"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss." Karl Brunnholzl Capitalism is, or is soon to become a dying economic practice (system). The reasons are certainly many, complex, and interconnected. But the primary reason is that capitalism, particularly in the USA, has become entirely focused on increased productivity to maximize profits and increase shareholder's stake, ie increase the wealth of individual shareholders. Which means in truth, as well as in straight talk, to insure that the real (and obscene) wealth is funneled to and concentrated in the top 1 or 2 percent of the nation. When self interest becomes the driving force behind every decision, and selfishness essentially becomes a "virtue" as it is with folks like Trump, then the footing on which a society stands on begins to crumble. Which is precisely the situation America is finding itself in today. In these pr
Here in Idaho, we are being urged to vote absentee ballot.
ReplyDeleteThe counties cannot staff the voting places as the usual elderly
ladies that handle voting by precinct won't work their usual
15 hour day with hundreds of voters around. Bernie Sanders is worried
that the count delay from mail votes will result in early votes for
Trump, who will announced he won and any more ballots in the system
are void. Pretty blatant, but possible. Then what?
I honestly have no idea on the then what question. I only know for sure one thing. I do not trust trump one iota. I believe he is actually trying to destroy the very foundations upon which our democratic republic is and has always been anchored to. IMHO trump admires authoritarian dictators and is desirous of being one himself.
DeleteI have no doubt but what trump is orchestrating his challenge to the outcome of the election should he lose as I am typing this. Even if trump loses by a huge margin. He is simply is incapable of grasping the truth. Nor does he care about the truth either.
It is going to be a quite new experience I'm sure. I fully anticipate violence from trump's extreme rightwing base.
For years the PRI Party of Mexico had a tried and true method of maintaining control over the country. Besides the everyday vote buying they regularly announced the winner of the presidential election on election night at 7pm. Regardless of the vote count. This had the effect of stifling opposition vote and getting their interpretation of the election results in the public square first.
ReplyDeleteI am with RN, I do not trust Pres Trump to do what is right for our country. He's a true believer in the fantasy that since he is the only solution to saving America, whatever he does to win is justified. In his mind and the minds of his supporters, the Dems have cheated in politics since Watergate and he is just working to level the field and giving the Dems a dose of their own medicine. See any of Franco/Freethinke's diatribes on the subject to understand this mindset.
He's gonna call himself the winner early. Wait for it. Then instead of the country together watching the results come in, the country will be waiting for an election to be stolen. Unless Biden can win Florida, early, it's gonna be a mess.
There are people who examine
ReplyDeletethe various election result scenarios. IMO, much depends on how much distance there is in the vote count. Given that Trump still whines about losing the popular vote by almost 3 million, calling it voter fraud, a sore winner has got
to be an enraged loser. We ponder if it gets so ludicrous and dangerous, a tipping point might occur in the GOP led
Senate-probably the best thing for the country.