Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.
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Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.
All this is common knowledge,
but because it dribbles out in news stories about this specific incident or department,
the reports never adequately describe an administration sabotaging the functioning of the federal government
and also trashing the global economy,
international alliances and relationships,
and the national and global environment in ways that will have downstream consequences for decadesA whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums
attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas.If there was a coherent agenda, it would be a destructive one,
a malevolent one.The newly popular slogan “the purpose of a system is what it does”
is useful here, because what this system does is weaken, damage, corrupt and harm.The idea that there’s a coherent agenda driven by Vladimir Putin works
in the sense that most of what Trump has done is good for the ageing Russian dictator while also bad for the US.We do not need to understand these criminals in order to try to contain and ultimately remove them.
They will not last for ever,
and we need to think about what happens when they’re gone
– to talk about the kind of reconstruction the US will face for the first time since the civil war,
the reconstruction a ravaged and corrupted country has to go through to return to functionality.But not to return to the way things were.
It’s the antidemocratic weaknesses in our system that created the vulnerabilities that let this happen
– the electoral college and voter suppression that gave Trump a minority victory in 2016,the gerrymandering that has given a minority party majority power in Congress and statehouses,
a grotesquely corrupted and unaccountable supreme court
and the corrosive influence of the ultra-wealthy in a system that gives them power on a scale that is a direct assault on democracy.
We need to imagine a more democratic,
more egalitarian,
more generous country,one that operates in recognition of an abundance of wealth that should serve all of us
– and nature and future generations too
– rather than is driven by the moral poverty of billionaires.
The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.
All this is common knowledge,
but because it dribbles out in news stories about this specific incident or department,
the reports never adequately describe an administration sabotaging the functioning of the federal government
and also trashing the global economy,
international alliances and relationships,
and the national and global environment in ways that will have downstream consequences for decadesA whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums
attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas.If there was a coherent agenda, it would be a destructive one,
a malevolent one.The newly popular slogan “the purpose of a system is what it does”
is useful here, because what this system does is weaken, damage, corrupt and harm.The idea that there’s a coherent agenda driven by Vladimir Putin works
in the sense that most of what Trump has done is good for the ageing Russian dictator while also bad for the US.We do not need to understand these criminals in order to try to contain and ultimately remove them.
They will not last for ever,
and we need to think about what happens when they’re gone
– to talk about the kind of reconstruction the US will face for the first time since the civil war,
the reconstruction a ravaged and corrupted country has to go through to return to functionality.But not to return to the way things were.
It’s the antidemocratic weaknesses in our system that created the vulnerabilities that let this happen
– the electoral college and voter suppression that gave Trump a minority victory in 2016,the gerrymandering that has given a minority party majority power in Congress and statehouses,
a grotesquely corrupted and unaccountable supreme court
and the corrosive influence of the ultra-wealthy in a system that gives them power on a scale that is a direct assault on democracy.
We need to imagine a more democratic,
more egalitarian,
more generous country,one that operates in recognition of an abundance of wealth that should serve all of us
– and nature and future generations too
– rather than is driven by the moral poverty of billionaires.
The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@cdarwin I am watching American government commit suicide .....and taking its citizens with it. Political system ,legal system, economy.
Completely moronically for no reasons other than few hundred billionaires are greedy and their dumb-ass supporters are racists.
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Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.
All this is common knowledge,
but because it dribbles out in news stories about this specific incident or department,
the reports never adequately describe an administration sabotaging the functioning of the federal government
and also trashing the global economy,
international alliances and relationships,
and the national and global environment in ways that will have downstream consequences for decadesA whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums
attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas.If there was a coherent agenda, it would be a destructive one,
a malevolent one.The newly popular slogan “the purpose of a system is what it does”
is useful here, because what this system does is weaken, damage, corrupt and harm.The idea that there’s a coherent agenda driven by Vladimir Putin works
in the sense that most of what Trump has done is good for the ageing Russian dictator while also bad for the US.We do not need to understand these criminals in order to try to contain and ultimately remove them.
They will not last for ever,
and we need to think about what happens when they’re gone
– to talk about the kind of reconstruction the US will face for the first time since the civil war,
the reconstruction a ravaged and corrupted country has to go through to return to functionality.But not to return to the way things were.
It’s the antidemocratic weaknesses in our system that created the vulnerabilities that let this happen
– the electoral college and voter suppression that gave Trump a minority victory in 2016,the gerrymandering that has given a minority party majority power in Congress and statehouses,
a grotesquely corrupted and unaccountable supreme court
and the corrosive influence of the ultra-wealthy in a system that gives them power on a scale that is a direct assault on democracy.
We need to imagine a more democratic,
more egalitarian,
more generous country,one that operates in recognition of an abundance of wealth that should serve all of us
– and nature and future generations too
– rather than is driven by the moral poverty of billionaires.
The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@cdarwin I'm 50+. I've seen my first country lost to very similar people and methods. Institutions crushed, knowledge, resources, nature lost and still being plundered.
I now can see the core of it is what it is built upon. You can't inherit a Mafia empire and turn it into a charity. Look at every country that fell into this (or every country period) there's an original sin. Everything is built on top of it. It will never be healthy, sane or moral. Because to be able to accumulate power you MUST commit atrocities. No way out. I'm sorry. We can mitigate to a certain extent but they'll keep coming to take control of the accumulated power. Power accumulation is for people that abuse it not for people who want to share a world in peace. -
Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.
All this is common knowledge,
but because it dribbles out in news stories about this specific incident or department,
the reports never adequately describe an administration sabotaging the functioning of the federal government
and also trashing the global economy,
international alliances and relationships,
and the national and global environment in ways that will have downstream consequences for decadesA whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums
attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas.If there was a coherent agenda, it would be a destructive one,
a malevolent one.The newly popular slogan “the purpose of a system is what it does”
is useful here, because what this system does is weaken, damage, corrupt and harm.The idea that there’s a coherent agenda driven by Vladimir Putin works
in the sense that most of what Trump has done is good for the ageing Russian dictator while also bad for the US.We do not need to understand these criminals in order to try to contain and ultimately remove them.
They will not last for ever,
and we need to think about what happens when they’re gone
– to talk about the kind of reconstruction the US will face for the first time since the civil war,
the reconstruction a ravaged and corrupted country has to go through to return to functionality.But not to return to the way things were.
It’s the antidemocratic weaknesses in our system that created the vulnerabilities that let this happen
– the electoral college and voter suppression that gave Trump a minority victory in 2016,the gerrymandering that has given a minority party majority power in Congress and statehouses,
a grotesquely corrupted and unaccountable supreme court
and the corrosive influence of the ultra-wealthy in a system that gives them power on a scale that is a direct assault on democracy.
We need to imagine a more democratic,
more egalitarian,
more generous country,one that operates in recognition of an abundance of wealth that should serve all of us
– and nature and future generations too
– rather than is driven by the moral poverty of billionaires.
The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@cdarwin it's so fucking depressing; more so because of the indifference and apathy from the vast swath of Americans in the middle, keeping their heads down, not suffering enough yet to risk sticking their necks out or raising their quisling voices.
Fools. There is no coming though this devastation without a long, terrible dark age. One that millions, including my kids and grandchildren, may not make it through.
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