Perhaps this diary should be a play:
The "Right": Omigod Ministry of Truth! Stop the steal! Biden's a FASCIST!
The "Left: Omigod cult of personality! Racism! Steve Bannon! Trump's a FASCIST!
Zelenskyy supporters: "Putin's a FASCIST!"
Putin supporters: "Zelenskyy's a FASCIST!"
Four-part harmony, key of C7th: fascist -- fascist -- fascist -- fascist --
Much as I love to watch Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti dissecting the neoliberal elites as said elites fail to have answers for the problems they themselves caused, I must dissent from this interview conducted recently on Breaking Points:
In this world, however, the nice liberals run pieces like this one on Scheerpost:
It will be called "The Joe Rogan Obsession."
Okay, so today's offering has one distraction and one truth. Let's start with the distraction. This caught my eye:
Luke Skywalker was a terrorist!
Teach a man to fish in a dumpster, etc. etc.
Private Property, because I have a gun!
Maybe they actually want you to die?
Bloomberg had a good article about the predicament our economy now faces. Of course it's all about the what's and not about the why's (hint: blame multinational corporations and their single-minded goal of short-term profit above all else).
But the article does have a lot of good graphs.
If there is one constant in the areas of politics and economics, it's that the facts are unwelcome. This is especially true when the conversation turns to capitalism.
It looks like things are resolving and returning me to a more calm existence.
Phew!
