The eternal war on truth, history, the scientific process, and just plain old thinking... These casualties are a deathblow to the foundation of actual, practiced freedom. I don't think the Generators Of Psychosis constituency are aware of their peril. That one word slogan - "Freedom" - used as often and with the same level of respect aff…
The eternal war on truth, history, the scientific process, and just plain old thinking... These casualties are a deathblow to the foundation of actual, practiced freedom. I don't think the Generators Of Psychosis constituency are aware of their peril. That one word slogan - "Freedom" - used as often and with the same level of respect afforded toilet paper, has been reduced in meaning to a mangled puff of wispy smoke. This spells the death of more than a word. This fundamental tenet of a productive, functional, and largely peaceful society atrophies quickly to nothing more than a "heil" when it is co-opted by a powerful few in their quest for a perverse form of Lordship.
Always grateful to Thom for his levelheaded and tenacious effort in accurately ordering and disseminating the truths that brought us to this otherwise nonsensical present.
Every once in a while, Trump vomited up a load of truth at his pep rallies, and none was more honest than when he said that he “loves the poorly educated.” They are his base and Thom’s history of how America has spawned a critical mass of poorly educated folks is spot on. Once someone has learned to be bad at learning and craves membership in a tribe, they are easily manipulated with fear and anger. They are persistently frightened by whatever “other” that the oligarchs’ propagandists tell them to be scared of, and their fear is solidified by the ever-present threat of eternal damnation if they don’t follow their “Christian” leaders. Trump and his followers (“Putting the “cult” in culture wars since 2015”) make a seductive prize for the sociopaths that crave the power of public sector decision-making, especially those who are too busy to get a Covid test. Our poorly educated citizens will continue to be bamboozled into thinking that people of color, or women, or Muslims, or Jews (or fill in the blank) are the enemy, while all the time they’re just getting played by the same assholes that fund and generate the propaganda. The best remedy for poorly educated citizens is a role model public education system available to everyone, unfortunately, as John noted in this great observation (sometime last year), “We will never convince the truly indoctrinated of their plight.” I believe the best we can do for Trump’s cult members is forgive them for their stupid decisions and offer them the opportunity to gain a role model education. Since they are mal-educated victims of the big grift and if there's one thing reality TV fans love is to bask in their victimhood, maybe we exploit that to reach the atrophied part of their brains that engages critical thinking.
The eternal war on truth, history, the scientific process, and just plain old thinking... These casualties are a deathblow to the foundation of actual, practiced freedom. I don't think the Generators Of Psychosis constituency are aware of their peril. That one word slogan - "Freedom" - used as often and with the same level of respect afforded toilet paper, has been reduced in meaning to a mangled puff of wispy smoke. This spells the death of more than a word. This fundamental tenet of a productive, functional, and largely peaceful society atrophies quickly to nothing more than a "heil" when it is co-opted by a powerful few in their quest for a perverse form of Lordship.
Always grateful to Thom for his levelheaded and tenacious effort in accurately ordering and disseminating the truths that brought us to this otherwise nonsensical present.
Every once in a while, Trump vomited up a load of truth at his pep rallies, and none was more honest than when he said that he “loves the poorly educated.” They are his base and Thom’s history of how America has spawned a critical mass of poorly educated folks is spot on. Once someone has learned to be bad at learning and craves membership in a tribe, they are easily manipulated with fear and anger. They are persistently frightened by whatever “other” that the oligarchs’ propagandists tell them to be scared of, and their fear is solidified by the ever-present threat of eternal damnation if they don’t follow their “Christian” leaders. Trump and his followers (“Putting the “cult” in culture wars since 2015”) make a seductive prize for the sociopaths that crave the power of public sector decision-making, especially those who are too busy to get a Covid test. Our poorly educated citizens will continue to be bamboozled into thinking that people of color, or women, or Muslims, or Jews (or fill in the blank) are the enemy, while all the time they’re just getting played by the same assholes that fund and generate the propaganda. The best remedy for poorly educated citizens is a role model public education system available to everyone, unfortunately, as John noted in this great observation (sometime last year), “We will never convince the truly indoctrinated of their plight.” I believe the best we can do for Trump’s cult members is forgive them for their stupid decisions and offer them the opportunity to gain a role model education. Since they are mal-educated victims of the big grift and if there's one thing reality TV fans love is to bask in their victimhood, maybe we exploit that to reach the atrophied part of their brains that engages critical thinking.