It is by design.
Confronted with the social unrest of the 1960's, ie people participating in non-voting methods of democracy, a study was done to understand how to curb this people's power. The study, "The Crisis of Democracy: On the Governability of Democracies" 1975 1/n
why does education in the US cost so much? like healthcare, it seems to be a broken system that loses billions to administrative grift (and rent-seeking on land due to housing costs). solving that problem seems more important than just subsidizing it
The US won WW2 and then immediately plunged into the Cold War. The US won the Cold War and then immediately set to work destroying the Middle East. The US destroyed the Middle East and then immediately started another cold war in preparation for another world war. The US is war.
@MattWalshBlog The only panicking going on is you guys after going 0-6 in court.
Tennessee’s ban was just blocked in court.
Your legacy will be “that one bearded guy who tried and failed to circumvent the constitution to hurt trans kids”
Even the godfathers of neoliberalism at the IMF have finally admitted that "rising corporate profits were the largest contributor to Europe’s inflation" -- NOT workers' wages.
Meanwhile, the European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve have been aggressively raising interest wages to try to increase unemployment and "get wages down" (as Fed chair Jerome Powell admitted).
The bail reform stakes have intentionally been made to feel grey with people throwing around terms like "judicial discretion" and "public safety" but everything would get real clear, real quick if all journalists just asked every elected 2 very simple questions:
THREAD. This paragraph from the New York Times story on the murder of a tech executive in San Francisco is extremely revealing, and not in a good way. It represents one of the most subtle but significant pathologies in contemporary crime discourse.
Budgets are moral documents which spell out in black and white what our values are. The data is clear. Housing, mental health services, employment opportunities, and education keep people safe. Rolling back bail reform does not. #NoRollBacks
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A huge blow to International Law that the #UN Security Council has refused to initiative an Investigation into the deliberate sabotage of #NordStream
Pipeline which was an act of Terrorism - So #US and #EU don't want the Truth exposed...? I wonder why...?
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@CalltoActivism No. And because of the actions of the DNC and the Biden administration I will never vote for another member of the Democratic party as long as I live.