Mark Lawrence Schrad writes that Republicans have abandoned policy to promote the public good, including assistance following natural disasters.

"Since at least 2016, scholars and journalists have consistently sounded the alarm on the Republican drift into right-wing authoritarianism. But even tinpot dictators and autocrats at least pay lip-service to working for the common good."

#Republicans #CommonGood #NaturalDisasters #authoritarianism
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https://www.salon.com/2024/10/12/how-the-turned-disaster-relief-into-political-warfare/

How the Republicans turned disaster relief into political warfare

Salon.com
Danny the Weary (@[email protected])

A movement hostile to the idea of public goods and socially valuable institutions of the democratic West. Is it the Kremlin or the GOP....? whynotboth.gif

Free Radical
@pinsk Thank you for the link. Good comments.