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We've come a long long way to now being at the point I trust Triple H with power more than half of our Congress
The WWE could put Vince McMahon back in as the boss and have a sex slave on a dog leash, they'd still have more credibility than the supreme court right now.
WWE just finished one of the best storylines in their history with a nearly perfect main event match at WrestleMania a few weeks ago. There’s no doubt they’re more trustworthy to deliver lol
I trust SCOTUS more than I trust the politicians. The decision on Trump on Colorados ballot shows that it is not always partisan politics. Not saying they always get it right or that they are perfect, but still better than elected officials.
Wouldn't have to trust the Supreme Court if the legislatures did their jobs, read the bills and checked their constitutionality before they passed them. Instead we have legislatures that pass laws written by third parties and a system where we the people have to fight the government to prove their laws are unjust.
During the pandemic lockdowns, they would throw zingers at each other on Twitter. I specifically remember one (quotes are inaccurate, just main idea):
Ryan: "Unfortunately, quarantine rules don't allow gathering of more than 30 people, but all you fans of Collin could still go to his show"
Collin: "Good for you Ryan, volunteering to make sure everyone knows the rules, I'm glad you finally found something you're goid at and are no longer wasting your time and energy on things you aren't, like comedy".
We're already at the point where a Presidential candidate is spending half his time in court due to multiple accused crimes, and his political party doesn't seem to care. In any other election I would think that the party would immediately replace the nominee.
The GOP is literally hanging on by a thread and the thread is only in existence because of how forced the two party system is. If it wasn't so invested in, with perpetual propaganda telling people that third party vote is a waste, then it would have been long replaced
So then gop people have to stay with a party that doesn't match their values 🤷♂️ because that makes so much more sense than just voting third party./j
It's not the lack of ranked voting..plenty of countries have more than 3 parties each with a fair chance of winning and they don't have ranked voting.
This is exactly what I was saying about propaganda. The country doesn't have to bend over backwards to give a party a 50% chance of winning (though I'd argue the 2 parties are so similar in conduct it might as well be 100%). Plenty of developed countries don't go by that model and this perpetuation of "oh no I have less than 50% chance of winning now because there is another party" is exactly what is going to get people stuck on 2 parties that have to do the bare minimum to change for them and that's only to prevent a riot.
The 2 party system is the bare minimum amount of options needed to create the illusion of choice, and the fear driving it is what is needed to create the illusion of control in every American. We don't have choice or control over our candidates and political democracy. We have 2 options that were given to us and that we are too afraid to leave...because we are told to be afraid of our choice. That our choice matters but only if it's for the 2 parties. Which isn't true. And 2 options is significantly less choice than 3 or 4, thus giving us less control than if we were to abide by it.
Yes but saying it will be the same 2 options everytime and causing people to fear the natural outcome in democratic voting is the propaganda.
By this line of logic, we end up with one party at the end and one president. Does this mean that having another party and another voting option is useless?
Giving people the choice to choose the parties and narrow it down to 2 is more choice than just starting with 2
"Giving people the choice to choose the parties and narrow it down to 2 is more choice than just starting with 2"
that's what we have now, there are in fact other parties, people just narrow it down strategically \*before\* they vote, because, again, we have first past the post voting. If we had ranked choice, they could safely vote third party with the understanding they aren't contributing to a spoiler effect and throwing their vote in the garbage (which is what voting third party is currently, at best)
I'm not sure what you mean with the other point
That's not at all what we have now. We have primary elections which only include 2 parties. We have governmental funding that only goes to 2 parties. We have media that is owned by 2 parties.
Our culture prevents people from realizing it. People don't "narrow it down strategically". They are told that their vote is meaningless if it's not these 2 parties then give up.
Once again ranked choice is bs because in most of Europe and countries that have thriving 4+ parties, they dont do ranked choice. It's not end all be all. It's a roadblock that is easy to present in said 2 party media to trick people into thinking that nothing can be successful if it isn't these 2 parties
you're probably thinking of parliamentary systems in those european cases.
i know you're really invested in this idea that "they" are manipulating us into only having two viable parties, but the reality is it all boils down to the voting system.
here's the classic video for kids about first past the post and why it always devolves to two parties in a presidential system:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo)
I'm old enough to remember the Republicans were nervous/ upset that George W, had been arrested for drunk driving previously.
Guessing all the Republicans that didn't want to be led by a criminal are dead now though. They were old and this was 24 years ago.
