US Authoritarianism

To... concentrate?

republicans are silent on this. groceries cheaper yet?

defunding huge amount of government agencies. where is that money going? into the economy? or musk and trumps pockets?

why do republicans support giving even more money to the wealthy at the detriment of the rest of the country?

I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities

Yes I too read A Scanner Darkly dipshit. I'm absolutely sure you can't wait to send people to the New-Path farming commune so that you can profit off of their altered state in hopes that "one day" they'll be able to rejoin society.

What a fucking dipshit. They just all honest to god want modern slaves. Like good god, there's no veil to it any longer, they just want free fucking labor.

Speaking as someone with ADHD: This would have been the most darkly humorous time to use the phrase "Concentration Camp"

Heads up this is from middle of last year.

How about including Ketamine and starting with that one unelected illegal immigrant who abuses both? No? Figures.

You take away my adderall, I’m not going to be working - I will be asleep (I have narcolepsy).

Since it's always projection, TIL RFK Jr. is on Adderall.

That worm should have finished the job.

Incidentally, if anyone is a screenwriter, I'd love to see a film where an alien parasite takes over the brain of a prominent politician and forces the population of a country to stop taking prescription meds so it can reproduce. I just don't want to be in that movie.

If the Trusk-era US economy is to run on prison labour, they will need technically skilled inmates. Between people with ADHD and people with depression and anxiety disorders, this should provide plenty.

US Government official wants to put people in concentration camps (no pun intended). Time to get the pitchforks.

Legalize psychedelics first like you promised, you fucking liar.

So… trump is going to camp as well?

It's okay. When they take away your SSRIs and force you to farm organic food, they'll keep telling you to smile more.

I'm not going to a labor camp. They'll never take me alive.

Not as big a deal, but he also wants to get rid of your WiFi and your cell phone:

Departing momentarily from fake vaccine claims, the gang also had a long discussion about the purported dangers of wifi. Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine organization that Kennedy founded and is the chairman of, has long made a number of false claims about electromagnetic, wireless, and 5G technologies. Kennedy suggested that “wifi radiation” could be causing autism, food allergies, asthma, eczema, or other chronic illnesses, which Rogan, in a rare show of basic critical thinking, suggested was “unlikely.”

“I think it degrades your mitochondria and it opens your blood-brain barrier,” Kennedy said, confidently.

Rogan paused and then turned to his producer, Jamie, who often acts as the show’s researcher by Googling things. “Do you see anything online about that?” he asked. After a moment in Google, Rogan paused again.

“Oh my God,” he said, finally, “we gotta get rid of wifi.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/spotify-rogan-rfk-vaccine-misinformation-policy/

Too bad Joe Rogan is such an idiot. I would have asked RFK Jr. to define mitochondria. It would have made for amusing listening.

Why do the good kennedy's die, and the bad ones live for fucking ever.

Ha ha! America is a fucking joke isnt it?

If they take away my medication and put me on a farm, I will beat someone to death with a hoe.

Why is this so highly upvoted? This is old (pre election) and the title is literally a lie invalidated by the article itself.

While the article is a little dated, it's also a little misleading since he's describing all brain altering drugs, such a opioids.

Still not great, but the devil's advocate could still argue that mandatory rehab at a commune for drug abuse is quite reasonable (especially over prison). What's problematic is him making it a labor camp, and including things like Adderall even if it doesn't quite sound mandatory in their case. Adderall abuse certainly exists, as with most things, but it's certainly no heroin.

Right now the status quo sucks, though, as far as drug rehab and government services are concerned. Since at least Reagan, we've gutted those services to those who need it. Just wish it wasn't these assholes filling that void. Really need a progressive in office...

Isn't Trump addicted to Adderall??

Isn't he on constant meds too?