In the wake of the mass deplatforming of Trump and his most enthusiastic allies, it's become clear that no one in the United States has more power as a class than the CEOs of the largest corporations. Do we want to live in a society governed by business leaders? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QecA5wuuEIA
add $1 trillion to their wealth in the midst of a pandemic and economic disaster? The 2014 Ukrainian "revolution" shows us how the scam works...
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Trump's allies have all deserted him; the election is certified; all accounts point to a permanent removal from social media once he leaves office. But that does nothing to assuage the anger that Trump supporters felt on Wednesday, nothing to deal with the crisis of confidence in democracy that has left 40% of the electorate questioning whether this election was legitimate. So....where do we go from here? Like a couple after a huge fight, we have to find a way to live together now.
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Trump may ask Repub legislators to do what voters couldn't and deliver him Pennsylvania & Michigan; but the real takeaway from the election is that government is NEVER the answer. We're on our own.
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What is democratic fascism? Well, we didn't know either, until Patrick tried to talk about politicization of the IRS but was interrupted by a viewer with the screen name "democratic fascist."
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Today's talk is all about how, just under the surface of our polite euphemisms and civil discourses, we're all hooting, raping, murderous chimpanzees shamelessly pursuing what's good for us and our kin at the expense of reason and of everyone. With examples.
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"Insurrection" can have several meanings, some more figurative and some more literal. It seems we're going to need all of them to describe what is happening in America today.
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I.F. Stone writes in his "Trial of Socrates" that Socrates was killed because he fundamentally opposed the idea of self-government. But Socrates' true position is closer to that of most spiritual leaders, that true authority proceeds from conscience, from moral authority, not from the barrel of a gun.
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