On the one hand, patriotism divides citizens into multiple factions based on variable notions of a nation and its history. On the…
Voters have witnessed a long history of peaceful Executive leadership change. However, we’ve just seen, 1/6/2021, how fragile that transition…
This is about the need for national efforts to stop enabling haters (individuals and political parties) from optimizing their hunting…
In 2030, the entire world is condemned to extreme inequality, slavery, baby farms with women dressed in red and world domination as originally…
Any nation with either an authoritarian political system or an authoritarian economic system, like predatory capitalism, is susceptible to totalitarianism.…
Waking up before it’s too late as the pattern of authoritarianism enfolds us. We should be alarmed, but the stealth plan of the authoritarian…
Now we are in a forth plague that could “bend the arch of history” and “upend core economy structures." We…
Democratic Socialism is about social responsibility for all citizens through expansion of democracy in both our political and economic systems.…
Contriving to limit rights is about control and power over others. It’s about arrogance and imaginary supremacy over others. It’s…
We need to break authoritarian driven cycle & prevent any future authoritarian coups. We need more democracy in our political…
Our democracy requires eternal vigilance and massive participation to keep the ever-present anti-democratic forces corralled. Continue reading →
The Republican Party is populated by almost all those in America who tested as highly prejudicial and authoritarian as documented…
INTRODUCTION John Dean's newest book. Authoritarian Nightmare: Donald Trump and His Followers, details the threat of American authoritarianism. In addition,…
"I’m in control. I don’t need anyone. I hate all these lesser people that are part of this political system…
Right-wing authoritarianism has been corrupting our critical national systems so as to end our long-term democratic experiment to maximize equality.…
We may all feel despair, but don't let it have the last word. Embrace your despair and use its emotional…
It's Also About Voting to Protect and Empower Our Democratic Republic This election is about much more than replacing DJT.…
Both totalitarian systems are a merger of political and economic systems. Both are authoritarian but one is controlled by the…
We need a new and BETTER NORMAL that not only re-establishes what we’ve lost since the mid twentieth century, but…
In summary, a 400 year-old authoritarian economic system gave birth to our authoritarian policing system to put property rights over…
Tens of millions of citizens have nothing left to lose! The knee of our right-wing authoritarian oppressors are on the…
Since WWII, the enemy of the United States has grown from within from a seed left over from that time.…
Do you now see what America has become: An Inverted Totalitarian State of, by, and for the capitalists? Would you…
Both our political and economic systems are broken and making our economic system more democratic would enhance Maclean's salvation recommendations…
Our moral values inform and provide the foundation for our political choices. My political choices have changed over the decades…
Quotes from "Outgrowing growth: why quality of life, not GDP, should be our measure of success" The world's right-wing authoritarian,…
Quotes from The Virus and Capitalism. America’s unique, right-wing authoritarian, self-enriching, gobble-up, neoliberal, form of capitalism is helping it’s wealthy owners again…
If the federal government were forced into fiscal conservatism and had to balance its budget instead of balancing the economy,…
It’s going to take a vibrant democratic political system with massive citizen participation to enable this new democratic economic system…
In our Constitution, our democratic political system includes a division of responsibilities to enable a means of checks and balances.…
What's required to activate and unify voters on the left? Kochkash Increases Inequality: America's political and economic policies have moved…
Decisions by oligarchs only benefit oligarchs whether they control our economic or political systems. We need more democracy in both…
The distinct strategies of fascist politics include: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectualism, unreality, hierarchy, and victimhood. Other strategies also included…
(A cycle of building, destroying, and now renewing/expanding) Even before FDR's socially responsible New Deal and laws passed since, corporations…
The professional messengers of Nazi Germany and the Republican Party know there are two key factors for turning a lie…
A federal government with a sovereign currency has a unique responsibility/capability - A Balanced Economy. Unlike the federal government, you…
Am I too extreme to want representatives who will unabashedly speak out against all forms of economic injustice spawned by…
RE: Democracy In Chains by Nancy MacLean and Conservatives Without Conscience by John Dean ... Since - Brown v Board…
