Oh, Coming Up Short...?
Here. @Colbert bringing receipts. Totally sad people don’t get to see this in MSM. @RobertReich is super smart and he lays down the foundation of what is wrong with America right now, and surprise! It has really not changed in the last fifteen years. It’s not a problem of today, of course.
And here we are. About one hundred years into the second Cheeto presidency (has it really been only around 100 days?) and sliding into Fascism. Because even though the last Democratic campaign (Kamala) was running on democracy and preserving the rule of law, that didn't move the majority of Americans. But Robert has ideas and some of them are very good. As a matter of fact, some of you have talked about some of those ideas in this blog thingy here.
Robert had more to say about why is it that we are here, and it's a very interesting point of view. He's got a long story in US politics and we are all a little more informed after listening to him. If you are not yet, you should start following him on social media. @RobertReich on Insta is a treasure and his @BlueSky is fab.
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P.S. here's an idea: let's have a book club and read Kamala's book and then Robert's book and then let's have a kiki. No? Too much?
We would be better informed...
HuntleyBiGuy:
ReplyDeleteRobert Reich is wicked smart. Professor, former secretary of labor under Clinton. He’s great at breaking down complex situations. Well worth the follow.
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He is very smart.
DeleteAnd he's worth the follow. I think more people should follow analysts who are able to tear apart complex issues.
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I used to follow him on Twitler until I left and now follow him on Bluesky. Smart man.
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Yes!
DeleteHe's very smart. And isn't BlueSky much better than Twitter?
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Reich is Great. I follow him on Threads.
ReplyDeleteHe's fab.
DeleteOh yes. Threads on Insta. Do you have to download that? I have no idea how that works. I loathe Meta.
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Big says,
ReplyDeleteI follow him on Bluesky. Yep, he's got some interesting takes. Though, I do not believe we are slipping into fascism. I agree with Rachel Maddow, who laid out the (major) things which have happened and said, "We are now living under a totalitarian leader. It's [totalitarianism] not coming, It's here."
And, unless or until, the Dems figure out a plan and a way out of it....
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He's great.
DeleteAnd yeah. Rachel is right. We are suffering some of that Frog in Boiling Water Syndrome...
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A man of integrity and intelligence, much needed in government today. It seems there are people like Mr Reich who should have been President instead of advisors. Meanwhile we have to contend with the very damaging and deceitful Trumpenführer express and somehow find a way to derail the hell out of it and bring this hell ride to an end.
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Agree.
DeleteIt's BEYOND me that Cheeto was actually elected president. Beyond.
There are so many people qualified to have these positions of leadership and this country elects a spoiled megalomaniac man-child.
Ugh.
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Totalitarianism, authoritarianism, fascism -- call it what you want, it all means the same thing. The death of democracy, constitutional and civil/human rights.
ReplyDeleteI certainly hope Robert Reich is right about a second Age of Progress on its way after the current second Gilded Age.
Correct.
DeleteThe MAGAts do NOT want democracy. It's easy to see how this will end if people do not DO something.
Robert may be right, remember Cheeto is a reaction to Obama and and age of equity and tolerance. Let's hope the pendulum swings back...
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