talkinggorillabutler:

kontextmaschine:

Dolly 👏 Parton 👏 as 👏 social 👏 service 👏 provider 👏 is 👏 a 👏symbol 👏 of 👏 and 👏 not 👏 antidote 👏 to 👏 the 👏 refeudalization 👏 of 👏 the 👏 American 👏 backcountry

When the Empire is collapsing, and the choices on offer are rally to “our” baroness, or continue to obey the absentee landlord of the FIRE economy. The baroness has at least a 50/50 shot.

I know! That’s the joke! Because while this specific scenario includes comedy elements like “Dolly Parton”, “The United States of America”, and “within my lifetime”, that’s exactly how a centralized state decays into local, personalized rule!