#wheretofromhere — Public Fediverse posts

Two key declarations in the neoliberal surge of the eighties were made my Thatcher and Reagan

In '86 Reagan described the 9 most 'terrifying' words in the English language as "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"

I remember this being reported in Rolling Stone like it was some kind of counter-culture platitude, unworthy of serious analysis or consideration

In '87 Thatcher said "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families"

#neoliberalism #politicalEconomy #socialDemocracy #whereToFromHere

Cheery first post for the year

'had progressives not voted for Ralph Nader in Florida in 2000, Al Gore would have become president, and we never would have been lied into two illegal wars, given trillions in tax breaks to billionaires, or gotten John Roberts and Sam Alito on the Supreme Court...Had progressives in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin not voted for Jill Stein in 2016, Hillary Clinton would have become president and America would have been spared the trauma of 500,000 unnecessary Covid deaths; Barret, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch on the Court; another $5 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires; and the ongoing DOGE assault'

#usPol #historicalContext #democracy #whereToFromHere

https://hartmannreport.com/p/why-do-third-party-dreams-keep-turning-4d7