| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| The eternal rural dream of being free from government | 2021-12-30 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476684986245791745 | 1476684986245791745 |
| A traditional conservative laments the end of traditional | 2021-12-23 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474084833420709903 | 1474084833420709903 |
| Why does GOP support right-to-life, right-to-shoot, | 2021-12-08 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1468593631191715842 | 1468593631191715842 |
| How the European fractured state system led to the | 2021-11-12 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459187299321741320 | 1459187299321741320 |
| Pew political typology | 2021-11-12 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459184968693731331 | 1459184968693731331 |
| Subdivisions in American politics. | 2021-11-09 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458222503621390337 | 1458222503621390337 |
| What happens to the foot soldiers? | 2021-10-17 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449862227654111232 | 1449862227654111232 |
| What happens after the revolution? Political power | 2021-10-17 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449852411292512259 | 1449852411292512259 |
| There's a name for systems in which your rights supersede | 2021-10-17 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449616826502025217 | 1449616826502025217 |
| Single party control is often unsuccessful. | 2021-10-14 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448439706375524356 | 1448439706375524356 |
| Time for regional federalism? | 2021-10-07 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446166727457316868 | 1446166727457316868 |
| Nothing's changed in a year. Issues aren't the issues. | 2021-10-06 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445901359677538313 | 1445901359677538313 |
| Four diverse groups of British immigrants formed four | 2021-10-05 | 230 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1445193468582662145 | 1445193468582662145 |
| Charles Mills | 2021-09-26 | 486 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442148717771907078 | 1442148717771907078 |
| What is a politician's job? Tell you what you want to | 2021-08-25 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1430531203040382997 | 1430531203040382997 |
| Catholic social teaching - it confuses political liberals | 2021-08-01 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1421720192858484737 | 1421720192858484737 |
| Maintaining a liberal democracy is like climbing a | 2021-07-30 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1421110824731480068 | 1421110824731480068 |
| Are dignity and confidence enough? | 2021-07-19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417130801263616002 | 1417130801263616002 |
| An endless cycle? People get tired of chaos and corruption | 2021-07-15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415672992646844427 | 1415672992646844427 |
| Celebrity candidates are good for entertainment, but not | 2021-07-09 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413557580383723525 | 1413557580383723525 |
| Most persuadable swing voters don't attempt to discern and | 2021-07-06 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412390713644384257 | 1412390713644384257 |
| Limitarianism? | 2021-06-14 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404291603976527872 | 1404291603976527872 |
| The Pentagon Papers didn't change a thing? | 2021-06-11 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403349012409819141 | 1403349012409819141 |
| Should government use lotteries as a lure to influence | 2021-06-06 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401638254932217857 | 1401638254932217857 |
| The oldest excuse in politics - everybody's doing it! | 2021-06-05 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401041642153414666 | 1401041642153414666 |
| Why does populism always go bad? | 2021-06-05 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400968249869799426 | 1400968249869799426 |
| America's Enlightenment ideals are exactly what the modern | 2021-05-28 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398076646603694084 | 1398076646603694084 |
| Under feudalism, there's no need for public service | 2021-05-25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396980189930786821 | 1396980189930786821 |
| It was not just Stalin who loved to rewrite history. | 2021-05-20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1395248006526427138 | 1395248006526427138 |
| Progressives get their turn at the bat. If they | 2021-05-11 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1391911507823263744 | 1391911507823263744 |
| America won WWII. Would that have happened without the | 2021-05-07 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390475453274628102 | 1390475453274628102 |
| The hardest sales pitch! | 2021-04-26 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386810025599922176 | 1386810025599922176 |
| What are conservatives trying to conserve? | 2021-04-25 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386461293586960387 | 1386461293586960387 |
| Risk vs reward in policy-making. | 2021-04-23 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385398188807311361 | 1385398188807311361 |
| Pluralism vs tribalism - is Israel a glimpse of America's | 2021-04-09 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380521912376328197 | 1380521912376328197 |
| The left learns what it's like to have some power and | 2021-04-04 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378777230449373189 | 1378777230449373189 |
| The urgent always drives out the important - as Covey Time | 2021-03-29 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376570140561575942 | 1376570140561575942 |
| "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts | 2021-03-18 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372683253983813635 | 1372683253983813635 |
| Government is not always the problem! | 2021-03-05 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367637794277912579 | 1367637794277912579 |
| "Too much choice creates space for predators" | 2021-03-02 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366583514431254528 | 1366583514431254528 |
