Our liberal center’s failure of imagination, its inability to “speak to the soul” of our national constituencies - and to connect with other cultures at large - seems more a failure of myth-making and imagination than of morality. For morality alone - untethered to compelling stories that move us at the deepest levels - is nothing more than “the law”. Sterile, abstract, imbued with the threat of force, devoid of the emotional power needed to collectively bind and unite us, to challenge and entice us to believe and deeply feel that we are so much greater than our smaller tribal preferences. More Joseph Campbells we could use about right now. Those who well know the power of mythological storytelling to help us preserve, update, and perpetuate the enlightened humanism upon which our liberal democracy is premised. A humanism that discerns - and elucidates through compelling and connecting story - the differences between a system of governance that coheres with inherent and universal truths about us and our endless quest for balance, dignity, integration and harmony, and a system that decoheres us from these truths, objectifies us, and reduces the infinite complexity and beauty of our lives to mere datapoints and algorithms, to manage and manipulate us as tools for the oppressive whims and dictates of oligarchs and authoritarians…
In fairness to Mearsheimer, it should be noted that his theoretical framework is primarily descriptive, not normative. He's been unflinching in his public condemnation of the genocide in Gaza (sure, on realist grounds to a large extent, but certainly on moral grounds as well).
Honestly, I don't know how much longer you and others like you can keep up the facade about moral seriousness and shared principles of human dignity. There's a giant fucking elephant in the room, which you adamantly refuse to address. I'm dumbfounded by it. The incoherence is staggering. If you doubt that, you haven't been paying adequate attention to Gaza, which is among the most grotesque, gleefully sadistic, exterminationist horrors of the modern era. Fully armed, funded, and enabled by the US. The Trump admin and the Biden admin, equally. US empire managers have made it abundantly clear--if it wasn't already--that they're nihilistic to the core.
Some people haven't looked at urban war. They see photos for the first time, and are so horrified they immediately make assumptions: nothing this horrific has happened before, or at least it isn't common.
And some people have already laundered Assad and Putin.
I agree, the human sacrifice Hamas boasts about having committed in Gaza is the most grotesque and gleefully sadistic exterminationist horror in the modern era. We have many examples of the use of human shields in urban war. But Hamas has outdone them all.
The bigger plan is to declare martial law, gaol the loud citizens, seize your land, homes, property water & food - in the national interests - just like they did to the Jews
They have your data and know who is worth keeping or not
Canary Mission & Betar are deputised and privatised militia who have actively profiled and detained immigrants and will be attempting to deport pesky US citizens
This post is one of the primary conversations that’s not being had. It’s the conversation that has been missing since I became politically aware in the 80s watching Rocky IV. I suppose the surprise is that we’ve held it together for so long.
The missing narrative is simple. We have it. Many of us think it daily as a guideline for right and wrong. But we have never recognized it as law.
We have inalienable rights that we are born with: life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is: the value of humanity is in our exercise of free will and the respect of one another’s free will. We are equal in that value regardless of capability or resources.
The government function is then to enable and protect our ability to make choices for ourselves. Every law and resulting institutions and projects are evaluated in that context. They are refined or removed as is needed.
The left can’t see this because they seemingly cant imagine how things work differently. This is in large part to not having a North Star for what government should do as opposed to how they get votes. The lack of imagination is also due to a lack of awareness of how things work and get executed. Arguably, this is partially the problem of the right, but not nearly as much.
Do you think it would be fair to ask how long we have been in a constitutional crisis even before this administration took office? I would think, given where we are, we had to have been in one already.
Citizens United and the loss of a sane Supreme Court doomed the nation. Trump would not be so emboldened if they had not declared him a King above the law. Fucking idiots.
Our liberal center’s failure of imagination, its inability to “speak to the soul” of our national constituencies - and to connect with other cultures at large - seems more a failure of myth-making and imagination than of morality. For morality alone - untethered to compelling stories that move us at the deepest levels - is nothing more than “the law”. Sterile, abstract, imbued with the threat of force, devoid of the emotional power needed to collectively bind and unite us, to challenge and entice us to believe and deeply feel that we are so much greater than our smaller tribal preferences. More Joseph Campbells we could use about right now. Those who well know the power of mythological storytelling to help us preserve, update, and perpetuate the enlightened humanism upon which our liberal democracy is premised. A humanism that discerns - and elucidates through compelling and connecting story - the differences between a system of governance that coheres with inherent and universal truths about us and our endless quest for balance, dignity, integration and harmony, and a system that decoheres us from these truths, objectifies us, and reduces the infinite complexity and beauty of our lives to mere datapoints and algorithms, to manage and manipulate us as tools for the oppressive whims and dictates of oligarchs and authoritarians…
In fairness to Mearsheimer, it should be noted that his theoretical framework is primarily descriptive, not normative. He's been unflinching in his public condemnation of the genocide in Gaza (sure, on realist grounds to a large extent, but certainly on moral grounds as well).
