Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.
Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls, Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, are the five politicians who drafted the bill that would add the so-called “syndrome” to a lengthy list of definitions related to mental health care in Minnesota.
If passed, a section of a statute that includes definitions for terms including “diagnostic assessment” and “outpatient services” would be appended to add one for TDS. The authors describe TDS as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons” in reaction to Trump’s policies.
If something like this passed, wonder how easy it would be for the authorities to confiscate someone’s weapons and/or forcibly relocate them to a ‘mental asylum’ for ‘treatment’ to cure their ‘TDS.’ Big 1984 vibes in this bill.
Does this mean if I am upset about Trump I can claim disability?
Be judicious about the degree of productive capacity you can exhibit…
The rest of the article is just as insane. Yarvin clarifies that no one wants poor people powered infrastructure because its yucky I guess. But that they need a humane alternative to genocide. So his proposed solution is basically forcing poor people to live in the Matrix. Permanent Solitary Confinement in a virtual world.
“We’d commit genocide but we’re too squeamish” is also an indefensible position.
It’s so weird to realize some people saw the scene where Neo woke up and thought “Heeeeeeyyyy, now that’s a pretty nice way to do things. Someone (preferably me) should do that!” instead of a natural sense of revulsion.