Corey Oldenhuis

[Corey Oldenhuis @_GoldenOldy]

Exclusively referring to Omaha as "The Big Ha" from this moment forward

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.”

— Carl Sagan

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point.

Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and funding a genocide, and belittling and crushing those who have enough morality to protest it.  It is enraging that the Democrats are so smug and blind to this.

But these are all just symptoms.  The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, liberalism is dead, and people urgently need to wake up to this fact and respond accordingly. It is a defunct ideology that cannot offer any meaningful solutions to our social and ecological crises and it must be abandoned.

Democrats have proven over and over again that they cannot accept even *basic* steps like public healthcare, affordable housing, and a public job guarantee - things that would dramatically improve the material, social and political conditions of the working classes. And they cannot accept a public finance strategy that would steer production away from fossil fuels and toward green transition to give us a shot at a liveable future.

Why? Because these things run against the objectives of capital accumulation. And for liberals capital is sacrosanct. They will do whatever it takes to ensure elite accumulation, it is their only consistent commitment.  At home, they suppress and demonize progressive and socialist tendencies. Abroad, they engage in endless wars and violence to suppress input prices in the global South and prevent any possibility of sovereign economic development.

The Democrats have done all this purposefully and knowingly, for my whole life, not as some kind of "mistake" but in full consciousness that it is in the interests of capital.

And because liberalism cannot address our crises, and because it crushes socialist alternatives, it inevitably paves the way for right-wing populism.  They know this pattern, and yet they risk it every time - this election being only the most recent example. They did it in 2016, when they actively crushed the Sanders campaign and sent Trump to the White House. They do it because ultimately they (and I mean the liberal ruling class here) don't really mind if fascists take power, so long as the latter too ensure the conditions for capital accumulation. They 100% prefer this to the possibility of a socialist alternative.

So, progressives have to face reality. The dream of "converting" the Democratic party is dead. This is now a fact and it must be accepted. The only option is to build a mass-based movement that can reclaim the working classes and mobilize a political vehicle that can integrate disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force and achieve substantive transformation. This will take real work, actual organizing, but it must be done and that process must begin now.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Billionaire Peter Thiel bought JD Vance his Senate seat in 2022.

But who is he?

Thiel is a ruthless venture capitalist who is open about his desire to take over the world, and is spending millions and millions to do it.

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

no one is thinking about the weird thing you said at a party they’re thinking about how armadillos give birth to four genetically identical babies at a time you’ve got to stop taking yourself so seriously bro

[Corey Oldenhuis @_GoldenOldy]

It's weird living in a society where you have to "make a case" for the inherent value of humanity and the beautiful depth of the human experience to policymakers who see people only as economic resources and tech edge lords who think the point of art is to "automate the process."

[Bill Kirby @billkirby13]

The mayor’s leaving town ahead of a severe weather event and the acting mayor was just served a federal search warrant?

[Hannah LaPierre @ggingerj]

Anytime someone tells me I’m a snowflake or brainwashed I just remember that so many ADULTS were INFURIATED that Tinky Winky, a purple sexless teletubby, carried a purse even though he was canonized as a boy. A SINGLE PURSE sent them SPIRALING

[Cameron Bradford @camerobradford]

Fantastic... now the worms have van technology

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

One day someone should start a religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.

[People's City Council - Los Angeles @PplsCityCouncil]

“My rights should not be a fundraising point for the Democrats.” 💯💯💯

[Stuart Benson @LeftHandStu]

If only someone had had the power to do something about it

[v @missh8ter]

forced birth in a country with baby formula shortages and mass school shootings weekly you can’t make this up

[Corey Oldenhuis @_GoldenOldy]

Reminder that this is not about babies.

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

40 years ago Carl Sagan explained his views on socialism and they still resonate to this day

[derecka @dereckapurnell]

If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control

[Corey Oldenhuis @_GoldenOldy]

Let me get this straight...

States can now decide whether to strip women of their bodily autonomy, but states can't decide on gun control?

Where are the 'anti-big government' folks? They're stripping away people's control over their own bodies. How much bigger gov can you get?

[Corey Oldenhuis @_GoldenOldy]

The Jesus they "worship" is antithetical to the biblical Jesus of Nazareth. And they don't care.

They don't care about Matthew 16:21-23. Or John 18:10-11. Or anything remotely spiritual. Probably never have.

They're worshipping an entirely different figure at this point.

[PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes]

Lauren Boebert claims Jesus “didn’t have enough [AR-15s] to keep his government from killing him.”

[Hannah LaPierre @ggingerj]

Why do cats always look at you like you interrupted them?