“Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.”
–Carl Jung
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"On the Second Gilded Age." Brad De Long writes:
"Some of us are relatively more optimistic about the future of humanity."
I sure as Hell am not. I see the future as something of a hybrid between the worlds depicted in the Handmaid's Tale, Snowpiercer, and the Last Ship.
Be afraid, be very afraid. The only comfort I take is that I'm in my mid-60's and there's a good chance I'll be dead before the worst of it arrives.
I am quite happy my grandparents died decades ago, not having had to endure Regan and the rest of the republicans. Nixon was enough.
Thanks again, Pols, for the Jungian publicity! Never a truer statement spoken, though I regret the masculine-only pronoun.
False equivalency on Left vs Right from mainstream media. From TPM.
An important reminder. +20
Interesting: Via Brad De Long.
Alexander Sammon: Want to Stare Into the Republican Soul in 2023?: ‘At a party filled with booze and grievance, some of the party’s richest patrons looked to the future. Not everyone liked what they saw…. Car dealers, gas station owners, and building contractors… make up the majority of the country’s 140,000 Americans who earn more than $1.58 million per year…. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz found that over 20 percentof car dealerships in the U.S. have an owner banking more than $1.5 million per year…. You can’t understand U.S. conservatism without understanding the car dealer—that middlemensch of American capitalism, selling a product he doesn’t make at a fat-enough markup to become fabulously rich and politically powerful…. Although dealers are maligned as parasites, their relationship to the GOP is pure symbiosis: Republicans need their money and networks, and dealers need politicians to protect them from repealing the laws that keep the money coming in…. Teslas made in Texas have to be shipped out of the stateand then reimported across state lines to any buyers in Texas who purchase them online, one of many ridiculous workarounds born of dealer-protection laws…. Greg Gutfeld… current aw-shucks libertarian everyman of Fox News…. “Cars are fun. If you wanna live in a padded cell, if you wanna drive your Prius, that’s great. I am all for gas, lots of gas!” Gutfeld couldn’t even finish his sentence over the riotous applause that broke out. He started in on a different joke, then abandoned it midway through to go back to the well. “Nobody is going to be able to confiscate your gas-powered car, because what’s gonna tow it?!” The audience roared. “I have not seen an e–tow truck to save my life!”…
Should be unconstitutional: In some states it is illegal for a car company to sell direct to consumers. They are required to sell via a dealership.
This WaPo Headline is Designed to Mis-lead.
There is no "cultural crossfire" catching Target. The right-wing is attacking Target for having rainbow marketing on some end-caps. The center, liberal and left wings are not firing at anybody.
It seems strange to be telegraphing to Casey DrSantis that you share a certain fashion sense? Your subtle support for MeatballRon?
Things you can’t unsee…
I”d give Ivanka credit for promoting LGBTQ Pride month, except that I know the dress was probably produced by exploited workers, in one of her Chinese sweatshops.
Your article is four years old. Got anything recent?
WRT (Word Replacy Theory, an advanced course at Trump University). Hold my beer, Covfefe: #Magadonians
Yes, this is real.
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“Magadonian” sounds like some precursor to modern humanity. Like Troglodytes. Maybe that’s not far wrong.
I fucking hate RFK, Jr.
Anti-vaxxer extreme.