I know one of the horsemen is called "Pestilence" but I didn't expect him to be a Kennedy.
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I have *tried* to understand RFK's perspective and more than any of these people nothing he does even makes much sense. There is a theme of cutting support for the general public. A kind of DIY (DIE) health care theme.
But, he seems to really think he's doing something coherent and I can't make any sense of it.
@futurebird I can't help but think he's of those folk so confident that they are one of the select few who are 'saved', and who actively work to bring about the end so they'll be raptured.
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I have *tried* to understand RFK's perspective and more than any of these people nothing he does even makes much sense. There is a theme of cutting support for the general public. A kind of DIY (DIE) health care theme.
But, he seems to really think he's doing something coherent and I can't make any sense of it.
@futurebird He's clearly insane.
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I think Revelations completely glossed over the 5th rider - Stupidity.
He had saddled up a donkey, mistaking it for a horse, and then he got lost on his way to the apocalypse. But he’s here now, inspiring our new government and the entire cabinet.
They left him out because they were too embarrassed to admit that he was the most powerful....
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This is what, in math, I would call an "unmotivated algorithm" it models the situation but fails to provide any insight into why it is happening.
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I am resistant to thinking this is true.
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@futurebird I think he's just a eugenicist and thinks it is good if the "weak" get culled by easily preventable diseases
@waitworry @futurebird That and he’s one of the chosen ones with special knowledge. Because he is one of the chosen ones, he, and others like him, will survive the cull, which will make humanity better.
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@waitworry @futurebird That and he’s one of the chosen ones with special knowledge. Because he is one of the chosen ones, he, and others like him, will survive the cull, which will make humanity better.
@Extra_Special_Carbon @futurebird yeah eugenicists usually are under the assumption they have great genetics already
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I know one of the horsemen is called "Pestilence" but I didn't expect him to be a Kennedy.
So who are the other three?
I think I know who "War" is.
@futurebird "They're war, hunger, pestilence and death."
"Hmmm, so what do you think you're covering with that last one that you're not covering with the three previous ones?" -
@futurebird "They're war, hunger, pestilence and death."
"Hmmm, so what do you think you're covering with that last one that you're not covering with the three previous ones?"The first three are nepohorsemen.
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I know one of the horsemen is called "Pestilence" but I didn't expect him to be a Kennedy.
So who are the other three?
I think I know who "War" is.
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I have *tried* to understand RFK's perspective and more than any of these people nothing he does even makes much sense. There is a theme of cutting support for the general public. A kind of DIY (DIE) health care theme.
But, he seems to really think he's doing something coherent and I can't make any sense of it.
@futurebird I'm not entirely sure, but grifting (selling "wellness" products), an unacknowledged belief in eugenics, the idea that public health is more about individual choices and responsibility than group efforts and responsibility to the whole, and an overdeveloped skepticism of existing science that partially derives from the former traits.
At least, that seems to explain a lot of his behavior to me. Basically, a wholly unqualified person for the authority and responsibilities he's been given.
I often think RFK is the most dangerous of the bunch.
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@futurebird I'm not entirely sure, but grifting (selling "wellness" products), an unacknowledged belief in eugenics, the idea that public health is more about individual choices and responsibility than group efforts and responsibility to the whole, and an overdeveloped skepticism of existing science that partially derives from the former traits.
At least, that seems to explain a lot of his behavior to me. Basically, a wholly unqualified person for the authority and responsibilities he's been given.
I often think RFK is the most dangerous of the bunch.
@cstanhope @futurebird I mean we talk about people getting bad cases of the brainworms but he literally has got one
anyway just gonna leave this here https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-warns-mistress-that-condoms-cause-autism/
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@cstanhope @futurebird I mean we talk about people getting bad cases of the brainworms but he literally has got one
anyway just gonna leave this here https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-warns-mistress-that-condoms-cause-autism/
I'm am certain there are people with dozens of brain worms who are still caring people though.
Did the worm eat his capacity for understanding that other people are also people? What part of the brain is that?
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I'm am certain there are people with dozens of brain worms who are still caring people though.
Did the worm eat his capacity for understanding that other people are also people? What part of the brain is that?
@futurebird @cstanhope yeah true, empathy for the brainworm-havers-with-empathy
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@futurebird @cstanhope yeah true, empathy for the brainworm-havers-with-empathy
The typical things that we think of as "unintelligent" such as not knowing big words, or not understanding complex algorithms don't really stand out that much to me.
I'm a short person and I need a step stool to reach a high shelf. Some people need that if they are dealing with a complex task.
What brings out my disgust is these dudes who are basically short, but say "Oh I can reach the top shelf" and they just *can't.* Then there is emergency and everything breaks.
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The typical things that we think of as "unintelligent" such as not knowing big words, or not understanding complex algorithms don't really stand out that much to me.
I'm a short person and I need a step stool to reach a high shelf. Some people need that if they are dealing with a complex task.
What brings out my disgust is these dudes who are basically short, but say "Oh I can reach the top shelf" and they just *can't.* Then there is emergency and everything breaks.
@futurebird @cstanhope well put!
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I'm am certain there are people with dozens of brain worms who are still caring people though.
Did the worm eat his capacity for understanding that other people are also people? What part of the brain is that?
@futurebird
The other day, he was saying that a keto diet cures schizophrenia - and looking at him, I think he's been trying to cure himself for a while. To no avail. -
I know one of the horsemen is called "Pestilence" but I didn't expect him to be a Kennedy.
So who are the other three?
I think I know who "War" is.
@futurebird I think Noem is a good option for Death. Famine I think is Mr. Trump himself with his tariff policy and very strange ag subsidy ideas
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I have *tried* to understand RFK's perspective and more than any of these people nothing he does even makes much sense. There is a theme of cutting support for the general public. A kind of DIY (DIE) health care theme.
But, he seems to really think he's doing something coherent and I can't make any sense of it.
@futurebird
The Behind the Bastards episodes about him help explain some of it, but it still doesn't make sense. Ultimately it was his choice to be arrogant about medical science and it wasn't a rational choice. -
I know one of the horsemen is called "Pestilence" but I didn't expect him to be a Kennedy.
So who are the other three?
I think I know who "War" is.
@futurebird *Serious head on - sorry*
What the four horsemen imagery shows is that the writer did have a good insight into how you destroy a society. These four, nothing else, will destroy a nation.
And yes, the current US administration is enacting all of them, deliberately.
