Mastodawn

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news/116028054267544225

I agree. He's referenced this quoted section from "They'Thought They Were Free" before. I know because I found the idea so remarkable, I had to painstakingly transcribe it so I could show it to others.

I remember asking myself at points over these years of Trump if this was the moment I and those like me around the country were losing the war. It inspired me to try harder and remind myself and others of the need to act.
#IWriteOk #ItCouldHappenHere

ZagTheRaccoon 🦝 (Essayist)Dec 1, 2022

https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2022/11/30/46220174/city-council-passes-27-million-budget-package-to-fund-homeless-encampment-plan

#Portland #Tweets #IwriteOK

City Council Passes $27 Million Budget Package to Fund Homeless Encampment Plan

Portland City Council voted 3-0 Wednesday morning to approve a controversial budget package that lays the groundwork for a plan to criminalize street camping and build mass encampments to hold unhoused Portlanders by 2024. Both city commissioners Carmen Rubio and Jo Ann Hardesty were absent for the morning's vote. (According to council staff, Hardesty is on a planned vacation and Rubio is out sick.) The bulk of the $27 million budget package—$17 million—goes toward building...

Portland Mercury

ZagTheRaccoon 🦝 (Essayist)Nov 28, 2022

"A version of this happens to every person who makes enough money. Wealth and power can impact the brain in ways that mirror brain damage, causing a loss of impulse control and compassion for other people. And that’s just the case for folks who wind up normal-ass rich, without millions of weirdos worshipping them as the techno-messiah."

Really good article on the delusions of the wealthy.

https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/every-billionaire-is-a-cult-leader

#RobertEvans
#IWriteOK

Every Billionaire is a Cult Leader

And all cults end the same way.

Shatter Zone