President Donald Trump!

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- Trumpster Dumpster

Ok so here goes nothing

Fact: Republicans don't actually care about fossil fuel industry workers.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This is typical. Republicans are made up of a a large number of ignorant and xenophobic supporters who subscribe to these sought of conspiracy theories which feed into their prejudice.

Lets not forget your president publicly believed Obama was born in Kenya without bothering to check his facts. Something he does a lot off...



The more educated republicans who know this is all "bulldust" are simply too selfish to worry about the welfare of poorer folks. What Karl Marx referred to (rather accurately) as petit bourgeois or more broadly social climbers

two competing memes- "every man for himself, the devil take the hindmost" - or "we're all in this thing together" - the former is winning, and in his 1979 "Malaise" speech, President Jimmy Carter predicted what we are experiencing today here in the land of the unfree, home of the wage slave:
"We are at a turning point in our history. There are two paths to choose. One is the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility. It is a certain route to failure."

I think Gandhi used the litmus test of how we treat our animals as a guide for how civilised/advanced our collective societies have come. Given the gap between the richest and poorest in western society (perhaps with the exception of the Scandinavian countries) is fast getting wider and people seem to be "encouraged" to become more self-absorbed, it doesn't bode well at least in the short term

I can see the end of the worse as we know it, from where I stand. things are gonna get lots worse before they stop getting worse.

If we can't treat our fellow countrymen as equals then we have a long way to go to be compassionate to refugees and animals (although some people treat their dogs better than their neighbors)

it has been my experience that some people treat their animals better than their own family members!

@Cyberdad

Sorry about deviating from the subject, but look at your word usage here:

"This is typical. Republicans are made up of a a large number of ... who subscribe to these sought of conspiracy theories which feed into their prejudice. "

Its not "these sought of conspiracy theories".

Its "these SORT of conspiracy theories".

Don't know if that was just a typo, or if you really think that's how to say the phrase, but just in case its the latter:

"Sought" is a verb (past tense of "seek").

"Sort" is a noun ( for a 'kind' ,or a 'type' of something). And that's what you're talking about in that sentence.

typos happen.

This past March, I won the "Best of Show" award for a mixed-media painting in an art gallery exhibit.
How? I worked for it.
Also, the painting sold.
The art gallery owner encouraged anyone who sold a painting in her show
to donate part of the proceeds to charity.
Since it was a worthy charity that I believed in, I donated.

Next March, there's a good chance I'll pay the entry fee to submit new artwork.
There's also an excellent chance that I won't win a thing next year,
and selling a painting is not guaranteed.
In any case, I'll be very happy just to participate as one of the artists.

Meanwhile, there was no chaos when I had an advantage over others in the art gallery,
and I foresee no chaos next year when someone will else have an advantage over me by winning
and others may have an advantage over me by the sales they make.
I will be happy for whoever wins, admire the talent of those who sell their art,
and maybe secretly wish I could be the one to buy their jewelry, sculpture, fabric, photo, or painting.

In fact, I recently attended a gallery opening focusing exclusively on the work of two artists
and made a minor purchase of greeting cards from one of them.
Which reminds me, I need to send out one of the cards to my sister for her birthday ...
So basically, I benefited from the artist who sold her work to me
and she benefited from me buying her work, which is beautiful.

That's an example of win-win,
a real-world example showing the beauty of free market capitalism right there.
Many small businesses are run by actual real people like me and the other artist.

As an artist, I thrive on freedom.

It's a typo buddy

the problem is that the high muckety-mucks have fixed things so that our capitalism and markets are NOT free, not by a long shot, other than the odd local markets. people allowed the power of market dominance seldom play fair with the rest of us, capitalists work towards getting their monopolies with a single minded vision, and once a monopoly is gained, never let go, never permit competition without a bloody fight. ask any union member.