mind grapes
the thoughts and feelings of a long-time netizen, a sometimes-podcasting co-host, a blogger, a digital strategist, and a man about town.
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Why do populist right-wingers need to play these games? Because they can’t defend their program on its merits.
Help for the poor through tax giveaways to the rich. Economic security by breaking people’s pensions. Fiscal responsibility by bankrupting the state. Jobs by promoting economic recklessness that has produced a global economic crisis. A better society by promoting gross income disparity. Double and triple the police and prison apparatus to deal with a crime rate that has long been in decline. Better health care by making it available only to those who can afford it. Getting the state out of people’s lives by imposing narrow religious views in the schools. Legislating responsibly by abdicating the legislative and budget process to corporate lobbyists. Peace by warmongering.
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