Former* White House Shoe Butler of @RogueFirstLady. Cat lover. An #altgov#rogue parody but serious. #MakeAmericaBoringAgain Tantæne animis cælestibus iræ?
@avidseries@GreenCraig5 i/o, have you ever looked in depth into Trump's level of corruption? I'd be interested to know what other U.S. president even comes close to Trump.
@Devlinside123@avidseries About a year ago, I tried to find something to read about the real-life practical differences of people with low but functional IQs (say, around 85), and I failed to find anything. Can you recommend something?
Tangentially from Miss Yap's main point, I'm sad to see this view of benefits from taxes. Back when America was great, we taxed to fund things for the *public interest*. The net gain from taxation for nearly all citizens should be gigantic: 1/4
@avidseries Yes. I probably agree with you 80% of the time.
I'd say I'm a political moderate. I strongly agree with your point that neither party has a monopoly on good or bad ideas.
@BlindSpotsMag@avidseries Take a look at the Wikipedia article on demagogues. Clown populists just like Trump have been taking down democracies for literally thousands of years.
https://t.co/S3BUzIqADD
@RealDianeYap I've seen lots of right-wing hatred of the Japanese. 1970s–1990s: "slanty-eyed furriners", "inscrutable", "Nips", bumper stickers saying "Remember Pearl Harbor—Buy American", "at least the Germans were human", & driving a Japanese car in Detroit was an invitation to vandalism.
I have said this before, and I will say it again.
The US has NEVER been in a situation like this. Ever. You never had a whole gang of utter criminals and agents in the White House. They are fast. Your system is well-balanced => slow. By the moment the system starts reacting, your country will lose so much that it will take decades to recover. Even a Mexican cartel in power would have made less of an impact.
Anyway, everybody learns the hard way.
@Amazingjason2@RealDianeYap I stopped reading it a while ago because it's so depressing, but if you want lots of info about Trump's corruption and unraveling of the rule of law in the US, a source with endless details is @OlgaNYC1211's Trump Tyranny Tracker. https://t.co/IUhBDvPRPy
@Amazingjason2@RealDianeYap C'mon, you must know this.
Corruption. Bribery. Front-running/insider trading.
Constant lying. Being a foreign puppet. Starting the Iran war without Congressional authorization.
Stealing top-secret documents, probably selling them. Goading Jan. 6.
On and on.
@Amazingjason2@RealDianeYap No. I don't have a strong or thought-out opinion on illegal immigration, but it sounds to me like a bad thing to allow on a large scale.
@Amazingjason2@RealDianeYap I think most are, but the Republican acquiescence to Trump has me strongly doubting the honesty of almost that entire party.