02-14-2022, 06:08 AM
(02-13-2022, 10:14 AM)David Horn Wrote:(02-12-2022, 02:31 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: That the worst President in American history got three picks on the US Supreme Court will be one of the most tragic oddities in American history. We are stuck with three "Justices" who firmly believe that no human suffering can ever be excessive in the name of all-holy Profit and Class Privilege.
The best-guess analysis of how long the impact of Trump's three picks will be is 30 years -- assuming a continuous changing of the guard in our elected branches. As the elder members leave, they will typically be replaced by likeminded Presidents. Turnover will require luck or a long succession of Democrats as POTUS. In other words, demographics will have to play exactly as expected -- and that will still be long haul.
I don't see how that can be tolerable.
Alito and Thomas are old. Kavanaugh is a heavy drinker, and that ages one's body fast.
As I see it the big right-wing donors of dark money want the Biden Presidency to fail, and they will stop at nothing to achieve such failure. I see nothing to contradict my bleak depiction of their ethical position that Humanity exists solely for their gain, and that the rest of us are obliged to accept the pain that they inflict as a great benefice.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.