/8 Servility is both a choice and a habit. Journalists who don’t ask obvious questions or poke patent lies get into the habit of servility towards the state. Look where that’s got us.
June 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
/8 Servility is both a choice and a habit. Journalists who don’t ask obvious questions or poke patent lies get into the habit of servility towards the state. Look where that’s got us.
Testing congressional servility...
The danger of the moment is that all the points of resistance to Trump are compliant or in retreat -- not just GOP but Dems. That's why Trump thinks he can nominate Gaetz -- to rub his dominance in the nose of any opposition. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate
By nominating Matt Gaetz and other dangerous cronies, the president-elect is testing congressional servility.
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Testing congressional servility...
it is absolutely unimaginable, doglike servility that anyone is defending the democratic party's response to the second trump administration
June 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
it is absolutely unimaginable, doglike servility that anyone is defending the democratic party's response to the second trump administration
What is with the servility from the media
February 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What is with the servility from the media
Trump has subordinated US interests to Putin’s Russia. Astonishing servility.
So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.
March 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Trump has subordinated US interests to Putin’s Russia. Astonishing servility.
Raskin: "I found the preamble to this big ugly bill. 'We the billionaires and our king, in order to deform and sicken our union, establish injustice, ensure domestic servility, weaken our people's defenses, undermine the general welfare, and have staggering debt servitude for eternity ... '"
July 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Raskin: "I found the preamble to this big ugly bill. 'We the billionaires and our king, in order to deform and sicken our union, establish injustice, ensure domestic servility, weaken our people's defenses, undermine the general welfare, and have staggering debt servitude for eternity ... '"
NEVER underestimate the complacency and servility of white guys living in the beltway ☝️
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
NEVER underestimate the complacency and servility of white guys living in the beltway ☝️
just incredible servility
June 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
just incredible servility
Remarkable worship of “the leader”. A culture of servility. Embarrassing to witness.
‘Fawning’ is a response where a person gives a servile display of exaggerated flattery in order to gain favor or advantage.
AKA: ass-kisser, bootlicker, toady, suck-up brown-noser, etc.
AKA: ass-kisser, bootlicker, toady, suck-up brown-noser, etc.
April 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Remarkable worship of “the leader”. A culture of servility. Embarrassing to witness.
it rules that we have to perform servility to beg for the opportunity to sell our labour below its value
I’m sorry, but if you bring an iced coffee - or any damn beverage at all - to a job interview, you’re disqualified. It’s not hard, people.
September 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
it rules that we have to perform servility to beg for the opportunity to sell our labour below its value
Amidst egregious corporate servility to Trumpian extortion, CBS devolves into yet another right wing propaganda conduit, abetted by feckless Democratic senescence on media reform. Intellectual torpor imperils the republic's informed polity.
July 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Amidst egregious corporate servility to Trumpian extortion, CBS devolves into yet another right wing propaganda conduit, abetted by feckless Democratic senescence on media reform. Intellectual torpor imperils the republic's informed polity.
i always found that nasty little freak's fawning servility repulsive. his noble sacrifice was the last wriggle of a life lived on his stomach. utterly british character concept, utterly depraved
Harry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's grave
Harry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's grave
Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
i always found that nasty little freak's fawning servility repulsive. his noble sacrifice was the last wriggle of a life lived on his stomach. utterly british character concept, utterly depraved
Cult of personality watch. In a personalist regime, subordinates compete to display maximum servility to the leader.
June 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Cult of personality watch. In a personalist regime, subordinates compete to display maximum servility to the leader.
The servility is stomach turning. Dem 2028 contenders must vow to tear the monstrosity down .. I mean the court but also the east wing
August 21, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The servility is stomach turning. Dem 2028 contenders must vow to tear the monstrosity down .. I mean the court but also the east wing
It’s true, when you pick a gaggle of utter crackpots purely for their obsequious servility, they will probably be “ideologically diverse.”
