Honestly, it's AMAZING how thoroughly Elon has dedicated himself to psychological self-destruction. I cannot think of any way he could be more thorough about it, although no doubt he will find some way to surprise me.

The most uncomfortable part: although the US left has tended to support a strong federal govt, devolution to the states is now saving our butts in many instances. If we had stronger traditions of federal law enforcement a bunch more of us might be in jail.

Moreover, we need to understand that when the Cratchit's are described as 'poor' this is relative to their social station (urban middle class) not the population at large. Bob Cratchit is an educated clerk, his eldest daughter an apprentice at a trade.

They are not working/lower class.

I think my semi-serious theory is that *physically going to university* - leaving your hometown, meeting new people, living in a diverse city with an ethnically diverse population and lots of visible LGBT people - make people better people, but the classes have nothing to do with it

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend:

Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport