@SrRochardBunson
And don't forget there are Republicans TODAY who think "Child Labor" should be made legal again, actually arguing "it BENEFITS poor families having that extra income."

Of course, none of them considers for a microsecond how "not being in school" or "lower grades b/c a child is too tired to learn" condemns these same families into a cycle of poverty. 🤬

@MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson

So many Republican policies can be seen through the lens of deliberate immiseration.

Keeping the poor as poor.
Thwarting social mobility.
Keeping people in their place.
Social stratification.
Class hierarchies.
Gender & racial isolationism.
Religious control.

Eroding the institutions that made the American middle class.
Homes. Public Education. College. Steady jobs. Living wages. Unions. Literacy. Public health. Libraries. Functional government. Voting.

@MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson

Oil industry billionaires are funding Republicans to conduct hostage negotiations over the debt ceiling.

The same billionaires frying the planet.

https://www.salon.com/2023/05/20/mccarthy-pushes-us-to-brink-of-default-to-appease-energy-donors--but-biden-has-an-ace-up-his-sleeve/

@Npars01 @MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson Because they think they'll have air conditioning after the apocalypse.

No, really.

Their brains are so fried by money, they think they will remain rich even if civilization collapses. If they ever understood that civilization is what makes them rich, that understanding is long gone. They believe they'll still own stuff when the fallout settles.

It's like thinking gravity doesn't apply to you because you have a private plane.

@jwcph @Npars01 @MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson

My apologies, but you are thinking locally. They are global and can go anywhere. Their actions suggest they've already spent a tiny fraction of their wealth to ensure they can live out their lives - perhaps another 30 years - in comfort and power. After that, they really don't care what happens.

@jwcph @Npars01 @MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson

I don't disagree, I just thing perhaps they have a different definition of, "come out on top".

@jwcph @Npars01 @MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson

In a true post-apocalyptic world, they'll already be dead. They're like narcissists that way.

@jwcph @Npars01 @MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson

I think that perhaps, for some of them, being protected, self sufficient, part of a self-built culture and knowing they have it better than 99.999% of humanity will be very emotionally satisfying.

@jwcph @Frances_Larina @MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson

Republican billionaires need to read up on the history of the Roman Empire, especially about emperors & the Praetorian Guard.

Slave societies create groups of disengaged people who idly watch as the Visigoths sack estates on their way to pillage Rome.

Or more recently, Indira Gandhi & her security detail...

@marcibadwolf303 @jwcph @MugsysRapSheet @SrRochardBunson @Frances_Larina

Do you think an elderly white man, unused to manual labor, like Koch, Murdoch, or Barre Seid are equipped for total self-reliance?

Growing food, building & maintaining a home, & providing sophisticated medical care isn't feasible long term.

Most island societies become deforested quickly & become barren outcrops like Easter Island.

A constant resupply of fresh water, fuel, & food is necessary for even short stays.

@marcibadwolf303 @SrRochardBunson @Frances_Larina @jwcph @MugsysRapSheet

Republican billionaire donors plan on having slaves to do the heavy lifting.

DeSantis's 1st book Dreams From Founding Father's whitewashes slavery & misrepresents the founders

Memory holing of slavery by the wealthy is deliberate & ominous

Gillian Brockell did an analysis on how this book was made to vanish from even the publisher's catalog. Her article is a must-read

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/21/ron-desantis-book-founding-fathers/

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/desantis-book-dreams-from-our-founding-fathers-first-principles-in-the-age-of-obama-discussed-by-washington-post-s-history-blog-staff-writer-gillian-brockell-176246853816