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You've probably seen this before but it needs repeating

So, I finally watched yhe new Captain America movie; and ... yyeeaahhh ... it wasn't great. My thoughts about this:

I prefer Senators who don’t tell people fearing losing their healthcare that they’re “going to die.”

I own that.

Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs

Been saying this for awhile, but will repeat it for emphasis: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.

wrong: "You're an idiot." better: "Your an idiot." acceptable: "Your a idiot." preferred: "Your a idoit." exceptional: "Your are a idoit."

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

Cyber Anxiety

Kamala Harris on “the big, beautiful bill:” “It’s an agenda...a narrow, self-serving vision of America...where they punish truth tellers, favor loyalists, profit from their power, and leave everyone else to fend for themselves.” Nailed it! 🔥

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Guys, it's the oligarchs. If you want to blame someone for 2024, blame the oligarchs. Anyone telling you to blame someone else is part of the oligarchy. Dark money has been to blame since citizens united.

This underscores the biggest difference between conservatives and liberals Conservatives don't understand anything that works on populations, be it vaccines, sex education, gun control, second hand smoke, evolution, or progressive taxation.

They pretend that the USA was founded as a Christian nation. Then they pretend and insist they’re Christians. Then they govern like the motherfucking antichrist.

We really need better ways to deal with the levels of corruption currently in government. Corruption is what's doing us in.

It's important to know the warning signs.

I just want assholes to fuck off. Is that too much to ask?

We are at that stage similar to when the French started mass producing guillotines.