The original Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 -- its 250th anniversary takes place on July 4, 2026. Virtually nobody in the country is satisfied with our society, but we are mainly at each others' throats about what is wrong or how to address it.
Not Us...but THEM!
I think we are purposefully set up to fight against our own interests...red/blue, gay/straight, libertarian/socialist, BLM/Boogaloos and an array of other divides. As a result we fail to see the real impediment to a functioning society benefiting most people and protecting the planet is the oligarchs. This week the rigging of the market by the elites to limit the people's investment was made obvious with the Gamestop fiasco. I suspect that soon, designed distractions will insure we're pitted against other working people while the oligarchs laugh all the way to the banks they own. This became plain to me this week when Jimmy was attacked (45 min) for daring to speak to a boogaloo boy (40 min). There are many views we hold in common with this person. The idea we should not even talk with people who have different ideas is absurd. For my perspective we must learn to focus on policy issues NOT identity politics designed to keep us apart. TPTB assassinated MLK when he dared to try to unite blacks and whites in a working class coalition. Since that time, we've failed again and again to rebuild that working class movement...in part because we are divided or thwarted whenever that becomes a possibility (OWS and the 2016 Bernie campaign come to mind).
What set me off was this headline that I saw on a Facebook profile, "Bernie Sanders Asks Supporters to Donate to Democratic Party, 'Show Commitment to Party Unity.'" I'm against Democratic Party unity, because the Democrats at the top of the party hierarchy are a bunch of corporate commodities masquerading as politicians.
Why are the @FlaDems giving 54k to the Hillary Victory Fund in 2017!?
As a member of the party budget committee, @DemNikkiBarnes, says she wasn't made aware the party was making these payments.
At one point, I decided Nancy Pelosi wasn't funny anymore. She still isn't. She's delusional
Leader of a shrinking House minority, Nancy Pelosi
Warning: do not have anything in your mouth when listening to this.
Great little video from The Humanist Report about Tom Perez having no clue what he's doing.
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See my Political Storm article to see what I mean:
The Competition Curse
Our society is one based on the principle of human-to-human competition or what I like to refer to as a dung heap society. Especially in the U.S., we are indoctrinated as children […]
Please also see "Why Hillary is better than Trump" arguments, dissected: SCOTUS for the first in this series.
Note: These essays are critical of the "Support Hillary because X" arguments. The intent is to dissect and examine them on the merits, and expose their weaknesses if any. I have a bias in that I'm a #BernieOrBust person. I won't vote for Hillary, and I find the arguments I'm critiquing unconvincing. These essays are meant to explore how and why I have come to that conclusion.
