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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHeather Cox Richardson: It's Bonkers and it's Going to Get Worse
Worth a listen/watch, as everything she does is. She explains how the US got to where it is today: a shithole domineered over by a petty fascist tyrant:
Lovie777
(21,353 posts)will they destroy the dollar?
The USA economy sucks.
Wild blueberry
(8,038 posts)Calm, clear, sensible.
Thank you.
peggysue2
(12,335 posts)Where Agent Orange and his den of thieves want to take us.
It lines up with everything I've read and gnashed my teeth over--the privatization theory of all public programs, the tech bro angle, the Spheres of Influence theory and, of course, the inherent racism, sexism and gender bias at the center of the anti-democratic MAGA Universe. Kleptomania is at the root of all the craziness because wealth and power for the Chosen, the inner circle, drives the mania and is further fueled and defended by the understanding that white men and only white men of wealth should be ruling the roost.
If we want a reason to resist and push back, this is what it's all about in a clear, condensed manner.
NowsTheTime
(1,237 posts)from 38:00 to 40:00 minutes she talks about the danger of throwing away alliances with Europe etc.
from 40:00 to 43:00 minutes the plan to gain influence over the Western hemisphere...they tried Canada and Greenland...now trying Central and South America .....I don't know why this wasn't obvious to me before?
CousinIT
(12,096 posts)I've asked myself, "Why didn't I see that?" while listening to her.