Will be thrilled if this starts showing up in election results. Reap your whirlwind, governing cunts.
What the right succeeded in convincing Xers was to either vote conservative or to dismiss voting altogether as validation of a corrupt system. Which, give them their due, that's a pretty clever strategy.
Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
"Ah-ha-ha! Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night." - Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865
What the right succeeded in convincing Xers was to either vote conservative or to dismiss voting altogether as validation of a corrupt system. Which, give them their due, that's a pretty clever strategy.
Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
Hello,
The need to be entertained, or rather the avoidance of doing something hard for the greater good, has permeated so much of society - especially in the US. Thinking about ideas for our future, considering politicians' programs and policies, teaching (and disciplining) your children - that's no fun.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
Hello,
The need to be entertained, or rather the avoidance of doing something hard for the greater good, has permeated so much of society - especially in the US. Thinking about ideas for our future, considering politicians' programs and policies, teaching (and disciplining) your children - that's no fun.
Further to that, the idea that fun is about ease and being a spectator. Lots of stuff should be fun in the sense of being enjoyable and rewarding in ways beyond material compensation or status, but the concept of fun has been mutilated into being a blob.
"Ah-ha-ha! Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night." - Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865
What the right succeeded in convincing Xers was to either vote conservative or to dismiss voting altogether as validation of a corrupt system. Which, give them their due, that's a pretty clever strategy.
Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...
But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...
But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
"Ah-ha-ha! Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night." - Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...
But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
This is the part that resonated with me:
It has brought the worldview associated with sports-talk radio to politics; you’ve got a team and you want that team to win, and the other team is always the worst, and the refs are always unfairly treating your side. ...
And cheating in sports is to some degree accepted and often done with a nod and a wink.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...
But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
This is the part that resonated with me:
It has brought the worldview associated with sports-talk radio to politics; you’ve got a team and you want that team to win, and the other team is always the worst, and the refs are always unfairly treating your side. ...
And cheating in sports is to some degree accepted and often done with a nod and a wink.
Complete with the rage-over-logic mentality of sports-talk radio.
"Ah-ha-ha! Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night." - Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.
Nice find, there's also an extension for Chrome that adds a button to the top right corner of your browser, click on it and the snapshot of the page yoiu want to read will appear.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.
There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...
But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
This is the part that resonated with me:
It has brought the worldview associated with sports-talk radio to politics; you’ve got a team and you want that team to win, and the other team is always the worst, and the refs are always unfairly treating your side. ...
And cheating in sports is to some degree accepted and often done with a nod and a wink.
Another good reason to abolish sports. They condition the weak-minded to be worse citizens.
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.
Nice find, there's also an extension for Chrome that adds a button to the top right corner of your browser, click on it and the snapshot of the page yoiu want to read will appear.
Yup, there’s a link to that Chrome extension at the top of the page I just mentioned. I’ve been too lazy to install the Chrome extension, so I just use my bookmark, but the extension is probably the easier way to go if you use Chrome.
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I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.
Nice find, there's also an extension for Chrome that adds a button to the top right corner of your browser, click on it and the snapshot of the page yoiu want to read will appear.
Yup, there’s a link to that Chrome extension at the top of the page I just mentioned. I’ve been too lazy to install the Chrome extension, so I just use my bookmark, but the extension is probably the easier way to go if you use Chrome.
Thanks, youse two!
"Ah-ha-ha! Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night." - Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.
