“Why Is the GOP Making America’s Job of Creating a Less Deadly Society More Difficult?” I think it’s because 1) money is speech/corporations are people, and 2) there are millions of our fellow citizens who need a tribe and have learned to be bad at learning, creating the pool of poorly educated marks for the grifting of America. With per…
“Why Is the GOP Making America’s Job of Creating a Less Deadly Society More Difficult?” I think it’s because 1) money is speech/corporations are people, and 2) there are millions of our fellow citizens who need a tribe and have learned to be bad at learning, creating the pool of poorly educated marks for the grifting of America. With persistent nonviolent resistance, it would only take 3.5% of our population to make our government promote our general welfare (and stop doing bad things). Therefore, it might only take 3.5% of us to make our government engage in the bad things the oligarchs demand, thus making the 74 million votes for Trump some scary shit.
And when guns combine with racism, the synergy forms a hybrid wedge issue that causes some of the best ever human ugliness.
“Why Is the GOP Making America’s Job of Creating a Less Deadly Society More Difficult?” I think it’s because 1) money is speech/corporations are people, and 2) there are millions of our fellow citizens who need a tribe and have learned to be bad at learning, creating the pool of poorly educated marks for the grifting of America. With persistent nonviolent resistance, it would only take 3.5% of our population to make our government promote our general welfare (and stop doing bad things). Therefore, it might only take 3.5% of us to make our government engage in the bad things the oligarchs demand, thus making the 74 million votes for Trump some scary shit.
And when guns combine with racism, the synergy forms a hybrid wedge issue that causes some of the best ever human ugliness.