Liberalism: A Question from a Reader
Good question John. Thanks for asking. A partial answer lies below.
Tagged with: Liberalism
U.S. Department of War Loses its First and Only War
What this British fellow fails to understand is that here in America, Trump supporters:
-
- Think it’s great that Trump’s cabinet is full of Fox News “journalists” and that we’ve renamed a federal government department without the approval of congress,
- Don’t know that the war in Iran is illegal, i.e., that it’s a collection of war crimes,
- Don’t understand that costs, financially and militarily, of waging the war, and
- Believe that either we’ve won the war or that it’s going smoothly under Trump’s excellent supervision.
Their standard of truth is: If Trump says it, it’s true. If it’s unflattering to Trump, it’s a lie, cooked up by a radical left communist who hates America. Critical thinking is for woke sissies.
Impressive Levels of Stupidity
Without doubt, stupidity is part of Trumpism, but it’s only a part.
Meanness is also essential. People with any real compassion for others don’t have what it takes to be a member of the MAGA base.
Power and Corruption
As Aristotle said (plus or minus): Only people who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.
In retrospect, the United States hadn’t gotten burned too badly until Donald Trump came along.
How We Regard the World’s Social Democracies
The woman has an interesting perspective.
Tagged with: social democracies
Working Class Voters Embrace the GOP
American workers who are facing agonizing and preventable deaths predominantly vote for the party that is condemning them to that horrible fate.
That’s just one of the many disgusting facets of today’s life in the U.S.
MAGA Republican Runs in Wyoming
Meet Reid Rasner (photo at left). He’s a MAGA Republican running for congress in Wyoming–that’s a good fit.
He faces three challenges, however:
1) He’s openly gay, a terrible fit for Wyoming,
2) His politics appeals only to the true idiot. While it’s true that voters there are not well-educated, they’re aware and alert. They’ve seen trickle-down economics fail consistently since the days of Roland Reagan, and they’ll be very hard to convince that democratic socialism as it’s implemented around the world makes the nation’s citizens poor, and
3) I hate to judge a book by its cover, but he looks like a dullard.
Congress Should Address the Climate Crisis
Asking the congress to “address the climate crisis” is something of a joke. Most of them have their seats by virtue to their allegiance to Big Oil, and, for many, their position on climate change is that it’s a hoax.
Many Say Fauci Should Go To Prison
We hear all the time that Dr. Anthony Fauci, who served Americans’ health needs under seven presidents, created COVID-19 in a Chinese lab and deliberately inflicted it on U.S. citizens, killing millions. The anti-science far-right is cranking up the animus against the man, and now, tens of millions of Americans are desperate to have him sentenced to prison.
A few facts are presented below. What they show is that whoever authored the meme at left made up lies that would serve to undermine our scientific method to serve the Fox News / MAGA crowd.
Unvaccinated individuals face a significantly higher risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 compared to vaccinated individuals. Historical and public health data consistently show that vaccines offer robust protection against the most severe outcomes of the virus. [1, 2, 3]
Key Data on Hospitalizations
- Early Variant Spikes: During earlier waves like the Delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that unvaccinated individuals were up to 29 times more likely to be hospitalized. [1]
- Severe Complications: Hospitalized unvaccinated patients are more likely to experience moderate-to-severe disease, spend more days in the ICU, and have a higher likelihood of complications. [1]
- Financial Burden: A study by the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker noted that unvaccinated patients historically accounted for the vast majority of preventable COVID-19 health system costs due to lengthy, intensive hospital stays. [1]
Key Data on Mortality
- Elevated Death Rates: Data compiled by platforms like Our World in Data demonstrate a clear gap in mortality, with unvaccinated individuals dying at significantly higher rates per capita. [1]
Tagged with: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Fauci created COVID-19 in a Chinese lab and deliberately inflicted it on U.S. citizens, Fauci killed millions The anti-science right is cranking up the animus against Fauci, Fauci served Americans' health needs under seven presidents, Fox News / MAGA crowd, tens of millions of Americans are desperate to have Fauci sentenced to prison, undermine scientific method
The Divided States of America
Trump’s (fairly successful) attempts to divide America are just a means to the end of staying in power so as to be able to continue to loot the U.S. treasury.
At this point, there are three essential factions in the United States:
- A small number of extremely powerful billionaires
- The MAGA base of white nationalists / hateful morons who believe that only Trump can save us from communism, racial impurity, and godlessness
- Decent, educated people
Tagged with: a small number of extremely powerful greedy billionaires, factions in the United States, MAGA base of white nationalist / hateful morons, only Trump can save us from communism, only Trump can save us from godlessness, only Trump can save us from racial impurity, The Divided States of America, Trump staying in power so as to be able to continue to loot the U.S. treasury, Trump's attempts to divide America
