It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Tokusou Robo Janperson.
There's two fascinating little quirks of modern DbD here. The first is the deep paranoid style, part of the world where boilerplate declarations of intent from UN member nations are in fact insidious plots to undermine from within. The second is something I've noted multiple times, Muir treating being an arrogant rural blowhard who broadcasts their ignorance as the sign of their superiority. This is what Muir thinks is the great American culture that needs to be not only protected, but in charge of the nation--a sneering, idiotic cynicism that broadcasts that it not only doesn't know what the hell anyone else is talking about, but it doesn't care.
Probably one of the most incisive paragraphs you've written, frankly. It cuts straight to the heart of the psychosis on display here.
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Imagine knowing someone like this personally, who took the most mundane, perfunctory statements of yours and breathlessly mutated them into insane nefarious schemes. In most workplaces, someone like that wouldn't last a month on the job. But almost half the country wants its LEADERS to be that.
"...a sneering, idiotic cynicism that broadcasts that it not only doesn't know what the hell anyone else is talking about, but it doesn't care."
Perfection. That is everything.
Imagine thinking "bumper stickers're redneck white papers" is something to brag about.
"Hi, I'm Sam in engineering."
"Hi. Zed, from design."
Neither Sam In Engineering or Zed From Design were, when introducing themselves, rednecks. They were educated professionals working in tech. Flash forward fifteen years and Sam In Engineering was serving drinks topless at a bar owned by her now-rancher husband.
Even summarizing it in that dry, matter-of-fact way doesn't make it seem any less bonkers.
As I've noted countless time--and he has demonstrated in the strip--Muir views trucknuts--TRUCKNUTS--as a sign of superiority.
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