Not quite - they want patriotic historical indoctrination and prayer in school and the reading of the great white dude canon…
And of course, not all Texans. The state is closer to being purple than people realize in fact and that helps explain the hard right turn and the voter suppression efforts we’re seeing.
And let’s not forget that eugenics wasn’t just about excluding particular races but also about cleansing the white race of “bad genetics” too - whether that was with regards to “inferior” whites (the Irish, Italians, Jewish people, etc) or with regards to the disabled or mentally handicapped. That’s why the nazis first major extermination targets (after the LGBQT+ community and communists) were in fact the disabled and mentally handicapped.
Honestly? I’m glad that someone’s coming out and saying it. I can’t enjoy the movie because the start is so eugenicist, standard “poor people are dumb and outbreed the justified elite.”
“dumb people” exist on both sides of the political spectrum, and being smart doesn’t equate to having a more ethical worldview – so we may just have to agree to disagree.
they already have power. and it’s things like systemic racism, gerrymandering, unlimited campaign contributions, mass incarceration, blocking access to the polls, and long term planning on policies – those are what got us here. not a lack of iq.
is it misguided? if you want a white christian fascist state – it seems pretty well guided to me. and it’s not ignorance either, it’s fully intentional hate.
absolutely but the point isn’t truth or fiction ( ex. is it ignorant to think that the stadium is ugly? not really. ) – it’s intended to normalize hate and violence.
people both smart and dumb tune in to his show to enjoy the spit and spittle. not because they’re looking for facts.
I was visiting Berlin and saw a stunningly ugly new(ish) government building. I mentioned this to my host who told me that the building was supposed to be a major new architectural enhancement to the city, but it fell very flat, and the architect later said “It looked better on paper”. Which, to me is fair.
I don’t think he meant to. He borrowed a pseudo-scientific conceit based in bad genetic theory from The Marching Morons by CM Kornbluth, who if not a eugenicist was definitely a misanthrope. In both cases it’s a lazy means of setting up the premise (Judge has admitted that as I recall). As always, right-wingers are going to misread it as something more profound that suits their ideology (see also the movie versions of Fight Club, Wall Street, Starship Troopers).
Yeah, that bit of the quote really struck me, too. They may or may not understand it (probably not), but the important thing is their intended audience definitely doesn’t understand it. (Though if you can throw in some terms used in academia, you can make your audience hostile to higher education as a result, too.)
I don’t think most people understand that the facility owner approves the architect’s renderings with changes they request, the architect then redesigns the concept to meet the new requirement and submits it to the city Building Permits department. The staff provide their changes to comply with whatever guidelines they have and it goes back to the architect for revisions. The whole process becomes ‘rinse & repeat’ until the city bureaucrats finally give their stamp of approval.
I sometimes wonder how a lot of projects are ever built.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but architects don’t get to build their designs in a vacuum. they have to submit them for approval to committees, and there are a bunch of other people involved in choosing what the finished building is going to look like. It’s not like the architects took a suitcase of money from the Dallas treasury, twirled his mustache, and whipped out an ACME Ugly Building blueprint or something.
You take that back! President Camacho is better than Donald J. Trump in every way! When presented with an insurmountable problem, he found the smartest man available and actually listened to his advice. Has Trump ever done that? Even once?
The old stadium is right next door and now used by local college and high school teams. It’s also entirely open to the sun and heat 100% of time, which means the majority of people paying for game tickets have little or no shade on days that average near 100° or more for much of the season. I’m not fond of the overall appearance of the new stadium either (the old one really is beautiful), but it’s a much nicer experience to attend most of the games in the new one, and the design better serves the community for hosting other events. They compromised their ideals and came up with a better workable solution. what sucks is that they built it mostly on the community’s dime.
