I did a search because it seemed to crazy to be believable.
Waste of time; they are always that crazy
Dagwood222
joined 1 year ago
By that logic, every Union is a cult. All I said was that people should organize and show up and vote.
Funny. You say you're all for a blood soaked revolution, but you aren't in Palestine or Ukraine or Yemen or any other place where real bullets are flying.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicked_%2B_The_Divine
the tl, dr is that every 90 years a dozen young people become reincarnations of various ancient gods from all over the world. Amaterasu is one of these.
Fun book and worth a look
Funny thing is that I was taught by some old school Communists; folks who fought in Spain and came home to face the blacklists. Back in 1968 they were telling people to vote for Humphrey because they knew how bad Nixon would be.
"The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein. It's a really good science fiction novel and the handbook for a lot of Libertarians.
You can read and enjoy it as a story, but if you examine it you'll see all the hoops the author had to jump through in order to make his society work.
One of the most glaring examples is that there are almost no guns in a prison where machine tools are readily available.
The GOP pushed both the Greens and the Libertarians to siphon votes from the Dems.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/10/metro/jill-stein-new-hampshire-ballot-republican-help/
You're right.
I should have stopped responding to you several messages ago.
The US got an eight hour day, child labor laws, environmental laws, and things like Social Security and the ADA without a revolution, so yes, I do think reform is possible.
Why do you believe Reagan was elected?
Why did you need to move the goal posts? If you'd proven your point you'd have shown where I was wrong. You couldn't, so you tried a different approach.
That's the funny thing about you. You keep shooting yourself in the foot and call it a win.
edit =by your 'logic' any historian who talks about a particular leader/inventor/general believes in the Great Man theory.
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Back during the Watergate investigation, one of the witnesses let it slip out that President Nixon had a formal 'Enemies List.'
One of the dangerous foes was actor Paul Newman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List