Ed Zitron

expanded social safety nets, you know, the stuff that would actually be helpful. No, they're biased in favor of fellating an ever-growing carousel of sociopathic billionaire assholes, elevating them to the status of American royalty, where they exist above expectations and norms that you and I must live by. This is the definition of elitism.

expanded social safety nets, you know, the stuff that would actually be helpful. No, they're biased in favor of fellating an ever-growing carousel of sociopathic billionaire assholes, elevating them to the status of American royalty, where they exist above expectations and norms that you and I must live by. This is the definition of elitism.

expanded social safety nets, you know, the stuff that would actually be helpful. No, they're biased in favor of fellating an ever-growing carousel of sociopathic billionaire assholes, elevating them to the status of American royalty, where they exist above expectations and norms that you and I must live by. This is the definition of elitism.

The media has literally created a class of people who can lie and cheat and steal, and rather than condemn them for it, they're celebrated.

The media has literally created a class of people who can lie and cheat and steal, and rather than condemn them for it, they're celebrated.

The media has literally created a class of people who can lie and cheat and steal, and rather than condemn them for it, they're celebrated.

While it might feel a little tangential to bring technology into this, I truly believe that everybody is affected by the rot economy, the growth at all costs ecosystem, where the number must always go up, because everybody is using technology all the time, and the technology in question is getting worse.

While it might feel a little tangential to bring technology into this, I truly believe that everybody is affected by the rot economy, the growth at all costs ecosystem, where the number must always go up, because everybody is using technology all the time, and the technology in question is getting worse.

While it might feel a little tangential to bring technology into this, I truly believe that everybody is affected by the rot economy, the growth at all costs ecosystem, where the number must always go up, because everybody is using technology all the time, and the technology in question is getting worse.

This election cycle saw more than 25 billion text messages sent to potential voters, and seemingly every website was crammed full of random election advertising. Here's the thing about elections. They're not...

This election cycle saw more than 25 billion text messages sent to potential voters, and seemingly every website was crammed full of random election advertising. Here's the thing about elections. They're not...

This election cycle saw more than 25 billion text messages sent to potential voters, and seemingly every website was crammed full of random election advertising. Here's the thing about elections. They're not...

really always about policy no they're a referendum on the incumbent party or president and by proxy a poll on how people feel and the reality is that most people are fucking miserable there's this all-encompassing feeling that things are just harder now it's harder to pay your bills it's harder to keep in touch with your friends it's harder to start a family it's harder to buy a house it's harder to fall in love it's harder to do everything

really always about policy no they're a referendum on the incumbent party or president and by proxy a poll on how people feel and the reality is that most people are fucking miserable there's this all-encompassing feeling that things are just harder now it's harder to pay your bills it's harder to keep in touch with your friends it's harder to start a family it's harder to buy a house it's harder to fall in love it's harder to do everything

really always about policy no they're a referendum on the incumbent party or president and by proxy a poll on how people feel and the reality is that most people are fucking miserable there's this all-encompassing feeling that things are just harder now it's harder to pay your bills it's harder to keep in touch with your friends it's harder to start a family it's harder to buy a house it's harder to fall in love it's harder to do everything

And what we're seeing is an enshitification of existence, to use Mr. Doctorow's phrase. Everything just, I don't want to be this much of a curmudgeon, but everything just kind of sucks. It's all terrible, it's miserable, and hardly anyone thinks it's going to get better. And this creates the kind of fertile conditions for a strong man to emerge.

And what we're seeing is an enshitification of existence, to use Mr. Doctorow's phrase. Everything just, I don't want to be this much of a curmudgeon, but everything just kind of sucks. It's all terrible, it's miserable, and hardly anyone thinks it's going to get better. And this creates the kind of fertile conditions for a strong man to emerge.

And what we're seeing is an enshitification of existence, to use Mr. Doctorow's phrase. Everything just, I don't want to be this much of a curmudgeon, but everything just kind of sucks. It's all terrible, it's miserable, and hardly anyone thinks it's going to get better. And this creates the kind of fertile conditions for a strong man to emerge.

One who arises and says that only he can fix things, even if he spent four years proving how he could not. And the problem for Democrats and for institutions more broadly is that the all-encompassing nature of this milieu is kind of hard to solve. It's hard to change the perception that everything's terrible when you're reminded of it when you're trying to do the most basic of tasks.

One who arises and says that only he can fix things, even if he spent four years proving how he could not. And the problem for Democrats and for institutions more broadly is that the all-encompassing nature of this milieu is kind of hard to solve. It's hard to change the perception that everything's terrible when you're reminded of it when you're trying to do the most basic of tasks.