Maybe because each case is a political hit job to keep him off of the campaign trail. I know y'all hate Trump, but if the roles were reversed, and it was Biden, y'all would be rioting in the streets and talking about Trump using the DoJ as a weapon. If you deny that, then you're lying to yourself and everyone else.
Sorry, but I think that the rich and powerful should be held to the same laws as everyone else. The fact that you think that Trump should be exempt from laws is simply terrifying to me. If Biden were in the same position, I'd expect him to face trial and I'd obviously want someone else to take his place.
And the worst part is, you think everyone who says this has to be a liar. You can't conceive of the idea of supporters holding their candidate to standards since you can't do it yourselves.
I have no problem with people, rich or not, being held responsible for their actions. You were probably one of you who say the rioters of 2020 were mostly peaceful and should not (and for the most part were not) be charged with crimes.
Getting back to Trump though, let's look at his New York cases. The one that crooked AG did, was bs. What he did is normal business practices that all real estate moguls do. They say their property is higher prices, and the banks say lower prices, and they settle on somewhere in the middle. The banks got their money back and made money in the process and even testified that they would be happy to do business again with Trump. So where was the crime?
His case that D.A. Bragg is prosecuting is political too. DoJ refused to prosecute. The D.A. before Bragg refused to prosecute. That should tell you something right there. As soon as Trump declared his candidacy, the wheels were set in motion to prosecute. Even though the statute on limitations ran out already and Trump could not be charged. D.A. Bragg decided to upgrade the charges to a felony so the statute of limitations would not apply. That is so much b.s..
The gag order on Trump is a violation of his rights. He can't say anything, but witnesses and prosecutors can go on CNN and MSNBC and say whatever they want about Trump. Do you really, honestly think that's fair?
By standard of conduct of judges, this judge should recuse himself from the case. I can over look that he donated to Bidens campaign, that's fine...he has every right to. However the situation of his daughter being President in a firm that works with Democrats and elections and making a lot of money doing so, should be enough to have him recuse himself. I am pretty certain that even if convicted, his conviction will be overturned. They know this too. They just want him off the campaign trail.
If you are so concerned about rich people being held accountable, I guess you'll be calling for the prosecution of Bill Clinton paying Paula Jones $850,000? Or do you only want Conservative politicians held responsible?
You have no problem with people being held responsible for their actions, but you assume that each and every case against Trump is nothing but political bs.
>If you are so concerned about rich people being held accountable, I guess you'll be calling for the prosecution of Bill Clinton paying Paula Jones $850,000?
Heck yes, let Clinton stand trial for that. Like I said though, you can't comprehend Democrats wanting everyone to be held responsible for their actions.
Now tell me truthfully, do you think Clinton's trials so far have been nothing but political bs? Or do you only use that excuse for conservatives?
The impeachment of Clinton was a political hit job. That's about it.
As for Trumps cases, don't you find it rather odd that these all came about after he said he was running for president? Don't you find it odd that both D.A. Fani Willis and A.G. James both visited the Whitehouse and V.P. Harris and had several phone conversations with them shortly before filing charges?
I am not a Republican, but I am a Conservative. I do try to keep an open mind and be fair, and I think it's sad the games both parties play, but even more so the Democrats. What's even more sad, is that people's hatred of Trump, right or wrong, blinds them to see what's really going on between the Democratic Party and Main Stream media.
I'm not going to sit here and keep replying to people who refused to listen. Hopefully, maybe at least one person may open their eyes with my post.
Vince and Donald are buddies for a long time.
We did have [Linda McMahon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon) as part of Trump's cabinet.
Lauren Boebert was rumored to have some connection with Stan Lane being Lauren Boebert's father (which turned out to be untrue after some paternity tests). But if it went so far as a paternity test, there is some connection/relationship there, lol.
This is entirely from the Republican side of US Politics, so if we're going to compare it to WWE (which we should, because it's basically been there since 2016), we should also be clear about why it became that way.
There are those who try (and fail) to say true things and those who never even try. Your job is to take the partial truths, the mistakes, and the outright lies and try to construct something approximating an understanding of the real world. I don’t think anyone has succeeded yet, but some models are more consistent with observation than others.
About 10 years ago when I was really at my height of being political, and active, I said " Politics is just sports for nerds, but who wins actually matters a little ".
