The title of this article completely captures the tyranny of government. Never at fault, never working for the citizen...always for its own self preservation at the expense of truth, honesty and morality. They care not who dies or who is murdered in the process.
Sociopaths who live only to hoard and bully. Now they have become so powerful that they warp our fundamental institutions, break the social compact. And what can we peons do, when voting merely trades one set of boorish criminals for a more polite set of criminals? Grass roots and mass action seem the sole recourse--but how can that happen where citizens are all busy consumers, gotta fill the tanks of those SUVs, gotta keep all the devices going, gotta feed the very beast at their throats?
Ha. A variation on this theme says we are complicit, we are part of the ecological destruction machine that feeds off the global South. But the Beast eats us also.
M F, Glad that more and more westerners are realising that they are complicit with the Beast. The world would have been a more peaceful place if they had come to the realisation earlier that their affluence was built on the corpses of global south humanity and the wastelands they created.
Not all psychopaths are crazy, that's just a label that's been tagged on to them to excuse their behaviour. Having said that I agree with your last sentence,
And nowhere is it written that smart people have to win. Song China was incomparably richer and more cultured than the semiliterate Mongols that conquered it. The Mongols, however, were better at organized violence.
Similarly, the British ruled India, not because they were so much smarter and more advanced (in many ways the opposite), but because they were more ruthless, violent and amoral.
Imagine the gall to say that after attacking Iran, Iran OWED it to white people to keep the straight of Hormuz, which is IRAN TERRITORY, open so that the West can continue transporting more oil through it with which to fuel its jets and bombers so they can continue bombing Iran.
Imagine that logic being spread into the world and now imagine barely anyone questioning it. They all really think Iran owes it to them to be an agent of its own destruction and help them facilitate their war crimes against its sovereign territory. And all for no other reason than because the US just wants to to destroy another country. Iran has done nothing.
That's western liberal morality for you: depravity and inhumanity, cruelty and callous indifference wrapped in flowery language. Blegh.
Don't you mean our western liberal immorality? We are so saturated with the obscene and perverted many don't even notice how indoctrinated we are to it.
It has ever been the same, the people of the Western world always demand obedience and compliance to their demands from countries that are not Western and stamp their feet and shout " it's not fair" when one of those countries fail to comply to their demands.
No, because israel wants Iran fractured so it can expand its territory, and Drumpf wants eyes off the Epstein files- which is ridiculous because everyone already knows he's a rapist and a disgusting paedophile.
Another one: "Jack the Ripper who sits at the head of the Chamber of commerce." (Tombstone Blues) My favorite Dylan one is "The Hour that the Ship comes in."
I've perused my music collection and the most appropriate tracks I could find for todays' reality would be 'In The Court of The Crimson King' and 'Epitaph' from the same album by King Crimson
Tyranny of the current "government" we now have. Not all governments are run like the US government. And civilization and a free society depend on a working uncorrupted government. Ayn Rand was a crackpot.
Sadly all we ever see are the faces of the puppets. Nobody voted for this, so it's obvious this is a financial machination with many angles. The nation-state is essentially a facade at this point.
“That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war.”
No one exemplifies this more than DT. If there was any hope it’s been dashed upon the rocks in the Strait of Hormuz. I have seen montage after montage about “No new wars” along with all the bell and whistles that facilitated them.
George HW Bush was called out once by Clinton. He simply repeated the phrase HW once said “Read My Lips, No New Taxes.” HW was beat over the head with that line for the remainder of the campaign. It became a central focus.
Fast forward to today and what Trump said on the campaign trail. It’s the reason I never thought there would be a war of aggression under Trump. It should be an impeachable offense. It’s still feels strange to me to be so openly misled.
"No one exemplifies this more than DT. If there was any hope it’s been dashed upon the rocks in the Strait of Hormuz. I have seen montage after montage about “No new wars” along with all the bell and whistles that facilitated them."
It is especially comic, watching his cult ladle on the excuses.
I almost dropped the dime on Kunstler comments. I should’ve copied it dammit lolz. Basically the main reason Iran has had to endure so much bullshit from us over the years; It’s not bombs, not Islam, not terrorists.
