FrontSight wrote: Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:50 am
While our path is disturbing, its far from the early days of the Nazi's. The rhetoric is much the same, the tactics are much the same, but the big difference is the people. Germans were absolutely destitute and desperate. Our living conditions and economics are nothing like Germany in the 1930's. Even Venezuela is in 500% better shape than the Germans were back then.
So while the "Nazi's" are acting like "Nazi's", the populace isn't anywhere near that desperate. So while they're clearly capable of tolerating some fuckery (the Trump Administration), we're WAY too divided for anyone to have Hitler type success in taking over the government.
The 70 something greeter at Wal-Mart, having lost most everything in the bubble pop of 2000 and everything else in 08, and the 4000 living in boxes and under tarps just in Portland alone might disagree.
Things absolutely suck for those trying to exist minimum wage paycheck to minimum wage paycheck. And if they happen to be trying to service a student loan and feed a kid and god forbid see a physician...
They are well and truly fucked.
My son doesn't believe for an instant that we are going to be able to vote our way out of this mess... He observes that the old fucks running this show have their eyes fixed firmly on the rear view and are blind to what is coming. The new right is salivating at the stupid on the left.
Fortunately spouse and kids have Japanese passports ... and daughter married a Dane to boot. They have someplace to go. I'll just follow them.
Edit:
Oh wait! Just got an email from none other than
Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik himself! He wants to give me... well, read yourself;
Hello,
I'm Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik a British businessman, investor, and philanthropist and president (Access Industries). I gave away 20 percent of my personal wealth to charity. And I also pledged to give away the rest of 20% this year 2022 to Individuals.. I have decided to donate €3.000,000.00(Three million euros)to you. If you are interested in my donation, do contact me for more info.
So I'm set for the remainder of my soon to be not-so-misereable-actually-rather-comfortable life...I guess.
Yea!!
Three Million Euros ain't half bad. I can live with that.
See ya!
Subliterate Buffooery of the right...
Literate Ignorance of the left...
We Are So Screwed