I wonder about this a lot. Male supremacy -- specifically *white* male supremacy -- is certainly at the heart of it, and Christian fundamentalism clearly plays a role, but last I looked, the U.S. was at least an aspirational democracy and women make up more than half the electorate. Close to 60% of white women did vote for Trump twice, b…
I wonder about this a lot. Male supremacy -- specifically *white* male supremacy -- is certainly at the heart of it, and Christian fundamentalism clearly plays a role, but last I looked, the U.S. was at least an aspirational democracy and women make up more than half the electorate. Close to 60% of white women did vote for Trump twice, but the outcomes of recent abortion referendums, not to mention the 2022 midterms, suggest that overt misogyny is not a winning strategy.
I do suspect it has to do with the "corporate overlords" and the non-corporate billionaires and mega-multimillionaires who, after all, tend to have little direct contact with actual working people (except maybe their nannies and landscapers and household staff). There are far too few of them to win an election at any level, but since the late 1960s they've been extremely clever at harnessing the rage and angst of white working people and religious conservatives, both Catholic and Protestant. Not only has this won them elections, it's persuaded the Democratic Party to move ever rightward, ever further from the accomplishments of the New Deal and the Great Society. (Thanks to the horrors of the Trump and post-Trump years, more and more Democrats are finally putting the brakes on the rightward slide.)
What I'm thinking -- and it's such a scary thought that I can't hold it in my mind for very long -- is that Project 2025 is planning for, and working toward, a time when they can do away with democracy, aspirational or otherwise, once and for all. Which would explain why they're not more concerned about alienating women, especially younger women, especially women of color (who have seen through them from the get-go). They've gotten away with it in so many red states, so, their thinking goes, now it's time to go for the whole country.
Susanna I mentioned the absurdity of the likes of Beobert, Green and 60% of the women who voted for Trump and she said Stockholm Syndrome. These women, like the Arab women who wear the Abaya, chador, Niqab and Burga in stifling heat, are raised that way, and they believe that their bread is buttered by supporting and maintaining the status quo. And when they rebel, as did those brave young women in Iran, they are arrested, tortured, beat to death and hung from a crane.
The authors of Project 25 are confident in their aspirations, because they don't plan for a fair, peaceful election. They are already at work suppressing the votes of black and brown people. Bribery, misleading voter info., fear mongering are just a few methods up their sleeve. Money equals power and they plan to use it, as they have before. Look what they've already accomplished. SC judges that are bought and paid for, Eileen Cannon, appointed by tRump, has used every trick in her judicial book to delay Jack Smith's document's trial, many southern state legislatures are controlled by republicans, they have a majority in the House. Leonard Leo, Federalist society, is laughing all the way to the bank. Evangelicals want to see the End of Times, but before that happens they plan to dismantle our democracy and the freedoms we all enjoy. What more do you need to see and understand their intentions? Democrats, according to Hopium Chronicles, are beginning to wake up.
Perhaps, it's naive on my part to do what I suggested on a number of newsletters. We need to get the attention of the electorate. Getting their eyes and ears to pay attention to what's at stake in this upcoming election will make the difference between a democracy vs. a dictatorship. My suggestion has been a million man march in D.C. that promotes our vision for America. Leaders like Adam Schiff, Thom Hartmann, Steve Schmidt, Jamie Raskin, Jim McGovern, General Patraeus, Gavin Newsom, and entertainers like Taylor Swift, Barbara Streisand, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Kimmel are just a few that can move an audience and lead this march for freedom.. Time is running out!
I wonder about this a lot. Male supremacy -- specifically *white* male supremacy -- is certainly at the heart of it, and Christian fundamentalism clearly plays a role, but last I looked, the U.S. was at least an aspirational democracy and women make up more than half the electorate. Close to 60% of white women did vote for Trump twice, but the outcomes of recent abortion referendums, not to mention the 2022 midterms, suggest that overt misogyny is not a winning strategy.
I do suspect it has to do with the "corporate overlords" and the non-corporate billionaires and mega-multimillionaires who, after all, tend to have little direct contact with actual working people (except maybe their nannies and landscapers and household staff). There are far too few of them to win an election at any level, but since the late 1960s they've been extremely clever at harnessing the rage and angst of white working people and religious conservatives, both Catholic and Protestant. Not only has this won them elections, it's persuaded the Democratic Party to move ever rightward, ever further from the accomplishments of the New Deal and the Great Society. (Thanks to the horrors of the Trump and post-Trump years, more and more Democrats are finally putting the brakes on the rightward slide.)
What I'm thinking -- and it's such a scary thought that I can't hold it in my mind for very long -- is that Project 2025 is planning for, and working toward, a time when they can do away with democracy, aspirational or otherwise, once and for all. Which would explain why they're not more concerned about alienating women, especially younger women, especially women of color (who have seen through them from the get-go). They've gotten away with it in so many red states, so, their thinking goes, now it's time to go for the whole country.
Susanna I mentioned the absurdity of the likes of Beobert, Green and 60% of the women who voted for Trump and she said Stockholm Syndrome. These women, like the Arab women who wear the Abaya, chador, Niqab and Burga in stifling heat, are raised that way, and they believe that their bread is buttered by supporting and maintaining the status quo. And when they rebel, as did those brave young women in Iran, they are arrested, tortured, beat to death and hung from a crane.
The authors of Project 25 are confident in their aspirations, because they don't plan for a fair, peaceful election. They are already at work suppressing the votes of black and brown people. Bribery, misleading voter info., fear mongering are just a few methods up their sleeve. Money equals power and they plan to use it, as they have before. Look what they've already accomplished. SC judges that are bought and paid for, Eileen Cannon, appointed by tRump, has used every trick in her judicial book to delay Jack Smith's document's trial, many southern state legislatures are controlled by republicans, they have a majority in the House. Leonard Leo, Federalist society, is laughing all the way to the bank. Evangelicals want to see the End of Times, but before that happens they plan to dismantle our democracy and the freedoms we all enjoy. What more do you need to see and understand their intentions? Democrats, according to Hopium Chronicles, are beginning to wake up.
Perhaps, it's naive on my part to do what I suggested on a number of newsletters. We need to get the attention of the electorate. Getting their eyes and ears to pay attention to what's at stake in this upcoming election will make the difference between a democracy vs. a dictatorship. My suggestion has been a million man march in D.C. that promotes our vision for America. Leaders like Adam Schiff, Thom Hartmann, Steve Schmidt, Jamie Raskin, Jim McGovern, General Patraeus, Gavin Newsom, and entertainers like Taylor Swift, Barbara Streisand, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Kimmel are just a few that can move an audience and lead this march for freedom.. Time is running out!