Satire is dead.
Remember the Cracked show More News that was unusually good in the early days of Trump, then was killed off by its corporate owner?
They’re back:
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1021551609195782149?s=21
“Weird blunder”.
Again, is Yglesias genuinely that dim, or is this calculated bullshit?
Also:
https://twitter.com/isi_kbreen/status/1021605590072741888?s=21
Someone attentive enough to notice what’s happening…
…and misinformed enough to totally fail to understand it:
The podcast makes it that much more upsetting on who was forced out of Cracked.
Detail? I haven’t listened to their podcast.
Nina Turner bringing the truth:
Fragile white racists responding as usual:
Third Way is literally run by Republicans
It’s just a series of opinions from donut twitter, especially with Jason Pargin being the chief political voice on Cracked now. If you want of a lot of nostalgia for how great libertarian ideology is, unquestioning military support, or how both sides are whatever it’s your spot.
EDIT
For example, they had a podcast talking about Thiel’s libertarian island where they didn’t mention how it’s basically offshoring wealth with no downside to their money making and praising the rugged individualists for wanting to live sustainable and how much hard work that would take.
https://twitter.com/surlybassey/status/1021743105840754688?s=21
https://twitter.com/surlybassey/status/1021743348535701505?s=21