Cartoonist Ted Rall nails it when it comes to Amerikan Complacency which is promoted as Exceptionalism. SCOTUS continues to gut our rights with impunity. Hell, they’re not even trying to hide the bribes they receives. Shit birds Thomas and Alito act as if they’re entitled to being pampered by the billionaires they deliver for.
Meanwhile, even Jennifer has been brainwashed by the morons on TV screaming about the dangers of Socialism. “I don’t want to share my money!” That’s not what Socialism nor Communism say. Stalin and Mao definitely collectivized everything under their horrible rules while murdering millions. That’s fact. On the other hand, Christianity is supposed to be about love, forgiveness and acceptance yet millions continue to use this religion as an excuse to murder, malign and torment others who are different. That’s also a fact. I can already hear Dr. Masson from Marquette cranking out his apologist rhetoric, “You’re just attacking popular piety!”
For the record, Socialism means the State (aka the people, the workers) controls certain means of production, usually what’s the most critical for people to survive on. It doesn’t entail everything and France proved that car manufacturing was a mistake. Not everybody gets paid the same. Nobody gets to sit on their ass and do nothing while receiving the same amount of food or shelter. If you want to see an example of it action, join a credit union.
Kapitalism is an economic system and it is proving to be an utter failure. If it’s so great, why does the US lead the West in homelessness? infant mortality? poverty? poor outcomes from the most expensive healthcare? a bloated military? It’s also an enemy to Democracy since it spreads its tentacles into the government, making corruption legal.
The riots in France over the retirement age were glorious and I supported them because the increase in our average lifespans doesn’t mean we owe the rich more of our lives to toil for them. And to all the naysayers who said their pension system was unsustainable are the same assholes who don’t want to pay taxes and promote the ongoing lie about how tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy…will pay for themselves.