Stop calling our corporate government a “Democracy.”
Stop calling our corporate media “Journalists.”
It’s an oligarchy + they are propagandists.
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Stop calling our corporate government a “Democracy.”
Stop calling our corporate media “Journalists.”
It’s an oligarchy + they are propagandists.
We don’t ask “how are we going to pay for it” when it comes to writing a $2 trillion check to give billionaires a tax cut.
“Fun-size terrorists.” But remember, Obama finished two presidential terms without a scandal.
Via The Intercept:
The killings, part of the Obama administration’s targeted assassination program, are aiding terrorist recruitment and thus undermining the program’s goal of eliminating such fighters, the veterans added. Drone operators refer to children as “fun-size terrorists” and liken killing them to “cutting the grass before it grows too long,” said one of the operators, Michael Haas, a former senior airman in the Air Force. Haas also described widespread drug and alcohol abuse, further stating that some operators had flown missions while impaired.
Fascinating how power outages in Venezuela are proof that socialism is an utter failure but power outages caused by wealthy executives bonusing themselves so they didn’t have to repair outdated power lines in California in no way reflects the failures of unfettered capitalism.
America NEEDS the war industry to maintain the illusion that endless economic growth is possible.
When profits are low, the ruling elite invent an enemy so they can sell more weapons.

Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free public higher ed & a student debt bailout: all these ideas came from Greens. With just a trickle of media exposure, we’ve changed the national debate. Think what we could do with the kind of airtime they gave Trump.
With the 2020 election coming up fast, the fight is on for a voting system we can trust. After 2016, state of PA admitted they couldn’t verify their election results. That’s why we demand nothing less than voter-verifiable, auditable paper ballots for all!
It’s genuinely hilarious that this is their nightmare scenario. “Free hormones! Dept of TAXING THE RICH!”
Yes please. All of this.

Weirdly enough, most jingoist American propaganda actually makes sense if you just add “for rich people.”
“Land of the free…” for rich people
“Best country in the world…” for rich people
“Capitalism is great…” for rich people
“Infinite opportunity…” for rich people