People should constantly talk about Democrats being controlled opposition unwilling to speak against the wealthy.

Too bad the only people that matter are corporations.

Cowards?

Pelosi was pretty brave defending insider trading after someone used her husband to stress test their hammer.

They aren’t cowards. They’re morons or traitors.

They aren’t -afraid- to do the right thing.

They’re afraid of losing money and power. Or worse, they actually think they’re doing a good thing.

It’s a dopamine versus serotonin issue. People think they want to be happy, but that longing is more for purpose. Eating ice cream can make you happy, but learning to cook your own meals makes you a more component being able to provide for yourself and those around you.

Most modern luxuries are basically Skinner boxes at this point monetized in some way to keep us staring at it or consuming it.

We doom scroll at the expense of relationship building.

We door dash instead of have community gardens.

Instant gratification isn’t always and intrinsically bad, but the more the default it becomes, the less patient and competent people become.

Then you pile on decades of American exceptionalism and actively encouraging selfishness at the expense of a functioning society and the present state of things is hardly surprising.

That bit makes more sense when you factor in Scotus making corporations people.

That’s fine. The Democrat plan is to normalize fascism.

“Both sides are the same” is ultimately true because both empower capitalism’s subjugation of democracy. Every time the GOP tugs right and the DNC meets them half way. The greatest accomplishment of the Democrats in the last 20 years is the ACA- designed by the heritage foundation but stripped of the greatest cost savings measures.

https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2016

https://electiontruthalliance.org/clark-county%2C-nv

https://substack.com/home/post/p-153003086

https://www.brut.media/us/videos/us/politics/gop-strategists-daughter-leaks-secret-files

https://www.the74million.org/article/across-all-ages-demographics-test-results-show-americans-are-getting-dumber/

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/

https://eji.org/news/nixon-war-on-drugs-designed-to-criminalize-black-people/

Step one: fund raise on trans rights.

Step two: not support trans rights or any meaningful reform for the people.

Step three: keep losing support while leaning ever right

Step four: fail to do fuck all about RvW for 4 decades

Step five: blame trans people for losing by bringing the party “too far left” while continuing to cut corporate taxes and increase police funding as a percentage of municipal budgets

And my boss still says I’m one of the best on the team… 🤷🏼‍♂️

WHY DID DEMOCRAT LEAVE LEAVES?! 🤬🔥🍁🍂

If America saw what America was doing to America…

Some of this is objective. Some is just nostalgia.

You can still download music and play wow. On this front you probably miss simpler times when you weren’t aware of problems you are now or resent responsibilities that took you from things you enjoyed and make you feel old.

On the other hand, society globally is markedly worse than before COVID with substantial right-wing shifts.

Unfortunately, end of days accelerationists and techno fascist billionaires have been working quite hard to make the world a worse place for several decades…

So I largely agree. Personally, in terms of skills and assets, I’m in a much better place than I was 2000 years ago. However, in terms of happiness and hope for the future… I actually still had some then.

“Rushing change” is a glorious example of “liberal” media sane washing a fascist coup burning the guardrails to the ground.

Most people fail to realize that reason and rationality are best case scenarios for hormonal meat beasts and very far from the default.

Fairly non sequitur. You’re not wrong but people being coached to revel in hate from birth isn’t going to be addressed by encryption on your wank session.

Good luck overcoming 300 years propaganda.

Your average American reads at an 8th grade level and has spent their entire lives being told what to think but not how.

The majority are so ignorant they think even the concept of currency is capitalism.

America is failing as a country because people are willing to spend more energy on things they hate than things they need like functioning education and transit.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-153003086

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This is why felon mush bought shitter.

Exceeding true which ends up meaning either technocratic democracy or representative Republic.

The techno route basically requires the best possible reddit where subject matter experts can weigh in and formulate options that are explained and then people can read the synopsis and vote. Idealistic but within the realm of doable.

Representative Republic would require wages comfortable enough to not compel corruption. I’d say no public trading but the stock market and all it entails are one of the largest sources of corruption. Market makers and every kind of derivative would have to go. The only thing that should be allowed is buying stock your support or selling stock you no longer want to own. Everything else is a haven for crime and theft against the working class.

But most of the problem with most solutions is that the bad guys have all the money and the masses are stupid and easily misled…

Yeah, there’s a body of research about social media both used to foster animosity as well as complacency.