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========== The end of the Enlightenment - as foreseen in Washington's Farewell. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/27/opinion/sunday/2010s-america-trump.html == topic theory 1 ===== hide 1 impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2019-12-29 priority 1 ratio 2 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title The end of the Enlightenment - as foreseen in Washington's topic theory wordrate 0 words 15 ID 1035848310093021 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1035848310093021 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 4 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 20 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 16 likeusers 2 likeuusers 16 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 20 oreach 17 posted "12/29/2019 06:12:19 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 17 type Link ========== Centrist bias https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/opinion/warren-sanders-wealth-tax.html It's true that revolutionary change does not come from the center. It's also true that representative democracy thrives on incremental change from the center and that too much radical change too often leads toward a government based on "permanent revolution" - until the people finally say "enough". We are not currently talking about medicare for all because Eugene Debs or Norman Thomas won a socialist landslide, but because bit by bit - Social Security - Medicare - Medicaid - Obamacare - the realm of the possible was expanded incrementally. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/11/07/media-biased-against-elizabeth-warren-229907 The next revolutionary challenge doesn't have to do directly with medical care, but with climate change that at some point might very quickly become extreme and irreversible, faster than incremental politics can handle. The immediate existential threat of climate change is how the peoples most affected take out their anger on the peoples most responsible for it. == topic theory 1 ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-26 priority 1 ratio 13 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Centrist bias topic theory wordrate 0 words 152 ID 1032690527075466 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1032690527075466 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 15 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 15 oreach 13 posted "12/26/2019 08:21:50 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 13 type Link ========== Congress can walk, chew gum, impeach, legislate, and spend money, all at the same time! Why not - there are 535 of them. And lobbyists are really good at motivational speeches as the clock is running down. https://apnews.com/05565ff1986720c70c66c9dd9e23310d This is how sausage is made in a democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/its-depressing-isnt-it-with-little-protest-gop-succumbs-to-trump-on-spending/2019/12/18/c5135770-2102-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/us/politics/government-shutdown-spending.html == topic theory ===== comments 1 impact 10 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-18 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Congress can walk, chew gum, impeach, legislate, and spend topic theory wordrate 0 words 49 ID 1025324861145366 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1025324861145366 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 impress 11 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 11 oreach 8 posted "12/18/2019 04:00:12 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 8 type Link ========== Apprenticeships Small steps that might actually be enacted by a divided Congress and that might actually do some good. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-memo-to-2020-candidates-be-bold-think-small/2019/12/08/d80bb49a-1846-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html A similar idea - ensure that community college vocational training is available to anybody who wants it. There's a vast upside for skills like automotive technology and dental hygiene that don't require a four-year college degree. == topic theory ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Apprenticeships topic theory wordrate 0 words 58 ID 1016514005359785 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1016514005359785 impress 9 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 oimpress 9 oreach 6 posted "12/09/2019 07:38:28 AM" reach 6 type Link ========== Ideology is the means by which the ruling classes get the masses to act against their own self-interest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/06/republicans-disdain-intellectualism-was-display-wednesdays-hearing/ Oddly enough, when it comes to their own surgery or criminal defense or piloting an airliner, most conservatives prefer candidates from the top of the class of the best schools, in preference say to self-taught or home-schooled or Trump U grads. == topic theory ===== comments 1 impact 155 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-12-07 ratio 1 react 25 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Ideology is the means by which the ruling classes get the topic theory wordrate 0 words 62 ID 1015070738837445 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1015070738837445 audclicks 12 audreach 11 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 16 impress 43 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 37 likeusers 10 likeuusers 37 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 43 oreach 39 posted "12/07/2019 07:50:37 PM" postotherclicks 11 reach 39 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Why doesn't Trump build a model city somewhere? It would be a refuge for his most loyal base and his former administration members as they get out on parole. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/03/north-korea-just-opened-its-socialist-utopia-town-similar-endeavors-elsewhere-are-crumbling-away/ == topic theory ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Why doesn't Trump build a model city somewhere? topic theory wordrate 0 words 32 ID 1011843069160212 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1011843069160212 impress 15 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 11 oimpress 15 oreach 12 posted "12/04/2019 08:12:27 AM" reach 12 type Link ========== Fatal attraction - to Trumpism Trump's biggest supporters are the ones hurt most by the Trumpist minority-rule agenda. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/opinion/life-expectancy-united-states.html Ideology is the means by which the ruling classes convince the masses to act against their own interests. