A major argument against any form of truly democratic government – i.e., one person = one vote – is that The Masses simply aren’t qualified or knowledgeable enough to decide on the best way to govern. Initially, the Founding Fathers in the USA decided it was reasonable to allow only men who owned land a […]
Americans need to get over the myth that we ever had a truly “free press” in the USA. The free press has been gone for a very long time. All US media – even most so-called ‘independent’ media sources – are owned by the same six corporations. Don’t forget that the wealthy corporate elite of […]
Donald Trump represents white male mediocrity and unearned privilege at its very worst. Rich white males are the ones destroying the planet: they have all of the power, and they control the money supply. They create all the laws and the international treaties. They created the IMF, World Bank, Federal Reserve and the rest of […]
“Conspiracy theory” has always been used as a pejorative one-stop label as a means to dismiss any alternative explanation of an event which doesn’t conform to the ‘official’ explanation. The term ‘conspiracy theory’ was concocted by the CIA to discredit anyone daring to point out the many glaring discrepancies, oversights, and outright lies in the […]
Where is Bill Hicks when you need him? Oh, well – Jimmy Kimmel will have to do. Humor, sarcasm and outright mockery are effective ways to deal with dictators, especially those as loathsome and corrupt as the amateurs who currently run our country. Tyrants despise humor, and their sense of humor rarely rises above the […]
In response to a question about the current state of the music industry, famed music producer Tony Visconti told an audience at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas several years ago that pop music “Can’t get any worse!” Visconti claimed that record labels are simply repeating the formulas of the past, with diminishing returns. […]
Voltaire: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” John Stuart Mill: “I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally conservative.” H.L. Mencken: “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” The fact that a thoroughly corrupt and incompetent cretin […]
It’s a pattern historians have seen many times before: It starts with the quiet dismantling of oversight and the abolition of regulations, and it ends with institutions that serve only those in power. The US used to have strong institutions and a vigorous vocal opposition; but seeing these government watchdogs being laid off and summarily […]
No doubt 2025 will be another banner year of record profits for the US weapons makers and multinational oil companies. Even though US troops aren’t currently engaged [officially] anywhere, the war machine still raked in trillions of dollars in profits supplying military operations in Israel and Ukraine. Apparently there is no power in heaven or […]
America is well and truly fucked. The ultra-right wing evangelicals, the billionaires, the MAGA morons and the Supreme Court have all made sure the word “democracy” only applies to them. Not only Trump, but any president in the future can now reign as dictator. If he wins, Trump will rule as long as he pleases. […]
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