This essay is for all men drawn and manipulated by the right. They don’t give a shit about you. You will never be one of them. You will never be a billionaire. Fascists are always on the losing side of history.
As somebody who wants to end Affirmative Action, deport all illegal immigrants, massively reduce legal immigration, legalize drugs, legalize dueling, cut regulations, more heavily tax polluters, stop funding all foreign wars & conflicts, allow drag queens gays & trans people to do whatever they want with their own body & women to have abortions, opposes jailing people for burning the American flag, supports prostitution legalization, & opposes regulations on the types of guns & ammunition people can buy, I agree 100% with this article.
I also voted for Democrats & Kamala Harris believe it or not despite being a straight zoomer white male living in Texas, because even though both parties are awful, Project 2025 & the growing reactionary & Eloncracy/oligarch attempt at takeover is slightly more terrifying to me than stagnant wasteful schoolmarming/Karen nagging increasingly atomizing decaying "virtue signal intersectional/woke" neoliberalism.
You seem like a reasonable guy. I know this article was addressed at Trump voters & not the DOZENS of people like me, but my question is, am I a fascist to you?
You’re welcome. He tours a lot. If you get the chance to see him perform, he’s great live. The song won Song of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards. Author Stephen King described it as the “best American protest song since ‘Masters of War'”
5 hours ago, i was talking to my brothers that i'm thinking about chaining myself in front of my countries parliment, this post came on the right time.
I grew up with this rage inside of me... Why don't we all stop? Why don't we all rise?
Don't know what to do Antonio. I also struggle to buy groceries that cost more and more, i do struggle to live by these standards, hell i lost a good wage because i asked for the minimum rights for my coworkers, i literally was offered so much money to stay there and i saw their false interest in me, fade away from their eyes when i refused the money, and opted to have more rights for my previous work mates.
I don't know what to do Antonio, i feel like i'm going to either be labeled a terrorist. Got no influence in the world, but i've noticed that every single person i talk with about these topics, they tell me that i should start a revolution, the revolution you mentioned, i have been dreaming about it since i was a kid.
How do we start? How do we operate against these soul crushing motherfuckers? Seriously, i am genuinely asking you for help Antonio. I'm tired of seeing people dying of hunger, not having water, (HELL WE HAVE TO PAY TO TAKE A SHIT PUBLICLY!) killIing their spirit because of this inhumane system, fml, i ended up questioning my own worth many times due to these fuckers.
Sorry for my terrible english, i'm portuguese and not a native english speaker, but this post resonated with the teenager me, with the current me, with the future me.
I can't stand this anymore, we're burried so deep into this rigged game they coded for us. And for sure, it's not an open source software.
God damn Antonio, please, answer me. My dream is to be a father and i even started considering not becoming a biological dad, due to the horrific reality that child would be born into.
Never wanted to be a billionaire, just wanted to filter all my wealth into my local community so we'd stop relying on this stupid ass rigged system.
Hey Lourenco. I understand what you feel, I do. Yet I have no answers—no one does or we would have already done it. You can only live your life to the best of your ability.
I would recommend joining a local organization. You will definitely meet like-minded people there.
Apart from that there is not much any single one of us can do. Unfortunately.
Mi també si las autobús el espresso naçionall orflixbus llega cerca de mi casa mi voy mañana al gobierno aquí con una plato de mister Kipling's french fancies y une thermos de té. Y une waterproof cushion. Y une paraplui de golpismo. Oye, je suis ne happy pas.😕
This essay is for all men drawn and manipulated by the right. They don’t give a shit about you. You will never be one of them. You will never be a billionaire. Fascists are always on the losing side of history.
Stand up and think for a fucking moment.
As somebody who wants to end Affirmative Action, deport all illegal immigrants, massively reduce legal immigration, legalize drugs, legalize dueling, cut regulations, more heavily tax polluters, stop funding all foreign wars & conflicts, allow drag queens gays & trans people to do whatever they want with their own body & women to have abortions, opposes jailing people for burning the American flag, supports prostitution legalization, & opposes regulations on the types of guns & ammunition people can buy, I agree 100% with this article.
I also voted for Democrats & Kamala Harris believe it or not despite being a straight zoomer white male living in Texas, because even though both parties are awful, Project 2025 & the growing reactionary & Eloncracy/oligarch attempt at takeover is slightly more terrifying to me than stagnant wasteful schoolmarming/Karen nagging increasingly atomizing decaying "virtue signal intersectional/woke" neoliberalism.
You seem like a reasonable guy. I know this article was addressed at Trump voters & not the DOZENS of people like me, but my question is, am I a fascist to you?
And wimmin and cro magnons o juste las hombres se llamen Bilbao con las pelotas muy spectaculares, creo qué si, no o qué 🤔
James McMurtry wrote this in 2005 and expressed similar sentiment in song form:
There's a Vietnam vet with a cardboard sign
Sitting there by the left turn line
The flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze
One leg missing and both hands free
No one's paying much mind to him
The V.A. budget's just stretched so thin
And now there' s more coming back from the Mideast war
We can't make it here anymore
And that big ol' building was the textile mill
That fed our kids and it paid our bills
But they turned us out and they closed the doors
'Cause we can' t make it here anymore
You see those pallets piled up on the loading dock
They're just gonna sit there 'til they rot
'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack
Just busted concrete and rusted tracks
Empty storefronts around the square
There's a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere
You don't come down here unless you're looking to score
We can't make it here anymore
The bar's still open but man it' s slow
The tip jar's light and the register' s low
The bartender don't have much to say
The regular crowd gets thinner each day
Some have maxed out all their credit cards
Some are working two jobs and living in cars
Minimum wage won't pay for a roof, won't pay for a drink
If you gotta have proof just try it yourself, Mr. CEO
See how far $5.15 an hour will go
Take a part time job at one your stores
I bet you can't make it here anymore
There's a high school girl with a bourgeois dream
Just like the pictures in the magazine
She found on the floor of the laundromat
A woman with kids can forget all that
If she comes up pregnant what'll she do
Forget the career and forget about school
Can she live on faith? Live on hope?