There’s one crime they have committed above all else: They refuse to play ball with the ZioBankers. And this is a mortal sin. Any country that defies the order MUST be punished. ESPECIALLY the successful ones. They offer choices and solutions for other nations to follow suit.
It is Imperative that people refuse to legitamise government by participating in their voting charade.. They do NOT have a mandate to rule, never have. Only by propaganda and lies are they still in power..refuse to support the Empire and it will collapse.
Those sold out sociopaths come directly from America's grassroots. How do you think Trump got to be who he is? He's the most representative POTUS of all time: a selfish, obnoxious, idiotic obese liar. Made in NYC.
The act of voting by itself ensures that the crimes continue. Unless Americans actually participate by locally forcing agendas such as Ending the 16th and 17th amendments. Demanding FULL DISCLOSURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY of Epstein files, September 11 2001, AIPAC as a foreign lobby ,Ending Central Bank cartel, and the swift removal of those even having the appearance or suspicion of criminal intent. In effect the central government can and should be nullified and all we need is state and county government.
Trump does not work with the US Congress. He thinks of himself as an almighty emperor who does not need the approval of Congress. Perhaps the Military has to take charge and ignore Trump and take charge - not ideal, but maybe the only way to deal with Trump.
Congress has the authority to remove Trump, immediately. However, Congress does not have a law enforcement organization to physically remove him.
So, as you have mentioned, the US Military may need to “take charge” in keeping with their oaths to uphold the US Constitution and to defend the people of the USA. If the Congress does not support Trump, it could even invite the armed forces to remove him.
Congress is populated by dozens of lawyers and legal-weasels who can figure out how to oppose him, if they really want to. The “bottom line’ is that a majority of the members of Congress don’t want to.
You would have a military Junta instead of WE,THE PEOPLE declaring Independence from the US government. Nullified and voided with a return to Individual states? To begin again as per the Declaration of Independence.
Nationalism has existed around the world. It depends on the leadership whether it leads to war or not. If nations are led by leaders who prefer cooperation, negotiation to competition, there is no reason why it would lead to war.
They never learn because they are never in harms way. And none of their own families are either. It's easy to make mistakes when other families' kids are the ones you're sending to get slaughtered.
And when you're a sociopath, as 100% of these people are, so you don't care in the least about who gets slaughtered, probably in some cases even if it does include your own kids, as long as it doesn't harm any of the people you do care about--those inside your skin.
Only difference between Trump and the last six presidents is that he doesn't even pretend to care.
True enough but don't join the "send Baron" brigade, I checked out a couple of interesting facts and he's an inch over their height limit, they do make exceptions for people with special abilities, being a spoilt brat of Trump's doesn't count.
Did anyone check if that was with shoes on or off?
If they can let in shorter than the the norm I'm sure they would allow for an inch over the norm. Why does it matter, a rifle doesn't care about the height of the person using it.
The height restriction is to do with height allowance inside various jets, vehicles, various equipment. Also of course sleeping quarters, door heights, lots of other things like that. I actually understand it.
If you make allowances for all men of that height then it will be why not another inch taller, there has to be a cut off point somewhere. Trump's got two other son's who could go anyway.
I'm English so I'm not sure if he had his shoes on or off, the only thing I've noticed with a lot of extra tall men, they wear shoes as flat as possible. They could always tie him to the front of the ship and use him as a figurehead.
"imperial status quo" = pathocracy. It's built into the system. That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war. The entire ruling class is bankrupt when it comes to any alternatives to war.
The "Land of the Free" never existed. Think about 80 years of continued propaganda about all the platitudes given to America, from Leader of the Free World to Arsenal of Democracy. Well, the Free world never existed and you don't live in a Democracy. They have all proven to be fake constructs to lull the public into complacency. We have a public that is indoctrinated into discussing trivia, sports and entertainment and letting the ruling oligarchy go on a rampage to their hearts content. Folks, wake up to the militaristic fascist oligarchy you live under.
Of course democrats and liberals don't oppose the war, they just want different procedures. Democrats and liberals, Front Row Kids to the core, love nerding out over procedural questions.
Why do I get the impression that you have never met a real Democrat nor a real liberal. I am both and have had many friends who are liberal democrats who are as much anti-war as I have been my entire life.
Because regardless of what you and those like you think, Team D is ruled by sociopaths who could not give the tip of a turd about you or what you think or like or want.
