Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.
These are exactly the kind of concerns citizens should have in a free democracy because that’s how you keep your democracy free. We only have rights because normal everyday citizens fought for them and continue to fight for them. The problem is that we’ve all become complacent and lazy about it and let things slide to where things are now.
These are exactly the kind of concerns citizens should have in a free democracy because that’s how you keep your democracy free.
I do hear you, and I know, and I agree… It’s just that I always expected to fight against the slow creep of totalitarianism. I expected to have to look out for veiled threats, or hidden signs of tyranny. I never expected to face overt, blatant totalitarianism. I never expected the US president to openly endorse white nationalist organizations. I never expected so much of the public to be on board with what are so clearly unethical policies, with an administration that closely mimics the rise of the Nazi party…
If politics is a tug of war, I expected to have to constantly pull in the right direction, I didn’t expect the other side to light the rope on fire.
I don’t think that’s really an accurate portrayal of events… I mean, how much did Obama or Biden work to add to political polarity and divisiveness? When did they try to pit Americans against each other?
I think that argument breaks down when you get to the most recent presidents we’ve had.
The only difference between parties is what group of people in the world we will take advantage of. Democrats take advantage of “third world countries” and republicans take advantage of “fake americans”.
The whole country is based on greed and abuse of power.
These are exactly the kind of concerns citizens should have in a free democracy because that’s how you keep your democracy free. We only have rights because normal everyday citizens fought for them and continue to fight for them. The problem is that we’ve all become complacent and lazy about it and let things slide to where things are now.
I do hear you, and I know, and I agree… It’s just that I always expected to fight against the slow creep of totalitarianism. I expected to have to look out for veiled threats, or hidden signs of tyranny. I never expected to face overt, blatant totalitarianism. I never expected the US president to openly endorse white nationalist organizations. I never expected so much of the public to be on board with what are so clearly unethical policies, with an administration that closely mimics the rise of the Nazi party…
If politics is a tug of war, I expected to have to constantly pull in the right direction, I didn’t expect the other side to light the rope on fire.
If you thought this was all sudden you just might not have been paying attention. Every president whether its a D or an R has continued the slide.
I don’t think that’s really an accurate portrayal of events… I mean, how much did Obama or Biden work to add to political polarity and divisiveness? When did they try to pit Americans against each other?
I think that argument breaks down when you get to the most recent presidents we’ve had.
The only difference between parties is what group of people in the world we will take advantage of. Democrats take advantage of “third world countries” and republicans take advantage of “fake americans”.
The whole country is based on greed and abuse of power.