The only question in a democracy is how much a person gets to keep, which depends on how much the rest of us are empowered to keep other people from keeping everything. Wealth concentrates upward slowly but surely and eventually a small group of people own everything and everyone. This has been going on forContinue reading “A Limitarian Political Party”
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Jurassic Park to New America
It occurred to me that what has happened resembles, in some ways, the 30-year-old movie Jurassic Park. The movie’s central character is Alan Grant, who studies dinosaurs. In the story of the end of America, the central character represents the white male, 60 percent of whom voted for Trump. In the movie the rich guyContinue reading “Jurassic Park to New America”
Jurassic Park
Brooks is right about a few things….but he is not worried about Donald Trump’s fascism? He thinks candidates like John Fetterman are the future? He reduces the election to high school against college degrees? This is the problem that ended America…being half right. We try to pick out the things that we personally “feel” areContinue reading “Jurassic Park”
Stage Five
America has ended….whatever is to come will not be what it was. If the fascist state now consolidating power falls, then what comes after will be “New America“… if it restores democracy. Accepted. Stage Five complete. 11:38 “He’ll implicitly say they want me to abuse my power, they’ve given me permission to do whatever IContinue reading “Stage Five”
Veterans Day and Trump
The avatar of self-interest is Donald Trump. With him as your hero there is no shame in anything you want for yourself. I am very familiar with this ideology after dealing with the Ayn-Rand-in-space-libertarians for the last 15 years. They are loud and proud about there being absolutely nothing having any meaning except money. TrumpContinue reading “Veterans Day and Trump”
I See Nazis Coming Out
“Strongmen rewrite history to justify their abuses of power and they depend on fear to control their followers.” But… “He does not have unlimited power.” “(America) -has a history of more than 250 years in which power has been systematically dispersed throughout society.” “-so, there is (an) enormous reservoir of resistance and authority that weContinue reading “I See Nazis Coming Out”
Stage Four
It is Sunday morning….and the sadness is not overwhelming like it was Wednesday, when I woke up to the end of America. Profound confusion is more the ground I walk on now. It occurred to me after I woke up that in the weeks leading up to the election, I was building up my excitementContinue reading “Stage Four”
Stage Three
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.” Albert Einstein. I bargained with my grief and came to terms with it yesterday in a small way.Continue reading “Stage Three”
Stage Two
Maybe this is going to go a little quicker than I thought a couple hours ago. My wife had a talk with me and said many people are crying. I have not been able to bring myself to watch any news, but they know what I know. And now I am thinking about the two-digitContinue reading “Stage Two”
Stage One
The initial shock is wearing off. I am now entering that first stage of grief….denial. I am fated to watch America die over the next few years. It was obvious to me in the run up to the election if we lost, we would lose everything…. irretrievably. After nearly a quarter of a millennium, theContinue reading “Stage One”
Ice on the Moon 