

#1
Posted 06 November 2018 - 08:58 PM
Rules for surviving an Autocracy:
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
#2
Posted 06 November 2018 - 10:38 PM
There have been some bright lights, though few (so far) of the very well known ones it seems....
I read online today that some poll or other that says support for Trump by white evangelicals was 75%, only down 5-6% from last time. They account for ~15% of the populations IIRC (down from ~17%).
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
- Masha Gessen
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
#3
Posted 06 November 2018 - 10:45 PM
- Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. (Proverbs 3:3)
#4
Posted 07 November 2018 - 10:20 AM
Who I feel most for right now, besides those marginalized communities that will be harmed under Trump... Is those Parkland kids. Not to say they didn't have any success in getting out the youth vote or the sensible-gun-policy vote (and converts). But to have bared their pain publically and channel it into activism and still have (IIUC) the Republican NRA-brown-nosers win their states Senate seat and Govenor seat has got to hurt.
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
- Masha Gessen
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
#5
Posted 07 November 2018 - 11:01 AM
Just saw a blurb that says Gym Jordan announces bid for House minority seat....
Gawd...
Edited by sierraleone, 07 November 2018 - 11:01 AM.
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
- Masha Gessen
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
#6
Posted 07 November 2018 - 03:31 PM
Tee-hee. He's crapping his pants because not only is the Mueller Investigation now bullet-proof from his interference, but now the Senate can demand to see his income tax returns, and lots o' other goodies.
#7
Posted 07 November 2018 - 04:44 PM
And the fat man does look rattled. It's making this a really good day for me...

Rules for surviving an Autocracy:
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
#8
Posted 02 December 2018 - 10:53 AM
Still, we finally have people in government who will say no to Trump, who will actually investigate the abuses and crimes his administration is perpetrating, and who will hopefully introduce legislation that actually benefits the people.
--Jor-El
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job: it's a depression when you lose yours.
-- Harry S. Truman
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