I'm Left/Green, but I have many Democrat/Liberal friends, and, yes, they say they are antiwar and participate at times in the movement, but hypocritically they support a party that, just like the Republicans, year after year FUND a huge war budget/weapons/bases. Talk is cheap. Follow the money.
I don't have phony friends who pretend to be one thing but are the opposite. The moment I would notice that, I would never want to see them again, and I would tell them so. Period. End of story.
Tell me little slave, do you realize no matter which party you vote for you are only voting for your new masters? If you think any of them give a shit for your insignificant existence beyond getting your vote so they can rob you of your hard earned dollars?
Tell me what is the difference between a real Democrat and someone merely registered to vote as a Democrat. Go on and make your appeal to purity argument, please.
That was a perfectly straightforward question that you cannot answer. You hopped on here to defend the team uniform you wear like an not fully understanding your team is as warmongering as the MAGA party. I gave you the chance to make your case, but you were a rude bitch so now I'm just gonna call you a fucking moron for not understanding what the fuck you believe in. Thanks for your part in making America a terrible place.
I'd like to ask you the same question, without any hint of hostility. What, exactly, do you mean by a "real Democrat," as opposed to someone merely registered in that party?
I've been registered as both Republican and Democrat at different times in my life, for such practical reasons as being able to vote for someone I like in a primary or keeping up with the argument of the other side, without ever feeling any emotional commitment to either party. Even when identifying as "left" and being registered as a Democrat, I know I've been different from many other people who seem to be Democrats in the sense of belonging to a discrete religious sect.
Would you say that being a "real Democrat" is a tribal loyalty? Or does the Democratic Party have a consistent political and ethical platform that all real Democrats support without regard to party affiliation itself? If so, could you describe the essentials of that platform?
What defeat should they admit to? Their goal is destruction! And they are achieving that. Thousands of innocent people dying in Iran and hospitals and residential buildings being destroyed are war crimes. They dont care, neither do most in the West whose main objection to this war is the price of gas. Well you know what, paying more for gas in exchange to commit war crimes is a small price to pay so everyone really needs to shut the fuck up about gas prices already.
The real victims here are the people or Iran and Lebanon and Syria, and Libya...not western consumers sitting on their fat asses on their cushy chairs with their amazon subscription having to pay more for gas. Fuck that.
The commerce secretary or whoever went live on air and said that consumer prices going up is "not our concern". These are the same people who have made eating too expensive for Americans, who have signed an EO forcing the production of a poison on food crops that they KNOW and ADMITTED creates cancer, these are the people who are perfectly ok that, as a matter of policy, millions of Americans go without healthcare each year and die.
They wanted to destroy Iran and turn it into a failed state so that they can control it and its resources and as far as I cam concerned they are getting there. That people, even their own, will suffer is not a bug but a feature. Either way, they dont care.
Well said, and good on you, Ginnie. Your theory is one I have been ruminating for years. The empire bombs, destroys, kills ,and leaves a wasteland, pitting one group against the other - what they then label a "civil war". They don't care about the human misery or chaos they leave behind. They have got the resources they were after, in other words they have succeeded.
True. I think they believed that because they managed to abduct Maduro and his wife, which is a disgusting actions, and left Cuba without any power, thought they can win anywhere. But they are actually losing thus one. The distance between the countries won't save the US this time because they are killing the country themselves. People everywhere are sick of the US and its stupid warmongering.
They did not win WWII. They came in when Germany had been wounded from both sides and had suffered greatly and, haf soread itself too thin in its pridefulness. The US finally joining that war, the last one with good reason, meant they gave a hand but of course, they were thanked for coming in at last, but they took the thanks to mean "they" had won it, and for some reason the other countries allowed that and suddenly everyone was saying how great America was in that war, what a great ally. Next thing we know everyone is expected to bow to America's greatness a country that was an infant compared to most of the countries it was lording it over. China and Iran are thousands of years older than America's 350 years, and as the united States, 250 years? And here they are constantly "telling their grandmother how to such eggs" and making a dreadgpful hash of it.
Do we ever need change! The future that lies ahead will have another endless war, poverty across the world and the Epstein class raking in $$$ in war profits. NOT OK!