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses == topic theory ===== comments 1 impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-03 ratio 7 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Fatal attraction - to Trumpism topic theory wordrate 0 words 39 ID 1011018249242694 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1011018249242694 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 impress 19 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 14 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 19 oreach 15 posted "12/03/2019 09:43:45 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 15 type Link ========== Populist revolutions don't work and always generate counter-revolutions. But what comes next? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/opinion/populism-protests.html == topic theory ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Populist revolutions don't work and always generate topic theory wordrate 0 words 15 ID 1001112146899971 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1001112146899971 impress 12 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 oimpress 12 oreach 10 posted "11/22/2019 05:42:12 PM" reach 10 type Link ========== Demographics and populism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-incredible-shrinking-nations-of-eastern-europe/2019/11/11/fd777326-04a6-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html It's the same throughout the developed world. http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ == topic theory 1 ===== hide 2 impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 2 posted 2019-11-11 priority 1 ratio 3 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Demographics and populism. topic theory wordrate 0 words 14 ID 991715151173004 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/991715151173004 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 6 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 36 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 33 likeusers 3 likeuusers 32 matchedotherclicks 4 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 36 oreach 33 posted "11/11/2019 05:30:11 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 33 type Link ========== The end result of nationalism - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/weve-never-needed-remembrance-day-poppies-more-than-right-now/2019/11/08/9e0094da-0263-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. We will remember them, won't we? == topic theory 1 ===== hide 1 impact 90 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 1 posted 2019-11-10 priority 1 ratio 2 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title The end result of nationalism - topic theory wordrate 0 words 64 ID 990834641261055 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/990834641261055 audclicks 7 audreach 3 engaged 7 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 34 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 5 likeuusers 29 matchedotherclicks 7 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 34 oreach 30 posted "11/10/2019 03:45:08 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 30 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The Redemption movement continues to this day. Not all Trumpists are Redemptionists, but all Redemptionists are Trumpists. And Trump will never renounce their support. It's one of the pillars of the modern Republican Party since 1968, as well as of Trumpism. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/sunday/jim-crow-laws.html More forgotten or intentionally misremembered history - the Reverse Underground Railroad - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/07/you-know-about-underground-railroad-what-about-reverse-underground-railroad/ == topic theory 1 ===== impact 17 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-11-09 priority 1 ratio 2 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title The Redemption movement continues to this day. topic theory wordrate 0 words 57 ID 990091761335343 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/990091761335343 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 9 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 5 likeusers 1 likeuusers 5 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 9 oreach 6 posted "11/09/2019 06:51:22 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 6 type Link ========== Echos of the fall of the wall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/berlin-wall-fell-years-ago-its-shadow-looms-large/ == topic theory ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Echos of the fall of the wall. topic theory wordrate 0 words 10 ID 989801148031071 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/989801148031071 impress 18 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 14 oimpress 18 oreach 15 posted "11/09/2019 10:02:14 AM" reach 15 type Link ========== Ideology or tribalism? And how to you persuade the persuadables? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/opinion/is-politics-a-war-of-ideas-or-of-us-against-them.html Here's a list of all the different points of view on what makes voters tick these days - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/opinion/democrats-trump-2020.html == topic theory ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 9 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2019-11-06 ratio 4 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Ideology or tribalism? topic theory wordrate 0 words 31 ID 987283691616150 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/987283691616150 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 15 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 matchedotherclicks 1 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 15 oreach 13 posted "11/06/2019 10:17:07 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 13 type Link ========== Theories of change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whats-behind-the-rise-of-radicalism-here-are-some-theories/2019/10/09/d88f4c62-eac2-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html == topic theory ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-10-09 ratio 3 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Theories of change. topic theory wordrate 0 words 6 ID 964153430595843 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/964153430595843 audclicks 6 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 53 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 28 likeusers 1 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 53 oreach 26 posted "10/09/2019 08:16:16 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 26 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The best way to profit from the swamp is to run against it. Nothing new here - politicians have been promising to "clean up the mess in Washington" forever, and for just as long, gleefully joining it as soon as they arrive. If they actually cleaned up anything, what platform would they run on next time? And how would they get the money to run? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/opinion/corruption-democracy-trump.html == topic theory ===== comments 1 impact 14 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-10-01 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title The best way to profit from the swamp is to run against it. topic theory wordrate 0 words 68 ID 957638581247328 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/957638581247328 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 impress 34 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 7 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 34 oreach 10 posted "10/01/2019 06:34:35 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 10 type Link ========== How do you get people to vote against their own interests? By keeping them anxious and fearful. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/opinion/trump-economy.html == topic theory 1 ===== hide 1 impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 1 posted 2019-09-25 priority 1 ratio 3 react 10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title How do you get people to vote against their own interests? topic theory wordrate 0 words 21 ID 952956768382176 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/952956768382176 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 6 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 55 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 37 likeusers 4 likeuusers 30 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 55 oreach 31 posted "09/25/2019 06:49:44 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 31 type Link ========== How democracies die. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/opinion/trump-democracy.html == topic theory ===== impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-09-10 ratio 2 react 30 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title How democracies die. topic theory wordrate 0 words 6 ID 942384109439442 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/942384109439442 audclicks 14 audreach 11 engaged 19 impress 124 likeclickusers 17 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 95 likeusers 9 likeuusers 78 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 124 oreach 88 posted "09/10/2019 07:35:15 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 6 reach 88 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== The chaos seekers. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/trump-voters-chaos.html == topic theory 1 ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 25 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 1 posted 2019-09-04 priority 1 ratio 3 react 36 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title The chaos seekers. topic theory wordrate 0 words 7 ID 937698236574696 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/937698236574696 audclicks 17 audreach 13 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 22 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 172 likeclickusers 21 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 123 likeusers 14 likeuusers 98 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 12 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 172 oreach 113 posted "09/04/2019 07:47:34 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 10 reach 113 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Then and now. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/world-war-ii-anniversary.html Surprising how shallow the victories of 1945 and 1989 turned out to be. == topic theory ===== impact 63 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-08-31 ratio 3 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 22 title Then and now. topic theory wordrate 0 words 19 ID 934977903513396 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/934977903513396 audclicks 22 audreach 19 engaged 23 impress 137 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 121 likeusers 8 likeuusers 104 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 137 oreach 106 posted "08/31/2019 09:19:27 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 13 reach 106 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== You can't build a wall high enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/27/trump-backs-bolsonaro-amazon-fires-because-course-he-does/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/climate/fire-amazon-africa-siberia-worldwide.html What one country does affects every other country. http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ == topic theory ===== comments 5 hide 1 impact 160 impactrate 0 likeimpress 38 negative 1 posted 2019-08-28 ratio 1 react 89 reactrate 0 shares 11 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 34 title You can't build a wall high enough. topic theory wordrate 0 words 18 ID 932952307049289 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/932952307049289 audclicks 34 audreach 23 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 5 engaged 54 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 225 likeclickusers 46 likeimpress 38 likeuimpress 199 likeusers 38 likeuusers 171 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 28 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 225 oreach 177 posted "08/28/2019 09:41:48 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 18 reach 177 sharesimpress 11 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== When national socialism comes to America, it will be called Americanism! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/opinion/national-conservatives-republicans-trump.html The national socialists always carry an American flag. And often a Confederate flag, and stranger banners. https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/unite-the-right-rally Some are more subtle, at least in public. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/907674259577094 https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/910125575998629 == topic theory ===== impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-08-02 ratio 9 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title When national socialism comes to America, it will be topic theory wordrate 0 words 38 ID 915304418814078 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/915304418814078 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 61 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 33 likeusers 2 likeuusers 27 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 61 oreach 28 posted "08/02/2019 09:57:07 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 28 type Link ========== Why Social Democracy is coming to America sooner or later - regardless who wins the election. