Writing in today's New York Times, Ben Rhodes definitely gets it:
“Democrats understandably have a hard time fathoming why Americans would put our democracy at risk, but we miss the reality that our democracy is part of what angers them. Many voters have come to associate democracy with globalization, corruption, financial capitalism, mig…
Writing in today's New York Times, Ben Rhodes definitely gets it:
“Democrats understandably have a hard time fathoming why Americans would put our democracy at risk, but we miss the reality that our democracy is part of what angers them. Many voters have come to associate democracy with globalization, corruption, financial capitalism, migration, forever wars and elites (like me) who talk about it as an end in itself rather than a means to redressing inequality, reining in capitalist systems that are rigged, responding to global conflict and fostering a sense of shared national identity.”
Warning..this quote originated in the NYT!!!!! Ah Ben, how old is he? Where was he when Reagan declared war on our governmental structure in 1980? "government is the problem"! declared the cheer leader in chief!
Over the next 44 years gop legislatures when in control removed regulations that have drastically increased inflation! They neutered capitalism because monopolies grew unchecked thus reducing any competition for the consumers' business. gop House groups shutdown the government once because the dems would not roll over and play dead. This brinkmanship has played out continuously since 1980 in order to cripple the policies of the sitting democratic President!
The twenty somethings, 30 somethings and most of the 40 somethings have NOT witnessed a government functioning for the well being of its citizens!!!
Rhodes litany villains, globalization (Walmart..boys and girls), corruption (Trump 34 felony convictions), financial capitalism (mega billionaire Theil...major funder of trump campaign), etc! describes exactly what the voters have PUT IN OFFICE!
MUSK, whose wealth is said to hit nearly a third of a TRILLON dollars, is in line to destroy the dreaded Administrative functions of our government!
The economy is complex; the reasons for immigration influx are complex; fostering a sense of shared national identity is complex! The education of the masses regarding these issues is boring! The explanations "makes ones head hurt"!
FEAR and HATE mongering pumped out on every conceivable media outlet MINUTE BY MINUTE created a disillusioned audience who are NOW following a convicted sex offended; a domestic terrorist (Jan6 insurrection), a person convicted of 34 counts of FRAUD; a serial cheater in marriage; and an abysmally incompetent POTUS who dithered while nearly 1,000,000 died because he failed to recognize the effects of the silent killer Covid 19!
I am a simple man who has lived a charmed life because unionization helped create a middle class in America during the 50's and 60's which allowed me to get a college education even though my Dad died when I was 19! In the 70's we saw that government worked when the paranoidal Nixon was forced to resign as President because HIGH RANKING MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY told him that he would be impeached and convicted!
I've lived a charmed life because in some ways I was able to achieve more than my parents and I witnessed a functioning government! I make no claims to be a sophisticated authority in any of the Classical studies!
However, I do have the ability to recognize when someone ( election results analyst) is "putting lipstick on a pig"
Writing in today's New York Times, Ben Rhodes definitely gets it:
“Democrats understandably have a hard time fathoming why Americans would put our democracy at risk, but we miss the reality that our democracy is part of what angers them. Many voters have come to associate democracy with globalization, corruption, financial capitalism, migration, forever wars and elites (like me) who talk about it as an end in itself rather than a means to redressing inequality, reining in capitalist systems that are rigged, responding to global conflict and fostering a sense of shared national identity.”
Hope they enjoy the new world order.
Warning..this quote originated in the NYT!!!!! Ah Ben, how old is he? Where was he when Reagan declared war on our governmental structure in 1980? "government is the problem"! declared the cheer leader in chief!
Over the next 44 years gop legislatures when in control removed regulations that have drastically increased inflation! They neutered capitalism because monopolies grew unchecked thus reducing any competition for the consumers' business. gop House groups shutdown the government once because the dems would not roll over and play dead. This brinkmanship has played out continuously since 1980 in order to cripple the policies of the sitting democratic President!
The twenty somethings, 30 somethings and most of the 40 somethings have NOT witnessed a government functioning for the well being of its citizens!!!
Rhodes litany villains, globalization (Walmart..boys and girls), corruption (Trump 34 felony convictions), financial capitalism (mega billionaire Theil...major funder of trump campaign), etc! describes exactly what the voters have PUT IN OFFICE!
MUSK, whose wealth is said to hit nearly a third of a TRILLON dollars, is in line to destroy the dreaded Administrative functions of our government!
The economy is complex; the reasons for immigration influx are complex; fostering a sense of shared national identity is complex! The education of the masses regarding these issues is boring! The explanations "makes ones head hurt"!
FEAR and HATE mongering pumped out on every conceivable media outlet MINUTE BY MINUTE created a disillusioned audience who are NOW following a convicted sex offended; a domestic terrorist (Jan6 insurrection), a person convicted of 34 counts of FRAUD; a serial cheater in marriage; and an abysmally incompetent POTUS who dithered while nearly 1,000,000 died because he failed to recognize the effects of the silent killer Covid 19!
I am a simple man who has lived a charmed life because unionization helped create a middle class in America during the 50's and 60's which allowed me to get a college education even though my Dad died when I was 19! In the 70's we saw that government worked when the paranoidal Nixon was forced to resign as President because HIGH RANKING MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY told him that he would be impeached and convicted!
I've lived a charmed life because in some ways I was able to achieve more than my parents and I witnessed a functioning government! I make no claims to be a sophisticated authority in any of the Classical studies!
However, I do have the ability to recognize when someone ( election results analyst) is "putting lipstick on a pig"