That's because populism is fundamentally not about equalizing access to public goods or wealth, but instead about leveling a culture to a uniform height of zero.
It's for ppl who want to never face judgment for indulging their most vulgar, immoral desires, from ppl who are in fact better than them.
When Einstein developed general relativity the closest thing to a practical application that could even be imagined at the time was a slightly more precise description of where to look for the planet Mercury in the sky, and yet now we’d all be literally lost without it.
Anyway: fund basic research.
NonJews make a lot of inaccurate assumptions about us like the definition of Zionism & what being "the chosen people" means
Basically, being the chose ln people means we're mandated to reply to the overhead page of "cleanup on aisle 5"
Two videos part 1/2
Periodic reminder that our public health policy is being managed by the crunchy granola version of the Khmer Rouge.
There’s a reason I openly supported the use of the Irish filibuster if it kept that man out of office for at least a single day.
as someone said there's no magic set of words or actions Jews can say to make antisemitism go away, because it doesn't come from us so we can declare doikayt, or assimilation, or a Frum Torah isolation and they'll still be as mad at us as they say they are about Zionism.
It is in fact a bad thing for a publicly traded stock to be divorced from reality
the right perceives the shift to the left among highly educated white collar workers as being the result of a hostile occupation of the workplace by rebellious female secretaries (HR) instead of the more obvious conclusion that republican policies are no longer aligned with their economic interests
I do find it funny how many people basically mean “woman in position of power” when they complain about HR.
Northern Virginia strikes again
Going to go back to 1870 and tell Grant that West Virginia has become a den of traitors and Lost Cause aficionados, while Virginia has been taken over by northern carpetbaggers (laudatory)
I’ll give him some time to process that before telling him about the Sixth Party System
FOR CAPITALISM, FOR LIBERALISM, FOR DEMOCARCY WE MARCH. WE SHALL SACRAFICE RACISM ON THE ALTER OF PROFIT. RAINBOW CAPITALISM IS OUR BATTLE STANDARD AND WOE BE UPON ALL WHO STAND IN OUR WAY.
The answer is a complete and total endorsement of liberal Disraelism (or lib Bismarkianism). Look Marx dead in the eye and say, "nah capitalism does socialism better." Onwards and forwards my Bourgeoise brothers we march on Malthus today and we shall not stop until our enemies are dead.
Media needs to stop with "critics say" and just quote the actual language of the bill.
HB 249 creates a new category of "seminudity" which can be used to arrest women who aren't nude, but are wearing clothing — leggings, t-shirts without bras — that religious groups feel is too provocative.
Unspeakably evil
Only reason I am an American is because my Zeide did translation work for the US Army, in the immediate aftermath of WW2, which he spent in various concentration camps
Turning our backs on the brave Afghans who helped us is morally vacant, and a stain on our national character
wait. wait. you're telling me that the equality of citizens *works?*
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order banning state employees from using insider info to bet on prediction market apps like Kalshi and Polymarket, warning the unregulated boom “opens the door to insider trading and abuse.”
So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out
THAT'S RIGHT REPUBLICANS
if you live in Virginia go out and vote Yes so i can live in the lobster district
Some unfortunate truths:
1. The paranoid style of American politics trends towards conspiracy theory
2. Belief in one conspiracy predicts belief in others
3. All conspiracy theories trend towards antisemitism
4. You can't build high trust policy on low trust politics.
I had pretty much no expectations legislatively at the start of Biden's Presidency, but the sheer amount of legitimately good legislation that was passed actually made me less cynical in general.
I'm in this boat. Was against Biden in the primary, viewed him as a stick in the mud. The level of miracles he was able to make happen turned me into more of an optimist about how government can work and how the Democrats can govern. Even now that has not changed.
Once again this is why a world that just rejects data for not feeling true is a world where leftism is dead. Crime is extremely low! But so many people are like "we have so much crime!" And then go right wing over it. Remember this when you're Discoursing.
VA voter fact check: False, the average Va. rural voter is somehow to the right of that photo.
This is your reminder that the state GOP had to close thier primary to prevent Amanda Chase from winning, because Youngkin, who literally ran on KKK based slogans was too moderate for them.
Joe Biden geared a tremendous amount of the ample economic and industrial legislation he got passed at red/rural areas in particular. Their thanks for that was to vote in even higher numbers for the guy that promised to nuke all that fresh investment that was sent their way.
the auto industry - and this very much includes line-level employees - wants to tax all of us by requiring us to buy their product, which is not even superior, at a punishing price point, and we're probably gonna agree to it because god forbid anyone tell a man who hits things with hammers no
I truly hate this shit.
If you truly care about change, if you really want to defeat fascism, you should be full throated in your support of the Dem nominee even if you don’t want to fuck them. Even if you don’t want to write poetry about them.
Even if they’re a policy nerd.
Otherwise, fuck off.
And that’s being generous and not assuming an IDF press release about the investigation wasn’t the reason the press got access to it in the first place. I still remember the “mass grave” of 300 people in Al Shifa when literally the week before Israel claimed 300 combatants eliminated there. 1=1.