Honestly, I don't know how much longer you and others like you can keep up the facade about moral seriousness and shared principles of human dignity. There's a giant fucking elephant in the room, which you adamantly refuse to address. I'm dumbfounded by it. The incoherence is staggering. If you doubt that, you haven't been paying adequate attention to Gaza, which is among the most grotesque, gleefully sadistic, exterminationist horrors of the modern era. Fully armed, funded, and enabled by the US. The Trump admin and the Biden admin, equally. US empire managers have made it abundantly clear--if it wasn't already--that they're nihilistic to the core.
Some people haven't looked at urban war. They see photos for the first time, and are so horrified they immediately make assumptions: nothing this horrific has happened before, or at least it isn't common.
And some people have already laundered Assad and Putin.
I agree, the human sacrifice Hamas boasts about having committed in Gaza is the most grotesque and gleefully sadistic exterminationist horror in the modern era. We have many examples of the use of human shields in urban war. But Hamas has outdone them all.
Utterly clueless, miserable take. Go talk to grok for a while to at least get the basic lay of the land here…
https://x.com/i/grok/share/DqxBeTnpVceYsDPKBXBa2x2Ud
How tech billionaires plan to take over America 👹👹👹👹👹👹👹
This is the best breakdown step by step so far
https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?feature=shared
The bigger plan is to declare martial law, gaol the loud citizens, seize your land, homes, property water & food - in the national interests - just like they did to the Jews
They have your data and know who is worth keeping or not
Canary Mission & Betar are deputised and privatised militia who have actively profiled and detained immigrants and will be attempting to deport pesky US citizens
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18v4yDY4T4/?
Americans to be deported too
https://www.threads.net/@counterpoint_politics/post/DIM1QYyRjS9?xmt=AQGzBrSb_nYnM3bD6uB7gR4yQfGkEF_-6RpcZVvpUtHXXw
Politico - detain us citizens
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/documents-military-contractors-mass-deportations-022648?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6bR8pquRg8SCtkykt_tYBjjQfmzRxd7WfJcGv7nAFUpfEM_BvTPo30szqU0g_aem_XJmq91x5--BH0urJXoME2g
Trump hot mic - gaol citizens
https://substack.com/@kristenstaffordhowe/note/c-108827617?r=5coyuf&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Gun changes
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GvJ47TqrR/?mibextid=adzO7l
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/protecting-second-amendment-rights/
Insurrection act
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16GFWE4pZR/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Martial law explained
https://www.threads.net/@fearlessfemrevolt/post/DIK9bvgMNg5?xmt=AQGz3WDAJVM9feLryB5dPzhcSL7Hl7kWOu3aeifzq1x9-A
When martial law is declared they can take your property and supplies in the national interests - Vance is in charge
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/161UpVa9Fm/?mibextid=UalRPS
How tech billionaires plan to take over America 👹👹👹👹👹👹👹
This is the best breakdown step by step so far
https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?feature=shared
This post is one of the primary conversations that’s not being had. It’s the conversation that has been missing since I became politically aware in the 80s watching Rocky IV. I suppose the surprise is that we’ve held it together for so long.
The missing narrative is simple. We have it. Many of us think it daily as a guideline for right and wrong. But we have never recognized it as law.
We have inalienable rights that we are born with: life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is: the value of humanity is in our exercise of free will and the respect of one another’s free will. We are equal in that value regardless of capability or resources.
The government function is then to enable and protect our ability to make choices for ourselves. Every law and resulting institutions and projects are evaluated in that context. They are refined or removed as is needed.
The left can’t see this because they seemingly cant imagine how things work differently. This is in large part to not having a North Star for what government should do as opposed to how they get votes. The lack of imagination is also due to a lack of awareness of how things work and get executed. Arguably, this is partially the problem of the right, but not nearly as much.
Do you think it would be fair to ask how long we have been in a constitutional crisis even before this administration took office? I would think, given where we are, we had to have been in one already.
Citizens United and the loss of a sane Supreme Court doomed the nation. Trump would not be so emboldened if they had not declared him a King above the law. Fucking idiots.