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/social-democracy.html If the Trumpists were really alarmed about socialism, they'd do something about income inequality. == topic theory ===== impact 53 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-08-01 ratio 3 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Why Social Democracy is coming to America sooner or later - topic theory wordrate 0 words 33 ID 914838962193957 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/914838962193957 audclicks 10 audreach 9 engaged 12 impress 87 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 59 likeusers 4 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 87 oreach 53 posted "08/01/2019 04:40:07 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 6 reach 53 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Who was Theodore Roosevelt? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/sunday-review/josh-hawley-roosevelt.html A reformer, a nativist, an imperialist, a trustbuster, a conservative and a progressive. Why is he on Mt Rushmore? According to https://www.nps.gov/moru/learn/historyculture/why-these-four-presidents.htm because He was instrumental in negotiating the construction of the Panama Canal, linking the east and the west. He was known as the "trust buster" for his work to end large corporate monopolies and ensure the rights of the common working man. Borglum chose Roosevelt to represent the development of the United States. == topic theory 1 ===== impact 41 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-07-28 priority 1 ratio 5 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Who was Theodore Roosevelt? topic theory wordrate 0 words 82 ID 911914962486357 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/911914962486357 audclicks 4 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 50 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 27 likeuusers 26 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 50 oreach 28 posted "07/28/2019 10:57:32 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 28 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How Federal deregulation works. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/business/boeing-737-max-faa.html Look at all the money you save by not paying competitive salaries to Federal employees! == topic theory ===== comments 1 impact 79 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-07-27 ratio 2 react 36 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 18 title How Federal deregulation works. topic theory wordrate 0 words 22 ID 911515529192967 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/911515529192967 audclicks 18 audreach 13 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 17 impress 124 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 90 likeusers 10 likeuusers 71 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 16 oimpress 124 oreach 82 posted "07/27/2019 08:58:38 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 11 reach 82 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== Who do you vote for - good guys? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/steve-bullock-democrats-2020-montana-republicans-.html bad guys? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/when-should-a-politician-apologize.html The bad guys seem to do better. Even Roy Cohn died the way he wanted, bankrupt and owing millions. Contemporaries and historians weren't kind to Aaron Burr, but he had his supporters and co-conspirators throughout his life. == topic theory ===== impact 90 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-07-27 ratio 2 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Who do you vote for - topic theory wordrate 0 words 50 ID 911513769193143 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/911513769193143 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 11 impress 67 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 8 likeuusers 39 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 67 oreach 41 posted "07/27/2019 08:54:15 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 1 reach 41 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Before Republicans were reactionary, they were radical. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/27/you-know-who-was-into-karl-marx-no-not-aoc-abraham-lincoln/ == topic theory ===== comments 2 impact 17 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-07-27 ratio 6 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Before Republicans were reactionary, they were radical. topic theory wordrate 0 words 10 ID 911493352528518 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/911493352528518 audclicks 6 audreach 5 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 11 impress 176 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 107 likeusers 6 likeuusers 86 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 176 oreach 114 posted "07/27/2019 08:24:40 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 114 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Who's the socialist? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-the-true-socialist/2019/07/25/4f45410c-af1a-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html There's a reason it was called the Nationalist Socialist Worker's Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/opinion/nationalism-trump-conservative.html Maybe someday Trump will publish a (ghost-written) book My Struggle. Maybe he won't need a ghost writer if he writes it in jail. If he falls from power, he will not accept any responsibility, but blame it on the American people who were not worthy of him. Then as now, you could deduce what the left or right were up to because they'd always accuse the other side of doing what they were doing. But it was socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor. Like their ideological forebears, Republicans have been seduced into Trumpists by a series of small steps, one day at a time. They can't now say that Trump has gone too far, without indicting themselves for their silent complicity over the past two years. == topic theory ===== comments 5 impact 1007 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2019-07-25 ratio 1 react 69 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 39 title Who's the socialist? topic theory wordrate 0 words 146 ID 910125575998629 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/910125575998629 audclicks 39 audreach 26 