| Democrats define bipartisanship according to voters, | 2021-02-26 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365110384764493827 | 1365110384764493827 |
| American-born Latinos and Asians are seeing themselves | 2021-02-13 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360649891580530689 | 1360649891580530689 |
| Conservatives want to conserve the best things from | 2021-02-11 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359733464367394817 | 1359733464367394817 |
| Conspiracy theorists don't all think alike but they all | 2021-02-03 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357003830144036872 | 1357003830144036872 |
| If you can't open somebody else's mind, maybe you can open | 2021-02-01 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1356033982568165380 | 1356033982568165380 |
| When fanatics encounter resistance, they don't adapt, they | 2021-01-28 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354792217227849735 | 1354792217227849735 |
| Bipartisanship is a means to an end, not an end. Most | 2021-01-27 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354572603751428100 | 1354572603751428100 |
| So much for American exceptionalism. | 2021-01-19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351397225922891776 | 1351397225922891776 |
| What do separation of powers in the Constitution and | 2021-01-18 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351300937436983296 | 1351300937436983296 |
| It's no mystery - minority rule gets harder as demographics | 2021-01-05 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346269993323806723 | 1346269993323806723 |
| 1846 - Wilmot Proviso - 2021 - secession | 2021-01-04 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346164184778559488 | 1346164184778559488 |
| How can we inspire positive action about long-term crises? | 2021-01-03 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1345591269381210114 | 1345591269381210114 |
| How politics corrodes character. | 2021-01-01 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1344812004133859328 | 1344812004133859328 |
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========== The eternal rural dream of being free from government means, instead, being subject to whichever gang has the most guns. That's anarchy, just like in Portland. Which is just what they want to escape. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/oregon-secession-idaho-move-border/621087/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570533009957879 #PS1theory ===== impress 31 time 2021-12-30 22:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476684986245791745 ========== A traditional conservative laments the end of traditional conservatism vs traditional liberalism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/22/center-right-is-collapsing-globally-it-has-only-two-options-survival/ Now it's populist cult of personality fueled by social media and cable TV vs rule of law. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565764360434744 #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 30 time 2021-12-23 18:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474084833420709903 ========== Why does GOP support right-to-life, right-to-shoot, anti-vax? There's no moral logical consistency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/how-is-gops-coronavirus-recklessness-compatible-with-being-pro-life/ The answer is that there is POLITICAL logical consistency - essential to GOP minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1555545634789950 #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 likes 1 time 2021-12-08 14:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468593631191715842 ========== How the European fractured state system led to the Enlightenment and the United States. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-europe-became-so-rich That's what Trumpism is trying to undo. #PS1theory ===== impress 81 time 2021-11-12 15:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459187299321741320 ========== Pew political typology https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology-2/ #PS1theory ===== impress 79 time 2021-11-12 15:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459184968693731331 ========== Subdivisions in American politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/09/democrat-republican-voters-survey Stressed Sideliners can decide the future of the country. But that are the least informed about and active in politics. #PS1theory ===== impress 36 time 2021-11-09 23:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458222503621390337 ========== What happens to the foot soldiers? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/16/us/capitol-riot.html They take the risks for the benefit of the leaders that they want to put in power. The leaders inspire and lead from a safe distance. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520574338287080 #PS1theory ===== impress 85 time 2021-10-17 22:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449862227654111232 ========== What happens after the revolution? Political power attracts ideologically flexible people interested foremost in power and the trappings of power. Eventually they take over for their own benefit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-insiders-view-of-chinas-communist-party-corruption-and-capitalist-excess/2021/10/13/679696c4-1189-11ec-882f-2dd15a067dc4_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520574338287080 #PS1theory ===== impress 87 time 2021-10-17 21:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449852411292512259 ========== There's a name for systems in which your rights supersede the rights of others. Anarchy, if superior rights are decided by superior might. Feudalism, if superior rights are decided by superior caste. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-legislature-new-hampshire-misinformation-f2545555283926ca3baea10a9476fac2 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520078328336681 #PS1theory ===== impress 85 time 2021-10-17 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449616826502025217 ========== Single party control is often unsuccessful. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/opinion/democrats-control-congress.html because both parties contain elements going in different directions. Failure to act is more a problem for Democrats than GOP, which is happier doing nothing than supporting Democrats. #PS1theory ===== impress 97 time 2021-10-14 00:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448439706375524356 ========== Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html It's clear that the red states want a different federal government than the blue states, but the red states want the blue states to pay for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/maga-politics-broken-federalism-state-national-power/ #PS1theory ===== impress 86 time 2021-10-07 17:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446166727457316868 ========== Nothing's changed in a year. Issues aren't the issues. Attitude is the issue. "they want somebody, above all, that's going to fight the Democrats. They actually don't really care often what you're fighting about" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/magazine/trump-influence-gop.html #PS1theory ===== impress 202 time 2021-10-06 23:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445901359677538313 ========== Four diverse groups of British immigrants formed four distinctive strands of American culture - the differences have pervaded American culture and politics for 400 years. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/books/review/joe-klein-explains-how-the-history-of-four-centuries-ago-still-shapes-american-culture-and-politics.html #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% impress 230 likes 1 time 2021-10-05 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445193468582662145 ========== Charles Mills https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/opinion/charles-w-mills-dead.html Feudalism didn't start out racist - it was an adaptation to frontier conditions in the New World, where white indentured servants lacked "social visibility" in the words of Louis Lomax. #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% impress 486 time 2021-09-26 15:27 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442148717771907078 ========== What is a politician's job? Tell you what you want to hear or tell you what you need to hear? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/24/why-jd-vance-may-be-just-kind-phony-gop-voters-are-looking/ Perhaps it's the difference between a politician and a statesman. How many living people would you call "statesmen"? #PS1theory ===== impress 55 time 2021-08-25 14:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1430531203040382997 ========== Catholic social teaching - it confuses political liberals and conservatives, who each try to adopt what they like and ignore what they don't. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/opinion/catholic-church-politics.html #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 time 2021-08-01 06:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421720192858484737 ========== Maintaining a liberal democracy is like climbing a knife-edge ridge on a mountain, with precipitous drops on both sides. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/world-is-reminding-us-that-democracy-is-hard/ Democratic institutions take generations to build but can be quickly undone. #PS1theory ===== impress 35 time 2021-07-30 14:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421110824731480068 ========== Are dignity and confidence enough? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/18/joe-biden-social-democratic-moment/ Or is that too much to expect, given the forces of minority rule arrayed against them? #PS1theory ===== impress 18 time 2021-07-19 14:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417130801263616002 ========== An endless cycle? People get tired of chaos and corruption and accept dictatorship, often non-violently, then get tired of suppression and corruption and restore democracy, often violently. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-religion-government-and-politics-a127151d7208b79c02767b435355511d The "liberators" often have hidden motives. #PS1theory ===== impress 22 time 2021-07-15 14:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415672992646844427 ========== Celebrity candidates are good for entertainment, but not much else. We need more than that from legislators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/memo-celebrity-candidates-its-not-easy-you-think/ #PS1theory ===== impress 37 time 2021-07-09 17:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413557580383723525 ========== Most persuadable swing voters don't attempt to discern and address root causes - they just vote their pocketbooks on election day. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-american-crossroads-galesburg-house-elections-il-state-wire-762490073a28e84336c3820de1847b1c #PS1theory ===== impress 22 time 2021-07-06 12:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412390713644384257 ========== Limitarianism? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/12/is-it-time-limit-personal-wealth/ In order to maintain equality of opportunity it's necessary to limit the liberty of the extremely wealthy. A good start would be to eliminate unlimited dark money in politics. #PS1theory ===== impress 36 time 2021-06-14 04:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404291603976527872 ========== The Pentagon Papers didn't change a thing? They only confirmed what everybody already knew - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/pentagon-papers-daniel-ellsberg.html Every administration since made the same mistakes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/pentagon-papers-vietnam-afghanistan.html "National security" is often just "administration security". #PS1theory ===== impress 83 time 2021-06-11 13:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403349012409819141 ========== Should government use lotteries as a lure to influence behavior? https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/-1-million-lotteries-should-play-a-bigger-role-in-public-policy #PS1theory ===== impress 43 time 2021-06-06 20:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401638254932217857 ========== The oldest excuse in politics - everybody's doing it! 1873 - https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory2os2xmaster/chapter/political-corruption-in-postbellum-america/ 2018 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/magazine/americans-think-corruption-is-everywhere-is-that-why-we-vote-for-it.html And Trump signed up 100%. