i always find it strange that people who don't trust scientists and doctors especially -- people whose acts can be fact-checked -- are willing to believe loudmouthed egomaniacs whose assertions are mere hot air with no real-life effects. the cognitive dissonance is astounding.
Republicans Have Always Claimed That They Are For Small Government
Republicans also claim to be CON-servatives and Christians
I have thought about this for years and I believe
this the “MAGA Republican Plan” for a Small Government.
1. Reduce the number of people working in the federal government and government institutions
2. Give a lot less people much more power to control everything we are able to do (our rights and freedoms will be taken away)
3. Make Christian Nationalism the country’s religion for everyone
4. Reduce corporate regulations so they can continue to pollute our planet without restrictions
5. Reduce gun laws that are already on the books and enforced
6. With their new power boost they will outlaw abortion, deport anyone they don’t like, outlaw LBGTQ, make women 2nd class citizens
7. They will pull the United States out of NATO and break bread with our adversaries
True conservatives do not waste, they conserve natural resources. They don’t continue polluting when experts tell them that they are destroying the planet!
Congress is leaving for their holiday break, returning in the second week of January. They gave Putin the greatest Christmas gift they could possibly give him by not giving Ukraine a supplemental arms package! It’s obvious now, they are Putin’s useful idiots!
The entire House Republican Party voted to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Biden before they left!
What an embarrassment for America! Another Xmas gift for our adversaries!!!
You sure make it obvious that we have been lied to by our leaders for decades!
Most of the people I talk with are so fed up with their government lying to them about almost everything that they are willing to vote for a born loser as revenge against them!
1. Repeal Citizens United (get money out of politics) make them earn their money by working together for the American people to pass legislation that will help us!
2. The average American citizens need to unionize. That is the best way to take money from the oligarchs because without the middle class the oligarchs would not be oligarchs!
Well the ORANGE 😡 Jesus appeals to the Lower Reaches of our Evolved Brains.
He will Stand Up For us and Drain The Swamp but instead he just wanted to repopulate the Swamp with his Loyalists and other megalomaniac types. He is an Excellent Communicatorwith true skills first he Tell the Big Lie Second he repeats His self serving lies over and over when challenged he Doubles Down on the big Lies and has parrots 🦜 Join in like a Greek chorus. When his accomplices are caught in the Legal System he pardons them protecting them from prosecution.
He has excellent leadership skills that emboldened the Bannons and Stones of the world to really operate behind the Scene effectively.
“Buckle Up Buttercup “. He uses money to. Buy whoever can be bought and verbally assaults and Steamroll Any opposition or Disloyalty...
“Just ask anybody”
He needs a nemesis We need majority to shut this blowhard down Joe Biden is our best bet as a political Leader..,
How about putting some blame on the Russian Secret Service for this insane run of fascist behavior. After all, the destabilization of governments is what they do so extremely well. Yes, all of what you say is true Prof but at least consider the possibility of Russian interference in our politics. Perhaps they did get trump elected. We will never know the extent to which they were involved. Oh I know that you will say there are no conspiracies in this regard but, I’ll be damned if I can think of anything else. The Koch brothers et.al. Have poured huge sums of money to the same end. Destabilize this country through mis/dis information. This country has had its head up its a..! We let this happen by listening to conservatives as if they had our interests at heart. Employment law is virtually non-existent. Human Resources departments are a joke. We now have to put mom and dad to work to just keep a roof over our heads. Our kids are going to a ruinous day care system and are so immersed in their phones that they become delusional. This country is suffering a nervous breakdown. We don’t know what the hell truth is anymore. We mistrust our institutions and in particular our judicial systems and electoral system. Who in the hell is running this country? It certainly isn’t the government. What is going on here?
The most important achievement was that Big Money and Big Business got control over the politicians and thus politics. They are now expanding to other parts of society eg Education, Media etc to further increase control over the population.
No Americans may feel powerless but are so powerful if they use their Vote sensibly!
