Philosophical Dave

Americans have a choice between electing the obedient slaves of autocrats or the autocrats themselves.

Our new government, post-Trump, will have a lot of loopholes to close, a lot of rights to make clear, and needs to put a lot more roadblocks between criminals and political power.

No leader of a megachurch is going to preach against the evils of hoarding wealth while collecting 10%.

"Tradition" that can only be maintained by the constant threat of torture is profoundly monstrous.

No one should spend four decades in Congress, no matter the party, stance, or actions. The idea that someone should aspire to die in office or govern until utterly incapable needs to go straight to the bin.

I was profoundly fortunate; my parents were too distracted by their own deep issues - unrelated to religion - to indoctrinate me, so my deconversion was more of a shrug than a scream.

All my support to those who have not had it so easy.

Don't bitch about the people who are fleeing dictators coming to America; we installed the dictators!

Billionaires are made with tax breaks, unearned contracts gained by bribery or insider deals, and wage theft on a biblical scale.

I love governments who encourage people to have kids by providing actual incentives and support for families, like sensible minimum wage laws and free health care and child care.

I hate governments who withdraw those benefits when immigrants benefit from them.

America has had just two generations of unchecked propaganda, and look at where we are.

If someone told you that they demanded that their daughters remain virgins until marriage because the men they intend to sell them to deserve cherries, you'd lose it.

At the same time, someone can promote purity culture and claim that it's part of their deeply held beliefs and no one bats an eye.

Seems like enough people believe that "Science" is a plot against Christianity that they're happy to burn it all down.

Spoken like someone who believes he will never be a slave.

The divinely created beings supposedly forged in the image of their creator certainly spend a lot of time acting like animals.

Inflicting suffering on average people is the plan. You won't vote against your own interests unless you're desperate.

Making money-hoarders cough up even a sliver of their "earnings" makes a huge difference for everyone else.

(R) just says everything is the fault of (D). A tiny amount of fact checking - or just looking at a fucking calendar - would put light on the lies, if the MAGA folks had the slightest interest in truth.

First problem: Trump is not Jesus
Problems two through 10,000 are even more telling on the state of the religious reactionary's mind.

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended the No Kings rallies, here and abroad.

How many children will a dead woman carry to term?

Reproductive health care - including abortion - is a human right.

Making everyone miserable is part of the plan.

You are a lot less likely to vote for concentration camps and military interventions on American soil if you are fed, housed, working a good job, and content.

So many of America's ills might have been vaccinated against if a lot more slaveholders went to the gallows.

Unrepentant Northern slave owners as well.

America has never had to face up to its past.

If you're trading the protection you provide for the subservience of the people you provide it to, you have plenty of incentive to make up new threats.

Women often have to work twice as hard to be seen as half as good as men.

BIPOC certainly face the same stigma.

By my math, that means the black woman piloting the plane or performing the surgery is sixteen times as qualified as the Cracker complaining about her presence.

Religious folks: "If you disagree with me, you must be in league with the Devil."

Amazing breakdown of how things actually work.

"We fear immigrants because we're told to."

I guarantee that the military assets sent to block this relief effort generated far more pollution.

Education CAN free you from the madness of "culture wars" and conspiracy theories, but it's not automatic.

My mother was a librarian for decades. Now she listens to "Christian" radio all day and chooses to believe that everything is fine, despite all evidence to the contrary.

Further proof that this is the worst possible reality.

This idea haunts me... because I have little doubt that there are several. The diaries that might surface online in the days and years ahead will be chilling.

The current US regime has no interest in prosecuting criminals.
Organized crime is their business model and rapists and embezzlers are their people.