“The imperial status quo elevates the worst among us. The least wise. The least insightful. The least compassionate. The least deserving. The least qualified.”
Actually, these degenerates ARE the most qualified, to lead the empire, that is. Their lackeys in the capitalist media, Hollywood and “Christianity” are the enablers of the current iteration of the Crusades. Getting working class people to believe the “other” is plotting to murder and enslave them is the key to maintaining capitalism and its mutant offspring, imperialism.
True, especially drumpf allowing himself to be prayed-or should that be preyed-over by evangelicals hoping to bring the end days, which would leave them behind to suffer for daring to try to force God's hand, same with israeli zionists trying to force God to suit their demands.
I think the choice of other nations' leaders to say no to this US/israeli war kind of puts the kibosh on that by not joining in yet another of their illegal wars. Calling other countries to join them does not make these wars legal, congress agreeing would not make these wars legal. They were still brought about by lies, we know it, and have always known it.
The truism about people who want to be in politics and have power is that the are generally psychopaths and that only the very worst rise to the top. The US is a terrorist, surveillance state and getting worse by the day. Any one not recognizing that politics is just another form of criminal cartel is fooling themselves
This is totally a Military Industrial Complex war. Shit tons of munitions needed using up before their sell by date, not to mention a way of re stockpiling with new shit at the taxpayers expense that will make a few people even more obscenely rich. 🎤
Indeed! One strike on a school can be passed off as an accident. A second strike on the same school is carelessness at best. With all the technology available a third strike on the same target has to be deliberate!
Framing this as Bolton refusing to learn assumes the system punishes bad outcomes.
After Iraq, the architects of the war were not removed from influence, defense spending grew from roughly $300B to over $700B in the following decade, and surveillance authorities expanded under the justification of ongoing threat.
The mechanism is that war outcomes, regardless of success, generate budget expansion, institutional authority, and strategic continuity.
In that context, failure isn’t a disincentive. It still produces what the system rewards.
So accountability wouldn’t just correct decisions, it would interrupt the incentives that keep the cycle intact.
The title of this article completely captures the tyranny of government. Never at fault, never working for the citizen...always for its own self preservation at the expense of truth, honesty and morality. They care not who dies or who is murdered in the process.
We are ruled by sociopaths. Once you understand this basic fact, everything they do makes perfect sense.
Sociopaths who live only to hoard and bully. Now they have become so powerful that they warp our fundamental institutions, break the social compact. And what can we peons do, when voting merely trades one set of boorish criminals for a more polite set of criminals? Grass roots and mass action seem the sole recourse--but how can that happen where citizens are all busy consumers, gotta fill the tanks of those SUVs, gotta keep all the devices going, gotta feed the very beast at their throats?
Believe me, if I had answers. I would have meowed a long time ago.
Ha. A variation on this theme says we are complicit, we are part of the ecological destruction machine that feeds off the global South. But the Beast eats us also.
You would not be wrong.
M F, Glad that more and more westerners are realising that they are complicit with the Beast. The world would have been a more peaceful place if they had come to the realisation earlier that their affluence was built on the corpses of global south humanity and the wastelands they created.
study marxist-leninism, organize, join an org.
I call them psychopaths but sociopaths will do as well, either makes perfect sense to me.
They aren't crazy. Nor are they necessarily stupid (although most are not especially smart in an "IQ test" sense).
Just utterly ruthless, amoral and power-hungry.
Not all psychopaths are crazy, that's just a label that's been tagged on to them to excuse their behaviour. Having said that I agree with your last sentence,
Understood, just lots of people think otherwise.
And nowhere is it written that smart people have to win. Song China was incomparably richer and more cultured than the semiliterate Mongols that conquered it. The Mongols, however, were better at organized violence.
Similarly, the British ruled India, not because they were so much smarter and more advanced (in many ways the opposite), but because they were more ruthless, violent and amoral.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
And greedy zionisty
Hitler believed that the stars were chunks of ice.
National guard may stay deployed in D.C. til 2029! That's special. Free Gaza.
Thank you for the info Chuck. There is so many ugly, evil things happening I miss the slightly less ugly evil. Fuck!
Help Wanted
That is the right place to be to make he necessary arrests!
Yep, people that are insanely doing the same things over and over again, yet expecting a completely different outcome. Ain't insanity grand.