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 4 engaged 34 impress 181 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 143 likeusers 13 likeuusers 114 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 33 oimpress 181 oreach 123 posted "07/25/2019 08:07:06 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 25 reach 123 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== Tucker Carlson and the rebirth of national socialism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/what-comes-after-trump-may-be-even-worse/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/opinion/nationalism-trump-conservative.html There were other points of view - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/conservatives-are-still-grappling-with-trump-era-many-havent-yet-learned-their-lesson/ but it ooks like the national socialist plan is working - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/22/officer-suggests-ocasio-cortez-should-be-shot-after-he-read-fake-news-facebook/ They could even call it the National Socialist Donald Adherents Party - N S D A P. It's certainly reactionary but there's nothing conservative about it. And what, exactly, has Trump done to improve the lot of his base, as opposed to the lot of his billionaire donors - not much - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/politics/trump-working-class.html Those that can't get with the program will have to find their own way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/geraldo-rivera-comes-his-senses-trump/ And now it's clear why Trumpist evangelicals are so keen on Netanyahu and Israel. When they go down the removal list and get to the "cosmopolitan elitists" they'll need a place to tell them to go home to or else, even if their ancestors left 2000 years ago. == topic theory 1 ===== comments 1 impact 792 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2019-07-22 priority 1 ratio 2 react 55 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 37 title Tucker Carlson and the rebirth of national socialism. topic theory wordrate 0 words 144 ID 907674259577094 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/907674259577094 audclicks 37 audreach 28 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 34 impress 216 likeclickusers 33 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 185 likeusers 13 likeuusers 144 matchedlinkclicks 11 matchedotherclicks 26 oimpress 216 oreach 148 posted "07/22/2019 09:56:06 AM" postlinkclicks 11 postotherclicks 20 reach 148 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Cognitive dissonance https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-psychological-phenomenon-that-blinds-trump-supporters-to-his-racism/2019/07/18/29789344-a8ac-11e9-ac16-90dd7e5716bc_story.html == topic theory ===== comments 2 hide 1 impact 54 impactrate 0 likeimpress 32 negative 1 posted 2019-07-20 ratio 1 react 108 reactrate 0 shares 17 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 56 title Cognitive dissonance topic theory wordrate 0 words 5 ID 906504723027381 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/906504723027381 audclicks 56 audreach 35 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 60 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 213 likeclickusers 54 likeimpress 32 likeuimpress 177 likeusers 30 likeuusers 145 matchedlinkclicks 20 matchedotherclicks 36 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 213 oreach 162 posted "07/20/2019 08:57:49 PM" postlinkclicks 19 postotherclicks 20 reach 162 sharesimpress 17 sharesusers 16 type Link ========== Simone Weil saw it all coming - then - and now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/18/this-french-intellectual-diagnosed-americas-current-political-malaise/ == topic theory ===== impact 25 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-07-18 ratio 3 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Simone Weil saw it all coming - then - and now. topic theory wordrate 0 words 14 ID 904998299844690 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904998299844690 audclicks 10 audreach 8 engaged 12 impress 110 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 88 likeusers 6 likeuusers 66 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 110 oreach 69 posted "07/18/2019 04:44:44 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 2 reach 69 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Trying to find a positive role for conservative ideology. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/trump-thiel-nationalism.html It's difficult when there's no conservative party, only a gang that mouths whatever ideology serves the purpose of the moment, following their leader. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative == topic theory ===== hide 1 impact 53 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 1 posted 2019-07-16 ratio 2 react 15 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Trying to find a positive role for conservative ideology. topic theory wordrate 0 words 35 ID 903710626640124 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903710626640124 audclicks 6 audreach 3 engaged 7 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 58 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 39 likeusers 5 likeuusers 32 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 58 oreach 36 posted "07/16/2019 06:38:59 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 36 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Competitive authoritarianism. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/opinion/republicans-trump-democracy.html One of the Trumpist pillars is the rural bias in the Constitution - http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic theory 1 ===== comments 3 impact 110 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-07-01 priority 1 ratio 1 react 58 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 38 title Competitive authoritarianism. topic theory wordrate 0 words 19 ID 893959147615272 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/893959147615272 audclicks 38 audreach 23 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 29 impress 159 likeclickusers 28 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 121 likeusers 10 likeuusers 97 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 30 oimpress 159 oreach 109 posted "07/01/2019 04:35:31 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 19 reach 109 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== How do our parties compare to theirs? