It’s almost as if American capitalism should add some rules.

And they won’t apologize for their behavior, but will certainly bark back that you’re an elitist.

At their core, many are just bullies and it nicely appeals to the emotionally stunted desires of their base.

I recently watched a Nazi documentary on Netflix, and the parallels beyond concerning. If Trump is elected, you should expect Brown Shirt like violence.

For those who think my statement is alarmist, it takes time for fascist propaganda to build inertia, and we’re somewhere in the middle of the progression. If you’re paying attention, you can see and hear the rhetoric getting more violent. They are following a similar playbook to the Nazis by stimulating the rural communities with more and more nationalist rhetoric.

I had the exact same experience.

The wholly predictable outcome of poorly regulating capitalism.

“The market will create competition and the best products.” No. The market will seek the optimal method to make the most money, and if that optimal method includes killing people, that will be the method selected.

Start putting people in jail and taking businesses into receivership for bad behavior, and then the optional method for maximizing profit will also result in better products.

And they knew a long time ago it would be expensive and did it anyway.

“…avoid the core problem.”

This is America’s trueful motto.

Welp, time to donate to propubica.

https://give.propublica.org

Their 3M story was exceptionally well done too.

As a straight Gen Xer, who’s seen the progress, just get the younger generations to vote.

And why is Hamas there if we follow the entire timeline?

Why? Israel has been trying to take that land since 1917.

They were just happy to have an opportunity to make it look as though they were.

It would be of no surprise to me if Netanyahu orchestrated Hamas’ attack.

*one of the trademarks.

Those are just premeditated accidental killings. It’s very different.

I’ve been singing a made up variation of this song including our pets’ extra names since 2008.

It probably pops up no less than 3 times a week, every week. Every week.

So long as we’re stuck with a two party system, and money is wholly controlling the political process, your statement is true. Attempt to disrupt all you like, but vote like the person elected could ruin your life.

At some point we have to amend the Constitution to remove money from the political process, then disruption happens easily. Until then, unless ranked choice voting has been implemented in your local elections, voting for somebody with zero likelihood of winning is logically voting for the eventual winner.

I hope we someday have the reality of seeing more than two parties compete on a national level, but it’s not happening in 2024. The youth needs to be much more organized and have much higher voter turnout before that’s a possibility.

I think there’s a non-zero probability that American democracy ends with Trump, and there’s very little benefit gained by a 2nd Trump presidency either way.

Biden buys the youth more time to get organized and start restructuring the country. But the youth has to get their shit together, pick better candidates, and vote.

We are at the end of an era, and you can toss out much of the conventional thinking from the past 50 - 70 years. When the millennials and Gen Z finally come together in force they will shape the country how they see fit. The boomer/silent gen majority that we were stuck with for 50 years is gone - all the younger generations have to do is vote for their priorities.

This will happen in one of the next 3 major elections purely due to numbers.

Lastly, the youth needs to understand that voting is about aligning the trajectory of the leadership as closely with your values as possible. You are making decisions now that have long term effects on your quality of life.

The fundamental goal of anybody supporting democracy has to be removing the influence of money from politics. It is at the core of every issue.

The path of getting there is not known, but anything accomplished without that goal in mind is of lesser importance.

Remove money from the political process and all ships will rise.

Voting or not voting without that concern in mind has potentially devastating consequences to your future.

Odd how nobody talks much about the Zionists showing up after the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and finding ways to expand their territory at the expense of Palestinians. Often using violent means.

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