| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Culture wars have united reactionary megadonors who don't | 2023-10-13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712691792448037273 | 1712691792448037273 |
| Forget about third-party presidential candidates. They | 2023-10-13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712687159650681238 | 1712687159650681238 |
| What happens when politicians give single-issue | 2023-10-03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709352303080448333 | 1709352303080448333 |
| Conspirituality? | 2023-07-01 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1674935065158258689 | 1674935065158258689 |
| Dictators learn from each other. Technology provides | 2023-06-23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672375851080359936 | 1672375851080359936 |
| Whatever happened to Elon Musk? | 2023-05-19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1659361781754785792 | 1659361781754785792 |
| What happens when your freedom conflicts with my freedom? | 2023-05-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656407072957931520 | 1656407072957931520 |
| In Trumpist Dixiecrat NewSpeak, "conservatism" means | 2023-05-09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655960846877757441 | 1655960846877757441 |
| The browning of American Christianity - | 2023-03-26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640034665347289088 | 1640034665347289088 |
| Truth is what you BELIEVE, not what actually is! | 2023-03-24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639118186254856192 | 1639118186254856192 |
| Fake it til you make it - a prescription for a distrustful, | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639113723301474305 | 1639113723301474305 |
| The myth of the self-made man. | 2023-03-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639111881368698881 | 1639111881368698881 |
| Fascist cults of personality inevitably lead to war. | 2023-01-20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616297056997605377 | 1616297056997605377 |
| Myths about politics. | 2023-01-17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615232967860977666 | 1615232967860977666 |
| Full speed ahead! Back to feudalism! | 2023-01-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614800857429856256 | 1614800857429856256 |
| Before "Trump was chosen by God", political leaders and | 2023-01-13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613796378895060992 | 1613796378895060992 |
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========== Culture wars have united reactionary megadonors who don't like how a complex modern industrial democracy works, with reactionary blue-collar voters who don't understand how a complex modern industrial democracy works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/01/understanding-electorate-diploma-divide/ #PS1theory ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-13 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712691792448037273 ========== Forget about third-party presidential candidates. They backfire - the Greens elected Trump and the Libertarians elected Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/09/third-party-gallup-poll-politics/ Start at the grass roots - state legislatures - and figure out how to win there. #PS1theory ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-13 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712687159650681238 ========== What happens when politicians give single-issue constituencies what they want? They want MORE! Even Trump has figured out that being vaguely pro-life is better than being specific. Anything definite will be used against you. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-constitutional-amendment-ohio-election-messaging-e578a62dd968a5112f92563e969ce5c7 #PS1theory ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-03 23:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709352303080448333 ========== Conspirituality? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/opinion/robert-f-kennedy-jr-coalition-supporters.html A minority attempting to rule a majority by lies did not start in 1963. It's been with us as long as we've had social classes - which start when social groups become large enough (1000-10000) to have division of labor. #PS1theory ===== impress 6 time 2023-07-01 00:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674935065158258689 ========== Dictators learn from each other. Technology provides essential tools. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/dictators-trade-toolkits-cling-power/ Their toolkits will be complete when fake audio, photo, and video are indistinguishable from genuine. #PS1theory ===== impress 2 time 2023-06-23 22:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672375851080359936 ========== Whatever happened to Elon Musk? https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/opinions/elon-musk-soros-conspiracy-theories-ghitis/index.html No mystery - like many billionaires, once he made his billions he changed from a prophet of the future to a defender of (his) status quo - via minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934444260233417 #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-05-19 00:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659361781754785792 ========== What happens when your freedom conflicts with my freedom? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/biden-trump-desantis-2024-freedom.html GOP has a ready answer: the rich man megadonor wins. Though most of them know better than to say so in public. #PS1theory ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-10 21:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656407072957931520 ========== In Trumpist Dixiecrat NewSpeak, "conservatism" means reactionary cult of personality fascism. In contrast, the founder of Enlightenment conservatism would find no place in the modern GOP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke He would rather be right than re-elected. #PS1theory ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-09 15:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655960846877757441 ========== The browning of American Christianity - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/opinion/christianity-global-demographics.html It's not just darker skin tones. It's a different mix of social and political attitudes. How will the anti-immigrant Christian nationalist white supremacists react? #PS1theory ===== impress 11 time 2023-03-26 16:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640034665347289088 ========== Truth is what you BELIEVE, not what actually is! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/election-deniers-evidence-belief/ But even some GOP voters are returning to the view of America's founders that reason and empirical inquiry are superior to decisions based on faith - or ignorant prejudice of the emperor. #PS1theory ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-24 04:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639118186254856192 ========== Fake it til you make it - a prescription for a distrustful, dysfunctional society. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/27/fake-it-phrase-american-con-man/ Is the truth you FEEL more important than objective reality? Only to YOU! #PS1theory ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 03:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639113723301474305 ========== The myth of the self-made man. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/14/american-bootstraps-myth-politics/ Anybody can succeed - just ask your dad for a million dollars, like Trump did! If you dad doesn't have a million dollars, tell him to work harder, like Trump would have. Nobody succeeds alone - or fails alone. #PS1theory ===== impress 3 time 2023-03-24 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639111881368698881 ========== Fascist cults of personality inevitably lead to war. And then disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/robert-kagan-america-trap-world-war-hitler-japan/ #PS1theory ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-20 04:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616297056997605377 ========== Myths about politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/16/intuitive-common-sense-beliefs-politics-wrong/ One thing that is true is that politicians will talk about myths to avoid talking about reality - especially who pays for them and what they get in return. #PS1theory ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-17 06:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615232967860977666 ========== Full speed ahead! Back to feudalism! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/business/top-1-wealth-oxfam-davos/index.html Job #1 for our GOP and their counterparts around the world is to protect and enhance the economic and political power of their reactionary megadonors. #PS1theory ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-16 01:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614800857429856256 ========== Before "Trump was chosen by God", political leaders and cooperating clergy invented Divine Right of Kings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_right_of_kings#Catholic_justification_for_the_divine_right_of_kings More often political leaders chose themselves, and founded dynasties by murdering all their rivals. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1850885471922630 #PS1theory ===== impress 14 time 2023-01-13 07:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613796378895060992