I say that as one who is radically critical of patriotism in general, who was not and will never be a patriot to any nation-state, and who, as a social scientist, ...
2. understands nation-states are artificial constructs maintained by dominant segments of society through certain superstructures such as nationalism.
3. But it is quite an interesting development. There is an actual state of cold war inside the US, unlike other countries in which the far right seized power, such as Brazil, Poland or Hungary.
4. This document shows that *all* the armed forces are not cool with the so-called trumpist base, which is actually a fascist movement, a *gigantic* fascist movement.
5. How this gigantic fascist movement will be forced back into a social contract, I have not the slightest clue.
Again, it will be at least interesting (and certainly violent).
... more material feeding my question: how is the gigantic fascist movement going to be quenched and the fascist base forced back into a democratic social contract? The 6B question.
If the trump base donates $20 each, they can raise 1.4B overnight. That's a hypothetical to point out that:
- the Trump cabal doesn't really have financial problems: they have practically unlimited resources with the base
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- the American legal system doesn't have unbailable offenses. That means the worst murderers will be bailed out by the base because of the hate/resentment/racist mindset, and that will never change.
3. Look at Derek Chauvin: he looks defiantly at the camera as he executes George Floyd. That's murder with all aggravating circumstances. Yet, the judge has set a bail! The democratic world watches in horror because he was obviously going to be bailed out by the 70M fascists.
1. I have compiled a collection of online supplements-in-bulk retailers since @BulkSupps doesn't seem that interested in fixing the bugs on their website. They seem to be moving to a mobile-device-only store - I don't do phone stuff, ever, like most researchers.
2. Here are some sites that compiled online #supplement store competitors:
2. Since the 1980s, the Brazilian Black Movement adopted the day of Zumbi's death (and the end of the Palmares Quilombo) as their day of awareness and consciousness.
3. Zumbi died in the last of many military incursions of the Portuguese colonial forces against the Palmares Quilombo,
Think: in the 2008 crisis, banks appropriated thousands of single family properties and established the biggest real estate speculation scheme in US history. federalreservehistory.org/essays/glass_s….
2. It's happening again. The Dust Bowl social tragedy was caused by banks and speculation...
2. @WashArchbishop has been one of the compassionate and inclusive voices among religious leaders about transgender people, reassuring them that they belong in the Church and there is nothing wrong with them.
1. I'm originally from Brazil. Brazil is one of the countries with the highest unsafe abortion mortality rates. It has always been. When I was 16, a girl from our anti-fascist organization died from sepsis 2 days after her abortion. After that there were several.
2. Higher middle-class and rich women had safe and humane abortions. According to my mother (94 yrs old), in her days, middle-class women still had a chance of safer abortions but they were punished by not being given anesthesia.
3. That's the most perverse aspect of the authoritarian anti-abortion policy: deaths and long-term effects of complications.