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MAGA/MAHA is a Doomsday Cult

The Atheist

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I've thought this was the case for some time, given the generally-accepted meaning of Doomsday Cult including: those that attempt to destroy the entire universe*.

Trump's dismissal of climate change, and consequent growth of fossil fuels is an excellent example of attempting to destroy our species, and when coupled with his destruction of economic and strategic alliances, shows their desire to fragment the world, and ultimately end the human species.

At the same time, the insanity of MAHA is revealed as they attempt to turn as many people as possible off vaccines, while limiting access for high-risk pregnant women. There is no doubt this will cost millions of lives and leaves the world far more exposed to pandemics than was the case pre-covid.

Whether the desire for total destruction is driven by pseudo-christian desire for apocalypse, or just sheer bloody-mindedness by mentally ill old while men, I don't know, and it doesn't really matter, because they're working at Warp Speed on the plan.

I'm not sure the path will even be reversible as the only opposition, the Democratic Party, is completely unable to get its act together and is setting up another Republican presidency in 2028. That they are more unpopular than the Republicans should see them wearing sackcloth and ashes, but they won't change.

Pity, really,. the planet used to be a pretty cool place. Fortunately, it will be long enough ahead that my kids shouldn't suffer for their sin of being alive at the wrong time. Their kids, should they be silly enough to have any, may not be so lucky.


*Argue the "universe" if you wish, but as far as Conservatives are concerned, I don't believe any of them ever look up. At least not past Mars anyway.They are Krikkiters through and through.
 
some of the more simple of them just want your money. the dangerous ones are weirdo tech libertarians with a god complex and a disdain for the masses. including your kids.

i’d say the christians made a deal with the devil hopping into bed with those guys.
 
...Trump's dismissal of climate change, and consequent growth of fossil fuels is an excellent example of attempting to destroy our species, and when coupled with his destruction of economic and strategic alliances, shows their desire to fragment the world, and ultimately end the human species...

trump's history has always been ultimately destroying everything he sets out to build. I can't think of a better example of the danger the world is currently facing than the above. In fact, I daresay some climatologists think this is the final piece for how human life becomes unsustainable on this planet.

What is happening is truly horrifying.
 
trump's history has always been ultimately destroying everything he sets out to build. I can't think of a better example of the danger the world is currently facing than the above. In fact, I daresay some climatologists think this is the final piece for how human life becomes unsustainable on this planet.

What is happening is truly horrifying.
We always knew human selfishness and greed would end up destroying the species...we just didn't realize it would all be concentrated in just one guy!
 
Totally Doomsday. America is like Flight 93 on 9/11.

It's suicide or survive.
ublius Decius Mus was the pseudonym of Michael Anton, who in January of 2017 left the private sector to serve on the National Security Council. For his many other writings, visit his Claremont Review of Books author page.

2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or you die. You may die anyway. You—or the leader of your party—may make it into the cockpit and not know how to fly or land the plane. There are no guarantees.

Except one: if you don’t try, death is certain. To compound the metaphor: a Hillary Clinton presidency is Russian Roulette with a semi-auto. With Trump, at least you can spin the cylinder and take your chances.

To ordinary conservative ears, this sounds histrionic. The stakes can’t be that high because they are never that high—except perhaps in the pages of Gibbon. Conservative intellectuals will insist that there has been no “end of history” and that all human outcomes are still possible. They will even—as Charles Kesler does—admit that America is in “crisis.” But how great is the crisis? Can things really be so bad if eight years of Obama can be followed by eight more of Hillary, and yet Constitutionalist conservatives can still reasonably hope for a restoration of our cherished ideals? Cruz in 2024!

 
Republicans Politics, at least since Gingrich, has been "Won't stop unless you make me".
The Logic is that being reckless and willing to overshoot your goal is fine, since Democrats will prevent the worst excesses anyway, and it will take them a Presidency to just get back to the Status Quo, thus making it impossible for the Country to move closer to the Center/Center-Left. .

By simply disregarding the guardrails of the System, and by Democrats playing their game, Trump Republicans have now caught the car and are happily devouring it, even if it will kill them and everyone in the vehicle.
 
Part of what made me not as fixated on religion is the sheer amount of secular stupidity from the radical individualist, conspiracist, or nihilist edgelord crowds that are contributing to the MAGA/MAHA cult. I really think the cult could sustain itself from these people alone.
 
I think MAGA are stupid and hateful but they just don't see the damage they're causing.

They don't believe in climate change, they're not cause climate change on purpose. They don't believe in vaccines, they're not causing illness on purpose.

Doomsday cults don't try to bring about doomsday.

Calling it a doomsday cult is wrong about MAGA and wrong about doomsday cults.
 
I think MAGA are stupid and hateful but they just don't see the damage they're causing.

They don't believe in climate change, they're not cause climate change on purpose. They don't believe in vaccines, they're not causing illness on purpose.

Doomsday cults don't try to bring about doomsday.

Calling it a doomsday cult is wrong about MAGA and wrong about doomsday cults.

Wilfully ignoring the science of vaccines and climate is exactly the same as putting a gun to someone's head and pulling the trigger, then saying "Nobody told me his brains would end up on the wall."

As to the description of Doomsday Cult, if you followed the link and read what I actually typed, you'd realise that actively seeking the end of the world is a recognised use of the term, but hey, what do experts in the field know against an Aussie sheila on the internet?
 
By simply disregarding the guardrails of the System, and by Democrats playing their game, Trump Republicans have now caught the car and are happily devouring it, even if it will kill them and everyone in the vehicle.

I think it truly is a mental illness on par with Jonestown. The people voting MAGA have moved from "rather Russian than Democrat", to actively trying to end the world to trigger libs.

The first placing of Trump in the White House showed they were prepared to cut off their noses to spite their faces, now, they're laughing as he sets fire to the world.
 
Wilfully ignoring the science of vaccines and climate is exactly the same as putting a gun to someone's head and pulling the trigger, then saying "Nobody told me his brains would end up on the wall."

As to the description of Doomsday Cult, if you followed the link and read what I actually typed, you'd realise that actively seeking the end of the world is a recognised use of the term, but hey, what do experts in the field know against an Aussie sheila on the internet?
Yes,

The most charitable interpretation is "deliberate, wilful ignorance"
 

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