Dear John, thanks so much for letting me stay on the list for so long. I am working on being able to pay for a subscription. It is not possible at the moment because I have no credit card, believe it or not. I have very rarely ever had my own credit card for most of my life. I do believe that your work is very important.
I said here before the modern GOP/conservative movement is a reactionary trifecta of brutal plutocracy (think the Koch brothers), the dominionist Christianity (think Jerry Falwell Jr. and Franklin Graham), and white nationalist supremacy (too many to identify by name). This combination sees the good ol' days as the political, social, and economic monopoly of the Gilded Age prior to the New Deal as the ideal construction of America. So long as they have all the power, everything is good but any gains by disenfranchised groups is not just negative but morally evil in their eyes.
Since they can no longer monopolize power in today's environment, they are very willing to destroy the country as John so eloquently explains. They may see themselves as leading a morality based reaction, but given their willingness to let Americans they don't like die from the virus, I will happily label them as they truly are - traitors to the United States of America.
The Trump Right is correct on one count: The USA as a nation no longer makes sense. Would it be so horrible if the rich blue states walked away from the mooch red states?
I've seen/heard more people in California discuss secession openly since the lock down than ever...and our gov is using "nation-state" consistently in his pressers. Countries collapse. I support a peaceful separation of the sane areas from the lunatic red states.
Dear John, thanks so much for letting me stay on the list for so long. I am working on being able to pay for a subscription. It is not possible at the moment because I have no credit card, believe it or not. I have very rarely ever had my own credit card for most of my life. I do believe that your work is very important.
A brutal truth, but one that bears repeating and repeating. Resist & persist.
I said here before the modern GOP/conservative movement is a reactionary trifecta of brutal plutocracy (think the Koch brothers), the dominionist Christianity (think Jerry Falwell Jr. and Franklin Graham), and white nationalist supremacy (too many to identify by name). This combination sees the good ol' days as the political, social, and economic monopoly of the Gilded Age prior to the New Deal as the ideal construction of America. So long as they have all the power, everything is good but any gains by disenfranchised groups is not just negative but morally evil in their eyes.
Since they can no longer monopolize power in today's environment, they are very willing to destroy the country as John so eloquently explains. They may see themselves as leading a morality based reaction, but given their willingness to let Americans they don't like die from the virus, I will happily label them as they truly are - traitors to the United States of America.
The Trump Right is correct on one count: The USA as a nation no longer makes sense. Would it be so horrible if the rich blue states walked away from the mooch red states?
I've seen/heard more people in California discuss secession openly since the lock down than ever...and our gov is using "nation-state" consistently in his pressers. Countries collapse. I support a peaceful separation of the sane areas from the lunatic red states.