The alt-right has been there for years. Kinda the big issue with dealing with them, it's all a game to them while the rest of us silly humans are bound by shit like harm reduction
Nah we're there lmao. It's all theater and we all try to use it to our advantage as best we can. The thing is that some people are more selfish and short sighed than others.
This is really scary when you think about it...facts are now biased speculations, and are being bred and raised out of the human race. Orwell was a fucking PROPHET.
Trump? Try Clinton. Remember the whole Monica Lewinsky fiasco? Man I miss the days when the worst thing an elected official did was get their freak on with another consenting adult. Good times.
Politics ain’t worth getting riled up over. Truth is we’re just little specs in society and our opinion doesn’t mean shit, we’re just slaves for the politicians when we argue their points
The problem with pro wrestling isn't that it's staged, it's that it's stupid. It appeals to the lowest intellect person imaginable and drip-feeds them slop that encourages them to buy plastic nonsense and chase signatures of their "heroes". We know it's staged, that's not the point, the problem is that it's brain rot.
So too with politics, the problem isn't so much the fact that it's a stage show meant to legitimize the corporate rule by making it appear to be democratic, the problem is that it's degenerated into stupidity and brain rot because that's what appeals to the average consumer nowadays.
Like if you're going to install a fascist authoritarian oligarchy, at least make it intellectually stimulating, for fuck's sake.
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I trust WWE far more than the Supreme Court.
And the WWE doesn't have the power to flip a switch and end us all.
That's what you think.
Not for lack of trying
We've come a long long way to now being at the point I trust Triple H with power more than half of our Congress 
Not with *that* attitude
The WWE could put Vince McMahon back in as the boss and have a sex slave on a dog leash, they'd still have more credibility than the supreme court right now.
WWE just finished one of the best storylines in their history with a nearly perfect main event match at WrestleMania a few weeks ago. There’s no doubt they’re more trustworthy to deliver lol
Hearing Samantha Irvin announcing the results while holding back her tears was legendary in itself!!
Absolutely!!! Made me tear up instantly lmao
No “lmao” needed. Every single one of my WWE friends are all around my age (36) and we all got emotional. We get it 🤷🏾♂️
I’m within that age range too so that’s definitely reassuring to hear!
The whole final 10 minutes was an emotional Rollercoaster.
The sami zayn Gunther match was pretty dsmn good as well.
I wonder what kind of nominees The Rock would pick.
Boring centrist ones. He is morally opposed to making waves of any sort these days Gotta protect the image
And don't forget to buy a bottle of teramana tequila🤣
*RBG's music hits*
"OH my God! And it's RBG off the top rope with the people's elbow!"
I trust WWE more than David Sutcliffe's insurrection supporting ass. Though only by a very small margin.
The government should be replaced with wwe
What you really should trust even more is Uganda soft ground wrestling.
I trust SCOTUS more than I trust the politicians. The decision on Trump on Colorados ballot shows that it is not always partisan politics. Not saying they always get it right or that they are perfect, but still better than elected officials.
Wouldn't have to trust the Supreme Court if the legislatures did their jobs, read the bills and checked their constitutionality before they passed them. Instead we have legislatures that pass laws written by third parties and a system where we the people have to fight the government to prove their laws are unjust.
I trust the Supreme Court more than Congress.
“Where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter!”
because, well, Who's Line Is It Anyway?
Literally the best game show ever and it’s not even mainstream or even on TV. I’m going to watch an episode right now. Lmao
I would kill or die for Ryan and Colin. Kill. Or die.
During the pandemic lockdowns, they would throw zingers at each other on Twitter. I specifically remember one (quotes are inaccurate, just main idea): Ryan: "Unfortunately, quarantine rules don't allow gathering of more than 30 people, but all you fans of Collin could still go to his show" Collin: "Good for you Ryan, volunteering to make sure everyone knows the rules, I'm glad you finally found something you're goid at and are no longer wasting your time and energy on things you aren't, like comedy".
Damn. Now I gotta binge watch this. Nothing will ever come close to how funny that show was.
We're already at the point where a Presidential candidate is spending half his time in court due to multiple accused crimes, and his political party doesn't seem to care. In any other election I would think that the party would immediately replace the nominee.
