This is so good. Ken Martin repeated something over and over as he ran for DNC chair. Someone told him Republicans are shameless and Democrats are spineless. Well, maybe it’s time for Democrats to be more shameless. We don’t have to lie, but goddamn it, we can talk like people and not politicians.
Second, elected Democrats have to start fighting back with a DAILY pushback on social media and regular media. Daily press conferences to refute the lies, all streamed and backed up by influencers and social media posts by the entire damn party. Provide an alternative, tell people what you will do for them and how Trump/Musk are screwing them over.
There were 6 million grassroots donors to Democrats in 2024. Enlist them as an information army to help. Give them something to do or someone else will.
You are absolutely right. As a Holocaust survivor once told me, "You have to be an upstander, not a bystander, in this world." I hope Democratic Party leaders tonight are meeting behind closed doors and that we'll hear from them tomorrow (Harris, Warren, Obama, Klobuchar, Jeffries, Schiff, Raskin, Ken Martin, et al), but all we're seeing are short interviews here and there. We need GOOD TROUBLE right now! Just before I read your column, I looked to see whether my Representative has any upcoming Town Halls where I can yell, "What are you doing to stop this?!" But the latest post on my Congressman's official 'Events' page dates from...2023! Like you said, time to take to the streets.
Have activists provided Dem politicians with concrete actions to take? Perhaps that skillset should be donated to them (if they can be convinced that this is NOT busy as usual).
1st Welfare Theorem of Economics: competitive markets imply pareto efficiency.
This is what Trump and Musk are trying to restore to the US.
Biden and Obama pretended to be benevolent dictators, typical of the abuses of the 2nd Welfare Theorem of Economics.
That theorem says there exists a reallocation of endowments that is a competitive equilibrium.
Socialism, Marxism, Dictatorships.
These false idols are subsidized by income tax. Note that the 16th Amendment, in the wording, does not preclude the government taking all income from everyone, and then redistributing it as it sees fit. Kind of sounds like the Soviet Union and its 5-year plans.
This is so good. Ken Martin repeated something over and over as he ran for DNC chair. Someone told him Republicans are shameless and Democrats are spineless. Well, maybe it’s time for Democrats to be more shameless. We don’t have to lie, but goddamn it, we can talk like people and not politicians.
Second, elected Democrats have to start fighting back with a DAILY pushback on social media and regular media. Daily press conferences to refute the lies, all streamed and backed up by influencers and social media posts by the entire damn party. Provide an alternative, tell people what you will do for them and how Trump/Musk are screwing them over.
There were 6 million grassroots donors to Democrats in 2024. Enlist them as an information army to help. Give them something to do or someone else will.
You are absolutely right. As a Holocaust survivor once told me, "You have to be an upstander, not a bystander, in this world." I hope Democratic Party leaders tonight are meeting behind closed doors and that we'll hear from them tomorrow (Harris, Warren, Obama, Klobuchar, Jeffries, Schiff, Raskin, Ken Martin, et al), but all we're seeing are short interviews here and there. We need GOOD TROUBLE right now! Just before I read your column, I looked to see whether my Representative has any upcoming Town Halls where I can yell, "What are you doing to stop this?!" But the latest post on my Congressman's official 'Events' page dates from...2023! Like you said, time to take to the streets.
Have activists provided Dem politicians with concrete actions to take? Perhaps that skillset should be donated to them (if they can be convinced that this is NOT busy as usual).
yes
Now, that is something to do.
1st Welfare Theorem of Economics: competitive markets imply pareto efficiency.
This is what Trump and Musk are trying to restore to the US.
Biden and Obama pretended to be benevolent dictators, typical of the abuses of the 2nd Welfare Theorem of Economics.
That theorem says there exists a reallocation of endowments that is a competitive equilibrium.
Socialism, Marxism, Dictatorships.
These false idols are subsidized by income tax. Note that the 16th Amendment, in the wording, does not preclude the government taking all income from everyone, and then redistributing it as it sees fit. Kind of sounds like the Soviet Union and its 5-year plans.