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Showing Original Post only (View all)Let's all have a good laugh at the new Roseanne show [View all]
that spanky loves while normalizing the tyanny that's happening right before our eyes... From NY magazine.
America Takes the Next Step Toward Tyranny
Every now and again, when I find myself buried in the latest blizzard of invariably disturbing news emanating from the Trump White House, I go back and remind myself of the core narrative. I read Platos Republic again, the prism through which I first raised the alarm about Donald Trumps emergence. The prism is essentially how a late-stage democracy, dripping with decadence and corruption, with elites dedicated primarily to enriching themselves, and a people well past any kind of civic virtue, morphs so easily into tyranny.
When Platos tyrant first comes to power on a wave of populist hatred of the existing elites there is a period of relative calm when he just gives away stuff: at first he promises much in private and public, and grant[s] freedom from debts and distribute[s] land to the people and those around himself (or, say, a trillion-dollar unfunded tax cut). He aims to please. But then, as he accustoms himself to power, and feels more comfortable, he suspects certain men of having free thoughts and not putting up with his ruling Some of those who helped in setting him up and are in power the manliest among them speak frankly to him and to one another, criticizing what is happening Then the tyrant must gradually do away with all of them, if hes going to rule, until he has left neither friend nor enemy of any worth whatsoever.
This is the second phase of tyranny, after the more benign settling-in: the purge. Any constraints that had been in place to moderate the tyrants whims are set aside; no advice that counters his own gut impulses can be tolerated. And so, over the last couple of weeks, we have seen the president fire Rex Tillerson and Andrew McCabe, two individuals who simply couldnt capitulate to the demand that they obey only Trump, rather than the country as well.
When Platos tyrant first comes to power on a wave of populist hatred of the existing elites there is a period of relative calm when he just gives away stuff: at first he promises much in private and public, and grant[s] freedom from debts and distribute[s] land to the people and those around himself (or, say, a trillion-dollar unfunded tax cut). He aims to please. But then, as he accustoms himself to power, and feels more comfortable, he suspects certain men of having free thoughts and not putting up with his ruling Some of those who helped in setting him up and are in power the manliest among them speak frankly to him and to one another, criticizing what is happening Then the tyrant must gradually do away with all of them, if hes going to rule, until he has left neither friend nor enemy of any worth whatsoever.
This is the second phase of tyranny, after the more benign settling-in: the purge. Any constraints that had been in place to moderate the tyrants whims are set aside; no advice that counters his own gut impulses can be tolerated. And so, over the last couple of weeks, we have seen the president fire Rex Tillerson and Andrew McCabe, two individuals who simply couldnt capitulate to the demand that they obey only Trump, rather than the country as well.
more at link: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/america-takes-the-next-step-toward-tyranny.html
Americans might do well by reading Plato's Republic. Much better than watching TV sitcoms loved by the so called president. Personally, I automatically abhor anything this idiot praises or anyone who praises the idiot.
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Publicizing the fact that Tillerson was on the toilet was the epitome of "low class."
nature-lover
Mar 2018
#25
Yeah, that second episode focuses on gender fluidity of kids definitely normalizes Trump
Blue_Adept
Mar 2018
#7
Let's see a show where Roseanne sees one of her best friends gets deported by ICE
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2018
#12
If Roseanne wants to be real cutting edge she needs a DU panel to hash out the issues
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2018
#18
NOT HAVING A TV anymore, I wait and view a series in its entirety - or not at all. Its an
Kashkakat v.2.0
Mar 2018
#21