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Republicans "Are you saying BOOO or Buuuu-urrns?"
People "Booooo!"
Republicans "Buuu-urrrns it is."
Leopard meet face, face meet leopard
May poverty and hell rain down on them like volcanic ash
Oh, how quickly you fold when bread becomes sparse, and your lips crack from thirst. How sour is your tongue when it has not been sweetened by honey?
And was it not by your own hand that this ruin befell you? Now, you cry out in violence, the very words of your enemies spill from your mouth. How strange is the mind of man, that less creates more… More rage, more haste, more reckless fire to right the wrongs that have long since turned your hearts to stone.
How quickly you shove coal into your chest to rekindle the flame of rebellion, yet it was your own hand that doused it Exchanging fire for the false safety of idols you once swore to tear down.
Did the Devil whisper you down into hell? Or was it your hatred of creation itself your refusal to accept its infinite, untamed form, that led you here? Perhaps you were confused. Frightened.
You sit in a pot And the pot has begun to boil. But once, the water was cool. Then, it turned warm, pleasantly so, like a babe being washed in its mother’s hands. Safe. Familiar. Until, suddenly, that warmth became something else. And now? You fear you have become the "straight-legged frog."
Do not fear. No man lives forever. No empire is impervious to the tide. Creation, be it by God or by chance, does not waver. It is inevitable.
But who will you be in the abyss of this madness? Will you fight to right your wrongs? To tear down your idols? Or will you repeat the cycle, burning in the same fire that once consumed your enemies?
And so, a final lesson.
A gift of gold always has a price. A gilded cage holds no value to those inside it. Their only currency is freedom, and they have none to give you. That is something you must find yourself, in the eyes and hearts of those who stand beside you.
Do not envy the prisoners of their own palaces. The siren husks sing their auspicious songs, beckoning you closer, but you must deafen your ears, for their claws grasp at all they can steal.
Greed, power, and envy have rotted the moat around their golden halls. And those who step too close are swallowed whole.
Let them be forgotten. Let them hunger. Let their lips chap with thirst. Let their tongues grow sour in the absence of honey.
Only then, stripped of comfort, will they know the truth. Bare, as all are at birth. With no recourse to feed their addictions.
Perhaps, soon, we shall witness such purity together.
Do not fear. Change will come. First through sorrow…
And then
Well.
Let us survive the sorrow first, shall we?
If that isn't from a book, you need to write a book about it, it's slightly reminiscent of the grapes of wrath.
Upvoted for rhetorical style. Lyrical, philosophical, metaphorical. I'm here for it.
indeed. that stopped me in my tracks.
"Tax the Rich"
*Wears MAGA hat*
???
It's because of the reality of populism, which is based in discontent of the status quo of neoliberal economics that have made wages stagnant and cost of living high. People are feeling squeezed, we can't afford housing or education, even groceries are getting too expensive.
Right-wing populism takes advantage of that by scapegoating marginalized groups as the "cause" those issues on tuch as immigrants and marginalized people. It recognizes the material problems people face, but blames them on immigrants or lgbt+ or communists ect. That scapegoat is wielded to further fascist policies as we are currently seeing, but of course doesn't actually address any real root cause.
The only way to seriously combat right-wing populism is with left-wing populism (as in leftist, not liberal like the Democratic Party). Left-wing populism addresses the same systemic issues that are causing the material harm. However, it actually addresses the root cause of these issues with policies that improve people's material conditions. That would include public healthcare, public housing, public infrastructure, worker protections, high taxes on the rich, ect.
The issue (for corporate donors and the billionaire class) is that those solutions hurt the bottom line of private businesses, which are the donor class of the Democratic (and Republican) Party. They would require a redistribution of wealth and a shift towards public services. Which is of course, diametrically opposed to the capital interest of ever increasing profit accumulation
I was reading an e-novel about fighting a future corporate dystopia. The author makes corporate billionaires the enemy and then unironically has his MC start abusing his workers to "motivate them with the sunk cost fallacy" (ok bro) while introducing characters like "David Musk, from a long line of engineers." (Possible, but it's one generation shorter than he thinks)
Who the fuck does this idiot think started the corporate dystopia? They just genuinely don't understand.
When you get the right answer, but your math is wrong.
Yeah, I dunno.
He doesn’t seem to be agreeing with the crowd in the video?
As I've read before, most people who voted for the Republicans want left wing policies but only for themselves and implemented by someone they see as a strong leader.