What Progressives Want
I’m amused when I see people remark that the United States is a leftist nation. Yes, we have a few anti-capitalist intellectuals, of whom Naomi Klein is probably the most visible (perhaps Noam Chomsky), but imagine how far we are from someone of this way of thinking getting anywhere near government policy-making at any level.
What American progressives want, in general, is simply regulated capitalism to prevent billionaires from destroying the environment and making serfs out of the middle class. Give us a country whose government resembles those in most of Europe.
We’re failing miserably, but that doesn’t mean we’re not trying.
The ultra-conservative politics of Texas are playing well in mainstream America.
Here’s one of many hundreds of uses of energy that would otherwise be wasted.
Wanna see one of the top people in the ultra-far-right, Gen. Michael Flynn, ask his viewers for money to “save America?”
Obviously, the January 6th insurrection will remain an important incident in history as long as humankind maintains an organized society.
We’ve all seen cartoons that describe our wishes as to how we’d like to see American democracy upheld.
We sometimes forget that animated cartoons can be used to make important political points in a clear and compelling manner.
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Fortunately, Americans have finite appetites for the stories of the individual insurrectionists, and, especially at this point, we’re far more interested in bringing the top architects of the coup attempt to justice.
Life isn’t pleasant for any prison inmates, but it’s rumored to be particularly ugly (and short) for those whose crimes violate the ethical mores of the common felons.