Professor Phillip Zimbardo, who conducted the Stanford Prison experiment in his younger days and has since written about what he's…
While corporate bankers get bailed out with public funds for their greedy mistakes and with Net Neutrality changed to enhance…
Back in 1980, the Koch brothers documented their Libertarian goals when David Koch ran for Vice President by preparing their…
Putting profit before people has led to decades of poisoning our air, our water and our soil. Some of this…
In 1970, income and wealth inequality were at historical lows. The income tax tables had over 25 brackets with the…
Which candidates will speak loudly and repeatedly about long-term, still-growing, massive, widespread, injustices in America? There are those who believe…
Who are these people using WMDs for mass murder in America? They are men who have been taught that there…
From Intro To Modern Money Theory: "Modern Monetary Theory is partly a description of how our modern fiat, floating exchange…
I've posted multiple times about my concerns with profit-centric MSM and their requirement to put profit before the common good…
$700 Billion for the Pentagon - Where Will All That Federal Money Come From? A Few Taps on a Keyboard.…
That self-made individuals are a myth. That empathy is natural and requires nurturing. That we are all responsible for ourselves…
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. For if he violates this…
This growth must go beyond reversing voter suppression, improving public education, and expanding civic participation. Maximizing the rule of democracy…
How effective was Russian propoganda on social media? Who many votes were switched? What other voter numbers are more significant?…
From the last chapter of Democracy In Chains, by Nancy MacLean, here is how the Koch Brothers and their elite…
I've been reading Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, by Nancy MacLean.…
After decades of refining his extreme, right-wing, ideas on control by the wealthy, James McGill Buchanan, professor at the University…
Voter Suppression: Legalized, Rationalized, and Self-inflicted Right-wing extremists have been promoting voter suppression since the founding of America. Since Brown…
Complaining about the idiocy of the opposition is such a distraction - a waste of time - and provides little…
As an American Baby Boomer, I've lived under two different systems of government: Post depression/post WWII and pre 1980s government:…
The following are from an article by Thom Hartman, where you can read more: When Washington became president in 1789,…
Are profit-centric media and supporting profit-centric defense contractors promoting a new cold war, via Russian Hack hysteria, and boosting support…
This was a response to part of business editorial on DJT’s “Wheeling and Dealing" over the Carrier jobs. _______________________________________ I…
Remember the Tea Party motto Take Our Country BACK? Back to where, I once asked a local Tea Party leader?…
Right-wing authoritarian Republican politicians, like Paul Ryan, believe that the individual is solely responsible for their success or failure. Their…
Since 2005, I’ve written 425 blog posts, , and most of them have been about America's growing authoritarian state. I’ve…
Based on the work of others, primarily Professor George Lakoff, an expert in cognitive linguistics - how the brain uses…
What is killing our middle class is the replacement of a more SHARING economic system, which considers all STAKEholders in…
The distraction of Widdle Donnie Thwimpie is all over the news as the worst ever candidate for an American president,…
Here are links to three articles on American Authoritarianism and selected quotes from each: The Rise of American Authoritarianism Trump…
Here are two interviews comparing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. One with Dr. Henry Giroux and the other with Dr.…
The BREXIT surprise resulted from a broken political system burdened by an austerity driven, neoliberal, economic system under the EU…
Based on two different graphics about voter preferences, one for party and one for progressive vs conservative, Dems will win…
Now that the party primaries are over, it appears that the profit centric MSM has guided the voters quite convincingly.…
Professor Altemeyer, was referenced extensively in John Dean’s Conservatives Without Conscience and in this blog. He has written a summary…
RE: Brown Is The New White by Steve Phillips (This is my kind of book. Filled with quantitative and qualitative…
Another example of information you won't get from profit centric MSM that must keep its profit master happy by entertaining…
How much of the following would you either agree with or can offer a more accurate/corrected summary? - Is incremental,…
It is a natural result of many factors including, but not limited to: - Decades of repeating that "government IS…
The Powell Memo of 1971 formalized our path to this point in our corporatocracy. Since the corporate plan laid out…
I participated in a recent poll by MoveOn.org and they sent me a follow-up survey to understand why I chose…