I’m afraid Steven Martin is correct in what he says here.
If there is an announcement late in the evening of November 5th, 2024, or sometime in the days that follow, to the effect that Trump has won re-election, the world will have to accept that the United States is no longer a democracy and will be rapidly transitioning to an authoritative state.
If I were to name one aspect of Tim Snyder’s uniqueness as a historian, it’s his capacity to take his tremendous intellect and make it accessible to the average person.
And of course, at this point in U.S., history, this is not just some quirky little curiosity; it’s vital that the common American understands what Dr. Snyder is saying in the meme at left, and acts accordingly.
What turn-of-the-20th-Century political figure Eugene V. Debs said here is correct, but never in U.S., history has this nation come so close to radically transforming itself and our society according to extremist right-wing values.
Via the theft that followed the 2020 presidential election, the United States is knocking on the door of Christian authoritarianism.
Re: the meme here, I highly doubt it. In fact, Project 2025 looks like the present-day Republicans’ dream. From its Wikipedia page:
Project 2025, also known as the Presidential Transition Project, is a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican Party candidate win the 2024 presidential election. It proposes reclassifying tens of thousands of merit-based federal civil service workers as political appointees in order to replace them with those who will be more willing to enact the wishes of the next Republican president. It asserts that the president has absolute power over the executive branch.
Critics of Project 2025 have characterized it as an authoritarian, Christian nationalist plan to transform the United States into an autocracy. Many legal experts have asserted it would undermine the rule of law, the separation of powers, the separation of church and state, and civil liberties.
The fact that Project 2025 would “undermine the rule of law, the separation of powers, the separation of church and state, and civil liberties” is precisely the point; it’s what the Heritage Foundation has been hard at work on since its inception in 1973.
Anything for money. Last week it was bulls**t food supplements, and now this.
There are plenty of people shaking down the poorly educated. Perhaps only Trump himself is more adept.
Here’s yet one more cartoon making the point that any woman who votes for Trump has a serious misunderstanding of the importance of her hard-won rights–which are rapidly going down in flames.
Here’s another product targeted specifically to the anti-woke movement, which, in the U.S., is largely found in the Deep South and rural, poorly educated parts of the rest of the country. They advertise:And even if that weren’t the case, Gillette, owned by Proctor and Gamble, has the number one position in the razor/blade market. In what sense, if any, are they and their $82 billion in annual revenues, “leftist?” Please spend a minute with the report linked above and look for evidence. Good luck.
You boys have some serious stupidity going on here, but in today’s world, it comes as no surprise.
At left is a reminder of the heights that humankind can reach. Sure, we have our ignorant, hateful slobs, but we have our loving and super-capable heroes as well.
I met a middle-aged couple from Denmark yesterday, and I had the opportunity to ask them about their country’s perennial standing in the top five of the World Happiness Rankings.
Me: Why do you think this is the case?
The man: We pay a bit more tax than you, but we get a great deal of value for it. Your top tax rate is 37%, plus whatever state tax may apply, for example, 10% if you live in California. Our top rate is 50%, but all healthcare and education is free. In fact, we have two sons in university who are being paid by the government to stay in school and graduate.
We have almost no crime, no homelessness, and no government corruption.
The woman: And no guns. Even our police don’t have them. Our children are safe from getting gunned down.
When this guy says, “Change my mind,” the response of most of us is: Why?
There’s a popular meme circulating that implores Christians to learn how to deal with atheists. Again: Why?
The 8.1 billion inhabitants of this planet are divided among people who honestly believe in one god, many gods, or no gods. None of us is going to be at all effective in changing the minds of any of the rest of us.
If religion weren’t at the root of so much hate and mayhem, this would all be a sick joke. Unfortunately, it’s been tearing apart the fabric of our civilization for millennia, and it’s getting worse by the day.
