With a rightist billionaire taking over CNN, and Florida and Texas trying to get rid of investment funds that don’t buy fossil fuel stock (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/esg-pros-say-republican-anti-woke-bashing-hurts-regular-savers ), western U.S. states crossing their arms like there is no water crisis, and red-state neighbors thinking they have a right to know why someone visited an abortion-legal state, it’s becoming quite obvious that just about every entity right of PBS is collectively creating its own version of reality. Since Republican “policies” (if you can use that term in referring toTrump’s collection of ignorant proclamations) are on the immoral side of so many issues, they must insist that only their 19th century understanding of the world is real.
Just for perspective, when the hippy left had influence during the 1960s, and long-haired draft dodgers were putting flowers in military police muzzles, the Democrats did NOT seek their endorsements. Abby Hoffman didn’t get a seat at the DNC table, and they certainly did not urge adherence to yippie policies (such as levitating the Pentagon).
Instead, when the far right’s hoodlums stick up their heads, the RNC embraces them as if they’re a savior’s return. Do you know who these people are? They’re the ones that burned the witches and Jews they thought were responsible for the 14th century Plague. They’re the ones who did the same thing during the 15th century Spanish Inquisition and the 17th century Salem Witch trials. They’re the ones who insisted that Africa-American slaves were exactly where God wanted them. They’re the ones who said that Native children would be better off in boarding schools. They’re the ones who said that lynch-mob justice is what Jesus would want. They’re the ones who said that every revolution was part of a world wide Communist plot, instead of people wanting to be free from oligarchs. They’re the ones who say that mentally ill people prefer to live on the streets rather than inside a building. They’re the ones who say that vaccines cause illness. They’re the ones who insist that there would be enough water if only the federal government didn’t tell the them the Colorado River has diminished to a trickle.
(Sigh) They’re the ones who would rather believe a that a life-long grifter won an election he lost, even though they have not presented evidence of voter fraud in the nearly two years since the 2020 election. In their reality, that same life-long grifter stole multiple boxes of government documents (including several labeled “top secret”) from the White House so that he could write his memoirs (among his half-dozen or so differing explanations). Remember? He’s the same guy who has never typed anything longer than 280 characters.
Those who control the past, control the present. Those who control the present, control the future. Hey, that would make a great philosophy for a form a government that worships power! If only George Orwell would write a book about it.
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