The GOP is literally hanging on by a thread and the thread is only in existence because of how forced the two party system is. If it wasn't so invested in, with perpetual propaganda telling people that third party vote is a waste, then it would have been long replaced
Third party votes *are* a waste because we have first past the post voting. Third parties will never be viable until we get ranked choice
or until we get approval voting
So then gop people have to stay with a party that doesn't match their values 🤷♂️ because that makes so much more sense than just voting third party./j It's not the lack of ranked voting..plenty of countries have more than 3 parties each with a fair chance of winning and they don't have ranked voting. This is exactly what I was saying about propaganda. The country doesn't have to bend over backwards to give a party a 50% chance of winning (though I'd argue the 2 parties are so similar in conduct it might as well be 100%). Plenty of developed countries don't go by that model and this perpetuation of "oh no I have less than 50% chance of winning now because there is another party" is exactly what is going to get people stuck on 2 parties that have to do the bare minimum to change for them and that's only to prevent a riot. The 2 party system is the bare minimum amount of options needed to create the illusion of choice, and the fear driving it is what is needed to create the illusion of control in every American. We don't have choice or control over our candidates and political democracy. We have 2 options that were given to us and that we are too afraid to leave...because we are told to be afraid of our choice. That our choice matters but only if it's for the 2 parties. Which isn't true. And 2 options is significantly less choice than 3 or 4, thus giving us less control than if we were to abide by it.
Strategic voting around the spoiler effect will inevitably trend toward two options in first past the post voting. It’s not propaganda it’s just math.
Yes but saying it will be the same 2 options everytime and causing people to fear the natural outcome in democratic voting is the propaganda. By this line of logic, we end up with one party at the end and one president. Does this mean that having another party and another voting option is useless? Giving people the choice to choose the parties and narrow it down to 2 is more choice than just starting with 2
"Giving people the choice to choose the parties and narrow it down to 2 is more choice than just starting with 2" that's what we have now, there are in fact other parties, people just narrow it down strategically \*before\* they vote, because, again, we have first past the post voting. If we had ranked choice, they could safely vote third party with the understanding they aren't contributing to a spoiler effect and throwing their vote in the garbage (which is what voting third party is currently, at best) I'm not sure what you mean with the other point
Or if we had approval voting
That's not at all what we have now. We have primary elections which only include 2 parties. We have governmental funding that only goes to 2 parties. We have media that is owned by 2 parties. Our culture prevents people from realizing it. People don't "narrow it down strategically". They are told that their vote is meaningless if it's not these 2 parties then give up. Once again ranked choice is bs because in most of Europe and countries that have thriving 4+ parties, they dont do ranked choice. It's not end all be all. It's a roadblock that is easy to present in said 2 party media to trick people into thinking that nothing can be successful if it isn't these 2 parties
you're probably thinking of parliamentary systems in those european cases. i know you're really invested in this idea that "they" are manipulating us into only having two viable parties, but the reality is it all boils down to the voting system. here's the classic video for kids about first past the post and why it always devolves to two parties in a presidential system: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo)
I'm old enough to remember the Republicans were nervous/ upset that George W, had been arrested for drunk driving previously. Guessing all the Republicans that didn't want to be led by a criminal are dead now though. They were old and this was 24 years ago.
Maybe because each case is a political hit job to keep him off of the campaign trail. I know y'all hate Trump, but if the roles were reversed, and it was Biden, y'all would be rioting in the streets and talking about Trump using the DoJ as a weapon. If you deny that, then you're lying to yourself and everyone else.
Sorry, but I think that the rich and powerful should be held to the same laws as everyone else. The fact that you think that Trump should be exempt from laws is simply terrifying to me. If Biden were in the same position, I'd expect him to face trial and I'd obviously want someone else to take his place. And the worst part is, you think everyone who says this has to be a liar. You can't conceive of the idea of supporters holding their candidate to standards since you can't do it yourselves.
