The rich always play by their own rules. They’ve bought the politicians and consultants to write the rules. Not only do we need campaign finance reform, but strict laws prohibiting Congress from trading on inside information. Also, somehow strike down Citizens United. Corporations aren’t people.

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of consumers who seemingly sell their souls for marginally cheaper prices and convenience.
Also, I listen to a lot of French podcasts and now can say the guests/hosts definitely feel Europe and the U.S. have very different values. And today the moderator actually said, “U.S. is no longer our ally.”

Indeed. And even when a utility is regulated by a government entity, there’s sometime a too cozy relationship between the utility and the State. (I had personal experience with this.) I’ve felt the same way watching companies destroy the social fabric of communities. Some blame to be had on the part

Guess he’s afraid of being outclassed by another black man. I met Governor Moore long before he ran for office, and in addition to his intelligence and compelling story, he has a genuine and easy smile that lights up any room.

There’s an “i” missing; should be ruins.

And what’s so frustrating is the faux morality. How many “religious” people who were horrified by Bill Clinton getting a blow job in the WH, turned around and voted for Mr. GHBTP who’d also been credibly accused by multiple women of sexual assault.

Certainly some is fueled by grifters, but sadly for years there’s been a dumbing down of Americans, and with so many watching Fox “news,” which is more propaganda/entertainment, I’ve lost hope. Republicans have had a long-term strategy to take over local schools and governments, the courts, etc.

My bad! I went there due to all the anti-Covid precautions people, RFK, Jr., Oz et al. But I’ve contributed to environmental NGOs for decades, recently supported an amphibian rescue project, and live minutes from Space Telescope Science Institute. Have witnessed truly amazing work and findings.

I’m mostly speaking from personal experience, having had Lyme’s disease that went undiagnosed for months, witnessed gender, age, and racial biases pharmaceutical testing, and heard Paul Farmer speak twice about structural violence in healthcare.

Perhaps it’s not science itself, but the language and conviction used to talk about it. And are those who are anti-science just anti-progress, anti-“woke,” or just anti- all that’s not a miracle.

From what I’ve observed, science has never been left as much as elite with control-group biases.

Musk bought Twitter to control data and prop up his own image and companies. The only free speech he cared about was his own. Bezos didn’t set out to destroy the Post. It was a casualty of his desire to stay in the government’s good graces for Blue Origin & AWS.
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