Crimiclowns
Imagine the gall to say that after attacking Iran, Iran OWED it to white people to keep the straight of Hormuz, which is IRAN TERRITORY, open so that the West can continue transporting more oil through it with which to fuel its jets and bombers so they can continue bombing Iran.
Imagine that logic being spread into the world and now imagine barely anyone questioning it. They all really think Iran owes it to them to be an agent of its own destruction and help them facilitate their war crimes against its sovereign territory. And all for no other reason than because the US just wants to to destroy another country. Iran has done nothing.
That's western liberal morality for you: depravity and inhumanity, cruelty and callous indifference wrapped in flowery language. Blegh.
Don't you mean our western liberal immorality? We are so saturated with the obscene and perverted many don't even notice how indoctrinated we are to it.
That's a fact.
It has ever been the same, the people of the Western world always demand obedience and compliance to their demands from countries that are not Western and stamp their feet and shout " it's not fair" when one of those countries fail to comply to their demands.
No, because israel wants Iran fractured so it can expand its territory, and Drumpf wants eyes off the Epstein files- which is ridiculous because everyone already knows he's a rapist and a disgusting paedophile.
Right never had anything to do with it. This is a question of power. Nothing more.
"Break on through to the other side" The Doors
....................and who is going to take away their licence to kill.'
Bob Dylan
Worth listening to the whole song.
Or his "Not even Jesus could forgive what you do," and "And I'll stand on your grave till I'm sure that you're dead." Masters of War
Yep. I have hundreds of books on Dylan and of course all the words.
Eddie Vedder sung this at Dylan's 50/6oth Birthday. Brilliant.
Another one: "Jack the Ripper who sits at the head of the Chamber of commerce." (Tombstone Blues) My favorite Dylan one is "The Hour that the Ship comes in."
Jefferson Airplane "Volunteers" is special!
And The Doors "Break on Through to the Other Side."
Machine Gun / Hendrix is special. 1969 Filmore East NYC version was one of my favorite live concerts. FFIDF
I've perused my music collection and the most appropriate tracks I could find for todays' reality would be 'In The Court of The Crimson King' and 'Epitaph' from the same album by King Crimson
Tyranny of the current "government" we now have. Not all governments are run like the US government. And civilization and a free society depend on a working uncorrupted government. Ayn Rand was a crackpot.
Yes, ‘ They’ are pretty much a reflection of our own stupidity.
I hate to admit that but, you are so right. Notice the Demoncrats are silent as well : (
Wow, is it to late to move to Spain? Fuck!
Yes, I second your last word, to put it mildly.
that is the tyranny of imperial government.
Sadly all we ever see are the faces of the puppets. Nobody voted for this, so it's obvious this is a financial machination with many angles. The nation-state is essentially a facade at this point.
“That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war.”
No one exemplifies this more than DT. If there was any hope it’s been dashed upon the rocks in the Strait of Hormuz. I have seen montage after montage about “No new wars” along with all the bell and whistles that facilitated them.
George HW Bush was called out once by Clinton. He simply repeated the phrase HW once said “Read My Lips, No New Taxes.” HW was beat over the head with that line for the remainder of the campaign. It became a central focus.
Fast forward to today and what Trump said on the campaign trail. It’s the reason I never thought there would be a war of aggression under Trump. It should be an impeachable offense. It’s still feels strange to me to be so openly misled.
"No one exemplifies this more than DT. If there was any hope it’s been dashed upon the rocks in the Strait of Hormuz. I have seen montage after montage about “No new wars” along with all the bell and whistles that facilitated them."
It is especially comic, watching his cult ladle on the excuses.
I almost dropped the dime on Kunstler comments. I should’ve copied it dammit lolz. Basically the main reason Iran has had to endure so much bullshit from us over the years; It’s not bombs, not Islam, not terrorists.
There’s one crime they have committed above all else: They refuse to play ball with the ZioBankers. And this is a mortal sin. Any country that defies the order MUST be punished. ESPECIALLY the successful ones. They offer choices and solutions for other nations to follow suit.
Exactly.
Like Veronica Baker says 'exactly' Luke. And like Cuba, Iran is a bad example ( for the empire) if the rest of the world took notice.
