This is not “American”. This is “right wing grifter”.
A whole lot of america isn’t that.
But too much is.
Let’s be real, nothing is more American than taking money from idiots
The carnies are in charge and they’re fleecing the rubes for everything.
I can’t help feeling carnies are done wrong by the comparison. At least carnies propose to delight us in exchange for their enrichment.
The carnies at the fair we just visited were wearing Trump and MAGA hats.
Hard no to the kid on playing any of their games.
That’s the problem. The rubes are delighted at being taken.
i want to contest your position but i worked the carnival circuit for 12 years
That’s a remarkable stretch. What was the best bit?
i liked the crawfish festival up in tualatin oregon. they had these cool foam crawfish/lobster hats. mine finally died back in 2019, and the festival hasn’t happened again since.
Hell, that’s the state I was born and I’d never heard of it myself.
i would love help throw it, get it going again, but i’m all the way fuck too down south to help. it’s one of the few festivals i’d Travel for.
Was it just the food? What made it special?
Nah mate this is 100% American. We still remember how ye gifted two billion dollars to the dnc last year. Aren’t you getting any texts asking for more money yet?
This is not an ‘America bad’ take. We have our fair share of grifting in the rest of the world as well, but the American way is quite particular.
It’s mixed in with neoliberal ideology. That’s why you can find examples on both sides. Neoliberalism is what unites the two parties in the US.
America was founded as a grift
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Not enough that you could stop the Nazis from taking power.
I don’t know if this is really not visible from within, but this has always been the essence of American Life in my eyes since I became socially aware at the end of the 90s, when I was also spending my summers in the US.
Sure, now the wallpaper pattern is covering the sofa and the chairs, and it is a punch in your eyes, but the room has always been surrounded in just that.
And the funny thing is, this is socialism.
Nah you’re all fucked just in different ways
Man, I saw that woman make a speech in honor of her husband and it sounded exactly like me giving a book report on a book I absolutely did not read because my brother rented Final Fantasy Tactics and I needed to finish it before it went back to Blockbuster.
That is oddly specific.
Yet still more coherent than her so called speech
Sorry but I’m calling bs. No way you finished FFT in 3 days or a week.
Girl you never heard of GameShark?
Oof
Have you guys still not understood that americans (not all, duh) are completely caught up in performative gestures? Their prosperity gospel so many believe in basically commands them to donate in order to show their affiliation and piety.
prosperity gospel
this shit is absolutely bonkers. it not only directly ignores christ’s teachings, it’s basically a mlm? holy shit
it’s a grift from god rofls
I’m curious if it’s as common in the younger generations as it appears in the old. Are young people attending church in the same numbers in the US? Perhaps there was less lead in the gasoline for them.
It is.
People want to belong. If you can pay money to belong… that’s an easy way to belong.
Are young people attending church in the same numbers in the US?
Religion has been on a steady decline by percentage of population in the US since the 70s. Christians declined from 91% in 1970 to 82% in 2000 to 74% in 2020, but the actual number of Christians overall increased from roughly 187 mil to 246 mil. However, non-religious rose from 5 to 20% in that same time frame (from 10.5 mil to 65 mil).
🎵 bow down before the one you serve, You’re going to get what you deserve 🎵
Does anyone not realize that Trent was taking about money in that song?
God money
Yup. He literally says it. Dunno how anyone could miss it.
yeah, first verse :)
God money, I’ll do anything for you
God money, just tell me what you want me to
God money, nail me up against the wall
God money, don’t want everything, he wants it all
Everything is about money to these ghouls.
everything is a grift when you have such a gigantic sea of rubes to milk.
It’s what Kirk would have wanted
Anyone that watched her response video knows full well she’s a grifter. Her acting was worse than Katie Britt in her SOTU response. One of the first things she said about Charlie is that if he were here today he’d say “Go Ducks”. Because Oregon. Then proceeded to threaten the world with retribution as if Charlie Kirk dying was the same as opening the Ark of the Covenant. Wraps it up by asking for money. Rofl, it’s so nakedly greedy it’s pathetic. These people are so fake.
I was so fucking disgusted when I watched her video. It was so cringe and obviously fucking fake and weird. Also why did she say anything at all, nobody needed to hear from her. And so quickly? All about the grift with these people. Felt icky and psychotic.
I may have taken a bullet to the neck and died. But there’s one thing I want everyone to know, first and foremost:
GO DUCKS!!!
Are MAGAts really that simple? Just bleat sports team nonsense and they’re all in?
It’s been ten years… If you’re still on the fence about whether the Trump devotees are paste eaters then I’m not sure what to tell you.
These people always existed but with the modern social media fire hose they have become very easy to control.
No one can think critically 100 percent of the time but a server never sleeps and it can bombard you with bullshit 24 / 7 / 365 no problem.
No. I know they’re morons. I’m just surprised that they’re this gullible. Not believing things they don’t understand is one thing… buying these weak, thinly veiled performances from charlatans is another. MAGAts will never beat the charge that they’re in a cult.
And how terrifying is it that the majority of folks think they are not fake? They think this is authentic.
Oh, most terrifying. Absolutely. These people will believe anything.
Now, that’s one Kirk I like.
Charlie’s middle name was James so it’s very likely James T. Kirk will never exist.
Yall are being unfair. There’s no more appropriate way to honor Charlie Kirk than grifting.
The water fountain with Hawaiian punch from Mister Deeds comes to mind as the best way to honor him.
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Pointa profit USATurning
PointTricks USAGrifter Point USA
Turning Pale.
Turning putrid by now
Shouldn’t she be taking care of her children and submitting to God’s will instead of pretending to take on a leadership role? That’s very inappropriate for a woman.
There’s never a bad time to grift. Husband assassinated? Grifting time! Husband not assassinated? Grifting time!
Don’t forget to keep buying Trump coins. They are going to the moon! (for some reason)
the wife lost her lavish lifestyle and grifitng from the husband.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
If Charlie were alive he’d be telling her to get back in the kitchen
If Charlie were alive, he’d have a gaping hole in his neck and would be too busy choking on his blood to say anything in particular.
The grift is never ending.
