The Republican version of "freedom" is all for me, none for thee. For example, they threaten to withhold federal funding from any university whose students engage in "illegal protests," which just means "protests." But when it came to actual, violent protests, such as what happened on January 6th, well, those people were patriots, and summarily pardoned from their crimes, even though that included the deaths of several police officers. None of the rules they insist the rest of the country must abide by, applies to them. As long as they're the ones inflicting the punishment, upon any who they feel are contemptible, the ends justify any means, be they immoral, illegal, or unconstitutional. This is where we are.
I just listened to this podcast and when you mentioned Benito Mussolini my eyes teared up a little.
a year ago i was talking to a 98 year old man who was born in Hungary. this man was amazing. I'll not go into that but, yeah, he was. the subject of politics came up and he said immediately that when he first seen Trump on the television running for president, trump reminded him immediately of that man. the look in his eyes, it was haunting.and when Trump won in 2016, he said he knew what direction America was going. and that when Biden won he was glad that it doesn't happen.
that 98 year old man died in 0ctober of last year. his words and expression still haunt me.
"We don't have the time or the crayons!"
Ohhhhh ... that little phrase is MONEY! Well put, Seth!
The Republican version of "freedom" is all for me, none for thee. For example, they threaten to withhold federal funding from any university whose students engage in "illegal protests," which just means "protests." But when it came to actual, violent protests, such as what happened on January 6th, well, those people were patriots, and summarily pardoned from their crimes, even though that included the deaths of several police officers. None of the rules they insist the rest of the country must abide by, applies to them. As long as they're the ones inflicting the punishment, upon any who they feel are contemptible, the ends justify any means, be they immoral, illegal, or unconstitutional. This is where we are.
I just listened to this podcast and when you mentioned Benito Mussolini my eyes teared up a little.
a year ago i was talking to a 98 year old man who was born in Hungary. this man was amazing. I'll not go into that but, yeah, he was. the subject of politics came up and he said immediately that when he first seen Trump on the television running for president, trump reminded him immediately of that man. the look in his eyes, it was haunting.and when Trump won in 2016, he said he knew what direction America was going. and that when Biden won he was glad that it doesn't happen.
that 98 year old man died in 0ctober of last year. his words and expression still haunt me.
great podcast Seth.
all this! so right on. thank you, Seth