RE: Words Matter
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Love this one
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
Trump is the only one of these who is in power today. I have quite a few friends who adore him. This helps me understand how any ruler is able to go too far - he bamboozles his subjects. No quotes from Obama? In hindsight, he was no better than any of these.
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Hi @owascI like that quote too
I didn't include Obama because I wanted this to be about the current leader from a perspective of history. Obama is still alive. Still making a record. Still a relatively young man.
I wanted people, especially followers of our current leader, to see how his tone, his intent stacks up against figures in history. His message is similar to some and discordant with others. Are those with whom he agrees heroes in history? What do the heroes in history have to say (from their graves) about the policies of our current leader? I let their words speak for them.
Thanks a lot for reading. I know this can be tedious for many to go through, but it helps me to sort through facts, not opinions or digested news. We do not live in reassuring times.
I really enjoyed your post, it's right up the alleys I tread daily now.
Yes, and no. The last 70 or so of "reassuring" years in the US have been an illusion; our freedoms have been whittled down to nearly none under a succession of administrations, right and left. I am reassured that many of us can see this now, that we can see that fascism has been here, disguised by rhetoric and hypnotic states, for many years already. We now have a chance to make some true changes, not just hope for them.
Absolutely! In the name of 'security' we have signed away the basic protections provided for in our Constitution. The more 'safe' the government makes me, the less secure I feel.
Exactly. Governments ought not to protect us, but rather protect our natural rights. I'm no longer sure we need governments at all. The world is replete with them, and look at the mess that has been made.
There are no perfect governments, but, again, looking at history, a power vacuum leads to the worst of us taking over. We need a balance. Our forefathers tried to strike that balance. Of course they made mistakes--obviously, because look where we are now.
Governments, by nature, are parasitical. They feed on us to exist at all. The reason that the worst have taken over in recent history could very well be because the US and other western powers have been complicit in the toppling of legitimate governments and installation of their corrupt cronies. In the case of the US, who is going to control that coup? Some say we are seeing a controlled demolition. I do not know, but I am on my toes, or so I believe.
Ditto