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/04/635294139/for-president-trump-life-is-just-not-fair-and-what-that-means-for-the-rest-of-us More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428710620806786 #PS1theory ===== impress 47 time 2021-06-05 05:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401041642153414666 ========== Why does populism always go bad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism Populist politicians start out by mobilizing "the people" against "the elites". Their appeal is emotional rather than rational. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/populist-right-is-still-robust-we-cant-afford-complacency-left/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428583017486213 #PS1theory ===== impress 42 time 2021-06-05 00:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400968249869799426 ========== America's Enlightenment ideals are exactly what the modern Dixiecrat-Republican party wants to undo. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html But we must "remain woke to the transformational power of American ideals". https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/american-history-we-should-all-be-woke/ #PS1theory ===== impress 49 time 2021-05-28 00:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398076646603694084 ========== Under feudalism, there's no need for public service workers. Government is lean and mean! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-government-and-politics-5026fccc5a2240c4227a1ed044f710d1 #PS1theory ===== impress 37 time 2021-05-25 00:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396980189930786821 ========== It was not just Stalin who loved to rewrite history. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/capitol-riot-tulsa-massacre.html #PS1theory ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-20 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395248006526427138 ========== Progressives get their turn at the bat. If they hit a home run - they might be good for a generation. But the tide always changes. No need for anybody to get apocalyptic. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-26/biden-s-progressive-agenda-isn-t-the-apocalypse-it-s-a-cycle #PS1theory ===== impress 54 time 2021-05-11 00:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391911507823263744 ========== America won WWII. Would that have happened without the New Deal before it? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/herd-immunity-us.html America could not defeat Hitler today. Half the country would support him and half oppose. Just as in most of the countries that he conquered. #PS1theory ===== impress 64 time 2021-05-07 01:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390475453274628102 ========== The hardest sales pitch! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/biden-address-congress-defense-of-democracy/ The most pressing need in the country is a return to the Enlightenment ideals of its founders - not their practices which often fell short of their ideals. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402681670076348 #PS1theory ===== impress 78 time 2021-04-26 22:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386810025599922176 ========== What are conservatives trying to conserve? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opinion/sunday/republicans-conservatism.html Conserving minority rule and cult of personality? Neither fit "conservatism" as preserving the good things of the past. Nowadays "conservatives" are just reactionaries. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1theory ===== impress 55 time 2021-04-25 23:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386461293586960387 ========== Risk vs reward in policy-making. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/our-policymakers-are-still-obsessing-over-risks-but-forgetting-about-rewards/2021/04/22/9ae72c7a-a39b-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html You will lose your job if you guess wrong. You might keep your job if you guess right. #PS1theory ===== impress 40 time 2021-04-23 01:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385398188807311361 ========== Pluralism vs tribalism - is Israel a glimpse of America's future? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/opinion/us-israel-elections.html Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We all came from vicious tribalism - is that where we will return? https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1theory ===== impress 62 time 2021-04-09 14:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380521912376328197 ========== The left learns what it's like to have some power and influence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-joe-biden-tamed-the-left--at-least-for-now/2021/04/03/1c23d4d2-93b6-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html One thing to learn is you can't get everything you want, any more than all the other players can. You have to fashion legislative majorities out of conflicting interests. #PS1theory ===== impress 57 time 2021-04-04 18:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378777230449373189 ========== The urgent always drives out the important - as Covey Time Management students learn. In a democracy, it is very hard to address problems that might not arise immediately, or might not arise ever, no matter how catastrophic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/18/future-forecasting-strategic-planning/ #PS1theory ===== impress 44 time 2021-03-29 16:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376570140561575942 ========== "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." So it was just a matter of time before Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google, Twitter, et al would be scrutinized. https://apnews.com/article/publishing-health-coronavirus-pandemic-book-publishing-airlines-383681c569b18262df1d95baf65484a4 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376818629329319 #PS1theory ===== impress 57 time 2021-03-18 22:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372683253983813635 ========== Government is not always the problem! