Open Thread | Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 2:36 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
A lot of folk seem to think that repeating “I support Trump/DOGE/the GOP’s funding cuts b/c there’s too much fraud, waste & abuse in government” makes them sound reasonable and fiscally responsible when really all they’re doing is parroting Southern Strategy dog whistles.
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898472854716354902?t=9vJjyNu9Z0uFNDOAxATwrw&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 2:58 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
For context, watch thisclip. It’s the most commonly executed mental gymnastics routine in these interviews of FAFO MAGAts who still don’t wanna admit they’ve been brainwashed by the GOP (and Fox) into supporting the dismantling of their entire government-dependent livelihood. https://t.co/1icT48hBvZ
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898478441491534267?t=HqYmR-T69LH4rx98l4SIbA&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 3:13 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
Not only is there a shit ton of fraud/waste/abuse in the private sector that they hypocritically pretend is infallible & superior to the public services they divest from (b/c they think it hurts ‘those’ people), *they* end up reliant on those same underfunded public resources.
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898482352059215996?t=eKfvR1yjMKPrriuWbhaqJQ&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 3:28 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
These people are still drunk on “welfare queen” propaganda, so when they harp on waste/fraud/abuse, please understand they’re envisioning a Black woman buying lobster tails with an EBT card, NOT themselves. This is why they’re so shocked and awed that what’s being cut is the WWC. https://t.co/9FkYe4ukY9
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898485902294290689?t=6qM_fFponkLiVB8Qres7IQ&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 3:47 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
The other common theme in these #MAGARemorse sob stories is “yes I voted for him/these cuts BUT he didn’t say he was gonna cut [insert job/program they personally rely on] ”. This is precisely how the Southern Strategy works, ABSTRACT “concepts of a plan” coated in racism. https://t.co/f5g71TsTBx
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898490872972321053?t=6UsLEKqP4OR1tlHjb9Cxjw&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 3:55 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
Republican voters have a Pavlovian response to abstract austerity that lures them in on an assumption that unspecified “cuts” will really be specifically tailored to exclude the WWC from harm. The GOP’s Southern Strategy trained them to believe an egregiously self-sabotaging lie.
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898492730499887612?t=cQm5opDMbk6KvmeEgjCBxg&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 4:02 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
Which ultimately points the finger right back at America’s bullshit MSM b/c how many of these FAFO exposés are y’all gonna bring us before you become self-aware enough to realize you’re the problem? How could this many millions be this fucking brainwashed w/out your complicity? https://t.co/TfijBT8oAc
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898494505227375021?t=do6M-CeY7Oo1spUsIxwfTQ&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 4:22 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
Instead of speaking truth about the GOP’s abysmal economic record (that spans decades) at both the federal and state level, the MSM’s conspired with them to foist vulture capitalism onto the whole world despite knowing full well the sheer magnitude of destruction it’s caused. https://t.co/9XyuSRvpEx
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898499576157630687?t=hJjmiAEsauj-HmIY3c6qXA&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 4:34 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
Bottom line is Trump didn’t need to be specific about the “cuts” b/c no Republican who came before him ever had to, it’s just always been assumed that the cuts would never be drastic enough to unseat White “moderates” from their perch of privilege. That’s #SouthernStrategy101
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898502511415152750?t=ok1di6hnmp_dvmCcsykWhg&s=03)

Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) posted at 5:03 PM on Sat, Mar 08, 2025:
When you pierce through the fog of “fiscally conservative” abstraction, it turns out the “cuts” are to the very lifeblood the WWC claimed they wanted the government to keep its filthy hands off of (as they voted 3 times for a self-proclaimed pussy grabber). Who woulda thunk?!
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1898509785453973598?t=A45uKvY5i69HQTNF_I1bfQ&s=03)

At the bottom of everything of why we can’t have nice things is White Supremacy.
At every turn.
Under every rock.
Around every corner.

Why doesn’t America have a stronger Safety Net? White Supremacy.