Why do I write constantly about Robert Dabney, a late 19th century enslaver? Because his ideas, thoughts, style, philosophy and doctrine have washed over American evangelicalism.
Neo-confederate ideology.
Come see how.
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White evangelicals remained overwhelmingly faithful to their corrupt religion of Trumpism, as shown by 2026 exit polls.
82%. Still. They didn't budge. #ThisistheSBC and more.
Late stage capitalism:
A supermarket throws perfectly good food in the dumpster, pays its workers so little they can barely afford groceries, then asks customers to donate to the food bank at checkout.
And we're supposed to admire how fucking efficient this system is.
If you govern like Obama (no punishment for Bush admin war criminals/Wall Street), you get a Trump. If you govern like Biden (no punishment for officials complicit in J6), you get Trump again. UPHOLD THE LAW. QUIT LETTING THEM GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING
Politically, the tide has turned in the US. Geopolitically, the West is still at war with Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and their proxies. Be alert as they realign and seek pragmatic new alliances across the political spectrum.
“The reason we lost is the war.”
JV and the broligarchs are making a move on Trump. Thiel and Musk want the last two years to extract what they can. This is open mutiny at Trump’s weakest moment. Let the games begin.
It is of course true that Trump's Iran war was a major reason for R losses yesterday. Vance opposed that war and has been aligning with Putin's Carlson/MTG/Massie network for months.
He's trying to curry Putin's favor and also capitalize on the "antiwar" sentiment which spans both parties and is strongly supported by his tech libertarian backers like Thiel and Musk.
He has the charisma of tepid dishwater and likability just this side of leprosy. Still, this is what he's trying to prepare before Trump goes to the great big orange retirement home in the sky.
Republicans spent two years pushing an explicitly Christian nationalist agenda. Voters responded by electing a Muslim, Jew and progressive Presbyterian seminarian to the Senate.
Republicans spent two years pushing an explicitly Christian nationalist agenda. Voters responded by electing a Muslim, Jew and progressive Presbyterian seminarian to the Senate.
For the record, communism has produced more oppression and death in its short existence than any other ideology. Americans overwhelmingly reject communism — and they reject Nazis too. Opposing Trump is not communism; it’s common sense.