tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post8867700423700575258..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: A less competent Timmy McVeighBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-76629089151873189732010-07-21T15:15:06.237-07:002010-07-21T15:15:06.237-07:00I just finished a book that's a diary of a wom...I just finished a book that's a diary of a woman in her '60s living in Hamburg 1940-1946. National disaster only begins to cover it. <br /><br />The greatest trick played on suburban dipshits was convincing great swathes of them to repeatedly vote against their own interests to the point of financial disaster & ill health (lack of insurance.) And to have deranged nutburgers internalize it to the point of, you know, whatever this guy did, is pure genius. <br /><br />www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/on-the-other-side-by-mathilde-wolffmnckeberg-trs-ruth-evans-395332.htmldah_sabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600893678085625549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-43848120618887689542010-07-21T12:06:48.755-07:002010-07-21T12:06:48.755-07:00Jzb, I used the term "terrorism by Americans ...Jzb, I used the term "terrorism by Americans against Americans" purposely. There are left-wingers who engage in violence, like ELF and the Black Bloc -- but only against property. There is a huge difference between setting out to burn a Hummer and setting out to kill ACLU executives, and hopefully we both know what that difference is.<br /><br />Regarding fascism: I see it as unavoidable. There are no credible left-wing philosophies left offering the sort of simple solutions that the simple-minded want, and the underlying pragmatic philosophy of current center-left governments elsewhere does not lend itself to talking points or bumper stickers. "We're capitalist, except in those places where capitalism doesn't work, where we're socialist" just doesn't fit on a bumper sticker or yard sign and most people will just say "huh? What does that mean? How can you be socialist AND capitalist at the same time?!" Whereas, "Make America Better, Kill a liberal", fits just fine and is easy to understand...<br /><br />The good(?) news is that fascism invariably leads to national disaster and the installation of a true center-left government. The "?" is because of the "national disaster" part. Just ask Germany what things were like in late 1945. Hundreds of thousands of Germans died of starvation then, huddled shivering in the rubble that used to be their cities...<br /><br />- Badtux the Pessimistic PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-13952724795931438482010-07-21T11:45:24.528-07:002010-07-21T11:45:24.528-07:00Is populism always represented by the unhinged? I...Is populism always represented by the unhinged? In the 60's we had unhinged radical leftists - it almost seems quaint.<br /><br />Well that are (or at least have been in certain times and places) anarchists - I don't know where they fall on a left-right spectrum.<br /><br />I think the greatest domestic evil of the past 30 has been the all-too-successful effort by regressives to harness and focus the otherwise amorphous hatred of a certain segment of white America, by means of lies and distortions.<br /><br />We are getting Soooo close to fascism.<br /><br />WASF,<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.com