drtomyoung.bsky.social
A recovering idiot
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They're going to create the visuals they want. They will air them on both Fox News and MSNBC. Controlling the narrative and imagery is always going to be a losing fight when both the government and the media are opposed to your project. The people have to find other ways to win.
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You never considered the Holocaust to be a distraction from the Reichstag's budget bill?
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Meanwhile, you have a government run by people who detest the GWOT strategy of "winning hearts and minds" and believe it's unsound
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Do you plan on covering the 1776 state constitutions? They're super important in providing context for the US Constitution. Pennsylvania's is especially fascinating
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Not to mention specifically Franklin, Paine, Jefferson, and Madison were influenced by Spinoza by way of Diderot and d'Holbach. Those guys were explicitly for secularism when the vast majority of people were not
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And all they would have to do is say basic facts! "Trump is rapist and I think SA is bad, unlike my opponent." "Trump is picking your pocket to reward himself and his rich friends." "We should stop slaughtering children." All these things are simple, true, and would easily win.
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People like leaders! They want leaders who are confident in their convictions. They want them to be genuine and authentic. Trump, being a skilled conman, can pretend to be that. And since Democrats didn't even try to do that, Trump won.
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With candidates under 70 too please
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Yeah, same reason South American indigenous people hate being called Native American. They don't identify with it at all. Kinda annoying white people keep insisting on new terms that indigenous folks had no involvement in
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That's the majority of the electorate! Most people don't vote based on reality or policy. They respond to strong leaders who appear to have authenticity and convictions. Trump pretends to be that while Democrats don't even try to, so they vote Trump.
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Still my favorite onion article theonion.com/pope-insanit...
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Georgia Aquarium is the best one in the country
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That's true. And that's why I wouldn't argue for returning to primitivism. But we should learn from the past, understand the nuance, and consider decentralizing vs further centralizing
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My point is scale. States can concentrate power, resources, and technology in ways that primitive societies could never do. And often that concentration of power is used to inflict great harm. It's like the difference between sunlight giving you a sunburn vs a laser burning a hole through your body
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Not really. Wiping out villages was more rare because that took a lot more energy to do. Most nomadic communities didn't have the manpower to accomplish that. And villages were also generally smaller. Usually smaller than the amount of people inside a large hospital.
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Also the difference is the scale of violence. An exchange of arrows and spears is a little different than bombing a multistory hospital filled with children.
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dril is risen
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What happened to the aristocratic landowners, Will? Why are they called the émigrés?
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He was just goofing! That rascal
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This is actually Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of democracy, where one individual interprets the will of the people. This ended up being Maximilien "the Incorruptible" Robespierre, who suspended the constitution and purged the actual republican democrats.
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You're absolutely right, but they have no incentive to do so. These are rotten institutions and we need to understand them as such. We need to deflate the idea that these schools are honorable and prestigious.
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The word is fascism. Just say it.
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Biggest flaw with our political system is not normalizing the use of impeachment early on. Not just impeaching presidents but also justices.
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Like the historyman in Furiosa!
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A super wealthy elite institution has sided with the other super wealthy elites? How could this be!?
Why are we expecting Ivy League to act differently? This is why they exist: Rubberstamping prestige onto white collar criminal frat bros.
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To be fair, this is probably the same level of understanding Sam Alito has
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Why are you helping him then
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What if I am instead incentivized by money, power, and influence? And because I'm willing to take handouts from corporations, I can out-campaign anyone who actually cares about service.
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Excellent preparation from the PBS team!
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I'm afraid my boobs aren't as exquisite enough though
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🫢
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Good luck
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But they can put their thumb on the scale. They can overload with misinformation and make quality information harder to access. They can harass and arrest political opposition. That can be a very heavy thumb when you control federal agencies.
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Can't believe Congress fell for declaring war on Japan after Pearl Harbor
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I would say hold white collar criminals accountable, but we know why they don't do that. The source of the problem is that wealth, and therefore power, is concentrated a very small handful of people. As long as their heads remain connected to their necks, we will remain in peril.
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It shows how incrementalism doesn't work. We went from horrible to slightly less horrible. People suffering don't take solace in "well you could be suffering more, thank me please". It doesn't resonate. It's wildly insufficient in solving our growing problems. It's only good at making some richer.
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Which is why an insurance CEO was killed and the killer is celebrated
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That's the thing though. Instead of universal healthcare the moderates went with mandatimg everyone pay for insurance, and that benefited the insurance industry more than anyone else.
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"Trump shakes up man's respiratory system with perforated lung."
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Have you tried not-cowardice? Maybe that would work.
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May the refs ever be in your favor
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Very normalized, which is why she had to resign.
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You don't have status (neither do I) so your words have no weight. They don't care about what you say unless it's you expressing your displeasure, which they enjoy.