...has always been business (Wall Street) saying to the southern conservatives "You can keep your Bible, guns and bigotry as long as we can keep our profits."
I don't think we ever had what we thought. The founders were fascist plutocrats, with fascism defined in its original meaning, the merger of corporate and state. Which means the state will overwhelmingly make law in favor of business and the wealthy. The "republic" is a disguise. The electoral college, the nature of the Senate, gerrymandering, money and alas, covert and overt racism ensures the "repubic" is a well crafted illusion, designed to keep the plutocracy in tact. Much is discussed about what to do and what may happen. But history repeats itself and the nature of man does not change. Turning points of society are never without great costs.
of the Trump disinformation cult. Maybe they'll all end up choosing to commit mass suicide in the fine tradition of Jim Jones. If not, maybe they'll simply be embarrassed to death.
rather frequently, and I don't mean to insult anybody's intelligence. But these are desperate times, and people are feeling helpless, and that can lead to precipitous behavior.
...has always been business (Wall Street) saying to the southern conservatives "You can keep your Bible, guns and bigotry as long as we can keep our profits."
I don't think we ever had what we thought. The founders were fascist plutocrats, with fascism defined in its original meaning, the merger of corporate and state. Which means the state will overwhelmingly make law in favor of business and the wealthy. The "republic" is a disguise. The electoral college, the nature of the Senate, gerrymandering, money and alas, covert and overt racism ensures the "repubic" is a well crafted illusion, designed to keep the plutocracy in tact. Much is discussed about what to do and what may happen. But history repeats itself and the nature of man does not change. Turning points of society are never without great costs.
It's resonating with people
of the Trump disinformation cult. Maybe they'll all end up choosing to commit mass suicide in the fine tradition of Jim Jones. If not, maybe they'll simply be embarrassed to death.
rather frequently, and I don't mean to insult anybody's intelligence. But these are desperate times, and people are feeling helpless, and that can lead to precipitous behavior.