Tag: Fascists

• Here’s Why Democracy Is Going To Win In America

  I’ll own it. I’m hopelessly optimistic; about some things; and America is one of them. Our outlook seems bleak right now. Hell, our outlook is bleak. That’s because the forces opposed to American democracy have put all their cards on the table. We are living through their Hail Mary, last ditch chuck toward the end…

  A L Katz

  December 29, 2023

  American Exceptionalism, Climate Change, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, False Patriotism, Fascism, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Russia, SCOTUS, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  1491, Conservatives, Democracy, Dobbs v Jackson, Fascists, Guns Germs & Steel, Hail Mary, Koch Brothers, Leonard Leo, Mitch McConnell, Newt Gingrich, Roe v Wade, SCOTUS

• The GOP Has Become America’s Worst Case Scenario

  Sometimes, we have to assure ourselves we’re awake and not dreaming. Yes, the Republican Party really is doing what it’s doing. It’s natural for partisans to always see the worst case scenario sitting on their opposition’s shoulder. If the other guy wins? Welcome to the worst case scenario. To conservatives, that’s socialism. So, all Democrats…

  A L Katz

  August 15, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Rule of Law

  Fascists, Gerrymandering, GOP, Magna Carta, Progressives, Republican Party, Retail Politics, Socialism, Voter Suppression, Worst Case Scenario

• How To Beat Tribalism? Be Even MORE “Tribal”

  Humans are tribal by nature; it’s a survival instinct. Since reproduction is one of our key “primal directives”, our genome has built into it behaviors that give our personal DNA every chance to create a next version of “us”. After our own precious ass, our family’s ass comes next in the pecking order. Then our…

  A L Katz

  April 18, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Coronavirus, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Music & Culture, Racism, Slavery

  America's Great Seal, E Pluribus Unum, Fascists, French Enlightenment, Jews Will Not Replace Us, Originalism, Out Of Many One, Tribalism, White Grievance, White Privilege, White Supremacy