1) $738B defense authorization this year. 2) 2017 $2T tax cut w/ $.83 of every $ going to the richest corporations & people. 3) $500B Covid bailout already to the same corporations who got the money in 1 and 2. Ready for the political revolution yet?
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The big question imo is - revolt how? The peaceful revolution of trying to reform existing institutions from within has failed. Combative revolutions usually end up badly. We need a new strategy.
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Replying to @Todd__S
Given how few have voted, we can’t really say the peaceful political revolution has failed. We haven’t really waged it yet.

May 6, 2020 · 5:29 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @Todd__S
We clearly know they won’t allow us to vote for anyone who will change anything. So why would ppl vote?
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So as not to be their patsies! When I said things inconvenient to that establishment, they vilified me w/ ridiculous caricature. Perfect strategy: make someone serious appear silly. But people absolutely ate it up. You’re hardly fighting the system if you dupe that easily.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I don't see it that way, but the discussion should stay active. I've been known to be wrong sometimes. Attempts to energize a peaceful revolution in 2016 & 2020 seem to me to have been thoroughly squelched by our entrenched leadership. I hope to find I've become too cynical.
Replying to @marwilliamson @Todd__S
Seriously? What or whom is the "peaceful political revolution" option?
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