At left is a great example of something affecting all our lives here in the United States.
In this case, it’s that the U.S. military functioned fairly well for 250 years before an alcoholic Fox News commentator took over our national defense. Moving forwards from 1775, when the Marine Corps was formed, our nation expanded to become the most powerful country on the planet. Does anyone with a brain larger than the size of a pea believe that Pete Hegseth was needed to save us from immanent destruction?
In voting, something similar has occurred. Until 2020, when Trump falsely claimed that the election from rigged and attempted to overthrow the federal government, we had done perfectly well. Our states, charged as they are in the U.S. Constitution with the security of our elections, took us successfully through 230 years of presidential elections.
What’s changed?
Some say it’s national stupidity, and just maybe they’re right. It’s not Trump and his lying sycophants; it’s tens of millions of hateful morons.
Consider the meme here, and then remember that the nine of the ten poorest states in the U.S. (Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virgina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and South Carolina) are all bright red.
How do they get away with stupidity like this?
Well, there’s the bottom of the state rankings for education:
- 46. Mississippi
- 47. Kentucky
- 48. Louisiana
- 49. Arkansas
- 50. West Virginia
Do you see any correlation?
Republican Operatives Are Tenacious as Messaging–And Truth Has No Bearing on It
Good question here at left.
To me, it depends.
If the person seems intelligent enough to be able to hold a thought in his head that opposes his current beliefs, I’d actively encourage the discussion. Otherwise, I’m out. No need to raising someone’s temper for no reason or gain.
To the jackass who sent me the meme here: What about the 5 million Americans who moved to Canada? What about the steady flow of Americans expatriating to Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland and Northern Europe?
My wife and I have two kids and a grandchild in the States, and we have a gaggle of medicos to address the various health conditions associated with aging. If that weren’t the case, I’d be writing this from Stockholm or Aukland.
I wouldn’t be looking for a “utopia,” just an escape from the frustration, anger, and sadness that I feel every day, as I watch the country I love deteriorate into authoritarianism.
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