'Why, I have not another tear to shed.' ~ Titus Andronicus, Act III, Scene 1.
It's easy to feel burnt out by the constant horrors coming out of Palestine, yet we must hold these morally-bankrupt and ethically destitute 'leaders' accountable.
It is wearing to read the headlines day after day... It's up to us to lighten the load of immoral behavior the world has to deal with by kicking the moral morons, idiots and imbeciles out as soon as possible.
It's time to bring back the rubber room for these moral mental cases! I just don't understand how anyone can vote for a genocide enabler like Harris. Cold hearted and completely without any mercy for those less fortunate than herself as that video about how she locked up parents in California shows. The Reaganaut Republicans and today's Dirty Dems are the same party. That's why I'm voting for Jill Stein, and to hell with these moral degenerates!
That's the spirit! Don't reward the moral degenerates with your vote or your voice. Support only ethical and compassionate candidates like Jill Stein and Butch Ware. The world will thank us for electing them.
It could be--the categories are rather wide open to interpretation. But yeah, we're all ruled by sociopaths for the most part in the West, IMO. We just don't need to keep electing the "smart" ones that make things even worse. We need to lock them up.
I live a few blocks south of Bancroft, near the UT main campus. I haven't done one of those Overton Window tests in a while, but I was way out on the left side somewhere as I recall! My thought is that Satanyahoo will eventually be strung up like Mussolini was by his own people.
I admit that it's not a perfect "Moral IQ Scale" as of yet so suggestions are appreciated. I've had some conversations with Libertarians who have impressed me that they are (for the most part) moral citizens who don't wish harm to anyone. Their methods of how they'd run things (they have an abnormal fear of a central/federal government, IMO) is where I really don't see eye-to-eye with them. Most of them don't see how their philosophy of "less government is better" could be used and abused by the rich and the corporations who want less regulations and safeguards for the people. So, possibly "dupes" is a good term for them.
Well said. The obscenely rich have made the word "collectivism" a bad word, along with "regulations". And they do so because they want to remain obscenely rich at the expense of everyone else. The absurdly rich people also have all sorts of ways of complaining about the majority of poor people: Lazy, don't work hard enough, are morally weak, deserve only breadcrumbs, etc. But in truth, it's the obscenely rich who are a drain on society and do "negative" work. It takes far more work to accommodate the lives of multi-billionaires than their personal labor of them OR their family, could possibly ever produce. The obscenely rich are the real drain on society, not the ordinary working "wage slaves".
Now, I don't believe in a kind of collectivism where we all become part of some kind of BORG like society, but the kind of collectivism that pools resources to benefit everyone - not just a relative handful of obscenely wealthy and powerful individuals. There is nothing inherently evil in collectivism itself if done with a reasonable level of resource/technology pooling, with reasonable moral codes and proper administration.
The idea where everyone fending for themselves will lead to a meritocracy is a pie in the sky unicorn fantasy that is about as phony as claiming apartheid states are democracies. And yet we're all suppose to believe that if we privatize everything, it will lead to the greatest good for all. Baloney. Privatization of everything leads to a handful of crazy rich people exploiting everyone else with their wealth and power.
I agree. I can't see how turning everything private leads to the benefit of the masses. Just the opposite. But I realize now how deep the brainwashing is in regard to the "noble wealthy individual" who succeeds all by him/herself because of his/her own "merits" and "talents". B.S!!
Let's say Joe Biden had followed through on campaign promises and the Democrats hadn't let the Senate Parliamentarian quash raising the minimum wage or Biden hadn't walked away from his promise of a public healthcare option and had achieved those things. None of that would have outweighed the enthusiastic support and arming of the genocide. None of it, just as any promises by Harris/Walz also don't outweigh the genocide.
Hitler did a lot of good things to get Germans back to work after the Great Depression and even built the cool Autobahn. And none of that outweighed his genocide, which is every bit cruel and depraved as what the Israelis and US are doing in Gaza, the West Bank, now Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and soon across the Middle East.
