Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, is threatening to unseat elected officials if they do not follow his orders to shut down the government during the holidays.
Are we still a democracy or have we already moved to oligarchy and authoritarianism?
15 years ago, Rage Against The Machine went live on BBC 5Live Breakfast. They cut the broadcast when we unexpectedly hit the 'correct' lyrics. Surprise! Three days later, YOU shocked the world (and Simon Cowell) and made "Killing In The Name" #1 on the UK pop charts, toppling The X-Factor’s dreary monopoly of the “UK Christmas #1”. 100% of the proceeds of the single were donated to UK homeless charities. ‘Twas a Merry Christmas indeed!
A fundamental goal of this administration is take all the government services that are public goods and hand them to billionaires so they can make even more money.
@PamKeithFL I know several people do this. From what I can tell, they probably would be Democrat but just really like the guy. I find it absolutely crazy so many people genuinely like him
kamala pledged to be tougher on the border than trump, wouldn’t ban fracking, pledged allegiance to israel, and gave no strong support to trans people. is the far left pandering in the room with us?
Someone in one of my groups posted that her Trump supporting sister walked into her room and said “I bet you’re real upset you’re about to lose your disability, huh?” With a smirk.
We now are living in a country where people feel safe to say these vile things.
"our great-grandmothers were so much happier staying home with no jobs"
congrats on the generational wealth, I hope your great-grandma waved at mine as she walked to her full-time job at the factory
ima sound old but back in my day, we feared plagiarizing anything because there would’ve been extreme consequences. i’m so glad i graduated before cheating and ai became normalized in universities. i’m glad i actually learned how to research and write authentic papers.