It's wired in, it's blatant, and it's old news, but to me it remains pretty remarkable that the establishment press in the U.S. uses the term "conservative" to mean any action the extreme right wing favors.
The more extreme the act, the more "conservative" are the actors!
Thus, the Freedom Caucus in the House — the members of which are the most ready to let the U.S. default on its debt — are routinely described as the most conservative faction in the government.
Clearly we need a new terminology to describe these maga people. Definitely not "conservative." "Fascist" may be accurate, but I think too many people don't really understand what fascist means (including me). "Terrorist" also works, but that word carries too much baggage. Personally, l'm going to call these magas "anarchists."
#maga #gop #republicans #anarchist #uspolitics #politics #uspol #journalism
Deadly Predators amply describes the fact they feed on all others , regardless of motivation or ideology , and insures all others know they are passive prey waiting for their turn
That's a good one. It sure does seem that magas are all about fear.
They're corrupt stone cold killers in an undeclared war , dominating all others and targeting groups for destruction as they methodically pick them of one group at a time
#Cdnpoli #Uspoli #MoralDecadence
When looked at historically and objectively the US did not fall apart overnight . It has taken a long time to achieve the current level of corruption and focused effort to condition people to passively wait for destruction, to feel helpless .
#Cdnpoli #Uspoli #MioralDecadence
Moral decadence lowers standards of moral behavior and creates new but lower criteria for ethics and justice. Putting it simply, people are no longer required to act morally or ethically.
Society no longer expects its members to preserve their commitment to the very basic moral norms.
Moral decadence creates a general sense of cynicism. People no longer expect each other to be noble. They no longer expect each other to be honest.
Interesting article. Thanks! I think that with the decline it is so important that our justice system enforce laws fairly and clearly. Trump has acted in an openly unethical and criminal way in an attempt to normalize this decadence. And his followers seem to have fallen for it. Or it appeals to them because they already have no respect for our laws. That's why Trump needs to be prosecuted and sent to jail!
No argument from me, but Trump is merely the culmination of decades of corruption, dishonesty, greed and hate - the current face. DeSantis is the same .
The rot now runs very deep as there is no Justice in the US , no Just Supreme Court, no law , just domination . Trump was enabled by media who promoted his unending lies without question or correction . Also Hitler used radio , and Trump , or his ilk, use Twitter, the Far Right Extremist scum platform .
I don't know why that is. I imagine that those in power over the years have figured out that it's not that hard to "train" us. Religion has been very useful to them. Not so surprising (but ironic) that it is the religious right who financed/enabled Trump's election. Since Hitler wasn't religious, I wonder why he hated the Jews and others. I need to do some reading...
You don't have to be religious to use religion -division- as evil is never done so well as when done in the name of religion .-eg Crusades, ISIS ,etc.
Yes, because they have a sense of self-righteousness about what they're doing.
Yes, and it requires no foundation in facts or reality . It is the suspension of logic and enables fanaticism & prejudice as normal . , accepted.
There was no place for women at the last supper as religion made them sub human, chattels to be used by men .There are no Catholic Priestesses but millions of male tax free pedophiles , predators in the name of God .We see this in action in America now . as God gives rights -really ?
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