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@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS Thank you so much — this is the first quality article I’ve read from that paper, tho I’m biased as it articulates my ideal of fairness very well.

What it doesn’t do is understand the problem. Why follows this.

Again thank you for your generosity.

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS Fundamentally, GOP is about wealth disparity v racism & an elite class governance protects & expands its privilege & power via max wealth acquisition of wealthy. Flexibility of adding others who achieve wealth due to their talent, efforts etc.. exists but wealth is what matters.

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS You need to understand what you’re fighting to effectively counter it.

GOP fear well educated, enabled voting public that can’t be manipulated into backing policies that use taxes to make those with wealth wealthier & firmly lock many into poverty or struggling to make ends meet

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS The idea of enabling access to opportunity & a living dignified life as a basic aim is exactly what they don’t want.

#BuildBackBetter is a threat as wealth isn’t designed to be indicative of ability or earning efforts, but rather of ownership & wealth.

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS I’m not suggesting it’s all super simple to restructure— just that those who design GOP strategy pull into their fold the worst of humanity (greedy, racists, misogynists, sexists, bigots…) & enflame their fears & hate & sell that to others.

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS From the start of trickle down economics turned the focus away from those who do better due to unfair policies & tax advantages towards those who do less well as if aid is unjustified as they’re lazy & they don’t overcome their circumstances because they prefer crime & handouts.

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS So re today’s BS about CRT etc… it’s insufficient to simply counter intentional lies/exaggerations & fix any element of truth by the misguided/well-meaning.

GOP are exceptional at turning anecdotal evidence & blatant lies into real fear & anger so countering falls on deaf ears.

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS America has a history of being brutally inhumane at targeted groups. Also extraordinary generosity & innovation

Our power’s via bullying is our strategy—we openly admire bully-tactics as they work

& our wealth via cruelty & inhumane treatment of those we consider expendable

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS Trump wasn’t an accident, he was an inevitability & his narcissist lack of shame is being emulated. His corruption is admired.

Inhumane is the point so humane & kindness has to be the underlying counter strategy, not just to those least able, but to everyone.

#MakeAmericaHumane

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS Next we need to recognize where wealth acquisition comes from. Simply put it’s from the economy’s profit that’s mostly unfairly siphoned off by the wealthiest untaxed & from taxes on that profit that’s divvied up through wages.

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS Reframe wages as necessary profit sharing vs cost to be minimized & stop glorifying ownership as deserving specialized tax breaks that just increase the wealth of owners v add to the quality of life of society

Distain of lower wagers enables siphoning off wealth to top .1%

@pithypacky @Shoq @ThePlumLineGS Btw it may not be obvious how the wealthiest siphon off most of the economy’s wealth, but it’s blatantly easy to see that they do it by looking at where the wealth is over time.

This is why we should ignore worrying about the upper middle class taxation & focus on the elite .1%

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