FF, The last few frames of the cartoon say that Biden was only joking. There will be a pillar of votes for Dr. Jill Stein. Even if it's not enough to win this election cycle, this will strengthen the Green Party and other progressives, and might pave the way for a 3rd-party victory in the following presidential election cycle. I hope to see a reclamation of democracy, and I know I'm not alone!
FF, The last few frames of the cartoon say that Biden was only joking. There will be a pillar of votes for Dr. Jill Stein. Even if it's not enough to win this election cycle, this will strengthen the Green Party and other progressives, and might pave the way for a 3rd-party victory in the following presidential election cycle. I hope to see a reclamation of democracy, and I know I'm not alone!
I hope that you are right regarding Stein, but I live in the real world.
Liberals will pile on the rationalizations ("I 'held my nose' as I voted for genocide!") then they will pile on the excuses ("Mean republicans made Poor Widdle Kamala...."). The slaughter will continue, the empire will continue until it cannot.
Given our (mis)leadership's numbskull immature minded video-game foolishness with Kursk/Russia, not just the empire but more might soon end. The annulling of the populace in governmental-oligarchic-military decisions re Russia and China must be met with demonstrable citizenry outrage.
FF: I totally understand your skepticism, but the common people have organized to drive regime change before. I just hope that it happens while we still have a chance to survive climate catastrophe.
Romanticist fantasies and Les Miz aside, revolutions do not happen when the populace seizes power from the elites.
As long as the elites remain internally united, they will retain power and ruthlessly squelch any attempt to take it from them. Not only do they have control over pressure points, they will do *whatever* *it* *takes* to retain power, otherwise they would not have gotten to where they are, nor would they keep their perches for long.
Rather, revolutions happen when the elites are divided amongst themselves, whether as a result of foreign threats or an inability to agree on how to divvy up the goodies. Elite factions then start casting about for allies.
FF, The last few frames of the cartoon say that Biden was only joking. There will be a pillar of votes for Dr. Jill Stein. Even if it's not enough to win this election cycle, this will strengthen the Green Party and other progressives, and might pave the way for a 3rd-party victory in the following presidential election cycle. I hope to see a reclamation of democracy, and I know I'm not alone!
I hope that you are right regarding Stein, but I live in the real world.
Liberals will pile on the rationalizations ("I 'held my nose' as I voted for genocide!") then they will pile on the excuses ("Mean republicans made Poor Widdle Kamala...."). The slaughter will continue, the empire will continue until it cannot.
Given our (mis)leadership's numbskull immature minded video-game foolishness with Kursk/Russia, not just the empire but more might soon end. The annulling of the populace in governmental-oligarchic-military decisions re Russia and China must be met with demonstrable citizenry outrage.
Your faith in citizens is touching.
FF: I totally understand your skepticism, but the common people have organized to drive regime change before. I just hope that it happens while we still have a chance to survive climate catastrophe.
Romanticist fantasies and Les Miz aside, revolutions do not happen when the populace seizes power from the elites.
As long as the elites remain internally united, they will retain power and ruthlessly squelch any attempt to take it from them. Not only do they have control over pressure points, they will do *whatever* *it* *takes* to retain power, otherwise they would not have gotten to where they are, nor would they keep their perches for long.
Rather, revolutions happen when the elites are divided amongst themselves, whether as a result of foreign threats or an inability to agree on how to divvy up the goodies. Elite factions then start casting about for allies.