David Brooks, Time for a civic uprising

[pknopp]

Those things were used as an election cycle cudgel by Repubs and do not represent high priorities for most Dems. To some degree the issues became more prominent because of the inhumane treatment of minorities by Repub controlled state governments.

You continue to ignore the big picture. Whatever.

 

[martybegan]

LOL........I bet you got high grades in your dance class for your spins.

What spin?

it's a debt limit increase, which has been done by all admins and congresses before.

 

[pknopp]

What spin?

it's a debt limit increase, which has been done by all admins and congresses before.

Indeed. They have failed us (and it seems will continue) for years.

 

[berg80]

The difference with this one is that, throughout history, there was either a real crisis or a general economic malaise that opened the door to the authoritarian to step in and take over. In a panic, the people turned to a monster.

In this case, much of the panic is the result of manipulation by a specific part of the "media". This is the result of an entirely separate informational ecosystem that has leveraged hyperbole and conspiracy theories to create the panic.

Agreed. Partly as a result of the creation of an alternate reality fomented by a right wing media cohort with never before seen influence over its audience. This, despite the false claims from trumples that MSM controls the country. If it did trump would still be a frivolous reality TV crank with a track record of sexual abuse and skirting the law.

 

[Billiejeens]

In this case, much of the panic is the result of manipulation by a specific part of the "media". This is the result of an entirely separate informational ecosystem that has leveraged hyperbole and conspiracy theories to create the panic.


Or as people not in mac's cult call it -

Non-Cult approved truth.

 

[konradv]

Then what are people like you still doing out and about?

They came for the communists first, then they came for the labor unionists, then they came for the social democrats, then they came for…

 

[martybegan]

They came for the communists first, then they came for the labor unionists, then they came for the social democrats, then they came for…

LOL, "they" haven't come for anybody.

You idiots are still out there making asses of yourselves.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Trumpism is threatening all of that. It is primarily about the acquisition of power — power for its own sake. It is a multifront assault to make the earth a playground for ruthless men, so of course any institutions that might restrain power must be weakened or destroyed. Trumpism is about ego, appetite and acquisitiveness and is driven by a primal aversion to the higher elements of the human spirit — learning, compassion, scientific wonder, the pursuit of justice.

Problem is...
None of this is true.
It's just another version of the big Racist!Fascist!!Nazi!!! lie.

But, if you want to take it to the streets... don't bring anything you cannot afford to lose.

 

[Billiejeens]

They came for the communists first, then they came for the labor unionists, then they came for the social democrats, then they came for…

You are a communist, so -

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

He wasn't always, but like Anna Navaro (sp) he's just lost his way.

Greg

Even when he wrote for National Review, he was a squish.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Reality

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Finger!

 

[struth]

They don't understand that Brooks, or anyone else, can criticize both Trump and Biden simultaneously.

In their world, Neanderthal tribalism doesn't allow for such a thing. You must adore one and despise the other.

Brooks covered for xiden’s mental health decline said he had sound judgment…and that was after the debate

He’s a liar

 

[Zincwarrior]

The article is fine but he didn't actually propose anything.

 

[westwall]

The lack of intellectual rigor with which you approach these discussions makes me ask myself why I bother conversing with you. Your arguments are always reflexive and childish. Do you know any grown ups who could take your place?

Irony alert

 

[Votto]

In his book “Upheaval,” Jared Diamond looked at countries that endured crises and recovered. He points out that the nations that recover don’t catastrophize — they don’t say everything is screwed up and we need to burn it all down. They take a careful inventory of what is working well and what is working poorly. Leaders assume responsibility for their own share of society’s problems.

This struck me as essential advice for Americans today. We live in a country with catastrophically low levels of institutional trust. University presidents, big law firms, media organizations and corporate executives face a wall of skepticism and cynicism. If they are going to participate in a mass civic uprising against Trump, they have to show the rest of the country that they understand the establishment sins that gave rise to Trump in the first place. They have to show that they are democratically seeking to reform their institutions. This is not just defending the establishment; it’s moving somewhere new.

Let’s take the universities. I’ve been privileged to teach at American universities off and on for nearly 30 years and I get to visit a dozen or two others every year. These are the crown jewels of American life. They are hubs of scientific and entrepreneurial innovation. In a million ways, the scholars at universities help us understand ourselves and our world.

That is precisely why trump wants to take control of them. They are standing in his way of amassing absolute power.

How can institutions like the media and academia have any trust within the public after their horrible coverage of Covid and the Biden dementia scandal, or with Left wing colleges around the country allowing antisemitism to run rampant without any fall out from it? And no, when students gather round chanting "Genocide to the Jews", the context in which it is said does not matter as it is never Ok.

Your Left-wing institutions are a joke as is women's sports in these worthless institutions thanks to the DEI Nazis.

 

[konradv]

You are a communist, so -

You’re a fascist, so…

 

[martybegan]

How can institutions like the media and academia have any trust within the public after their horrible coverage of Covid and the Biden dementia scandal, or with Left wing colleges around the country allowing antisemitism to run rampant without any fall out from it? And no, when students gather round chanting "Genocide to the Jews", the context in which it is said does not matter as it is never Ok.

Your Left-wing institutions are a joke as is women's sports in these worthless institutions thanks to the DEI Nazis.

Just look at how right now they are trying to spin Starship 9's launch as a spectacular failure.

 

[BS Filter]

You don't have a clue about what is really going on. Start paying attention.

So far, the only real hint of something larger — a mass countermovement — has been the rallies led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But this too is a ineffective way to respond to Trump; those partisan rallies make this fight seem like a normal contest between Democrats and Republicans.

What is happening now is not normal politics. We’re seeing an assault on the fundamental institutions of our civic life, things we should all swear loyalty to — Democrat, independent or Republican.

That's the script. You still haven't learned anything from the election.

 

[M14 Shooter]

That's the script. You still haven't learned anything from the election.

Surely. they learned Democrats won't vote for a colored woman, and are unlikely to make that mistake again.

 

[IM2]

Any cult worth their salt will tell you, disown or refuse to talk to anyone who refuses to convert to their way of thinking

So, if you are to remain a DNC cultist, that is a wise position to have.

Now go celebrate a society that continues to allow boys to use the same bathroom little girls, or even better, a society that continues to allow those same boys to dominate girl sporting activities cuz apparently Hitler is not authoritarian enough to stop it himself.

Thanks for playing

That's MAGA. Now your one-sided argument, as if women don't transition into men, is why people look at you ignorant MAGATS the way they do. A combined 161 million voters oppose Trump and Trumpism. You are the cult.