Thursday, April 25, 2024

From Charity to Mayhem

“To address this affliction Americans need to scrap the entire idea of radical individualism and replace it with a community-minded version of social democracy. How likely is that? Well, I would not hold my breath.”

Universal Lifetime Insurance

Is this socialism? Well, no doubt. But it doesn’t undercut our present system. It just gives everyone a guarantee of something to look forward to

Appeal to the heartland

If we can’t join to terminate this poor rule and go forward together there may not be much left to worry or disagree about.

Hollow promises of a better life: Modern day slavery

Like many of the issues facing humanity, modern day slavery demands a coordinated consistent approach, cooperation and commitment, nor just among governments, but between nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations.

Third-party progressives can win, but they must convince the public

More major party failure could boost the popular appeal of an independent left that seriously competes for power from the bottom up.

The ongoing war against Trump

So, now comes the moment when the answer — whether Trump rules his aristocracy, or his aristocracy rules Trump — will likely soon become clear.

Adjust

I’m sure Trump is fantasizing that if he shuts it all down, the judicial system will not be able to continue to investigate the mounting evidence that his campaign conspired with Putin’s Russian operatives to steal the 2016 election.

Trump’s (tragic) gift to the Dems

Well, the Neo Con-Dem party, lately much more the 'Lesser of two evils', was just given a gift.  The sad, tragically sad reality is...

The power elite has always run Amerika

"Who, after all, runs America? No one runs it altogether, but in so far as any group does, the power elite."

Adam Smith’s invisible hand is at our throats

Today our greed-based, war addicted, and growth-obsessed economic system poses even greater threats than it did during the early phases of the Industrial Revolution.