America’s political right is the home of the chest-thumpingest brand of “patriotism” on the planet. But it’s also where you find the highest concentration of people telling you what this country can’t do. (Thread)
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“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But they deem it incapable of managing to provide health care for everyone—something most developed countries now do in some fashion.
“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But in the face of ever-mounting gun deaths, they also believe we are the only country in the world incapable of regulating guns.
“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But they shout that our government—of, by, and for the people—should never work on behalf of the people, and must stop trying.
“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But they refuse to support innovation that can help us reduce damage to the environment and/or become less dependent on fossil fuels.
“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But they refuse to look for ways to reduce the number of black and brown people killed by the police.
“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But they strive to reduce both the revenue the nation collects and the investments it makes in its citizens.
“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But they fight constantly to reduce the voice of the voting public, through direct voter suppression and through mitigating the impact individual voters can have.
“This is the greatest country in the world,” they say. But they seek to divide us on cultural and geographic bases rather than to work to unite us.
Today’s GOP politicians don’t want to serve a great nation; they want a mediocre nation to serve them. They want to keep our citizenry subjected while they line their pockets. It is our job as citizens to stop them.
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