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-is-showing-the-world-that-us-government-can-work-again/2021/03/04/2cf54be2-7d27-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html Sometimes, anti-government Republican zealots are the problem. #PS1theory ===== impress 45 time 2021-03-05 00:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367637794277912579 ========== "Too much choice creates space for predators" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/opinion/deregulation-health-care-electricity.html This is the folly of libertarianism - normal people can't investigate every aspect of their lives - they need government to weed out bad choices. Those who profit from bad choices disagree. #PS1theory ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-02 02:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366583514431254528 ========== Democrats define bipartisanship according to voters, not according to GOP senators and their donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-bipartisan.html A majority of GOP voters support a majority of Democratic economic proposals. #PS1theory ===== impress 46 time 2021-02-26 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365110384764493827 ========== American-born Latinos and Asians are seeing themselves as GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/democrats-latino-hispanic-black-asian-american.html "a GOP coalition of secure minorities and anxious whites may be a match for a Democratic coalition of anxious minorities and secure whites" More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355052401505942 #PS1theory ===== impress 53 time 2021-02-13 17:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360649891580530689 ========== Conservatives want to conserve the best things from the past. Reactionaries want to recreate a golden age that never was. https://aeon.co/essays/nostalgia-exerts-a-strong-allure-and-extracts-a-steep-price It's good marketing for populists and fascists, to keep the people busy working towards the unreachable past. #PS1theory ===== impress 62 time 2021-02-11 05:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359733464367394817 ========== Conspiracy theorists don't all think alike but they all feel alike. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories.html #PS1theory ===== impress 48 time 2021-02-03 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357003830144036872 ========== If you can't open somebody else's mind, maybe you can open your own. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/opinion/change-someones-mind.html #PS1theory ===== impress 34 time 2021-02-01 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356033982568165380 ========== When fanatics encounter resistance, they don't adapt, they redouble their failing tactics. Politicized religion drives normal people away from religion and increases the secularization the fanatics despise. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/christian-nationalists-capitol-attack.html No man can serve two masters. #PS1theory ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-28 14:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354792217227849735 ========== Bipartisanship is a means to an end, not an end. Most people don't care what the vote was if it produced results. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/americans-say-they-want-bipartisanship-theyre-wrong/ https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#bipartisanship If your goal is preserving minority rule, bipartisanship is a dead end. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1theory ===== impress 49 time 2021-01-27 23:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354572603751428100 ========== So much for American exceptionalism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-is-not-exceptional-after-all/2021/01/18/13275a56-59ab-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html #PS1theory ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-19 05:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351397225922891776 ========== What do separation of powers in the Constitution and antitrust legislation have in common? They limit concentration of power. To prevent economic and political fossilization, active steps preserve economic and political mobility. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1338108893200293 #PS1theory ===== impress 42 time 2021-01-18 22:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351300937436983296 ========== It's no mystery - minority rule gets harder as demographics go against the ruling class, so the lies and actions have to get more extreme. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/opinion/trump-republican-party.html It was inevitable once LBJ got the civil rights and voting rights acts passed. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1theory ===== impress 46 time 2021-01-05 01:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346269993323806723 ========== 1846 - Wilmot Proviso - 2021 - secession https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/04/1846-not-1861-reminds-us-why-seceding-wont-work-disgruntled-trump-fans/ Regional federalism might be a better idea - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1theory ===== impress 62 time 2021-01-04 18:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346164184778559488 ========== How can we inspire positive action about long-term crises? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/30/crisis-catastrophe-communications-action/ Short-term crises with actionable options are easier to handle. #PS1theory ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-03 04:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345591269381210114 ========== How politics corrodes character. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/josh-hawleys-heedless-ambition-is-a-threat-to-the-republic/2020/12/31/1d3f8260-4b9c-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html Sometimes politicians rise to meet a crisis. More often they stoop to embrace it as an opportunity. #PS1theory ===== impress 47 time 2021-01-01 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344812004133859328