Good news history isn't over

[sabotabby]

I dare you to find anything funnier than Francis Fukuyama (yes, that one), equating Halloween decorations to war crimes.

Just passed a house with a child's skeleton as a Halloween decoration. People should realize these are not cute; when you see one in reality it is at minimum a human tragedy and at worst a #WarCrimes

twitter.com/FukuyamaFrancis/status/1050404879083102209

If you do find anything funnier than this, post it in the comments because we all need a laugh. Remember when this guy's cracked-out neoliberal beliefs were the global economic consensus?

Thanks to rydra_wong for making my morning.

Comments

[cloudsinvenice]

The comments are amazing!!

[sabotabby]

Everything about this is comedy gold, except for the part where Fukuyama played a huge role in destroying the world's economy.

[cloudsinvenice]

Shit, that I didn't know! I only knew his name vaguely and inferred from the comments that he was the guy who'd made a grand pronouncement that history was over!

[kore]

me too, apparently I missed something?

[sabotabby]

He's an economist known for, among other things, writing the most hubristic words since King George's "Nothing important happened today." Basically, "The End of History?" is about how capitalist liberal democracy is human civilization's final form. Which. LOL.

[rydra_wong]

I feel like that's an integral part of the comedy gold; it's the fact that it's FRANCIS FUKUYAMA saying this that makes it really spectacular.

(Obviously the whole destruction of the world's economy thing and the Iraq war = not funny. The fact that it's that guy saying this: GOLD.)

[sabotabby]

It's the world economy thing that's not funny—the fact that it's him saying is fucking hilarious. I mean, a nice white lady in my neighbourhood said something similar and I laughed at that too but this is way better.

[kore]

WHA

[rydra_wong]

I'm with kzinssiebroiler, "at worst a #WarCrimes" is going to be stuck in my head and I'm going to be looking for all opportunities to use it.

(Along with "exciting and challenging", which is what the job of a Brexit "resilience adviser" is apparently going to be.)

[ironed_orchid]

Will definitely be using it whether the opportunity presents itself... which in 2018 should not take long.

[sabotabby]

Yeah honestly I could be using it on a daily basis.

[ironed_orchid]

I tumblr'd it - I feel like the Skeleton Army needs to get into these replies

[rydra_wong]

Yes! This needs to be shared with the Skeleton Army!

[sabotabby]

FIRST SHOTS FIRED IN THE 2018 SKELETON WAR

[ironed_orchid]

OMG THE REPLIES ARE EVERYTHING!!!

Be sure to buy a Fair Trade skeleton, then you know for sure the parents received a decent amount for their child's skeleton

d y i n g

[kore]

My fave was 'They made me write a paper on your book in my upper division honors poli sci seminar and now here we are and I feel the need to explain trick or treat to you' because THAT WAS ALSO ME

[sabotabby]

The replies justify Twitter's existence.

[minoanmiss]

hahahahah

[rydra_wong]

When you see an ADULT skeleton decorating someone's porch in reality it is at minimum grave-robbery and at worst a #WarCrimes a sign that you really, really shouldn't stop at that house to ask for directions.

[kore]

I HAD TO FUCKING READ 'LAST MAN' IN GRAD SCHOOL
IT WASN'T EVEN A FUCKING POLI SCI CLASS (WHY WOULD I TAKE ONE OF THOSE)
IT WAS A CLASS ON TEACHING THE MODERN ENGLISH ESSAY, AND THE INSTRUCTOR WAS SO IN LOOVE WITH FF, HE PUT THE BOOK ON THE DAMN SYLLABUS


NOT THAT I'M STILL BITTER

He has some new book out! something something identity politics and how terrible it is that the Right got all Tribal (Trump), but of course the Bad Lefties did it first in the evil Sixties

[sabotabby]

EWWW at least I was never forced to read his stuff. I ended up reading some of his stuff but that was just to confirm that it was bullshit, which it is.

Fukuyama is proof that whatever else Yanis Varoufakis is wrong about (which is a lot), the nasty things he says about mainstream economists are correct.

[rdi]

Francis Fukuyama interview: “Socialism ought to come back”

[sabotabby]

I saw that, but fortunately my internet has gone out for no fucking reason and I’m using my phone to read DW, and my phone doesn’t open links anymore. So I’m spared.

[rdi]

Giant-ass Rogers Cable outage affecting much of Ontario, including reseller customers.

[sabotabby]

Oh good! I mean not good but it means I won’t need to call tech support.