Fahrenheit 451 was never my favorite Bradbury/dystopian fiction because it felt a little too blunt, too far-fetched in its metaphor— the state deploying high-tech 'firemen' to burn books to maintain its censorship regime? A bit on the nose.
Currently reevaluating that assessment
Hey, just a reminder that we've spent $8 trillion dollars on the "War on Terror", which averages to A BILLION DOLLARS A DAY since 9/11.
Imagine pumping A BILLION DOLLARS A DAY into schools, healthcare, infrastructure, and small businesses for the last 22 years.
What a waste.
it’s incredible how many of our problems boil down to “the wealthiest people aren’t getting taxed at the rates we used to tax them, and middle-class living standards and investment in public goods are collapsing as a result.”
During my 20 years in politics, two destructive trends stand out: the steady radicalization of the Republican Party and the trivialization of politics, particularly the way it is covered by US media and how politicians respond to that dynamic.