I think after a decade plus of the right rolling over for the woke agenda, that the tide is shifting. More and more people are speaking up and saying "This is crazy!!". Never underestimate the R's to screw it up though.
I think after a decade plus of the right rolling over for the woke agenda, that the tide is shifting. More and more people are speaking up and saying "This is crazy!!". Never underestimate the R's to screw it up though.
The GOP and DNC are just two cheeks of the same corpulent, fetid ass that blows one flavor of shit or another on the rest of us, dressing it up in fancy clothes and scenting it with Chanel or Jovan Musk, depending on the socio-economics of the mob they are pandering too.
The rest of us are just vast herds of tax cattle, sorted into pens by red or blue ear tag, and plied with an endless litany of bromides and platitudes specifically designed to appeal to the emotional, reptilian part of the brain stem, to elicit everything from a soothing calm to a hysterical outrage, depending on the proclivities of the livestock in question and the evolving needs of the tax ranchers.
Above all, each bovine taxpayer must be convinced, and that conviction frequently reinforced, that his/her counterpart in the other pen, sporting the other color ear tag, is the enemy, which can only be defeated by supporting, ideologically and especially financially, whichever ass-cheek is most trusted and which shit sandwich is tastiest.
Meanwhile, the ranchers keep on stealing (er... I mean taxing, printing and borrowing) both herds blind, to the tune of 40%+ of their output, raking in trillions and "redistributing" the loot among favored cronies and constituencies, after, of course, taking a nice cut for themselves and laughing all the way to the bank.
It is kind of an old story, dating back to at least the Sumerians, and what the Romans called 'divide et impera'. But then, the ranchers don't teach the calves about that in schools anymore, instead being focused on far more crucial topics such as the virtuous beneficence of the ranchers and the overarching importance of the color of one's hide.
But all the bovines will just keep ambling around the pasture, looking for the fresh patches of grass as the farmer permits, mooing angrily at the cattle in the other pen, and gazing at the ranchers with big loving eyes, secure in the knowledge that they know what's best and have the herd's best interests at heart.
As a progressive since 2016, having cleansed myself of the blue koolaid, I realize the two have been working in harmony that whole time, creating an illusion of rivalry for us serfs so we stay in our tribal territories and never talk over the fence or worse, leave to find new territory or create a new tribe or tribes. The only actual rivalry they have is who gets to sit at the Right Hand of Corporate America and who has to play controlled opposition.
Which is why I do laugh at people here opining over "progressives" and "socialists" and "the left" when they're talking establishment Democrats. Because the Democrats are none of those things. I am, and though I disagree with right wing conservatives on many issues, I agree on the really big things like free speech and informed consent, and even when deep in the blue wing of the uniparty cult, hating and fearing those in the red wing, I never supported forcibly silencing anyone because you can't have a free society if only the "correct" views are to be permitted expression. Because too many things historically labelled criminal wrong thought turned out to be right, and even conservatives I deeply disagree with in most cases on WotB have offered things of value at times.
Who the Hell want to live in a society of inbred ideas, be those ideas progressive or conservative? Even if you never agree with the other side, without a robust public discussion how would you even know why you reject those views?
Btw, Renacci in Ohio has introduced legislation to ban vax mandates for school, employment,etc. He will probably be the first R vote I ever cast in my life.
I think after a decade plus of the right rolling over for the woke agenda, that the tide is shifting. More and more people are speaking up and saying "This is crazy!!". Never underestimate the R's to screw it up though.
Rs and Ds are on the same team. One's wearing "home" jerseys, the other "away" jerseys.
The silence by official R-dom against Brandon's demand for mandates was deafening.
The GOP and DNC are just two cheeks of the same corpulent, fetid ass that blows one flavor of shit or another on the rest of us, dressing it up in fancy clothes and scenting it with Chanel or Jovan Musk, depending on the socio-economics of the mob they are pandering too.
The rest of us are just vast herds of tax cattle, sorted into pens by red or blue ear tag, and plied with an endless litany of bromides and platitudes specifically designed to appeal to the emotional, reptilian part of the brain stem, to elicit everything from a soothing calm to a hysterical outrage, depending on the proclivities of the livestock in question and the evolving needs of the tax ranchers.
Above all, each bovine taxpayer must be convinced, and that conviction frequently reinforced, that his/her counterpart in the other pen, sporting the other color ear tag, is the enemy, which can only be defeated by supporting, ideologically and especially financially, whichever ass-cheek is most trusted and which shit sandwich is tastiest.
Meanwhile, the ranchers keep on stealing (er... I mean taxing, printing and borrowing) both herds blind, to the tune of 40%+ of their output, raking in trillions and "redistributing" the loot among favored cronies and constituencies, after, of course, taking a nice cut for themselves and laughing all the way to the bank.
It is kind of an old story, dating back to at least the Sumerians, and what the Romans called 'divide et impera'. But then, the ranchers don't teach the calves about that in schools anymore, instead being focused on far more crucial topics such as the virtuous beneficence of the ranchers and the overarching importance of the color of one's hide.
But all the bovines will just keep ambling around the pasture, looking for the fresh patches of grass as the farmer permits, mooing angrily at the cattle in the other pen, and gazing at the ranchers with big loving eyes, secure in the knowledge that they know what's best and have the herd's best interests at heart.
Pathetic.
Sadly the case :(
https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/democrats-have-gone-crazy-but-freedom?s=w
This.
As a Democrat for 16 years (https://caucus99percent.com/content/i-feel-so-free-thank-you-hillary) I always saw the supposed left rolling over for the right wing agenda, ever since the Clintons took over the D party in the eighties.
As a progressive since 2016, having cleansed myself of the blue koolaid, I realize the two have been working in harmony that whole time, creating an illusion of rivalry for us serfs so we stay in our tribal territories and never talk over the fence or worse, leave to find new territory or create a new tribe or tribes. The only actual rivalry they have is who gets to sit at the Right Hand of Corporate America and who has to play controlled opposition.
Which is why I do laugh at people here opining over "progressives" and "socialists" and "the left" when they're talking establishment Democrats. Because the Democrats are none of those things. I am, and though I disagree with right wing conservatives on many issues, I agree on the really big things like free speech and informed consent, and even when deep in the blue wing of the uniparty cult, hating and fearing those in the red wing, I never supported forcibly silencing anyone because you can't have a free society if only the "correct" views are to be permitted expression. Because too many things historically labelled criminal wrong thought turned out to be right, and even conservatives I deeply disagree with in most cases on WotB have offered things of value at times.
Who the Hell want to live in a society of inbred ideas, be those ideas progressive or conservative? Even if you never agree with the other side, without a robust public discussion how would you even know why you reject those views?
Btw, Renacci in Ohio has introduced legislation to ban vax mandates for school, employment,etc. He will probably be the first R vote I ever cast in my life.