You hit on the right word, Feral Finster. Trump and his minions are a cult!
It is Imperative that people refuse to legitamise government by participating in their voting charade.. They do NOT have a mandate to rule, never have. Only by propaganda and lies are they still in power..refuse to support the Empire and it will collapse.
It's already collapsing, thanks to the fat orange rapist/ paedophile.
“That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war.”
That’s because no matter whom you vote for is usually compromised by that small country who likes wars. Now if we could only elect true Americans… 🤔
You act as if 'true americans' haven't engaged in wars and genocides and terrorism since before Israel existed.
The USA has not committed genocides before Israel existed. Israel has existed for a long time.
The wiped out native american tribes with children bones buried under churches and schools would disagree.
Begone troll.
Those sold out sociopaths come directly from America's grassroots. How do you think Trump got to be who he is? He's the most representative POTUS of all time: a selfish, obnoxious, idiotic obese liar. Made in NYC.
The act of voting by itself ensures that the crimes continue. Unless Americans actually participate by locally forcing agendas such as Ending the 16th and 17th amendments. Demanding FULL DISCLOSURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY of Epstein files, September 11 2001, AIPAC as a foreign lobby ,Ending Central Bank cartel, and the swift removal of those even having the appearance or suspicion of criminal intent. In effect the central government can and should be nullified and all we need is state and county government.
The US Congress still supports all of this.
Remember Pat Buckanan 1990 "Congress is an Israeli Occupied Territory"
Trump does not work with the US Congress. He thinks of himself as an almighty emperor who does not need the approval of Congress. Perhaps the Military has to take charge and ignore Trump and take charge - not ideal, but maybe the only way to deal with Trump.
Congress has the authority to remove Trump, immediately. However, Congress does not have a law enforcement organization to physically remove him.
So, as you have mentioned, the US Military may need to “take charge” in keeping with their oaths to uphold the US Constitution and to defend the people of the USA. If the Congress does not support Trump, it could even invite the armed forces to remove him.
Congress is populated by dozens of lawyers and legal-weasels who can figure out how to oppose him, if they really want to. The “bottom line’ is that a majority of the members of Congress don’t want to.
You would have a military Junta instead of WE,THE PEOPLE declaring Independence from the US government. Nullified and voided with a return to Individual states? To begin again as per the Declaration of Independence.
Nationalism leads to war.
Nationalism has existed around the world. It depends on the leadership whether it leads to war or not. If nations are led by leaders who prefer cooperation, negotiation to competition, there is no reason why it would lead to war.
Hear ya, but voting change fuck-all !!!!!
In any free democracy, citizens have a voice, and voting normally does NOT change fuck-all!!!
They never learn because they are never in harms way. And none of their own families are either. It's easy to make mistakes when other families' kids are the ones you're sending to get slaughtered.
And when you're a sociopath, as 100% of these people are, so you don't care in the least about who gets slaughtered, probably in some cases even if it does include your own kids, as long as it doesn't harm any of the people you do care about--those inside your skin.
Only difference between Trump and the last six presidents is that he doesn't even pretend to care.
YET
True enough but don't join the "send Baron" brigade, I checked out a couple of interesting facts and he's an inch over their height limit, they do make exceptions for people with special abilities, being a spoilt brat of Trump's doesn't count.
Did anyone check if that was with shoes on or off?
If they can let in shorter than the the norm I'm sure they would allow for an inch over the norm. Why does it matter, a rifle doesn't care about the height of the person using it.
The height restriction is to do with height allowance inside various jets, vehicles, various equipment. Also of course sleeping quarters, door heights, lots of other things like that. I actually understand it.
If you make allowances for all men of that height then it will be why not another inch taller, there has to be a cut off point somewhere. Trump's got two other son's who could go anyway.
My husband was in the Royal Navy and they slept in bunks but some of his friends were ell over six foot.
They may well have that limit in America, which is why zi asked with or without shoes - bone spurswouldnog sit well from a other Drumpf.
I'm English so I'm not sure if he had his shoes on or off, the only thing I've noticed with a lot of extra tall men, they wear shoes as flat as possible. They could always tie him to the front of the ship and use him as a figurehead.
I meant he might have put them on to avoid military service, which is, apparently, a family traitor.
