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I want to fly a helicopter.

I want to fly a helicopter.

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There's no better analogy that distills MAGA culture and the state of conservative politics in the USA.

Okay, so since time began, man has dreamed of flight, right? I know I have... But here’s the problem: Everyone makes such a damn big deal out of operating one. I want to fly a helicopter, not look at a bunch of crazy dials.

You know what man has not dreamed of since time immemorial? Keeping an eye on his H-over-G indicator. Cavemen did not look to the hawks in the heavens and wonder about their approximate yaw angle, whatever the hell that is. Old Orville and Wilbur sure as hell didn’t dream about zeroing the VOR needle for bearing correction—I’ll tell you that for free. So why in hell is some instructor screaming at the top of his lungs for me to look down at the console when I’m in the middle of trying to avoid crashing into a barn?! Something tells me there’s no barn-missing meter down there!

A helicopter has about 40 different instruments. I suppose there’s a chance that I’ll be curious about a couple of them someday, but for now, they’re just getting in the way of the view. In fact, all that blinky-blinky nonsense seems downright dangerous.

Whether it's trade, immigration, taxes, foreign policy or culture, y'all MAGA want to go to the end game without washing the dishes.
https://theonion.com/i-want-to-fly-a-helicopter-not-look-at-a-bunch-of-craz-1819584033/

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@wildgrass said
There's no better analogy that distills MAGA culture and the state of conservative politics in the USA.
[quote]Okay, so since time began, man has dreamed of flight, right? I know I have... But here’s the problem: Everyone makes such a damn big deal out of operating one. I want to fly a helicopter, not look at a bunch of crazy dials.

You know what man has not dreamed of ...[text shortened]... the dishes.
https://theonion.com/i-want-to-fly-a-helicopter-not-look-at-a-bunch-of-craz-1819584033/
That's shockingly close to reality.

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@Suzianne said
That's shockingly close to reality.
I want no wars.

I want lower egg prices.

I want to pay less taxes.

Ugh. Like heroin addicts

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@wildgrass
bit of a stretch there, wildgrass

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
@wildgrass
bit of a stretch there, wildgrass
Listen to Trump talking for ten minutes and then ask yourself if what he quoted is a stretch or not.

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
@wildgrass
bit of a stretch there, wildgrass
It's the exact speech of MAGA, insisting that complex problems can be simplified to visceral feelings.

All you need to do is listen to trump or any of his talking head minions.

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@wildgrass
"It's the exact speech of MAGA, insisting that complex problems can be simplified to visceral feelings. "

In some cases, that;s true.

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@wildgrass said
I want no wars.

I want lower egg prices.

I want to pay less taxes.

Ugh. Like heroin addicts
Why is paying less taxes important? Shouldn't it matter what you get for your money, your taxes, when you need it?

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@Torunn said
Why is paying less taxes important? Shouldn't it matter what you get for your money, your taxes, when you need it?
Indeed, this is analogous to the person wanting to fly a helicopter but not caring about the various instruments needed to fly it.

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