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Nicholas Kristof is one of "a dozen" journalists I'm always eager to rea.
I encourage you to read my two paragraph excerpt of from the following article.
I encourage you to read my two paragraph excerpt of from the following article.
Can We Afford To "Reopen America?" What The Numbers Show
Every day, my misgiving grows that people are not sufficiently well-educated for Democracy to function.
I will wait and see how things turn out in November, and if we oust the fascist, I will take keen interest in the next four years... primero Dios.
However, even if we undergo a miraculous turnaround in intellectual rigor and academic achievement, the overwhelmingly seductive force in American society is capitalist consumerism which captures us all with the allure of toys and gizmos.
"Americans are fucked. They've been bought off. And they come real cheap: a few million dirt bikes, camcorders, microwaves, cordless phones, digital watches, answering machines, jet skis and sneakers with lights in 'em. You say you want a few items back from the Bill of Rights? Just promise the doofuses new gizmos." George Carlin
"Shopping and buying - and getting and having - comprise the Great American Addiction. No one is immune. When the underclass riots in this country, they don't kill policemen and politicians, they steal merchandise. How embarrassing." George Carlin
"There is just enough bullshit to hold things together in this country. Bullshit is the glue, that binds us as a nation. Where would we be without our safe, familiar, American bullshit? Land of the free, home of the brave, the American dream, all men are equal, justice is blind, the press is free, your vote counts, business is honest, the good guys win, the police are on your side, god is watching you, your standard of living will never decline… and everything is going to be just fine— The official national bullshit story. I call it the American okie doke. Every one, every one of those items is provably untrue at one level or another, but we believe them because they're pounded into our heads from the time we're children. That's what they do with that kind of thing—pound it into the heads of kids, ‘cause they know the children are much too young to be able to muster an intellectual defense against a sophisticated idea like that, and they know that up to a certain age children believe everything their parents tell them. And as a result, they never learn to question things. Nobody questions things in this country anymore. Nobody questions it—everybody is too fat and happy. Everybody's got a cell phone that'll make pancakes and rub their balls now— Way too fucking prosperous for our own good. Way too fucking prosperous, Americans have been bought off and silenced by toys and gizmos. And no one learns to question things." George Carlin
Every day, my misgiving grows that people are not sufficiently well-educated for Democracy to function.
I will wait and see how things turn out in November, and if we oust the fascist, I will take keen interest in the next four years... primero Dios.
However, even if we undergo a miraculous turnaround in intellectual rigor and academic achievement, the overwhelmingly seductive force in American society is capitalist consumerism which captures us all with the allure of toys and gizmos.
"Americans are fucked. They've been bought off. And they come real cheap: a few million dirt bikes, camcorders, microwaves, cordless phones, digital watches, answering machines, jet skis and sneakers with lights in 'em. You say you want a few items back from the Bill of Rights? Just promise the doofuses new gizmos." George Carlin
"Shopping and buying - and getting and having - comprise the Great American Addiction. No one is immune. When the underclass riots in this country, they don't kill policemen and politicians, they steal merchandise. How embarrassing." George Carlin
"There is just enough bullshit to hold things together in this country. Bullshit is the glue, that binds us as a nation. Where would we be without our safe, familiar, American bullshit? Land of the free, home of the brave, the American dream, all men are equal, justice is blind, the press is free, your vote counts, business is honest, the good guys win, the police are on your side, god is watching you, your standard of living will never decline… and everything is going to be just fine— The official national bullshit story. I call it the American okie doke. Every one, every one of those items is provably untrue at one level or another, but we believe them because they're pounded into our heads from the time we're children. That's what they do with that kind of thing—pound it into the heads of kids, ‘cause they know the children are much too young to be able to muster an intellectual defense against a sophisticated idea like that, and they know that up to a certain age children believe everything their parents tell them. And as a result, they never learn to question things. Nobody questions things in this country anymore. Nobody questions it—everybody is too fat and happy. Everybody's got a cell phone that'll make pancakes and rub their balls now— Way too fucking prosperous for our own good. Way too fucking prosperous, Americans have been bought off and silenced by toys and gizmos. And no one learns to question things." George Carlin
"You Have NO Choice," A New Frame For George Carlin's Classic Shtick "The American Dream"
Trump is precisely where Cowboy Capitalism leads.
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But Trump is just a symptom of the disease.
Here's what goes on at bedrock.
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"Good white, conservative Christians" are so ass backwards (which is the literal meaning of "preposterous" - https://www.etymonline.com/word/preposterous) that they see themselves as "The Only True Believers," convinced they can prove their fidelity to The One True God by remaking themselves in the image of a cruel, vengeful, punitive Deity.
Trump is precisely where Cowboy Capitalism leads.
But Trump is just a symptom of the disease.
Here's what goes on at bedrock.
"Good white, conservative Christians" are so ass backwards (which is the literal meaning of "preposterous" - https://www.etymonline.com/word/preposterous) that they see themselves as "The Only True Believers," convinced they can prove their fidelity to The One True God by remaking themselves in the image of a cruel, vengeful, punitive Deity.
"Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Trump, Toxic Christianity And Cruelty As A Moral Obligation"
"My Gripe With Christianity"
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts Concerning The Coming Collapse Of Evangelicalism
"My Gripe With Christianity"
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts Concerning The Coming Collapse Of Evangelicalism
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts: What I Think About Christianity
A Confession: I'm Starting To Write Off Stupid People As Incorrigible
The Demonstrable Stupidity Of Trump-Cultists
A Confession: I'm Starting To Write Off Stupid People As Incorrigible
"Jaw-Dropping Stupidity: 3 Short Videos That Will Change Your View Of American Politics Forever"
"The Daily Show" Lets Trump Cultists Reveal Their Own Stupidity And Obsequious Boot-Licking
When The Electorate Is This Stupid, Is Any Delusional Thinking Out Of Bounds?
"Trump Is An Idiot's Idea Of A Genius": Find Out Why
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/03/trump-is-idiots-idea-of-genius-find-out.html
Mark Twain, Adolf Hitler And The Dunning-Kruger Effect
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/03/trump-is-idiots-idea-of-genius-find-out.html
Mark Twain, Adolf Hitler And The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Barack Obama: "It’s Like These Guys Take Pride In Being Ignorant."
As Hitler says midway through Mein Kampf, people can be persuaded that heaven is hell and hell heaven.
As Hitler says midway through Mein Kampf, people can be persuaded that heaven is hell and hell heaven.
"By an able and persistent use of propaganda, heaven itself can be presented to the people as if it were hell and... the most miserable kind of life can be presented as if it were paradise."
"Trumpistas Don't Just Lie. They Are Hostile To Truth""The Hardest Truth: People Want To Be Lied To"
"Trumpistas Don't Just Lie.
They Are Hostile To Truth"
"The Hardest Truth: People Want To Be Lied To"