac Premium Member 10 months ago
They subscribe to the 2 + 2 = whatever we say it is philosophy.
More Coffee Please! Premium Member 10 months ago
Sounds like the GQP to me.
Masterskrain Premium Member 10 months ago
Who knew that Solzhenitsyn knew the trump crime cartel???
artegal 10 months ago
Phoebe: “They don’t know we know they know we know.”
Rachel: “Joey, you can’t say anything.”
Joey: “Couldn’t if I wanted to.”
Friends—The One where Everyone Finds Out.
librarylady59 10 months ago
“… in many ways nonsense is a more effective organizing tool than the truth. Anyone can believe in the truth. To believe nonsense is an unforgeable demonstration of loyalty. It serves as a political uniform. And if you have a uniform, you have an army.” – Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Goldbug
cbedda 10 months ago
The 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) “for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature.” For political reasons he would not receive the prize until 1974.
1970 Nobel Prize in Literature – Wikipedia
Thanks for reminding us that there are those who stood up
Radish the wordsmith 10 months ago
Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow has removed 700,000 children from Ukraine, says Russian MP
Radish the wordsmith 10 months ago
Doomsday: Wounded Putin’s Threat to Plunge World Into Nuclear War is ‘Very Real Possibility’ After Wagner Coup, His Enemy Warns
Yavlinsky, the founder of Russia’s last liberal party and a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, warned that the Kremlin’s threats of nuclear Armageddon should not be dismissed as mere bluffs and that they should instead be considered a real and imminent danger.
Experts have long cautioned against Putin’s nuclear ambitions, and his repeated threats of nuclear war have raised concerns among world leaders.
Alicia Sanders-Zakre, the Policy and Research Coordinator of ICAN, asserts that the current nuclear threat is the highest ever observed.
martin_goetz Premium Member 10 months ago
Was he talking about Trump or the Republican party at large?
dickanders Premium Member 10 months ago
Russia is a country so corrupt that anything that is not a lie, or a grift, or a cheat, from the highest general to the lowest conscript, cannot be recognized as out of order. Each politician, from Putin on down to the lowest office holder cannot escape the opportunity to “take” a little something from whatever they are doing. Do you know anyone who would buy a Russian made car? Are you surprised that their newest and highly publicized main battle tank broke down in the midst of its first parade in Red Square? What more proof do you need than to see the “highly regarded” Russian air force absent, or avoiding actual air operations because their pilots do not have training in close air support? Yes, they do have nuclear weapons. Do you believe they would work any better than their tanks, or air force, or navy? We do not want to take a chance. But, there is a bridge I’m taking bids on from erstwhile supporters of the fiction of Russian military capability. There is a reason why their generals avoid second floor windows.
Fuzzy Kombu 10 months ago
Sheesh. Sounds like good ol’ capitalist advertising to me.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] 10 months ago
The Nazis and Fascists here are the same. Why they work so well with the Russian ones.
Ammo is busy training in the hills Premium Member 10 months ago
That sounds much like our commenters here, Biden supporters know they are wrong but they don’t let it stop them. Well, 3 out of 10 anywho.
Free Radical 10 months ago
Applicable in our American bastion of (fake) freedom as well. Lying and cheating to win is the new normal after the last administration
WickWire64 10 months ago
Asexual’s favorite guy TFG kissed every dictators keester but saved his extra special favorite shade of brown lipstick for Vlad the Imposter. But since that fool is sticking to the same ol’ same ol’ Big Lie propaganda playbook he can only parrot the Axis side of things from 90 years ago. The Chicken Cult has nothing else but that tired old load of lies and deflection. They always blame the other side for what in reality they have done
Rich Douglas 10 months ago
Huh. I wonder if Trump has that on a t-shirt?
fitzmagnus 10 months ago
Watch out if we become like the USSR depicted by Solzhenitsyn, where human life is cheap, everything is a lie, everyone knows it and recognizing right and wrong puts you at a great disadvantage