High on Jesus or hooked on dope
When it's way too late to just say no
You can't make it here anymore
Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store
Just like the ones we made before
'Cept this one came from Singapore
I guess we can't make it here anymore
Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin
Or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in
Should I hate 'em for having our jobs today
No, I hate the men sent the jobs away
I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams
All lily white and squeaky clean
They've never known want, they'll never know need
Their shit don't stink and their kids won't bleed
Their kids won't bleed in their damn little war
And we can't make it here anymore
Will work for food, will die for oil
Will kill for power, and to us the spoils
The billionaires get to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
So let 'em eat jellybeans let 'em eat cake
Let 'em eat shit, whatever it takes
They can join the Air Force or join the Corps
If they can't make it here anymore
So that's how it is, that's what we got
If the president wants to admit it or not
You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall
Hear it on the wind if you're listening at all
Get out of that limo, look us in the eye
Call us on the cell phone, tell us all why
In Dayton, Ohio or Portland, Maine
Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains
That's done closed down, along with the school
And the hospital, and the swimming pool
Dust devils dance in the noonday heat
There's rats in the alley and trash in the street
Gang graffiti on a boxcar door
We can't make it here anymore
- We Can't Make It Here
You’re welcome. He tours a lot. If you get the chance to see him perform, he’s great live. The song won Song of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards. Author Stephen King described it as the “best American protest song since ‘Masters of War'”
That's great. Thank you for transcribing.
A masterpiece.
thank you, much appreciated
No war but the class war!
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This story should have way more likes than what it does for 2 days later. I guess a lot of folks don’t want to let go of the fantasy.
That was amazing. And necessary. Appreciate you for that!
thank you!
Dude this was brilliant and brutal and I absolutely loved it. I’m sharing it with family and friends and on Bluesky. Thank you
thank you so much ♥️
Holy fuck.
So if Tyler Durden did an expanded rant of the one he performed in Fight Club, this would be it. Very enjoyable to read. Well done!
Read and write on!
Haha thank you! We're all Tyler Durden here
I just wanted you to know that I only read the title of this post before hitting the subscribe button and laughed aloud.
haha welcome
Same! Props 🙌🏻✌🏻
I just found you - your writing is extraordinary! Wow wow wow!
thanks Zuri!
Hello Antonio. That was my first read here and it was stunning. Thank you. Brilliant piece!
Thank you!
5 hours ago, i was talking to my brothers that i'm thinking about chaining myself in front of my countries parliment, this post came on the right time.
I grew up with this rage inside of me... Why don't we all stop? Why don't we all rise?
Don't know what to do Antonio. I also struggle to buy groceries that cost more and more, i do struggle to live by these standards, hell i lost a good wage because i asked for the minimum rights for my coworkers, i literally was offered so much money to stay there and i saw their false interest in me, fade away from their eyes when i refused the money, and opted to have more rights for my previous work mates.
I don't know what to do Antonio, i feel like i'm going to either be labeled a terrorist. Got no influence in the world, but i've noticed that every single person i talk with about these topics, they tell me that i should start a revolution, the revolution you mentioned, i have been dreaming about it since i was a kid.
How do we start? How do we operate against these soul crushing motherfuckers? Seriously, i am genuinely asking you for help Antonio. I'm tired of seeing people dying of hunger, not having water, (HELL WE HAVE TO PAY TO TAKE A SHIT PUBLICLY!) killIing their spirit because of this inhumane system, fml, i ended up questioning my own worth many times due to these fuckers.
Sorry for my terrible english, i'm portuguese and not a native english speaker, but this post resonated with the teenager me, with the current me, with the future me.
I can't stand this anymore, we're burried so deep into this rigged game they coded for us. And for sure, it's not an open source software.
God damn Antonio, please, answer me. My dream is to be a father and i even started considering not becoming a biological dad, due to the horrific reality that child would be born into.
Never wanted to be a billionaire, just wanted to filter all my wealth into my local community so we'd stop relying on this stupid ass rigged system.
What do i do? I'm stuck.
Hey Lourenco. I understand what you feel, I do. Yet I have no answers—no one does or we would have already done it. You can only live your life to the best of your ability.
I would recommend joining a local organization. You will definitely meet like-minded people there.
Apart from that there is not much any single one of us can do. Unfortunately.
Y obligado y faz favor tu inglés es mejor que mi portugués.
Mi també si las autobús el espresso naçionall orflixbus llega cerca de mi casa mi voy mañana al gobierno aquí con una plato de mister Kipling's french fancies y une thermos de té. Y une waterproof cushion. Y une paraplui de golpismo. Oye, je suis ne happy pas.😕
This is so good and true!
This needs to be injected into every MAGA men’s veins.
This was an absolute BANGER essay. You earned yourself a follow dude.
thanks man
Thank you for writing this. I featured it in this week's round-up: https://michelleteheux.substack.com/p/this-week-in-income-inequality-jan-17f