Great interview. I wonder what your views are on the following questions:
1.) Clearly the vast majority of the US public is unaware that there is an authoritarian takeover of the US going on right now, and the implications of that in the future. Should attempts be made to educate the public? If so, what mechanism and by whom do you feel is the best way to educate the public? Do you feel the inevitable gaslighting in response would do more damage and so it is best not to inflame things further?
2.) It seems in many areas people are being threatened; Judges, witnesses, reporters, congress members etc etc. Both physical and online. This is clearly Trump's m/o. Why is this not being discussed more? Why aren't there hearings in the House? Is the Russian mob behind this? Or is it random zealots responding to Trump's sochastic terrorism?
1/ It is critical to explain to anyone willing to listen what the truth is. This is hard to do, and there are certain people who simply won't hear it. But there are plenty of people who are simply misinformed. Inform them. People tend to form their opinions based on what their friends think. Don't be afraid to speak.
2/ I don't think it's organized. Trump throws out clues and hopes the more violent and cultish of his base will read the tea leaves.
Thanks. I should've been clearer in my first point, and used correct spelling (stochastic) in my 2nd :)
Do you think the House Dems or some other people or group of people with a profile should inform the public in an organized way, such as regular public briefings specifically on the dire state the democracy is in, and how the US is on the verge of authoritarianism? It seems to me like Dem primary voters are casting their votes, and unless they are twitter political junkies, have no idea that Bernie is Trump and the Kremlin's chosen opponent, and that he is likely to lose to Trump in November, and what that would all mean for the US?
(by Greg Olear, guest LB, article) LB: Here’s the thing…and it’s NYC mob gossip, but I trust the source. Rudy and donald hate each other. Capital “H” hate. They both have dirt on one another. And, for both, it’s as bad as it gets. Cocaine, corruption, and bloody mob shit. So they’re stuck together. Don’t look for one to turn on the other. Unless drugs/alcohol/dementia takes over, and they burn each other down as they internally crumble
GO: I hate both of them intensely, so I have no problem believing they hate each other. Maybe one day they can share a prison cell, and star in an ADX Florence production of Sartre’s No Exit.
Great interview. I wonder what your views are on the following questions:
1.) Clearly the vast majority of the US public is unaware that there is an authoritarian takeover of the US going on right now, and the implications of that in the future. Should attempts be made to educate the public? If so, what mechanism and by whom do you feel is the best way to educate the public? Do you feel the inevitable gaslighting in response would do more damage and so it is best not to inflame things further?
2.) It seems in many areas people are being threatened; Judges, witnesses, reporters, congress members etc etc. Both physical and online. This is clearly Trump's m/o. Why is this not being discussed more? Why aren't there hearings in the House? Is the Russian mob behind this? Or is it random zealots responding to Trump's sochastic terrorism?
Thanks for the comment and the kind words.
1/ It is critical to explain to anyone willing to listen what the truth is. This is hard to do, and there are certain people who simply won't hear it. But there are plenty of people who are simply misinformed. Inform them. People tend to form their opinions based on what their friends think. Don't be afraid to speak.
2/ I don't think it's organized. Trump throws out clues and hopes the more violent and cultish of his base will read the tea leaves.
Thanks. I should've been clearer in my first point, and used correct spelling (stochastic) in my 2nd :)
Do you think the House Dems or some other people or group of people with a profile should inform the public in an organized way, such as regular public briefings specifically on the dire state the democracy is in, and how the US is on the verge of authoritarianism? It seems to me like Dem primary voters are casting their votes, and unless they are twitter political junkies, have no idea that Bernie is Trump and the Kremlin's chosen opponent, and that he is likely to lose to Trump in November, and what that would all mean for the US?
(by Greg Olear, guest LB, article)
Organized crime—the real workings of it (not the movie versions)—is a very complex world, driven by a very simple motivator: money.
(by Greg Olear, guest LB, article) LB: Here’s the thing…and it’s NYC mob gossip, but I trust the source. Rudy and donald hate each other. Capital “H” hate. They both have dirt on one another. And, for both, it’s as bad as it gets. Cocaine, corruption, and bloody mob shit. So they’re stuck together. Don’t look for one to turn on the other. Unless drugs/alcohol/dementia takes over, and they burn each other down as they internally crumble
(by Greg Olear, article)
GO: I hate both of them intensely, so I have no problem believing they hate each other. Maybe one day they can share a prison cell, and star in an ADX Florence production of Sartre’s No Exit.