I see signs from the local GOP telling me to "Vote Like it's 1776". I couldn't understand what they meant until I remembered that there was no election in 1776.
The idea of running for President based upon a commitment to rein in and dial back executive power would be incredibly well received by conservatives and progressives alike. Finding volunteers for that campaign will be no problem whatsoever.
Of course, the oligarchs would spend any amount necessary to defeat such a candidate, and corporate media would say he or she was dangerous off and on all day, day after day. So it would be a hard climb.
That said, the only thing that could improve living conditions in the US more than the end of executive orders and a return of Congressional powers to Congress would be to reverse the awful Citizen's United ruling, ban ALL corporate money from politics and set a reasonable (and fairly small) limit on individual donations. I think $10,000 is a reasonable upper limit for an individual donation to a political campaign. Corporate donations and large personal donations should be equivalent in punishment to bribery, since that's exactly what they are: bribes. Eliminating that should improve things greatly in short order..
This is absolutely false and the comparison is ridiculous. At no point did George III ban the press, and in fact the press was more free in the Americas than it was in Europe. In fact the only restrictions on the press (until now) were from 1798-1801 under federalist aligned congress. I might consider signing up for paid if this website did not espouse the same silly myths that built the myth of American exceptionalism and the frontier myth. You may claim that you want to get racism out of schools, but even the centre left seems to buy into the same foundational myths that lead to racism, trumpism and foreign wars. What makes Americans so unable to deal with reality? Is it the terrible attrocities on which the American state was built?
No kings in the U.S. period. End of story.
…hahahaha and yet here we are
…arrogance leads to ignorance which breeds stupidity and brought this country down
…250 years old toddler country just bumped its head really hard and been introduced to an ancient concept of totalitarian rule
…bone voyage america and buckle up
I see signs from the local GOP telling me to "Vote Like it's 1776". I couldn't understand what they meant until I remembered that there was no election in 1776.
The idea of running for President based upon a commitment to rein in and dial back executive power would be incredibly well received by conservatives and progressives alike. Finding volunteers for that campaign will be no problem whatsoever.
Of course, the oligarchs would spend any amount necessary to defeat such a candidate, and corporate media would say he or she was dangerous off and on all day, day after day. So it would be a hard climb.
That said, the only thing that could improve living conditions in the US more than the end of executive orders and a return of Congressional powers to Congress would be to reverse the awful Citizen's United ruling, ban ALL corporate money from politics and set a reasonable (and fairly small) limit on individual donations. I think $10,000 is a reasonable upper limit for an individual donation to a political campaign. Corporate donations and large personal donations should be equivalent in punishment to bribery, since that's exactly what they are: bribes. Eliminating that should improve things greatly in short order..
Way to suck up and validate the derangement with this display and title. Awful post.
This is absolutely false and the comparison is ridiculous. At no point did George III ban the press, and in fact the press was more free in the Americas than it was in Europe. In fact the only restrictions on the press (until now) were from 1798-1801 under federalist aligned congress. I might consider signing up for paid if this website did not espouse the same silly myths that built the myth of American exceptionalism and the frontier myth. You may claim that you want to get racism out of schools, but even the centre left seems to buy into the same foundational myths that lead to racism, trumpism and foreign wars. What makes Americans so unable to deal with reality? Is it the terrible attrocities on which the American state was built?
Long live the King. Hail Trump. America finally has royalty.