The Nazi Playbook
Always blame your opposition for the crimes you committed.
We baby boomers remember when the two dominant political parties were essentially indistinguishable. Eisenhower, a Republican, stood for strong Social Security, limited military, unemployment insurance, and a strong minimum wage.
What does today’s GOP champion? Cutting off all assistance for the poor, tax cuts of billionaires, slashing into Social Security (the money you and I earned) and starting a senseless and illegal war.
Who are the radicals here?
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The meme here raises an important point: Why are 30% of American voters still supporting a man who spends a great deal of time making ridiculous claims about an ex-president who left office 10 years ago? Doesn’t he have duties that pertain to making this a better country, one that offers its citizens a higher quality of life?
I wish I had $100 for every time I heard some uneducated Trump supporter tell me this.
My biggest beef with Trump isn’t the many individual points of failure, but the fact that they are all the product of the mind of a criminal sociopath whose only way of thinking is self-enrichment, normally at the expense of anyone who cannot serve to make him wealthier and more powerful.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson says that our problem isn’t that our children don’t understand science, but that our adults don’t.
At this point in the decay of the American democracy, anyone overtly and publicly critical of Trump who believes he’s not on a government watch list is an idiot.
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I met a professional investor today whom I asked for his prognostication about the U.S. economy. He replied that the only thing he’s sure of is the growing chasm between the rich and poor, a point to which we agreed.
The people in Northern Europe and other spots around the globe are miserable? Democratic socialism has been the driving force in making the people of the following countries the seven happiest on Earth (in order).