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.html == topic theory ===== comments 2 impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-06-26 ratio 2 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title How do our parties compare to theirs? topic theory wordrate 0 words 10 ID 890497054628148 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/890497054628148 audclicks 12 audreach 8 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 11 impress 86 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 68 likeusers 5 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 86 oreach 51 posted "06/26/2019 01:45:01 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 3 reach 51 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Easy to forget? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/unlearning-the-lessons-from-chernobyl/2019/06/21/3ec7185c-9384-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html == topic theory 1 ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-06-24 priority 1 ratio 17 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Easy to forget? topic theory wordrate 0 words 7 ID 889023311442189 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/889023311442189 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 54 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 37 likeusers 1 likeuusers 32 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 54 oreach 35 posted "06/24/2019 03:57:10 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 35 type Link ========== According to Reagan - "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." https://www.reagan.com/blog/105/ronald-reagan-on-big-government-most-terrifying-words It's always good for applause from Republican farmers and billionaire campaign donors, who however have very definite expectations of help from the Federal government. But for everybody else, really, how does that differ from "I'm from Wall Street and I'm here to help." "I'm from Silicon Valley and I'm here to help." "I'm from the church and I'm here to help." "I'm from the Kremlin and I'm here to help." Here to help yourselves... to WHAT? It's hard to accomplish anything significant without help. It can be just as hard to determine the real agenda of organizations offering help. == topic theory ===== impact 25 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-06-16 ratio 13 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title According to Reagan - topic theory wordrate 0 words 124 ID 883473595330494 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/883473595330494 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 54 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 30 likeuusers 26 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 54 oreach 27 posted "06/16/2019 04:46:42 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 27 type Link ========== Reactionary theorists have lost their way. They're sure there's a majority out there somewhere that's in favor of their ideas, and their only problem is defining the correct coalition. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/opinion/conservatives-david-french-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/opinion/sohrab-ahmari-conservative.html Practical reactionaries like Mitch McConnell aren't fooled. They know the Trumpists are a minority party and they have to use every constitutional hook, propaganda trick, and billionaire donation to retain power. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/871861466491707 == topic theory ===== impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-06-04 ratio 15 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Reactionary theorists have lost their way. topic theory wordrate 0 words 63 ID 874582289552958 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/874582289552958 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 60 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 33 likeusers 1 likeuusers 29 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 60 oreach 31 posted "06/04/2019 06:45:22 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 31 type Link ========== Conservative intellectuals seem hellbent on taking their 12 percent share among the young and turning it to 3. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/opinion/republicans-generation-gap.html == topic theory ===== comments 12 impact 124 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 0 posted 2019-06-03 ratio 1 react 59 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title Conservative intellectuals seem hellbent on taking their topic theory wordrate 0 words 21 ID 874342569576930 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/874342569576930 audclicks 17 audreach 11 commentsimpress 12 commentsusers 9 engaged 40 impress 166 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 141 likeusers 26 likeuusers 106 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 166 oreach 108 posted "06/03/2019 10:30:44 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 5 reach 108 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== We remember the worst work because the best work is so often invisible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-love-to-hate-the-government-then-along-come-measles/2019/05/30/0722cfd8-8310-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html Undo enough good work and we will eventually see what was good about it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/are-we-becoming-too-stupid-to-govern-ourselves/2019/05/29/2a17a4f6-8233-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/50-years-after-apollo-conspiracy-theorists-are-still-howling-at-the-moon-hoax/2019/05/23/ca5b4a3a-700e-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html == topic theory ===== impact 33 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-05-30 ratio 4 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title We remember the worst work because the best work is so topic theory wordrate 0 words 30 ID 871562393188281 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/871562393188281 audclicks 6 audreach 5 engaged 7 impress 85 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 55 likeusers 3 likeuusers 43 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 85 oreach 54 posted "05/30/2019 09:38:48 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 54 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Why we separate church and state. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/opinion/poland-church-abuse.html == topic theory ===== comments 1 impact 14 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-05-18 ratio 5 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Why we separate church and state. topic theory wordrate 0 words 9 ID 863497923994728 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/863497923994728 audclicks 8 audreach 6 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 8 impress 131 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 98 likeusers 6 likeuusers 80 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 131 oreach 86 posted "05/18/2019 03:21:47 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 4 reach 86 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Disjunctive like Hoover or Carter, or transformative like FDR and Reagan? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/opinion/trump-history-presidents.html == topic theory 1 ===== comments 1 impact 14 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-05-15 priority 1 ratio 6 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Disjunctive like Hoover or Carter, or transformative like topic theory wordrate 0 words 15 ID 861079810903206 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/861079810903206 audclicks 6 audreach 4 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 97 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 62 likeusers 1 likeuusers 48 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 97 oreach 57 posted "05/15/2019 06:11:44 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 57 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. It's all about monetizing your assets. Even better, you monetizing somebody else's assets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/13/conservatism-has-become-racket-trump-is-grifter-chief/ == topic theory ===== comments 1 impact 234 impactrate 0 likeimpress 33 negative 0 posted 2019-05-13 ratio 2 react 73 reactrate 0 shares 13 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, topic theory wordrate 0 words 32 ID 860031924341328 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/860031924341328 audclicks 26 audreach 21 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 47 impress 285 likeclickusers 36 likeimpress 33 likeuimpress 137 likeusers 33 likeuusers 116 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 22 oimpress 285 oreach 209 posted "05/13/2019 03:34:34 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 17 reach 209 sharesimpress 13 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== The tricky business of litigating executive privilege. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/10/house-is-trying-limit-trumps-power-it-could-leave-him-with-even-more/ == topic theory ===== comments 2 impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-05-13 ratio 3 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title The tricky business of litigating executive privilege. topic theory wordrate 0 words 10 ID 859788657698988 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/859788657698988 audclicks 12 audreach 9 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 103 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 4 likeuusers 52 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 103 oreach 64 posted "05/13/2019 06:31:05 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 4 reach 64 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== What's the difference between conservatism, Republicanism, and Trumpism? Most Trumpists identify themselves as conservatives. Do most conservatives identify themselves as Trumpists? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/22/no-weld-cant-beat-trump-hes-only-way-real-conservatives-can-dissent/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative Third-party and independent candidates would be more viable if ranked-choice voting were the norm - https://www.fairvote.org/ Right now it's pretty hard to find any difference between "Republican" and "Trumpist." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/22/no-bottom-republicans-show-theyll-defend-just-about-everything-trump-does/ But there are a few https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/24/if-this-is-new-normal-i-want-no-part-it-citing-trump-iowas-longest-serving-republican-leaves-party/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/gop-staffer-advocates-trumps-impeachment/587785/ Nixon's support seemed to disappear overnight - but that was a culmination of a year of erosion. Who can say for sure whether the current trickle will become a torrent some night? https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/trump-not-going-destroy-republican-party/587806/ == topic theory 1 ===== comments 1 impact 90 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-04-22 priority 1 ratio 6 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title What's the difference between conservatism, Republicanism, topic theory wordrate 0 words 90 ID 847066548971199 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/847066548971199 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 8 impress 95 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 5 likeuusers 60 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 95 oreach 66 posted "04/22/2019 08:52:30 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 1 reach 66 sharesimpress 1 type Link ========== Responses to the revenge of the strongmen https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/22/yes-liberal-democracy-is-struggling-progressive-left-isnt-helping/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/20/readers-had-questions-about-my-essay-rise-strongmen-here-are-answers/ The original essay here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/03/14/feature/the-strongmen-strike-back == topic theory ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-04-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Responses to the revenge of the strongmen topic theory wordrate 0 words 15 ID 841437499534104 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/841437499534104 impress 44 likeuimpress 27 likeuusers 24 oimpress 44 oreach 26 posted "04/12/2019 08:30:57 PM" reach 26 type Link ========== Under communism, the state owns the means of production; under fascism, the means of production own the state. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-what-happens-when-corporations-run-the-government/2019/03/15/fb2c354e-4736-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html == topic theory ===== comments 2 hide 2 impact 107 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 2 posted 2019-03-15 ratio 3 react 51 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 24 title Under communism, the state owns the means of production; topic theory wordrate 0 words 21 ID 824942841183570 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/824942841183570 audclicks 24 audreach 19 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 31 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 2 impress 225 likeclickusers 24 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 115 likeusers 16 likeuusers 94 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 18 negclicks 2 negusers 1 oimpress 225 oreach 156 posted "03/15/2019 06:40:59 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 14 reach 156 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Do individuals exist to serve the state or does the state exist to serve individuals? The Declaration of Independence and the Enlightenment it embodied were considered dangerous radical ideologies in most of the world in 1776. They still are. