the fantasy of justice
I remember having similar fantasies during the W. Bush administration. "Surely, when Democrats get into power these egregious war criminals will face justice in the courts!"
Being a lesser evil voter in this country is probably the logical choice, but it is also signing up for a lifetime supply of "fell for it again" awards.
Your comparison to the brownshirts is correct- most rank and file brownshirts were never prosecuted.
I read the interview you posted, and they talk about strains in depth. The interview does not assert that "strains don't mean anything", in fact it strongly implies the opposite.
I think the more accurate and enlightening quote would be this:
Dr. Russo: There are biochemically distinct strains of Cannabis, but the sativa/indica distinction as commonly applied in the lay literature is total nonsense and an exercise in futility.
Anyone suggesting that the US is too sexist to elect a woman president has to explain the election of Claudia Sheinbaum.
By every metric I can find, Mexico is more misogynistic than the US. You can look at crime statistics on domestic violence, rape, murder; or opinion surveys showing men's negative attitude toward women -- all the stats coming out of Mexico are worse.
Yet somehow, Mexico overwhelmingly elected a woman (a Jewish woman in an 85% Christian population, too).
My hypothesis is that policy matters much more than the gender of a candidate. Kamala had absolutely pathetic policy proposals, supporting the status quo of corporate economic domination and a foreign policy soaked in innocent blood. but maybe I'm biased.
That's old school thinking. They will smear the progressive movement no matter what Katie does. They call Nancy Pelosi a communist. Wolf has been cried too many times, now those types of attacks are no longer effective.
still better than Bruce
Would the GOP be extremely progressive in Iran?
I would suspect if the GOP was in Iran they would want to dismantle much of the State Welfare Organization which provides universal health insurance, including mental health and addiction treatment.
And even if we focus on Iran's horrific, regressive LGBT policies, are you so confident that the majority of the GOP disagrees? The current Overton window does not allow Republicans to openly propose making gay marriage or being trans illegal, but it's safe to say that's what many of them want. It's practically written in Project 2025.
And on foreign policy, the GOP would never stand for Iran's cautious de-escalatory approach. When Israel attacks, the GOP would be braying for bloody revenge.
I don't claim to be an Iran expert, but I feel like the GOP would be center right.
honest company
You have better odds finding Sasquatch and a unicorn than you do finding an honest publically traded company.
None of that washes the blood off of the hands of Democrats.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.
What "argument" are you referring to?
I agree that Republicans are the worse of two evils, by far.
I was just pointing out that Democrats are not a benign sandwich, they are violent conservatives. Just less violent and less conservative than the alternative.
What do we do if we continue to vote for the lesser evil for decades, but the sociopolitical window keeps moving further from the ideal, and our options keep getting worse?
Your hypothesis seems much weaker when we consider that Epstein was incarcerated for 13 months for his first conviction in 2008.