Trump is riding high because of American stupidity, what did he really do in his first term apart from RHETORIC , he gave massive TAX CUTS to the rich and big corporations, made America look incompetent in the rest of the world , messed up COVID response and resulted in hundreds of thousands deaths on the other hand Biden had to clean up the SHIT, inflation was not created by Biden and has been a worldwide problem and really the USA HAS PROBABLY been one of the least badly affected,bought back semblance of stability and some respect back to the USA ,some of this respect has been lost recently because of unconditional support of Israel and the genocide of Palestinians!
We have a general culture of money worship in this country, a culture of proclaimed rugged individualism, and that caring about others is for suckers, which has allowed what Prof. Reich describes to happen. People who aren't themselves wealthy are simply wealthy-people-in-waiting. In this vein, many of Trump's supporters admire him because he is wealthy and presents an image of a successful businessman.
One of the Republican candidates for governor here in Indiana is running campaign commercials proclaiming himself a self-made businessman. It irritates me every time I see it.
Surely your bizarre voting system has a lot to do with it. Here in Australia voting is compulsory and although some bitch and moan about having to shuffle off to their local school or town hall to spend five minutes wielding a pencil, it’s a powerful antidote to the sickness that ails the USA; vote buying etc. And the Electoral College - what an anti-democratic anachronism.
I also still cannot believe that it is acceptable for a judge who presided over a criminal trial to hear the appeal (West Memphis Three) or that you vote for judges. Completely confounding.
I believe Obama blew it during his 1st two years in office when there were 60 Democrat Senators. Americans moved left in response to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. He should have lowered Medicare age to 55 and prosecuted Wall Street’s massive fraud. He passed a weak health care law that benefited insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies and failed to prosecute any one for the financial crisis. This is part of why people are attracted to Trump: he wants to destroy the system and it’s institutions while maintaining white male christian dominance.
I still say socialism is best, but not the Communist way. Capitalism is simply profit-based.
Call up a technician for help on your computer, and no matter which company it uses, you’ll be answered by somebody with a foreign accent. Now, this is NOT to debase those who weren’t born in America. I’m 100% for immigrant rights, and away with ICE and closed, barbed-wire borders. Ask where that person is and it’s usually India. Long-distance technology is wonderful. For the first time the other night I finally got somebody in the US--California! THAT is rare. That’s because of what’s called offshoring. Robert is right about that.
Trump says he’ll fight for us. Wanna bet? Look at Mar-a-Largo. Think that’s a man who loves low-income people? Oh, he treasures us, bless our hearts.
He says he can’t be tried for what he did while President because of Presidential immunity. He was protected, you see, because of his Presidential duties which he had to be free to carry out. Does the Constitutional list of Presidential duties include sexual assault, say? Does it include inciting an insurrection or attempting to interfere with an election? Does it include misstating the value of his properties (“an art, not a science”)? Not all of these things are claimed by him to be covered by Presidential immunity, of course, but let’s see where he takes them if he’s threatened with bankruptcy or imprisonment. The insurgency charge and the attempted interference with election are definitely going to come under Prez duties. Some duties.
I’m sure Jack Smith has Aces up his sleeve if the Supreme Court rules against him.
OK I'm terrified of what America might become on November 6! My one suggestion is actually about Liz Cheney. Perhaps "we" should consider inviting her into the tent. Maybe not the big D (Democrats) but at least the small d (democracy). I suggest this partly because I want to see your cartoon: {Bridge, dark stormy night, two cars parked at either end (one red one blue), small clusters of official looking people each guiding one individual, meeting surreptitiously at the middle of the bridge and then the hand off, Liz for Joe Manchin!} I'm actually not kidding.
The elimination of capital export controls in the 1990s in the usa and Europe sucked all the money into China etc. The rest is no jobs and no paychecks and angry collapsing middle classes.
Why do so many millions now worship Hitler, Stalin, Putin, Trump and Mobsters? Many ego-challenged idiots dream of being cruel bullies with impunity, so they admire and worship and promote scumbags to feel their power a bit #MangoWanker Turdking #GOPtraitors against America
i always find it strange that people who don't trust scientists and doctors especially -- people whose acts can be fact-checked -- are willing to believe loudmouthed egomaniacs whose assertions are mere hot air with no real-life effects. the cognitive dissonance is astounding.
