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	<title>Comments on: Tyranny and democracy</title>
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		<title>By: spyked</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-6516</link>
		<dc:creator>spyked</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 07:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt; I suppose reality should start creeping in right about...

How about... right about never?

Yes, the stupid idiots have finally understood that their survival is at stake, there's no question about that. The looming hunger has gotten them into thinking about past choices and sunken costs and whatnot, but then... what? Well, then they imagined -- because that's the whole point of pantsuitism: that if you imagine hard enough, good things will then come your way, as per St. Lennon -- that by making some illusory choice, such as by choosing &lt;a href="http://thetarpit.org/2025/the-bubble" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Great Mathematician&lt;/a&gt; over some other fashionable idiot, they'll then be spared of the impending doom. Just because that's what the propaganda/education machine has so masterfully trained them to do.

So... what now? Well, nothing. The current generation is completely lost. Let this sink in, dear reader, 'cause I'm not just holding one hand on my dick and one on the keyboard for the sake of "blackpilling" or whatever. Quite literally, we'll have to go in order for the world to heal itself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>> I suppose reality should start creeping in right about...</p>
<p>How about... right about never?</p>
<p>Yes, the stupid idiots have finally understood that their survival is at stake, there's no question about that. The looming hunger has gotten them into thinking about past choices and sunken costs and whatnot, but then... what? Well, then they imagined -- because that's the whole point of pantsuitism: that if you imagine hard enough, good things will then come your way, as per St. Lennon -- that by making some illusory choice, such as by choosing <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2025/the-bubble" rel="nofollow">The Great Mathematician</a> over some other fashionable idiot, they'll then be spared of the impending doom. Just because that's what the propaganda/education machine has so masterfully trained them to do.</p>
<p>So... what now? Well, nothing. The current generation is completely lost. Let this sink in, dear reader, 'cause I'm not just holding one hand on my dick and one on the keyboard for the sake of "blackpilling" or whatever. Quite literally, we'll have to go in order for the world to heal itself.</p>
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		<title>By: Squid Game &#171; The Tar Pit</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-5512</link>
		<dc:creator>Squid Game &#171; The Tar Pit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] is precisely how "defending our democracy" works; I've already discussed at length how this whole "democracy" thing works and how you don't know what "defending" it entails more precisely, at least not until [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] is precisely how "defending our democracy" works; I've already discussed at length how this whole "democracy" thing works and how you don't know what "defending" it entails more precisely, at least not until [...]</p>
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		<title>By: So... shit's actually happening over in Bucharest &#171; The Tar Pit</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-5454</link>
		<dc:creator>So... shit's actually happening over in Bucharest &#171; The Tar Pit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 17:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] let's dub them the Saviours of Democracy, because that's exactly what they did: they saved democracy; and they saved it in a certain style, that is, by shooting it right between the eyes. In other [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] let's dub them the Saviours of Democracy, because that's exactly what they did: they saved democracy; and they saved it in a certain style, that is, by shooting it right between the eyes. In other [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The Romanian Reality TV Show S35E48, explained &#171; The Tar Pit</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-5444</link>
		<dc:creator>The Romanian Reality TV Show S35E48, explained &#171; The Tar Pit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] it looks like I've decided to write an article about the recent developments in the Romanian space after all. Sure, I may be wrong -- and if I am, please, do feel free to correct me -- but that's the only [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] it looks like I've decided to write an article about the recent developments in the Romanian space after all. Sure, I may be wrong -- and if I am, please, do feel free to correct me -- but that's the only [...]</p>
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		<title>By: spyked</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-5442</link>
		<dc:creator>spyked</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Following recent developments in &lt;a href="http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-romanian-reality-tv-show" rel="nofollow"&gt;the Romanian space&lt;/a&gt;, I toyed with the idea of covering them in a separate article on the blog. But then I figured out that hey, whaddaya know, the whole shit in its magnificent entirety is &lt;em&gt;right here&lt;/em&gt;. That is:

- it's all happened before and you're all watching a fucking cheap low-budget rerun, like they do it over here in the provinces
- the whole context and process is already described here in perfect detail, just replace Trump with Georgescu and Clinton with Lasconi and you have today's episode of the show

There's no way out of this either. What you naïvely imagined to be "democracy", assuming there ever was such a thing, is gone -- dead and buried, never to return, you understand me? If you're a Romanian in the year 2024, you've no actual choice but to submit to the same tyrannical regime, regardless of whether said tyranny is labeled "populist-authoritarian" or "pantsuit-socialist". You do realize that you've no more of a say in this than &lt;a href="http://thetarpit.org/2024/the-walking-dead-the-tv-show" rel="nofollow"&gt;the walking dead&lt;/a&gt;, don't you?

&lt;b&gt;P.S.&lt;/b&gt;: Do realize that the tyranny of the twenty-first century couldn't possibly be what you &lt;em&gt;imagine&lt;/em&gt; by extrapolating from whatever account of history you've read or watched. Oh, how have the times changed, and how it's precisely so-called "civilized" life that's brought you to this point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following recent developments in <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-romanian-reality-tv-show" rel="nofollow">the Romanian space</a>, I toyed with the idea of covering them in a separate article on the blog. But then I figured out that hey, whaddaya know, the whole shit in its magnificent entirety is <em>right here</em>. That is:</p>
<p>- it's all happened before and you're all watching a fucking cheap low-budget rerun, like they do it over here in the provinces<br />
- the whole context and process is already described here in perfect detail, just replace Trump with Georgescu and Clinton with Lasconi and you have today's episode of the show</p>
<p>There's no way out of this either. What you naïvely imagined to be "democracy", assuming there ever was such a thing, is gone -- dead and buried, never to return, you understand me? If you're a Romanian in the year 2024, you've no actual choice but to submit to the same tyrannical regime, regardless of whether said tyranny is labeled "populist-authoritarian" or "pantsuit-socialist". You do realize that you've no more of a say in this than <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2024/the-walking-dead-the-tv-show" rel="nofollow">the walking dead</a>, don't you?</p>
<p><b>P.S.</b>: Do realize that the tyranny of the twenty-first century couldn't possibly be what you <em>imagine</em> by extrapolating from whatever account of history you've read or watched. Oh, how have the times changed, and how it's precisely so-called "civilized" life that's brought you to this point.</p>
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		<title>By: spyked</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-5295</link>
		<dc:creator>spyked</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 10:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt; Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three

Heheheh, nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>> Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three</p>
<p>Heheheh, nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!</p>
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		<title>By: Cel Mihanie</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-5294</link>
		<dc:creator>Cel Mihanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 10:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As the prophet Frank Zappa saidth:

"Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three..."

Ah wait, wrong scripture. I mean:

"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the prophet Frank Zappa saidth:</p>
<p>"Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three..."</p>
<p>Ah wait, wrong scripture. I mean:</p>
<p>"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."</p>
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		<title>By: spyked</title>
		<link>http://thetarpit.org/2023/tyranny-and-democracy#comment-5293</link>
		<dc:creator>spyked</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right about now. Right? Right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right about now. Right? Right.</p>
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