Not My Circus Not My Monkeys

"rump won because he tapped into that anger. Did he address any of these serious issues in a meaningful way? Absolutely not. But what he did do was to divert the festering anger in our country felt by a struggling working class into a politics that served his political goals."

13 years ago today.

Ranked Choice Voting is a critical first step to systemic change. The 2-party system entrenches politicians who are servants of the rich, or who simply are in the 0.1% themselves. The "spoiler effect" created by Plurality Voting makes it too easy for them to divide us into "in-group" thinkers.

NUMBER 5 - WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGES MINDS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc3...

They say "STOP to end" but it never ends.

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Fantastic and succinct examination of the evolution of Authoritarian takeovers of democracy. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE! youtu.be/Mxzwvd8cudo

I just saw somebody call Karoline Leavitt "The Mouth of Sauron". I understand I'm late to this joke but I still found it hilarious.

The current incarnation of the Democratic Party does not exist to win elections. It exists to block leftist policies. And the election system we use, Plurality Voting, prevents third parties from being viable alternatives to the established and highly funded duopoly.

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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.

...check up on yo strong friends...

My desire to be well informed is at odds with my desire to keep my sanity

I think about getting a pet sometimes, but I feel weird about purchasing a friend.

Hey America. Just saying.

My introduction to #booksky I guess? 📚 Reading is political 🎧 Audiobooks count as reading 📖 Reading is not a competition 🤔 Reading critically & reading for fun are not mutually exclusive 👉 If you support problematic authors, you deserve to be called out on it 🚫 Toxic positivity can eff off

Artists playing at Trumps Inaguration. They all deserve the Carrie Underwood treatment. Head to Spotify, block and repost. Jason Aldean Parker McCollum Billy Ray Cyrus Kid Rock Rascal Flatts Carrie Underwood Snoop Dogg Nelly The Village People Gavin Degraw Lee Greenwood Christopher Macchio

Where my leftists at? I've only been on this app for a couple weeks and I'm already so fucking sick of all the liberals willing to die for the Democratic party because they think the only possible alternative is the Republican party. The brain rot runs deeeep in this country.

Banning TikTok is digital book burning. It's not about China, it's about information control. Twitter never got that big, Bsky won't get that big. Short form video of infotainment mixed with entertainment can spread information to modern humans better than any other format.

Some of my LA friends have told me that the problem is climate change, and it is. It’s January for fucks sake. But that doesn’t mean we have to solve climate change to better control fire. If we wait for that, cities will keep burning. There are ways to mitigate risk. www.latimes.com/california/s...

If TikTok goes down, Meta goes down with it. Delete all Meta apps.

For those who want to know where I stand in politics, I stand with the working class. The American political system is broken, and your party is owned by billionaires. The war is up vs down, not left vs right. Nothing will fundamentally improve without Ranked Choice Voting. represent.us