I would only caution against too much imputation of elected politicians (except for the Cult of Bad Faith), and take note of the mediation by corporate "news". There are plenty of electeds and candidates who are running loud and clear on our public needs, even while the Cult sulks, cowers, and evades reality. The media are still caught up in selling controversy, violence, anxiety, perversity, and placation of tyranny. I still hear too much lumping...
I really appreciated this conversation. I am also a fan of HCR but I’ve often wondered about her application of the history of the 19th century and parallels to what we’re experiencing now. I completely agree with Vlad that two of the biggest differences between now and then are the media/social media landscape and globalization. True, newspapers were prevalent during the late 19th century and globalization was well underway but the speed at which either of these moved was clumsy, sporadic, and uneven. Rural areas were news deserts and only countries with economies of scale were included in the globalization at that time. Modern communication/media/social media and globalization move at an unprecedented pace and I’ve been of the opinion for a while that the rapid decline of American democracy (as compared to, say Germany in the 1930s - as people often do now) is because of the ease and unchecked way information is dispersed through social media and algorithms of contention. I also think that the “public/private partnership” has interwoven our government and industry together in a way that was also not possible before the 1980s. Ideas around “public goods” are lost on a society focused solely on individualism.
I have to keep faith that we will work our way out of the mess we created for ourselves but I understand the millions out there who are having a hard time. It’s hard to watch these things happen in real time.
I would only caution against too much imputation of elected politicians (except for the Cult of Bad Faith), and take note of the mediation by corporate "news". There are plenty of electeds and candidates who are running loud and clear on our public needs, even while the Cult sulks, cowers, and evades reality. The media are still caught up in selling controversy, violence, anxiety, perversity, and placation of tyranny. I still hear too much lumping...
¿Conflict should go away if the other side wisens up?
Politics ISN’T an intellectual argument despite what 🇺🇸 Republicans believe; it’s an effort to make one decision over the other.
#LanguageViolence
vs 🤔
#PhysicalViolence
A disagreement isn’t always correct and Incorrect; it’s frequently I simply like one over the other(s).
Capitalism is IMMORAL, because by definition it’s a selfish.
“What’s mine is mine, because I earned it”
Liberalism CAN be troubling, because it involved the unknown.
A society without monetary use would be morally NECESSARY to operate.
Humans naturally…
Biology vs cognition/emotion/education/morality/association
Science vs Morality
🫨😵💫
SINCE life on Earth is NEVER ☯️… COMPROMISE is
ALWAYS NECESSARY‼️
😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣
🎃/DJT ≠ 👹/Republican Party, so STOP giving that dude credit for stuff; the WH Cabinet is full of financially persuasive people!
They’ve got a freakin invitation only club that one would STILL have to pay like $500,000 to join‼️
He is the product of being #RichDaddy’s Favorite!
He isn’t self made, BECAUSE he was blessed with a financially secure father!
If ANYONE #OnlyHadTheMoney they’d be further ahead in life than wealthy people!
Financial wealth is HIGHLY dependent one one’s access to revenue or inheritance or handouts in 🇺🇸!!!
I really appreciated this conversation. I am also a fan of HCR but I’ve often wondered about her application of the history of the 19th century and parallels to what we’re experiencing now. I completely agree with Vlad that two of the biggest differences between now and then are the media/social media landscape and globalization. True, newspapers were prevalent during the late 19th century and globalization was well underway but the speed at which either of these moved was clumsy, sporadic, and uneven. Rural areas were news deserts and only countries with economies of scale were included in the globalization at that time. Modern communication/media/social media and globalization move at an unprecedented pace and I’ve been of the opinion for a while that the rapid decline of American democracy (as compared to, say Germany in the 1930s - as people often do now) is because of the ease and unchecked way information is dispersed through social media and algorithms of contention. I also think that the “public/private partnership” has interwoven our government and industry together in a way that was also not possible before the 1980s. Ideas around “public goods” are lost on a society focused solely on individualism.
I have to keep faith that we will work our way out of the mess we created for ourselves but I understand the millions out there who are having a hard time. It’s hard to watch these things happen in real time.