From military crackdowns to silencing dissent, this Constitution Day reminds us all that we must fight to uphold our rights and preserve the rule of law.
I think we have plenty of evidence as to what the right-wing oligarchs are up to, and it has nothing to do with good government, world peace, general prosperity, human decency, truth or democracy. Lying their pants off to get obscenely richer is pretty much the play, with the absolute power to keep the "masses" from ever being a "problem" and the wealth the masses produce hyper-concentrated into as few hands as possible. Laws and civil rights, democracy and freedom need not apply. They forget that tyranny ALWAYS ends...badly. We could hasten that process by making world-class, universally accessible, lifelong, 21st Century, evidence-based EDUCATION a top priority, S.T.A.T.!
Ask not what we can spare, but what we NEED to do that really well -- and sustain it. This is the one, highest yielding investment we can possibly make to "vaccinate" ourselves against the rise of authoritarian fascist would-be tyrants like Trump, et al. The other thing we can do is put a yoke, harness and reins on capitalism and make it work for ALL The People, instead of only a privileged few of them. Start by kicking business OUT of government!! Rescind "Citizens United"!!! Control or ban paid lobbying. Plug loopholes and reform taxation to reflect more reason and less greed. We Can Do This!
we desperately need all those folks who have been "phoning it in" to wake the f up and get in the game--media comglomerates, big universities, well-positioned Republicans, slow-playing Democrats, unions, farmers, the SCOTUS, the wealthy, and so on. This country is a sleeping giant and could squish Trump like a bug--if it sets its mind to it. So far it has been kind of tepid, disorganized, counterproductive, and ineffective. Meanwhile China and Russia are sowing discord over Kirk, and of course the Right is using Kirk as a pretext for destroying the Constitution. So we are in the thick of it for SURE.
Sadly, it's Constitution Day in name only. I wish it were otherwise!
I think we have plenty of evidence as to what the right-wing oligarchs are up to, and it has nothing to do with good government, world peace, general prosperity, human decency, truth or democracy. Lying their pants off to get obscenely richer is pretty much the play, with the absolute power to keep the "masses" from ever being a "problem" and the wealth the masses produce hyper-concentrated into as few hands as possible. Laws and civil rights, democracy and freedom need not apply. They forget that tyranny ALWAYS ends...badly. We could hasten that process by making world-class, universally accessible, lifelong, 21st Century, evidence-based EDUCATION a top priority, S.T.A.T.!
Ask not what we can spare, but what we NEED to do that really well -- and sustain it. This is the one, highest yielding investment we can possibly make to "vaccinate" ourselves against the rise of authoritarian fascist would-be tyrants like Trump, et al. The other thing we can do is put a yoke, harness and reins on capitalism and make it work for ALL The People, instead of only a privileged few of them. Start by kicking business OUT of government!! Rescind "Citizens United"!!! Control or ban paid lobbying. Plug loopholes and reform taxation to reflect more reason and less greed. We Can Do This!
we desperately need all those folks who have been "phoning it in" to wake the f up and get in the game--media comglomerates, big universities, well-positioned Republicans, slow-playing Democrats, unions, farmers, the SCOTUS, the wealthy, and so on. This country is a sleeping giant and could squish Trump like a bug--if it sets its mind to it. So far it has been kind of tepid, disorganized, counterproductive, and ineffective. Meanwhile China and Russia are sowing discord over Kirk, and of course the Right is using Kirk as a pretext for destroying the Constitution. So we are in the thick of it for SURE.