Republicans Have Always Claimed That They Are For Small Government
Republicans also claim to be CON-servatives and Christians
I have thought about this for years and I believe
this the “MAGA Republican Plan” for a Small Government.
1. Reduce the number of people working in the federal government and government institutions
2. Give a lot less people much more power to control everything we are able to do (our rights and freedoms will be taken away)
3. Make Christian Nationalism the country’s religion for everyone
4. Reduce corporate regulations so they can continue to pollute our planet without restrictions
5. Reduce gun laws that are already on the books and enforced
6. With their new power boost they will outlaw abortion, deport anyone they don’t like, outlaw LBGTQ, make women 2nd class citizens
7. They will pull the United States out of NATO and break bread with our adversaries
True conservatives do not waste, they conserve natural resources. They don’t continue polluting when experts tell them that they are destroying the planet!
Congress is leaving for their holiday break, returning in the second week of January. They gave Putin the greatest Christmas gift they could possibly give him by not giving Ukraine a supplemental arms package! It’s obvious now, they are Putin’s useful idiots!
The entire House Republican Party voted to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Biden before they left!
What an embarrassment for America! Another Xmas gift for our adversaries!!!
Thank you Mr. Reich,
You sure make it obvious that we have been lied to by our leaders for decades!
Most of the people I talk with are so fed up with their government lying to them about almost everything that they are willing to vote for a born loser as revenge against them!
1. Repeal Citizens United (get money out of politics) make them earn their money by working together for the American people to pass legislation that will help us!
2. The average American citizens need to unionize. That is the best way to take money from the oligarchs because without the middle class the oligarchs would not be oligarchs!
Well the ORANGE 😡 Jesus appeals to the Lower Reaches of our Evolved Brains.
He will Stand Up For us and Drain The Swamp but instead he just wanted to repopulate the Swamp with his Loyalists and other megalomaniac types. He is an Excellent Communicatorwith true skills first he Tell the Big Lie Second he repeats His self serving lies over and over when challenged he Doubles Down on the big Lies and has parrots 🦜 Join in like a Greek chorus. When his accomplices are caught in the Legal System he pardons them protecting them from prosecution.
He has excellent leadership skills that emboldened the Bannons and Stones of the world to really operate behind the Scene effectively.
“Buckle Up Buttercup “. He uses money to. Buy whoever can be bought and verbally assaults and Steamroll Any opposition or Disloyalty...
“Just ask anybody”
He needs a nemesis We need majority to shut this blowhard down Joe Biden is our best bet as a political Leader..,
How about putting some blame on the Russian Secret Service for this insane run of fascist behavior. After all, the destabilization of governments is what they do so extremely well. Yes, all of what you say is true Prof but at least consider the possibility of Russian interference in our politics. Perhaps they did get trump elected. We will never know the extent to which they were involved. Oh I know that you will say there are no conspiracies in this regard but, I’ll be damned if I can think of anything else. The Koch brothers et.al. Have poured huge sums of money to the same end. Destabilize this country through mis/dis information. This country has had its head up its a..! We let this happen by listening to conservatives as if they had our interests at heart. Employment law is virtually non-existent. Human Resources departments are a joke. We now have to put mom and dad to work to just keep a roof over our heads. Our kids are going to a ruinous day care system and are so immersed in their phones that they become delusional. This country is suffering a nervous breakdown. We don’t know what the hell truth is anymore. We mistrust our institutions and in particular our judicial systems and electoral system. Who in the hell is running this country? It certainly isn’t the government. What is going on here?
The most important achievement was that Big Money and Big Business got control over the politicians and thus politics. They are now expanding to other parts of society eg Education, Media etc to further increase control over the population.
Excellent series, Robert. Write on!
No Americans may feel powerless but are so powerful if they use their Vote sensibly!