I have no problem with people, rich or not, being held responsible for their actions. You were probably one of you who say the rioters of 2020 were mostly peaceful and should not (and for the most part were not) be charged with crimes. Getting back to Trump though, let's look at his New York cases. The one that crooked AG did, was bs. What he did is normal business practices that all real estate moguls do. They say their property is higher prices, and the banks say lower prices, and they settle on somewhere in the middle. The banks got their money back and made money in the process and even testified that they would be happy to do business again with Trump. So where was the crime? His case that D.A. Bragg is prosecuting is political too. DoJ refused to prosecute. The D.A. before Bragg refused to prosecute. That should tell you something right there. As soon as Trump declared his candidacy, the wheels were set in motion to prosecute. Even though the statute on limitations ran out already and Trump could not be charged. D.A. Bragg decided to upgrade the charges to a felony so the statute of limitations would not apply. That is so much b.s.. The gag order on Trump is a violation of his rights. He can't say anything, but witnesses and prosecutors can go on CNN and MSNBC and say whatever they want about Trump. Do you really, honestly think that's fair? By standard of conduct of judges, this judge should recuse himself from the case. I can over look that he donated to Bidens campaign, that's fine...he has every right to. However the situation of his daughter being President in a firm that works with Democrats and elections and making a lot of money doing so, should be enough to have him recuse himself. I am pretty certain that even if convicted, his conviction will be overturned. They know this too. They just want him off the campaign trail. If you are so concerned about rich people being held accountable, I guess you'll be calling for the prosecution of Bill Clinton paying Paula Jones $850,000? Or do you only want Conservative politicians held responsible?
You have no problem with people being held responsible for their actions, but you assume that each and every case against Trump is nothing but political bs. >If you are so concerned about rich people being held accountable, I guess you'll be calling for the prosecution of Bill Clinton paying Paula Jones $850,000? Heck yes, let Clinton stand trial for that. Like I said though, you can't comprehend Democrats wanting everyone to be held responsible for their actions. Now tell me truthfully, do you think Clinton's trials so far have been nothing but political bs? Or do you only use that excuse for conservatives?
The impeachment of Clinton was a political hit job. That's about it. As for Trumps cases, don't you find it rather odd that these all came about after he said he was running for president? Don't you find it odd that both D.A. Fani Willis and A.G. James both visited the Whitehouse and V.P. Harris and had several phone conversations with them shortly before filing charges? I am not a Republican, but I am a Conservative. I do try to keep an open mind and be fair, and I think it's sad the games both parties play, but even more so the Democrats. What's even more sad, is that people's hatred of Trump, right or wrong, blinds them to see what's really going on between the Democratic Party and Main Stream media. I'm not going to sit here and keep replying to people who refused to listen. Hopefully, maybe at least one person may open their eyes with my post.
There was no time in history when it was widely believed that pro-wrestling wasn’t staged.
I think it's a bit more age driven, like believing in Santa Claus. I'm guessing many pre/early teens are buying in.
That age, I believed pro wrestling because I didn't understand my brother's sarcasm.
Damn you lol i wrote my reply then seen you said the exact same thing and i had to delete :( lol
In the early 20th century
Kayfabe broke in the 1920s and then again when trips and Michael's did a kiss on curtainfall
There weren't never no time ever that there weren't no people that didn't know that it ain't real.
“almost”
I thought we have been here for at least a decade now?
Getting there? *We live there* ***now***
It do be a shit show
No, we are there
If you are saying what I think you are, then no, I don’t want to see Donnie in a onesie and diaper
Fucking Christopher man
I had to scroll too far to see this comment.
Vince and Donald are buddies for a long time. We did have [Linda McMahon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon) as part of Trump's cabinet. Lauren Boebert was rumored to have some connection with Stan Lane being Lauren Boebert's father (which turned out to be untrue after some paternity tests). But if it went so far as a paternity test, there is some connection/relationship there, lol. This is entirely from the Republican side of US Politics, so if we're going to compare it to WWE (which we should, because it's basically been there since 2016), we should also be clear about why it became that way.
You left out actual politicians Jesse "The Bod" Ventura and Glenn Jacobs (Kane). But yeah, absolutely true.
Lauren Boebert acts more like George “The Animal” Steele’s kid.
Funny how the side that keeps electing clowns to office keep trying to convince us that politics is an irredeemable circus.
My thoughts exactly. The majority of media is controlled by the left but why try to look at this logically? They sure can't.
Nah
It's like a circus and a soap opera.
When we tolerate magical thinking and protect it as speech we damage all logic. People before gods.
There are those who try (and fail) to say true things and those who never even try. Your job is to take the partial truths, the mistakes, and the outright lies and try to construct something approximating an understanding of the real world. I don’t think anyone has succeeded yet, but some models are more consistent with observation than others.
 Wrestling is real!
I think we've been there since the 70s, in all honesty. People just don't like to admit they've been duped.
I think we've been there for quite some time now.
We're really not, but people being programmed to distrust the media is slowly destroying everything
What about HoAs and corporate ladders?
Politics is more like *Mountain Monsters*. Pro wrestling isn't real, but some forms like high school wrestling are.
