I just came across the meme here, and I thought I’d react to it.

Let’s call these groups, from top to bottom, A, B, C, and D.

First, instead of joking around about C, let’s be clear: these are people who are dominated by hate, especially the tenets of white nationalism.

Then let’s add in group E, selfish pigs who are getting ever richer because of Trump’s corrupt policies.

Here’s my guess as to the percentage of each group, across the people eligible to vote in the United States:

A: 50

B: 5 (some of these people actually do exist)

C: 33 (Trump’s MAGA support base)

D: 10

E: 2

Now, a question that is often asked is: How is it possible that group E rules the country (and the world) with only 2% of the votes? Answer: They have almost all the money, and they couldn’t give a s*** about the wellbeing of others.

That this planet will slowly bake matters to most of us, but it doesn’t mean squat to a few.

Five Types of Americans

Here’s “A thought for today,” from A-Word-A Day:

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.  – Abraham Maslow

Maslow is best known for his “hierarchical needs,” which I always thought was excellent. The statement here is a part of that theory; it’s what “self-actualization” means.

Incredibly powerful, IMO.

A Thought from Maslow

If you want to watch a video to learn what the ultra-right-wing Hillsdale “College” says about the decline of the American citizen, you’ll have to Google it, because I’m not going to link it.

There Is a Decline in the U.S. Citizenship, But Why?