That idea might clear the path of fish or 🐋 😂😂
Bolton and Trump may not be on the same page, but they have one thing in common: their unbearable arrogance.
"imperial status quo" = pathocracy. It's built into the system. That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war. The entire ruling class is bankrupt when it comes to any alternatives to war.
The "Land of the Free" never existed. Think about 80 years of continued propaganda about all the platitudes given to America, from Leader of the Free World to Arsenal of Democracy. Well, the Free world never existed and you don't live in a Democracy. They have all proven to be fake constructs to lull the public into complacency. We have a public that is indoctrinated into discussing trivia, sports and entertainment and letting the ruling oligarchy go on a rampage to their hearts content. Folks, wake up to the militaristic fascist oligarchy you live under.
I agree, democracy is a word used to justify their warmongering banner, never has existed in the Western world.
Both parties agree on Iran, Gaza pretty much everything so there is no opposition and there will be no revolution, just brain-dead consensus.🤪
When 94 senators receive money from AIPAC we have no opposition party. Its a Uniparty for Zionism.
Of course democrats and liberals don't oppose the war, they just want different procedures. Democrats and liberals, Front Row Kids to the core, love nerding out over procedural questions.
Why do I get the impression that you have never met a real Democrat nor a real liberal. I am both and have had many friends who are liberal democrats who are as much anti-war as I have been my entire life.
Because power attracts sociopaths the way catnip attracts cats.
Ignore the touching rhetoric and pay attention to what they do.
I know that. What does that have to do with my comment??????
Because regardless of what you and those like you think, Team D is ruled by sociopaths who could not give the tip of a turd about you or what you think or like or want.
And team R
I'm Left/Green, but I have many Democrat/Liberal friends, and, yes, they say they are antiwar and participate at times in the movement, but hypocritically they support a party that, just like the Republicans, year after year FUND a huge war budget/weapons/bases. Talk is cheap. Follow the money.
I don't have phony friends who pretend to be one thing but are the opposite. The moment I would notice that, I would never want to see them again, and I would tell them so. Period. End of story.
Tell me little slave, do you realize no matter which party you vote for you are only voting for your new masters? If you think any of them give a shit for your insignificant existence beyond getting your vote so they can rob you of your hard earned dollars?
Tell me what is the difference between a real Democrat and someone merely registered to vote as a Democrat. Go on and make your appeal to purity argument, please.
I don't have the time to deal with dumb questions. Look it up in a dictionary or online
That was a perfectly straightforward question that you cannot answer. You hopped on here to defend the team uniform you wear like an not fully understanding your team is as warmongering as the MAGA party. I gave you the chance to make your case, but you were a rude bitch so now I'm just gonna call you a fucking moron for not understanding what the fuck you believe in. Thanks for your part in making America a terrible place.
I'd like to ask you the same question, without any hint of hostility. What, exactly, do you mean by a "real Democrat," as opposed to someone merely registered in that party?
I've been registered as both Republican and Democrat at different times in my life, for such practical reasons as being able to vote for someone I like in a primary or keeping up with the argument of the other side, without ever feeling any emotional commitment to either party. Even when identifying as "left" and being registered as a Democrat, I know I've been different from many other people who seem to be Democrats in the sense of belonging to a discrete religious sect.
Would you say that being a "real Democrat" is a tribal loyalty? Or does the Democratic Party have a consistent political and ethical platform that all real Democrats support without regard to party affiliation itself? If so, could you describe the essentials of that platform?
But are those friends in power? That is where a difference may lay.
What defeat should they admit to? Their goal is destruction! And they are achieving that. Thousands of innocent people dying in Iran and hospitals and residential buildings being destroyed are war crimes. They dont care, neither do most in the West whose main objection to this war is the price of gas. Well you know what, paying more for gas in exchange to commit war crimes is a small price to pay so everyone really needs to shut the fuck up about gas prices already.
The real victims here are the people or Iran and Lebanon and Syria, and Libya...not western consumers sitting on their fat asses on their cushy chairs with their amazon subscription having to pay more for gas. Fuck that.
The commerce secretary or whoever went live on air and said that consumer prices going up is "not our concern". These are the same people who have made eating too expensive for Americans, who have signed an EO forcing the production of a poison on food crops that they KNOW and ADMITTED creates cancer, these are the people who are perfectly ok that, as a matter of policy, millions of Americans go without healthcare each year and die.
