Succinctly and elegantly put. I'll have two of your sharpest machetes please, the ones with the non slip handles for when things get really slippy.
I was born into a right wing household, and have moved steadily to the left ever since. I loathe the far right and the far left, and now regard the guillotine as a vital political tool.
I suspect millions would love a rebellion of any type, but we’re too far gone- we’re Russia now. Know why they don’t rebel even with their in-your-face kleptocracy? Because they’ll be mercilessly crushed, dispersed, then tracked down and killed for even trying.
ICE was the trial run to show us that local, obscenely over-militarized police with gleefully join in beating and killing any resistance the second it materializes. Our corrupt “justice” system has proven it will side with the state by default, and the Supreme Court has signaled it’s proud to serve as a backstop of enablement to give the regime whatever the few judges with conscience might deny them.
We are a powerless citizenry living in a police state. It’s not defeatist- it’s just reality. Any real threat to billionaire wealth will be disposed of with extreme prejudice.
It’s what their billions in “donations” have always been about. Republicans have rewrote every law and bent the government into serving THEIR needs.
We wouldn’t stand a chance, even with 300 million of us. Hell, 100 million of us apparently LIKE it this way.
I’m afraid the REAL end result is either a war where the world decides we’re too dangerous to stability and need to be put down, or containment by a world alliance to cut us off and starve us out (same end result, just not open conflict).
The latter’s most likely, as we’ve shown we’re more than eager and willing to kill each other.
2. May I gently nudge the author away from the discussion of people as morons with congenital stupidity? I’m going from memory bc I’m not able to read the piece and comment simultaneously. There are people with Intellectual or Developmental Disability who were considered “morons” during the times of eugenics (a practice that even Helen Keller supported at one time,) so it’s not the greatest word choice. Additionally, people with literal congenital stupidity cannot help it- believe me, they would if they could. But! The willfully ignorant— that’s something else. I’m going to keep reading now. Sincerely, A Fan.
I can always be gently nudged. No desire to do any additional harm, and yes I am familiar with the difficult history you mention. I will definitely try to hone my words in future to apply only to those who deserve to be on the other end of the pointed vowels.
Succinctly and elegantly put. I'll have two of your sharpest machetes please, the ones with the non slip handles for when things get really slippy.
I was born into a right wing household, and have moved steadily to the left ever since. I loathe the far right and the far left, and now regard the guillotine as a vital political tool.
I suspect millions would love a rebellion of any type, but we’re too far gone- we’re Russia now. Know why they don’t rebel even with their in-your-face kleptocracy? Because they’ll be mercilessly crushed, dispersed, then tracked down and killed for even trying.
ICE was the trial run to show us that local, obscenely over-militarized police with gleefully join in beating and killing any resistance the second it materializes. Our corrupt “justice” system has proven it will side with the state by default, and the Supreme Court has signaled it’s proud to serve as a backstop of enablement to give the regime whatever the few judges with conscience might deny them.
We are a powerless citizenry living in a police state. It’s not defeatist- it’s just reality. Any real threat to billionaire wealth will be disposed of with extreme prejudice.
It’s what their billions in “donations” have always been about. Republicans have rewrote every law and bent the government into serving THEIR needs.
We wouldn’t stand a chance, even with 300 million of us. Hell, 100 million of us apparently LIKE it this way.
I’m afraid the REAL end result is either a war where the world decides we’re too dangerous to stability and need to be put down, or containment by a world alliance to cut us off and starve us out (same end result, just not open conflict).
The latter’s most likely, as we’ve shown we’re more than eager and willing to kill each other.
1. I did not know that about Stalin!
2. May I gently nudge the author away from the discussion of people as morons with congenital stupidity? I’m going from memory bc I’m not able to read the piece and comment simultaneously. There are people with Intellectual or Developmental Disability who were considered “morons” during the times of eugenics (a practice that even Helen Keller supported at one time,) so it’s not the greatest word choice. Additionally, people with literal congenital stupidity cannot help it- believe me, they would if they could. But! The willfully ignorant— that’s something else. I’m going to keep reading now. Sincerely, A Fan.
I can always be gently nudged. No desire to do any additional harm, and yes I am familiar with the difficult history you mention. I will definitely try to hone my words in future to apply only to those who deserve to be on the other end of the pointed vowels.
It must be tough to carry around all that hate for your fellow man every day, huh?
No, it’s easy.