We became a consumer society. It made very few relatively rich, us dependent, and led to greed.
The solution is everyone having enough, equality is in there somewhere, helping each other when the load is too heavy, and satisfaction of good deeding suffices. Those societies are self evident …deemed the happiests even…some call them ‘quaint nooks..’ it’s what many ‘old hippies’ did ….them back-to-the-landers..pretty well self sufficient…they settled with …enough.
But there was a high drop out rate few talked about , they were disillusioned, wanted more…became yuppies some holding principle high still but more wanted…
The hole being dug was framed ‘what you voted for..’
Liz Oyer had it right. Once upon a time, the Department of Justice stood for blind justice. Under Trump, the blindfold’s off, the scales are tipped, and Lady Justice is working nights as his personal debt collector…
In France we are having rolling days of workers either closing shop or in the case of farmers, causing havoc by blocking roads. For two years they have systematically turned every place name however small, upside down. They have stayed that way. Now the farmers and other groups just take one day on the roads a week, small slow tractors all over the place causes traffic jams. Even our lone rural pharmacy which had never closed before took a day out. All because they did not like proposed funding changes under a new Prime Minister. We are now on our third PM in a couple of years and the best of luck to him. We have an ultra right wing and ultra left wing parties with problems in the middle. Outsiders state the country will go to the Right, others to the Left. Neither is right as the unions and other groups rule in reality and long may that last. So glad I left the U.K. which is looking like it will have a Trump puppet at the next election. The current government is being destabilised by Trump actions. The madness is infectious.
How can sending billions to bail out Argentina - regardless of excuses for doing so - not inflame the MAGA base?
Will they ever figure out “America First” was a con, unless “America” is limited to Trump and his billionaire cronies here and abroad?
He did it wearing the feed cap that has “Trump is right about everything” on the front?
Yup, exactly , Mary.
We became a consumer society. It made very few relatively rich, us dependent, and led to greed.
The solution is everyone having enough, equality is in there somewhere, helping each other when the load is too heavy, and satisfaction of good deeding suffices. Those societies are self evident …deemed the happiests even…some call them ‘quaint nooks..’ it’s what many ‘old hippies’ did ….them back-to-the-landers..pretty well self sufficient…they settled with …enough.
But there was a high drop out rate few talked about , they were disillusioned, wanted more…became yuppies some holding principle high still but more wanted…
The hole being dug was framed ‘what you voted for..’
I’ll take no part of the blame…
See ya at the protest…
The logistics of passive resistance seem very complicated - unless there's some grassroots organization. We could use a legion of Norma Raes.
Liz Oyer had it right. Once upon a time, the Department of Justice stood for blind justice. Under Trump, the blindfold’s off, the scales are tipped, and Lady Justice is working nights as his personal debt collector…
https://substack.com/@jaywilson1/note/c-159613314?r=10sd39&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
No Kings Day protest in October. Be there! Medford has had consistent and encouraging turnouts.
In France we are having rolling days of workers either closing shop or in the case of farmers, causing havoc by blocking roads. For two years they have systematically turned every place name however small, upside down. They have stayed that way. Now the farmers and other groups just take one day on the roads a week, small slow tractors all over the place causes traffic jams. Even our lone rural pharmacy which had never closed before took a day out. All because they did not like proposed funding changes under a new Prime Minister. We are now on our third PM in a couple of years and the best of luck to him. We have an ultra right wing and ultra left wing parties with problems in the middle. Outsiders state the country will go to the Right, others to the Left. Neither is right as the unions and other groups rule in reality and long may that last. So glad I left the U.K. which is looking like it will have a Trump puppet at the next election. The current government is being destabilised by Trump actions. The madness is infectious.
Or: by any means necessary?