Here’s Where We Stand
What Pete Seeger says here is, of course, 100% true. But just look around and see for yourself how far we are from any concept even remotely approaching his idea.
We live with the fundamental rule that we, if we’re rich enough, can do essentially anything we like, regardless of its consequences to the planet.
To take one of hundreds of examples, we’re belching out the toxins from the consumption of fossil fuels into our atmosphere a full 45 years after it was revealed to Big Oil that this practice was in the process of rendering the Earth uninhabitable.
Activists care. Proponents of deregulated capitalism don’t. That’s where we stand.
“The insult is likely a misspelling of the word ‘milquetoast,’ which is an adjective used to describe a feeble or meek person.”
The gentleman shown here parading the Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol has been ordered to report to prison to commence his three-year sentence.
It probably hasn’t dawned on his followers, but “leftism” is a set of values shared by the majority of Americans. Abortion rights, environmental responsibility, the application of the rule of law to all, equal opportunity, quality education, separation of church and state, even universal healthcare–these are all supported by most of us.
Namibia is one of the poorest countries on Earth, with 20% of its population living on less than $2.15 per day.
If you had to reduce the U.S. Republican party platform down to a single idea, you might simply take the words in the meme here, and choke the very life out of them. GOP politics revolves around ridiculing anyone who is, even in the least, concerned about other people’s pain.
Here’s another 2GreenEnergy post in which: it comes down to this….
From The Guardian:
The modern era has a great deal to say for itself in terms of technology that continues to make our lives longer, healthier, easier, and more entertaining.
This is what it’s come down to, America.
