#GenocideJoe v #FelonTrump 2024

The #OnePartySystem :: #Capitalism

#CapitalismKills #IowaCaucus 🧐 #2024Election #2024 #USPolitics #Democrats #Republicans #Dems #GOP #USA #USPresident
#President2024

Man, I miss George Carlin...
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Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want:

They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests.

You know what they want? They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shitty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it — and NOW they’re coming for your Social Security money.
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Preach!

#OnePartySystem
https://www.businessinsider.com/george-carlin-on-the-american-dream-a-few-dirty-words-and-a-whole-lot-of-sense-2011-4

Let’s get personal, shall we? I’ve been here a while now, and as I’m feeling quite comfortable at Mastodon, I’d like to share a bit more about myself beyond my passion for the climate and the environment.

To begin with, I’m a male, he/him, hetero, strongly supporting LGBTQ rights. I’m a baby boomer, born at 312 PPM 🌏, a United Statesian, although I lived in Europe (mostly Hungary) for several years, and traveled extensively for work before retiring in 2012. I’ve never been good at sustaining long-term romantic relationships, and I’ve finally settled into comfortable singlehood.

I like to say I’m made of contrasts.

For example, I’m rather funny and quite personable, but I don’t enjoy small talk and I hate parties. I currently live in the Bible Belt, but I’m an outspoken atheist. While I can easily fit into most social situations, I don’t feel comfortable around large groups and prefer being alone most of the time. I live near two huge military bases, but I detest the USA’s militaristic, troop-worshiping culture. I’m almost always cheerful, which masks my deeply felt existential nihilism. I’m a neat freak, but also rather lazy, preferring fun over work.

I’ll finish up with some hashtags to add flavor...

#AkiraKurosawa #AlfredHitchcock #AntiCapitalism #AntiWar #Atheism #Beatles #Bicycle #Biodiversity #BusterKeaton #CalvinAndHobbes #Chocolate #ClassicFilm #ClimateAction #ClimateCollapse #ClimateJustice #EndangeredSpecies #Environmentalism #Existentialism #Extinction #Fitness #GlobalWarming #Inequality #Nature #OceanAcidification #OnePartySystem #Permafrost #Pollution #Reading #SilentMovies #Socialism #SpeciesLoss #TippingPoints #Walking #Yoga #Introduction

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#climate
#pollution
#OnePartySystem
#AntiCapitalism
#glaciers
#ClassicMovies

@sim
Pretty sure the US has a #OnePartySystem. The corporate party. A shamocracy.

#corporateParty #corporateState #shamocracy

If it is true that #BigPharma just hiked up costs of #medications by extreme amounts, why are people not storming the #drugManufacturing #corporations.

Maybe #Congress are part of the problem though, yes.

#corporateWelfare #onePartySystem #shamocracy #neoFeudalism