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11 Jan

My former sister-in-law used to read these anti-choice bedtime stories that would tell about this kid who grows up to win the medal in this or that, discover the cure for cancer or diabetes or whatever...and they always ended, "but this did not happen because he was aborted."

Anyway...

These stories present abortion as costing the world x, y, and z. But no one ever considers the children who are not born because there was no abortion and that they might accomplish because they are welcome and wanted.

Considering her mother, it's not surprising my niece carried her rapist's baby to term & raised him. She should not have. She always expected him to be a bad boy and so he was. He's in prison now for some burglary in pursuit of money for drugs.

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10 Jan

Prosperity Gospel preaches that the poor are poor because they are unworthy, that they do not love God enough. The rich are rewarded because they are good Christians. In a way, the American health care system often feels like Prosperity Gospel, which is at heart, eugenics.

The quality of the health care someone can access is dependent on how good a job they have, how valuable they are to the economy. Yes, we have the ACA and it redresses the balance to a degree, but copays and deductibles still put health care out of reach for many

While Prosperity Gospel is a malignant mutation of traditional Christianity, it fit so well with the whole mythology of "Protestant Work Ethic" and Horatio Alger, etc. it spread like wildfire, even infecting the nonbelievers via New Age bullshit.

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9 Jan

I suppose conservatives thought that Willie was conservative because of his support for the family farmer, but come on, that's so ahistorical. Democrats have always supported family farms. It was Reagan whose policies decimated family farms, policies that prompted Farm Aid

In Minnesota, the DEMs are called the DFL - Democratic-Farmer-Labor party to memorialize the merger of two parties, the Democratic Party and the Farmer-Labor party.

I grew up in farm country and worked at cafes where farmers came in every day to listen to the hog report. There are farmers and then there are farmers. So many farmers I know worked hard, struggled, and made ends meet. They were never rich. Rich farmers got checks not to work

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9 Jan

I often think the Bernie/DSA vanguardists & Cult 45 have a lot in common - a yearning for an authoritarian government for example, but the single most unifying characteristic is their deeply held conviction that when Black voters decide elections, the election is illegitimate.

This is not hyperbole. The saliency of Bernie's rigged narrative is rooted in his pronouncement that Black voters in the South "distort" the nomination process. Never mind that caucuses win extremely white states create an illusion of popularity for populists who dog whistle

Bernie did well in some states. Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont (naturally), Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington (though only in the caucus, he lost the primary vote which does not award delegates)

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7 Jan

I think this poll that a third of Americans think violence against the government can be justified might be overhyped. I mean, it is part of our American ideology that our government exists with the "consent of the governed." Our Declaration of Independence says when the gov't

impinges on our rights, becomes oppressive, we can replace it. This is part of American cultural history. I would be more concerned if it was a more specific question, but the general question is one that conforms to our founding principles.

And yes, if our government becomes a fascist authoritarian government with a cult leader who exploits racism and imprisons, even kills people based on their race, ethnicity, or country of origin, then we should resist that government.

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4 Jan

If you are ever tempted to excuse your ancestors' enslavement of Black people, do this first.

1. Get a drink: water, coffee, tea, wine, beer, gin, whatever appeals.
2. Sit quietly with your thoughts, perhaps walk around the block.
3. Delete your account.

When researching my 7th-great-grandfather, I found his contract for moving from Barbados to Rhode Island. The people included his wife, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, an indentured servant & 3 enslaved people. This was in 1648. One of them, named Mingo, ran away. Good for him.

He was for a time Solicitor General of Rhode Island colony. He also was an asshole. I can note his accomplishments and still hope Mingoe escaped completely and remained a free man. I will not excuse his conduct as being "of the time." Benjamin Lay was of that time & knew better

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