They wanted to destroy Iran and turn it into a failed state so that they can control it and its resources and as far as I cam concerned they are getting there. That people, even their own, will suffer is not a bug but a feature. Either way, they dont care.
Well said, and good on you, Ginnie. Your theory is one I have been ruminating for years. The empire bombs, destroys, kills ,and leaves a wasteland, pitting one group against the other - what they then label a "civil war". They don't care about the human misery or chaos they leave behind. They have got the resources they were after, in other words they have succeeded.
True. I think they believed that because they managed to abduct Maduro and his wife, which is a disgusting actions, and left Cuba without any power, thought they can win anywhere. But they are actually losing thus one. The distance between the countries won't save the US this time because they are killing the country themselves. People everywhere are sick of the US and its stupid warmongering.
They did not win WWII. They came in when Germany had been wounded from both sides and had suffered greatly and, haf soread itself too thin in its pridefulness. The US finally joining that war, the last one with good reason, meant they gave a hand but of course, they were thanked for coming in at last, but they took the thanks to mean "they" had won it, and for some reason the other countries allowed that and suddenly everyone was saying how great America was in that war, what a great ally. Next thing we know everyone is expected to bow to America's greatness a country that was an infant compared to most of the countries it was lording it over. China and Iran are thousands of years older than America's 350 years, and as the united States, 250 years? And here they are constantly "telling their grandmother how to such eggs" and making a dreadgpful hash of it.
Do we ever need change! The future that lies ahead will have another endless war, poverty across the world and the Epstein class raking in $$$ in war profits. NOT OK!
“The imperial status quo elevates the worst among us. The least wise. The least insightful. The least compassionate. The least deserving. The least qualified.”
Actually, these degenerates ARE the most qualified, to lead the empire, that is. Their lackeys in the capitalist media, Hollywood and “Christianity” are the enablers of the current iteration of the Crusades. Getting working class people to believe the “other” is plotting to murder and enslave them is the key to maintaining capitalism and its mutant offspring, imperialism.
AFAICT, neither Trump nor Netanyahu, nor their underlings are particularly religious, except when and as it suits their purposes at the moment.
True, especially drumpf allowing himself to be prayed-or should that be preyed-over by evangelicals hoping to bring the end days, which would leave them behind to suffer for daring to try to force God's hand, same with israeli zionists trying to force God to suit their demands.
I think the choice of other nations' leaders to say no to this US/israeli war kind of puts the kibosh on that by not joining in yet another of their illegal wars. Calling other countries to join them does not make these wars legal, congress agreeing would not make these wars legal. They were still brought about by lies, we know it, and have always known it.
The truism about people who want to be in politics and have power is that the are generally psychopaths and that only the very worst rise to the top. The US is a terrorist, surveillance state and getting worse by the day. Any one not recognizing that politics is just another form of criminal cartel is fooling themselves
True enough.
This is totally a Military Industrial Complex war. Shit tons of munitions needed using up before their sell by date, not to mention a way of re stockpiling with new shit at the taxpayers expense that will make a few people even more obscenely rich. 🎤
Does anyone else notice how conspicuously absent from the public eye favourite evil demon Larry Fink manages to stay?
I am right because I am never wrong. Israel and it's supporters are Terrorists. Cancel them.
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results!
The results of Iraq, Syria and Libya were all entirely intentional.
Indeed! One strike on a school can be passed off as an accident. A second strike on the same school is carelessness at best. With all the technology available a third strike on the same target has to be deliberate!
Power to the People.
Framing this as Bolton refusing to learn assumes the system punishes bad outcomes.
After Iraq, the architects of the war were not removed from influence, defense spending grew from roughly $300B to over $700B in the following decade, and surveillance authorities expanded under the justification of ongoing threat.
The mechanism is that war outcomes, regardless of success, generate budget expansion, institutional authority, and strategic continuity.
In that context, failure isn’t a disincentive. It still produces what the system rewards.
So accountability wouldn’t just correct decisions, it would interrupt the incentives that keep the cycle intact.
Iraq wasn't a failure at all. Just that the (entirely intentional) outcome was different to what was sold to the rubes.