Exactly. You can't "make up for your crimes" by passing a tiny handful of "beneficial" (for whom?) legislation. Even then, Biden & Harris have done diddly-squat for the people with their 4 years in office, haven't they? I keep scratching my head and wondering why they didn't at least attempt to raise the minimum wage to a measly $15 (instead of $25 as the Greens propose). Their legacy will be their support of the genocide in Gaza.
Nope. And Mussolini got what he deserved in the end--his own people strung him up. That could be a lesson for us all if these genocide-enablers don't peaceably leave office and soon.
That sounds like a wise move. I'm not sure if there are any rules against it, so folks will have to look up their own state's ruling on whether a strike through is allowed or not. (Believe it or not, it might cause an entire ballot to be rejected in some states. SIGH.) This page has links to all states on voting: https://vote.jillstein2024.com/
Well said. (I just wouldn't want anyone to find out later that their ballot was tossed on a technicality. It is a real worry in the US of A. 50 different states of disagreement!)
I love the last quote and sentiment in this post. You pour your heart into this work and it is always backed by excellent links , thank you . I pray that the theatre of voting for the evil, in what ever shade is over soon. Our principles and integrity can not be bought or stolen. 💖
Thank you for your kind words, Susan. We must always stand up for our principles and vote our conscience! It's time for all of us to stop being fooled like the flock of sheep listening to a wolf who swears he/she'll be a "vegetarian" if you vote for her/him. We've been fooled enough--it's time to tell those wolves where to go!
'Why, I have not another tear to shed.' ~ Titus Andronicus, Act III, Scene 1.
It's easy to feel burnt out by the constant horrors coming out of Palestine, yet we must hold these morally-bankrupt and ethically destitute 'leaders' accountable.
It is wearing to read the headlines day after day... It's up to us to lighten the load of immoral behavior the world has to deal with by kicking the moral morons, idiots and imbeciles out as soon as possible.
It's time to bring back the rubber room for these moral mental cases! I just don't understand how anyone can vote for a genocide enabler like Harris. Cold hearted and completely without any mercy for those less fortunate than herself as that video about how she locked up parents in California shows. The Reaganaut Republicans and today's Dirty Dems are the same party. That's why I'm voting for Jill Stein, and to hell with these moral degenerates!
That's the spirit! Don't reward the moral degenerates with your vote or your voice. Support only ethical and compassionate candidates like Jill Stein and Butch Ware. The world will thank us for electing them.
Moral moron? Aint that just a plain old garden variety sociopath? Our countries - and many companies too - are ruled by sociopaths.
It could be--the categories are rather wide open to interpretation. But yeah, we're all ruled by sociopaths for the most part in the West, IMO. We just don't need to keep electing the "smart" ones that make things even worse. We need to lock them up.
Hi Cindy
On Caitlin’s political grid, I rank as far-left Libertarian. I’m happy to see that I landed nearly exactly on HER spot!
Love the Eugene Debs quote.
I’m hoping that Satanyahoo will do a “Hitler” and put a gun in his mouth.
If you ever want to get together, name the time and place. Are you in the vicinity of perhaps Bancroft?
I live a few blocks south of Bancroft, near the UT main campus. I haven't done one of those Overton Window tests in a while, but I was way out on the left side somewhere as I recall! My thought is that Satanyahoo will eventually be strung up like Mussolini was by his own people.
Wouldn't call right-wing Libertarians as moral geniuses. More like moral dupes of the Obscenely Rich and the corporations they own. OTW, good article.
I admit that it's not a perfect "Moral IQ Scale" as of yet so suggestions are appreciated. I've had some conversations with Libertarians who have impressed me that they are (for the most part) moral citizens who don't wish harm to anyone. Their methods of how they'd run things (they have an abnormal fear of a central/federal government, IMO) is where I really don't see eye-to-eye with them. Most of them don't see how their philosophy of "less government is better" could be used and abused by the rich and the corporations who want less regulations and safeguards for the people. So, possibly "dupes" is a good term for them.