November 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM
It’s true, when you pick a gaggle of utter crackpots purely for their obsequious servility, they will probably be “ideologically diverse.”
when they say "civility" is the most important issue, this is a rare example of non-rhotic pronunciation in American English; they're actually saying "servility"
which explains why it's only important for *some* people
which explains why it's only important for *some* people
Remember when the most important issue was civility in politics because restaurant workers politely decline to serve Sarah Sanders and now everyone targeted by Trump or his cronies needs private security and we don’t talk about civility much anymore www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction
On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
www.nbcnews.com
June 15, 2024 at 2:38 PM
when they say "civility" is the most important issue, this is a rare example of non-rhotic pronunciation in American English; they're actually saying "servility"
which explains why it's only important for *some* people
which explains why it's only important for *some* people
This is honestly really good advice. We're in a (crumbling) social order that extensively conditions for compliance and servility. Breaking out of that takes practice.
Practice it.
Practice breaking small rules now, so you are in the habit of rule-breaking should it become necessary to break larger ones later.
Practice it so that compliance without questioning first feels unnatural.
Practice breaking small rules now, so you are in the habit of rule-breaking should it become necessary to break larger ones later.
Practice it so that compliance without questioning first feels unnatural.
July 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is honestly really good advice. We're in a (crumbling) social order that extensively conditions for compliance and servility. Breaking out of that takes practice.
like, "savage servility" is absolutely the mindset of people excited and galvanized by footage of police executing people
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
like, "savage servility" is absolutely the mindset of people excited and galvanized by footage of police executing people
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is eager to display his unwavering servility to MAGA’s dear leader.
March 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is eager to display his unwavering servility to MAGA’s dear leader.
Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing highlights Republicans’ servility to Trump | Moira Donegan
Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing highlights Republicans’ servility to Trump | Moira Donegan
Defense secretary nominee is incompetent and seems to have no redeeming qualities – but his appointment looks assured
In some ways, the secretary of Defense nomination of Pete Hegseth was always meant as a domination exercise, a way of making Senate…
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing highlights Republicans’ servility to Trump | Moira Donegan
MSNBC considers anything short of abject servility worthy of being fired.
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
MSNBC considers anything short of abject servility worthy of being fired.
Is it more embarrassing to crave this servility or to deliver it?
April 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Is it more embarrassing to crave this servility or to deliver it?
“This paralysis of the mind and will of grown-up men … is astonishing, though perhaps it can be grasped if one remembers the course of German history … which made blind obedience to temporal rulers the highest virtue of Germanic man and put a premium on servility.”
-Shirer, Rise and Fall…, 1735.
-Shirer, Rise and Fall…, 1735.
OSSOFF: Your statement says that as a result of last summer's airstrikes, Iran's nuclear program was 'obliterated.' Correct?
GABBARD: Yes
O: The WH stated war was launched to 'eliminate the imminent nuclear threat'
G: The only person who can determine what's an imminent threat is POTUS
O: False
GABBARD: Yes
O: The WH stated war was launched to 'eliminate the imminent nuclear threat'
G: The only person who can determine what's an imminent threat is POTUS
O: False
March 19, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“This paralysis of the mind and will of grown-up men … is astonishing, though perhaps it can be grasped if one remembers the course of German history … which made blind obedience to temporal rulers the highest virtue of Germanic man and put a premium on servility.”
-Shirer, Rise and Fall…, 1735.
-Shirer, Rise and Fall…, 1735.
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
musk definitely did a nazi salute but there's incentives for pretending he didn't across the top of the mainstream political spectrum (secretly being a nazi/not wanting line to go down/finding muddied waters re: antisemitism to be useful/sycophantic servility before power, etc) so he didn't actually
January 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
musk definitely did a nazi salute but there's incentives for pretending he didn't across the top of the mainstream political spectrum (secretly being a nazi/not wanting line to go down/finding muddied waters re: antisemitism to be useful/sycophantic servility before power, etc) so he didn't actually