Trump is riding high because of American stupidity, what did he really do in his first term apart from RHETORIC , he gave massive TAX CUTS to the rich and big corporations, made America look incompetent in the rest of the world , messed up COVID response and resulted in hundreds of thousands deaths on the other hand Biden had to clean up the SHIT, inflation was not created by Biden and has been a worldwide problem and really the USA HAS PROBABLY been one of the least badly affected,bought back semblance of stability and some respect back to the USA ,some of this respect has been lost recently because of unconditional support of Israel and the genocide of Palestinians!
SO PLEASE USE YOUR VOTE WISELY
My concern is how do we reach the undecided voters in the key states and convince them to vote for Biden and not Trump?
We have a general culture of money worship in this country, a culture of proclaimed rugged individualism, and that caring about others is for suckers, which has allowed what Prof. Reich describes to happen. People who aren't themselves wealthy are simply wealthy-people-in-waiting. In this vein, many of Trump's supporters admire him because he is wealthy and presents an image of a successful businessman.
One of the Republican candidates for governor here in Indiana is running campaign commercials proclaiming himself a self-made businessman. It irritates me every time I see it.
Surely your bizarre voting system has a lot to do with it. Here in Australia voting is compulsory and although some bitch and moan about having to shuffle off to their local school or town hall to spend five minutes wielding a pencil, it’s a powerful antidote to the sickness that ails the USA; vote buying etc. And the Electoral College - what an anti-democratic anachronism.
I also still cannot believe that it is acceptable for a judge who presided over a criminal trial to hear the appeal (West Memphis Three) or that you vote for judges. Completely confounding.
I believe Obama blew it during his 1st two years in office when there were 60 Democrat Senators. Americans moved left in response to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. He should have lowered Medicare age to 55 and prosecuted Wall Street’s massive fraud. He passed a weak health care law that benefited insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies and failed to prosecute any one for the financial crisis. This is part of why people are attracted to Trump: he wants to destroy the system and it’s institutions while maintaining white male christian dominance.
Robert, those are words well said.
I still say socialism is best, but not the Communist way. Capitalism is simply profit-based.
Call up a technician for help on your computer, and no matter which company it uses, you’ll be answered by somebody with a foreign accent. Now, this is NOT to debase those who weren’t born in America. I’m 100% for immigrant rights, and away with ICE and closed, barbed-wire borders. Ask where that person is and it’s usually India. Long-distance technology is wonderful. For the first time the other night I finally got somebody in the US--California! THAT is rare. That’s because of what’s called offshoring. Robert is right about that.
Trump says he’ll fight for us. Wanna bet? Look at Mar-a-Largo. Think that’s a man who loves low-income people? Oh, he treasures us, bless our hearts.
He says he can’t be tried for what he did while President because of Presidential immunity. He was protected, you see, because of his Presidential duties which he had to be free to carry out. Does the Constitutional list of Presidential duties include sexual assault, say? Does it include inciting an insurrection or attempting to interfere with an election? Does it include misstating the value of his properties (“an art, not a science”)? Not all of these things are claimed by him to be covered by Presidential immunity, of course, but let’s see where he takes them if he’s threatened with bankruptcy or imprisonment. The insurgency charge and the attempted interference with election are definitely going to come under Prez duties. Some duties.
I’m sure Jack Smith has Aces up his sleeve if the Supreme Court rules against him.
OK I'm terrified of what America might become on November 6! My one suggestion is actually about Liz Cheney. Perhaps "we" should consider inviting her into the tent. Maybe not the big D (Democrats) but at least the small d (democracy). I suggest this partly because I want to see your cartoon: {Bridge, dark stormy night, two cars parked at either end (one red one blue), small clusters of official looking people each guiding one individual, meeting surreptitiously at the middle of the bridge and then the hand off, Liz for Joe Manchin!} I'm actually not kidding.
I just want to thank you, Robert, for continuing to shine a light in the darkness
The elimination of capital export controls in the 1990s in the usa and Europe sucked all the money into China etc. The rest is no jobs and no paychecks and angry collapsing middle classes.
Why do so many millions now worship Hitler, Stalin, Putin, Trump and Mobsters? Many ego-challenged idiots dream of being cruel bullies with impunity, so they admire and worship and promote scumbags to feel their power a bit #MangoWanker Turdking #GOPtraitors against America