greggmoore.bsky.social
Retired (actuary, then software architect). In favor of government that works for ordinary people.
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no one will ever know what harris would’ve done aside from what she told us.
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I take Garcia at her word and I welcome her pushback.
But I don't agree with @emptywheel.bsky.social that no one voted for what Trump is doing.
There are clearly Trump voters who support Trump's bigotry, who wanted him to do what he is doing, and who voted for him for that reason. It's not no one.
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What Democratic politicians need to do to get most ordinary people to vote for them is to work for them and fight for them, for real, not just pretend to.
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Also that Democratic politicians are bought and owned by the oligarchy and do not try to do the things that ordinary people want and need them to do. They say they will and they pretend to try, but it's only a ruse. They will always try to deflect toward things the oligarchs don't mind (Abundance).
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I don't think you'll find many leftists who said that. What many did say, including me, is that they won't vote for someone who is committing genocide or who says, in answer to questions during the campaign, that they will continue the genocide.
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That's a good point but, still, apparently about 40% of the population of North Dakota live in a rural setting.
In San Francisco I guess it would be 0% rural.
So there is a very significant difference, one that you'd expect to show up as a difference in consequences.
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I know someone who was there in the Mission District (still is) who didn't leave his apartment for a week or more at a time and his description was that others were similarly locked down. But I accept that your experience of it was different--I wasn't there myself.
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And those small communities obviously aren’t completely disconnected.
I don’t know much about ND but it does seem very likely that compliance with mitigation was much higher in SF than in ND, and that the measures called for by authorities were much greater there too.
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Right, but that network is small and disconnected from all the other networks (each small community being its own isolated network). While SF is one huge network with everyone connected to everyone else.
But it’s complicated and ultimately this is just rough guesswork, admittedly.
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Right, but the point the OP made and I agreed with was that the intrinsic factors, absent any mitigation, would seem to be more favorable in ND so the relatively better ultimate results in SF mean an even bigger benefit of mitigation there compared with mitigation in ND. ND baseline more favorable.
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If not for Covid mitigation measures, that is. SF was very locked down as I understand it.
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*an
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Wouldn’t ND also have any advantage of a lower rate of interpersonal contacts, with its population more sparsely distributed?
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media1.tenor.com/m/ksQvYCHIbA...
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I think that is illegal in Michigan, isn't it?
www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?obj...
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This is the second time within just a few days that Israel has fired upon and killed starving people, including children, at one of the sites under its new the food distribution system in coordination with the United States.
The first was Sunday morning.
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WITCWAHLR?
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You have nothing to say about the substance, only ad hominem (and bogus ad hominem at that).
Thanks but no thanks.
Blocked.
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I take her seriously because she puts in the hard work and does a brilliant job of understanding what’s really going on with the duopoly oligarchy system. Anyone who listens to her can see that.
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When was she on his payroll? Honest question as I’m not aware of that happening.
She used to be on the Callin platform, but it’s defunct now, isn’t it, and she had an independent show, not an employment relationship, correct?
And, do you have any substantive response or just ad hominem?
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The video, led by Briahna Joy Gray, is a great exploration of the real causes of our current predicament and the possible ways out of it. Well worth the time, in my opinion.
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We need to overthrow the grip of the oligarchs and their sycophants. We need to bring back the institutions that rein in oligarchy and the greed of the extremely wealthy, like strong and ubiquitous unions, effective anti-trust enforcement, anti-monopoly enforcement.
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As usual they look for a way to move to the right when the only solution is a party that works for ordinary people (for them, a move way to the left). Regulations aren't the problem, the many ways that oligarchs and wealthy corporations have us in a stranglehold are.
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The book's authors say essentially that de-regulation is the answer. Eliminate zoning rules and land use laws and affordable housing will be abundant. Eliminate regulations on solar, wind,... and we'll have abundant clean energy.
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The crux is what "real action" they choose to take. The Democratic Party is already working on coopting the reaction to their letting Trump win and deflecting from the growing sentiment that it's the oligarchs who are to blame. Here's a great discussion on this topic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hcI...
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Judge Murphy has has HAD IT with the Government's behavior in D.V.D.
You just need to read his order on their motion for reconsideration, it's just…seething.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The final section of this interview is so powerful. Dr Haj-Hassan refusing to let the BBC “two-side” the genocide in Gaza.
"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
2/2
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*DHS (not HHS)
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Obama ran on promises (Hope and Change) that would have largely been the realization of the wants and needs of ordinary people. But in 2009/2010, with both houses of Congress, he didn't deliver on those promises. If they had (and if Biden hadn't later delivered genocide) Trump would not have won.
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Sure, thanks MAGA, but also thanks Obama (credit where credit is due). Here's my longer explanation of what I'm saying:
bsky.app/profile/greg...
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7/7 In other words, we need to finally bring (small d) democracy to the USA and realize our aspirations for a government of, for, and by the people. Until we do that, the sycophants of the oligarchs will always be driving us off a cliff.
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6/7 But also, and more importantly, we need to be building a future solution - a movement and a party that will really work for ordinary people. The Democratic Party is never going to be that solution.
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5/7 I'm not saying, of course, that we do nothing during Trump's final term. We should absolutely do everything possible to limit the damage, however limited our ability to do so is.
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4/7 And wielding that power in service of ordinary people is the only solution. This will prevent another faux populist from seizing power by playing to the wants and needs of the population. Satisfy those wants and needs and you take away the ploy that Trump used to gain power.
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3/7 Third, the opponent needs to wield that power when they have it. This third leg will fall into place when the first two arise - a real opponent in a position of power will wield that power.
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2/7 Second, that opponent needs to be in a position of power.
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In other words, for now we're pretty screwed.
Thanks Obama.
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*worked as a volunteer
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The opposition needs to come when there are opponents who have the power to wield. That requires two things:
1) Actual opponents
2) Those opponents being in power
I worked for the first Obama campaigning, thinking they were those opponents and that they would do the things they said. Foolish me.