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Vin LoPresti's avatar

No, I just need the arrival of an advanced civilization with that synaptic ablater / resetter if I'm going to be able to continue to survive much longer among the immense weight of smiley, giggly 'Mericans whose lives are run by these Hollywood-programmed modules in their limbic systems, their higher cortical functions engaged only in the service of those . . . urges, I guess I'd call them. Flashes of urgency for everything to be nice and dandy here in 'Merica again, just like the movies and novels say. Honest cops (although functional alcoholics) solving crimes, young people with big dreams of accomplishment because anyone can make it in the USA, military heroes flying jets like modern gods, families where members exhibit genuine compassion, business owners eschewing greed in favor of serving customers and community. Boy Howdy, Popeye, that's our 'Merica, and Kamala . . . no Trump . . . no RFK . . . no some savior waiting in the wings is going to bring it all back (like it was ever really here, snicker). So smile, back-slap, release balloons, blast old tunes -- like "Don't Stop Thinkin' About Tomorrow." I swear, it's bloody hard to keep breathing in the stultifying atmosphere surrounding this vast ocean of brainwashed counterproductivity.

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arthurdecco's avatar

I'd be proud to claim your comment as one of my own, Vin LoPresti.

After reading Caitlin and then the focused comments directed at her latest I'm overcome with a feeling of utter powerlessness. It gets to me - the absurdity of our situation.

How do we stand up against such nameless, uncountable, faceless blobs of filtered and distilled EVIL that feed on the lies they, themselves invent?

I have no answers. Do you? Ideas that can be discussed openly and honestly on public forums, I mean?

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

Regrettably, in this spacetime continuum, I have only astonishment that human social devolution has gone the route it has -- with, of course, the attendant metaphysical distress.

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J C's avatar

Jill Stein 2024.

Join a chapter in your area.

Workers Strike Back. Look for it across social media.

Yesterday there was a 2 hour live broadcast from Chicago. Kshama Sawant spoke. We need to reach the working class to find common ground. 75.5 yrs. old here. We've heard the Russia, totalitarian state bashing since the 50s. This is another reason education has been dumbed down and underfunded in many places, especially Republican states.

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Howard Pearce - Libertarian's avatar

An advanced civilization is one that does not need The State to control it

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