Well said. The obscenely rich have made the word "collectivism" a bad word, along with "regulations". And they do so because they want to remain obscenely rich at the expense of everyone else. The absurdly rich people also have all sorts of ways of complaining about the majority of poor people: Lazy, don't work hard enough, are morally weak, deserve only breadcrumbs, etc. But in truth, it's the obscenely rich who are a drain on society and do "negative" work. It takes far more work to accommodate the lives of multi-billionaires than their personal labor of them OR their family, could possibly ever produce. The obscenely rich are the real drain on society, not the ordinary working "wage slaves".
Now, I don't believe in a kind of collectivism where we all become part of some kind of BORG like society, but the kind of collectivism that pools resources to benefit everyone - not just a relative handful of obscenely wealthy and powerful individuals. There is nothing inherently evil in collectivism itself if done with a reasonable level of resource/technology pooling, with reasonable moral codes and proper administration.
The idea where everyone fending for themselves will lead to a meritocracy is a pie in the sky unicorn fantasy that is about as phony as claiming apartheid states are democracies. And yet we're all suppose to believe that if we privatize everything, it will lead to the greatest good for all. Baloney. Privatization of everything leads to a handful of crazy rich people exploiting everyone else with their wealth and power.
I agree. I can't see how turning everything private leads to the benefit of the masses. Just the opposite. But I realize now how deep the brainwashing is in regard to the "noble wealthy individual" who succeeds all by him/herself because of his/her own "merits" and "talents". B.S!!
Let's say Joe Biden had followed through on campaign promises and the Democrats hadn't let the Senate Parliamentarian quash raising the minimum wage or Biden hadn't walked away from his promise of a public healthcare option and had achieved those things. None of that would have outweighed the enthusiastic support and arming of the genocide. None of it, just as any promises by Harris/Walz also don't outweigh the genocide.
Hitler did a lot of good things to get Germans back to work after the Great Depression and even built the cool Autobahn. And none of that outweighed his genocide, which is every bit cruel and depraved as what the Israelis and US are doing in Gaza, the West Bank, now Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and soon across the Middle East.
Exactly. You can't "make up for your crimes" by passing a tiny handful of "beneficial" (for whom?) legislation. Even then, Biden & Harris have done diddly-squat for the people with their 4 years in office, haven't they? I keep scratching my head and wondering why they didn't at least attempt to raise the minimum wage to a measly $15 (instead of $25 as the Greens propose). Their legacy will be their support of the genocide in Gaza.
And Mussolini got the trains to run on time, apparently. Still doesn't make the black shirt a cool look.
Nope. And Mussolini got what he deserved in the end--his own people strung him up. That could be a lesson for us all if these genocide-enablers don't peaceably leave office and soon.
I would suggest one thing although I am not in the USA.
IF you are NOT voting for a person put a line in the box so that it cannot be filled in.
That sounds like a wise move. I'm not sure if there are any rules against it, so folks will have to look up their own state's ruling on whether a strike through is allowed or not. (Believe it or not, it might cause an entire ballot to be rejected in some states. SIGH.) This page has links to all states on voting: https://vote.jillstein2024.com/
Are the Dems and the Repubs following the rules? NO they are not.
Get a backbone and do what you think is best.
Well said. (I just wouldn't want anyone to find out later that their ballot was tossed on a technicality. It is a real worry in the US of A. 50 different states of disagreement!)
I love the last quote and sentiment in this post. You pour your heart into this work and it is always backed by excellent links , thank you . I pray that the theatre of voting for the evil, in what ever shade is over soon. Our principles and integrity can not be bought or stolen. 💖
Thank you for your kind words, Susan. We must always stand up for our principles and vote our conscience! It's time for all of us to stop being fooled like the flock of sheep listening to a wolf who swears he/she'll be a "vegetarian" if you vote for her/him. We've been fooled enough--it's time to tell those wolves where to go!