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J. Calvin Smith
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1) I have no doubt now that, although much less deeply or extensively corrupted than the @GOP & particularly the @freedomcaucus, there is corruption tied into the heart of corporatists who call themselves @TheDemocrats ... @HouseDemocrats & @SpeakerPelosi would have otherwise...
2) ... have moved us forward as we did in Watergate days when we got rid of the corrupt Nixon regime. It is clear to me that what happened since then was not better government or better safeguards, but better, sneakier ways for all Dems and Repubs to "avoid the appearance" ...
3) ... while continuing to suck up that precious corporate and campaign finance money swelling their coffers. @realDonaldTrump and @senatemajldr and @LindseyGrahamSC are among many true villains here, but these corporatist Dems are not - CAN NOT BE - our saviors.
4) Am I wrong, @SpeakerPelosi? Care to give compelling evidence to refute me?

#EndCitizensUnited #EndCorporateLobbying
#EndTheOligarchy #EndThePlutocracy #EndTheKakistocracy
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J. Calvin Smith
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1) Realization: Our long-standing problems with corruption in political bureaucracy gave birth to many awful times, events, & leaders, but they do not equal that awfulness, nor is it a necessary consequence. Evil, not conditions where it can flourish, is to blame for itself.
2) Show me a system that cannot be gamed by the shrewd and powerful, and I will ask you to pull the other one, 'cause it's got bells on. Whatever our politics, the way things tend to work out here, just a few end up on top. Not all are evil, or nearly equally so.
3) "The duopoly" & "the political establishment" show the harm that can come from complacency, but not even every sycophant can be demonized when we all gotta eat, fear want, and when right-minded people still might make career choices that leave them comfortable, not challenged.
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J. Calvin Smith
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1) (thread) I just had a kind of realization in the shower tonight of what philosophy, particularly the philosophy of mind and the concept of consciousness, gives me, even as it sometimes tends to take away answers and substitute more questions.
2) I thank Marianne Talbot @OxPhil_Marianne and author Rebecca Goldstein @platobooktour for both engaging me with their thought & learning processes, and also by keeping philosophy alive and relevant especially in today's info-packed scientific world. THeir thoughts guided mine.
3) What came to me as I was soaping up my hair this evening was a realization regarding trying to think deeply about self, and about the question of "Why this me?" that ties this self to this body and brain out of myriad organisms I perceive I could have been.
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J. Calvin Smith
@jcsbimp
1) This is a Tweet thread of some thoughts related to my professional life from which I am now happily retired (except for a per-visit job with my local church to make ends meet), my activism (#AntiTrumpActivist), and my social media presence. It might be boring to all but a few.
2) A week or three ago, I attracted ire for the first time for my having worked in @DeptofDefense for over three decades, as a result of commentary I made to an @ericgarland post: ire and not entirely wanted attention, probably for both of us. (Sorry, Eric.)
3) I don't blame anybody, not really, for any sort of animosity toward me for having worked all my life as a civilian for "the US War Machine." That machine, like many others in our government, is rife with corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse, and the issue of war is not settled.
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Whites of both genders dip slightly.

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