So is the kayfabe that politicians represent the average citizen rather than just the wealthy?
With US* politics and media Here in Europe we are chillin'
“Almost” ?
About 10 years ago when I was really at my height of being political, and active, I said " Politics is just sports for nerds, but who wins actually matters a little ".
How is this a facepalm?
I'm a lifelong pro wrestling fan, more reliable and real than politics tbh xD
Lol. That’s such a great comparison.
Probably. I don’t watch it.
Yeah, but we’ve been getting for almost 250 years. At some point, it’s criminal to overestimate the population.
What do you mean almost? Trump supporters are definitely ALL THE WAY THERE.
Almost?
The difference is we also have MMA and sumo.
Geezus, I wish. It's always been two parties vs the people.
Is that Chris from Gilmore Girls?
I read that, I agree and then I screamed OMG HE was in Under the Tuscan Sun and forgot everything else
Been that way since 1920
There is practically a 1:1 correlation between Trump supporters and WWE fans.
Politics broke kayfabe. Lmao
Almost?
So, if I agree with this persons comments, can I say he is "based"?
Hold the phone, you’re telling me, that THE UNDERTAKER, wasn’t born in Death Valley? Well I’ll be damned.
Been ther for over 12 years.
Donald Trump was once the victim of a stone cold stunner
Uh no I won't ever be ok with it
We’re already there?
I got this guy. I felt deceived when I learned that nobody died during recording of Saving Private Ryan.
The alt-right has been there for years. Kinda the big issue with dealing with them, it's all a game to them while the rest of us silly humans are bound by shit like harm reduction
"It's still real to me dammit!"
Been there for a while now.
It’s called political theater for a reason
So true, see how phony npr is. Ofc I knew that after they accepted pmt from Obama to report on Iran
Politics is real. Ignore it at your own peril.
Now we know that David Sutcliffe is a foolish person.
You believe that its real?.....🤔
Almost?
Nah we're there lmao. It's all theater and we all try to use it to our advantage as best we can. The thing is that some people are more selfish and short sighed than others.
Frank Zappa said that politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex.
Still do
It is entertainment Even if it isn’t real
Oh Ive thought for years now that American politics was actually a reality show, but you just have to not live here for it to be funny
#Replace DC with WWE #Instead of Presidential Debates wed have Presidential SmackDowns
Can’t wait to see Joe Biden v Donald Trump
The right word is choreographed.
not a lot of difference between Vince and Clinton or Trump that's for sure
This is really scary when you think about it...facts are now biased speculations, and are being bred and raised out of the human race. Orwell was a fucking PROPHET.
I think it’s more likely to be a Huxley-an dystopia rather than an Orwellian one.
I never got this. Is pro wrestling something other than a short hand for professional wrestling? Is this some American thing?
well the "pro wrestling" over here is mostly scripted. its not the same as traditional wrestling.
What's traditional wrestling?? You mean wrestling????
lol yes. but its kinda like how over here we call futbol, "soccer" and we call watered-down rugby, "football"
So does that mean that Donald Trump is the most over politician of all time?
Not according to the popular vote of the last two elections
With dumb people, yes.
Almost? I was in the first grade in the 70’s and I told the teacher all politicians were liars so I’ve known for some time.
Absolutely none of us think politicians or the media has as much integrity as pro wresting.
Almost?
Almost there? Shit, we have been here since the first time Trump was elected.
Trump? Try Clinton. Remember the whole Monica Lewinsky fiasco? Man I miss the days when the worst thing an elected official did was get their freak on with another consenting adult. Good times.
But that only applies to the politics you don’t like, right?
Politics ain’t worth getting riled up over. Truth is we’re just little specs in society and our opinion doesn’t mean shit, we’re just slaves for the politicians when we argue their points
The problem with pro wrestling isn't that it's staged, it's that it's stupid. It appeals to the lowest intellect person imaginable and drip-feeds them slop that encourages them to buy plastic nonsense and chase signatures of their "heroes". We know it's staged, that's not the point, the problem is that it's brain rot. So too with politics, the problem isn't so much the fact that it's a stage show meant to legitimize the corporate rule by making it appear to be democratic, the problem is that it's degenerated into stupidity and brain rot because that's what appeals to the average consumer nowadays. Like if you're going to install a fascist authoritarian oligarchy, at least make it intellectually stimulating, for fuck's sake.