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/03/14/feature/the-strongmen-strike-back == topic theory 1 ===== impact 34 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-03-15 priority 1 ratio 4 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Do individuals exist to serve the state or does the state topic theory wordrate 0 words 43 ID 824814534529734 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/824814534529734 audclicks 5 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 65 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 32 likeusers 1 likeuusers 27 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 65 oreach 38 posted "03/15/2019 01:13:07 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 38 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== What authoritarian kleptocrat populists have in common https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/11/its-not-xenophobia-that-links-new-populists-its-hypocrisy To see the end game in action, go to Hungary https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/hungary-is-so-desperate-for-kids-mothers-of-four-wont-pay-income-tax/2019/02/11/04701764-2e01-11e9-ac6c-14eea99d5e24_story.html or Venezuela. Unfortunately for fascists, birthrates decline as standards of living improve and children become ever more costly. That's why wealthy western democracies end up importing labor. http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ == topic theory 1 ===== impact 58 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-02-11 priority 1 ratio 4 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title What authoritarian kleptocrat populists have in common topic theory wordrate 0 words 48 ID 804729456538242 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/804729456538242 audclicks 6 audreach 6 engaged 6 impress 94 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 5 likeuusers 40 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 94 oreach 58 posted "02/11/2019 03:59:36 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 5 reach 58 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Does paying off the generals pay? We should be glad that what's left of the American military-industrial complex is implicit rather than constitutionally enshrined. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/opinion/venezuela-military-guaido-maduro.html == topic theory ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-01-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Does paying off the generals pay? topic theory wordrate 0 words 27 ID 797276043950250 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/797276043950250 impress 27 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 11 oimpress 27 oreach 13 posted "01/30/2019 07:26:47 AM" reach 13 type Link ========== The end game of kleptocratic populism https://www.pressherald.com/2019/01/26/u-s-venezuela-declare-30-day-cooling-off-while-they-seek-agreement/ Every "strongman of the people" has a corrupt elite behind him. Venezuela was done in by kleptocratic populism, not socialism. It's a global pattern - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/29/venezuela-is-how-illiberal-democracy-ends/ == topic theory ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-01-29 ratio 9 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title The end game of kleptocratic populism topic theory wordrate 0 words 34 ID 796681190676402 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/796681190676402 engaged 2 impress 35 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 20 likeusers 2 likeuusers 18 oimpress 35 oreach 19 posted "01/29/2019 07:09:35 AM" reach 19 type Link ========== Just when everybody least expects it https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/venezuelas-revolution-will-keep-happening-slowly--and-then-all-at-once/2019/01/24/7f3adae8-200e-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html May it will happen the same way in the US Senate. Maybe it already has - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/25/senate-republicans-did-unexpected-change/ == topic theory 1 ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-01-24 priority 1 ratio 7 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Just when everybody least expects it topic theory wordrate 0 words 26 ID 794076680936853 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/794076680936853 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 57 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 34 likeusers 2 likeuusers 27 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 57 oreach 31 posted "01/24/2019 02:49:41 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 31 type Link ========== Authoritarians love crises https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/opinion/sunday/trump-national-emergency-wall.html == topic theory 1 ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-01-13 priority 1 ratio 6 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Authoritarians love crises topic theory wordrate 0 words 7 ID 787505618260626 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/787505618260626 audclicks 9 audreach 6 engaged 8 impress 154 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 92 likeusers 4 likeuusers 73 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 154 oreach 104 posted "01/13/2019 07:49:50 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 104 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== "On the night Trump was elected, I saw all the rejoicing from ISIS enthusiasts and from the far right — both saw it as a victory for their team, for their narrative." https://www.vox.com/world/2017/12/19/16764046/islam-terrorism-far-right-extremism-isis == topic theory ===== impact 70 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-01-06 ratio 7 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title "On the night Trump was elected, I saw all the topic theory wordrate 0 words 35 ID 783349355342919 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/783349355342919 audclicks 10 audreach 7 engaged 11 impress 200 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 81 likeusers 8 likeuusers 72 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 200 oreach 149 posted "01/06/2019 07:14:07 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 4 reach 149 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link