It just dawned on me anti-democracy fascist and Neo-Confederate Rep. Johnson's suggestion Lord Dampnut's regime is "having the grownups in charge" is likely based on the conservative, right wing egoistic notion that concerns about ethics, morals, laws are childish nonsense, "empty virtue signaling."

Why do so many Americans seem to reflexively gravitate to the complacent line that even wealthy, establishment elite conservative, Republican politicians are "too cowardly" to oppose Lord Dampnut rather than that they're simply evil and want to use Lord Dampnute to further their fascist ends.

I wonder if one response to gerrymandering might be to encourage people to move about more to defeat the gerrymandering schemes? Probably difficult for many to do, but for others, renters perhaps, choose a district and coordinate moving there with others? Impractical?

People talking about inflation as though it were politically significant: do people not understand it's only meant to be significant if conservative, Republican rhetoricians tell voters it's significant? And that can only happens when Dems are in power? It's comical. What next? Mental decline?

Fun short string on the sorts of issues one will want to get into if one wants to discuss national debt in an economically serious way, as opposed to the ignorant rhetorical / political game one associates with people saying things like "I'm a fiscal conservative" or "I'm concerned about the debt!"

I like the blinkered thinking in which US voters who currently want conservative, right wing, authoritarian, plutocratic, establishment elite fascism, oppose welfare state goals, Democrat Programs, will tomorrow prefer a liberal FDR type who pursues social welfare goals, does Democrat Programs.

Funny. Does egotistical, hubristic, establishment elite grifter and entertainer, Lord Dampnut, consider himself high or even normal IQ? I've noticed he has a tendency to comment, frequently, on those he professes to think low IQ, generally women or those racists would classify as "black." Odd.

I saw a story of some teens in the UK going to prison for luring a man to a beach to kill him thinking he was a "pedophile." It's the sort of thing that leads me to suggest people direct their ire to those who commit child sex abuse or assault, not to random people they suspect may be pedophiles.

In a surprising move, egoistic fascist Lord Dampnut apparently declared King Charles the "greatest king in my book," apparently over even his own virtual kingship here in the USA, although maybe he meant merely actual, legal king, so ... you know ... fascist Leader beats greatest king ...

I'll buy into the meme of "the Pope and King Charles" when Lord Dampnut declares King Charles doesn't really understand the role of the British Monarchy and has Rep. Johnson of Louisiana explain it to him.

BBC suggests the British Monarchy has gotten its "Mojo" back and that most, or was it meant to be everyone, including critics, were delighted by the kings cozy, congenial, smiling visit with his US counterpart: fascist Leader / crime boss / conservative, Republican president Lord Dampnut. Nice.

Did you see fascist Leader / crime boss / conservative, Republican president Lord Dampnut crowing, "I had James Comey arrested," noting "That's the kind of power you have when you're President (sic)," saying others who criticize him ("takes shots at him"), calling out Mr. Kimmel, should take note.

Funny. Did you see ignorant, anti-democracy conservative, Republican fascist and Neo-Confederate Rep. Johnson (aka Republican Moses) from the deep south Magatonian / New Confederacy province of Louisiana characterizing Lord Dampnut's fascist / gangster regime as having "the grownups in charge."

I read some fans of the British monarchy lauding what they cast as an arch, subtle, passive-aggressive subtext to King Charles's fawning appearance at the court of fascist Leader / crime boss / conservative, Republican president Lord Dampnut, noting many Americans would miss it. How British is that?

I'm seeing a lot of commentary on our conservative, right wing, Republican Supreme Court facilitating gerrymandering on the basis of "race," but I suppose everyone must know concerns over the "race" of Democratic voters plays a major role in conservative, Republican antipathy to democracy, right?

Speaking of posters with a fondness for straight talking, you should read Ms. Clymer's thread on what she sees as the basis of conservative, Republican voters' adulation of fatuous, egoistic, hubristic blowhard Lord Dampnut. This post gives an indication, but worth reading her whole argument.

I just realized anti-democracy, anti-American, fascist Leader / crime boss / conservative, Republican president Lord Dampnut's glowering image is being smeared across US passports ostensibly to commemorate 250 years of the USA. So how the dream began and how it ended, before and after, then and now?

What I don't like about the "we don't have a democracy crowd" as with respect to legal gerrymandering is that it's simplistic and harmful. 1) We clearly have some democracy. It was hard to get, worth fighting to keep. 2) Fascists want people to think we don't have a democracy now so not a big deal.

Remember how we used to laugh at the silly antics of foreign authoritarian despots? Did you catch puerile Lord Dampnut's aka General Bonespur's recent AI depiction of himself in suit and sunglasses, holding an assault rifle, with Iran in the background going up in explosions? "No more Mr. Nice Guy!"

Looks like our corrupt conservative, right wing, Republican Supreme Court has given partisan gerrymandering the legal thumbs up, declaring it consistent with the US Constitution and thus our rather wonky iteration of democracy. So let's not have any more handwringing about it. It's game on.

Speaking of economic theory, it occurs to me the concept of "Pareto Optimality" that defines "economic efficiency" is the only proposition in interpersonal ethics, only equity issue, treated as endogenous to neoclassical welfare economics. Weird, isn't it? Let's discuss. (16) #EconSky #ethics

My plea to those not living in the USA. Take a care about plutocratic, anti-democracy American Conservatism, as represented in the US by the Republican Party, and its poisonous ideology bad economics in the conservative style. Also, beware the American Cancer, racism, and the forces of bad religion.

Interesting commentary on the conservative, Republican fascist concept of "Total Politics" apparently adopted by our corrupt, conservative, Republican Supreme Court that anything that can be related to partisan politics is legal, so gerrymandering, and one supposes corruption, terrorism, lies, etc.

How about fascist Leader / crime boss / conservative, Republican president Lord Dampnut putting his image on US passports? He just can can't get enough of himself, can he? Truly an (egoistic) love affair for the ages: Lord Dampnut and himself. He should marry himself.

Apparently, after King Charles appeared at one of fascist Leader / crime boss / conservative, Republican president Lord Dampnut's events, Lord Dampnut declared the bond between (at least the establishment elites of) the USA and the UK a "friendship unlike any other on Earth." How special is that?

BBC reports King Charles is "expected to" deliver a speech seeking "reconciliation and renewal" with anti-democracy fascist / gangster Lord Dampnut and his Republican Party. So sounds he's just there as a sort of marketing gimmick, a bit of political theater, to help US conservatives, Republicans.

I suppose it must be the egalitarian nature of intellectual life, philosophy, science, literature, etc., such that anyone can take up an interest and learn or study something, that so annoys economically powerful, plutocratic, hubristic, egotistical, establishment elite conservatives, Republicans.

I read fascist Leader Lord Dampnut has blocked an intelligence report warning of rising terrorist threat in the US linked to the Iran War because he thought it might make him look bad, and it made me think how while the Nazis talked about "total war" US fascists are currently about "total politics."

The British monarchy and nobility seem to command great respect in the USA. I did a post criticizing their king for visiting fascist Leader Lord Dampnut and some posters leapt to the king's defense as though he were an old friend of the family. Remarkable. Fine. Let's see how it goes, shall we?

I keep hearing what I suppose rather premature calls for violent revolution in the USA. Conservative, Republican fascist false-flag agents provocateurs, I assume. But then some in the US do seem unusually attracted to simplistic utopian thinking and have great faith in guns and violence, so ...

Are some US citizens starting to re-discover one of the primary arguments for democracy, which is that it channels what might otherwise be violent conflict into more-or-less sensible debate, words, voting, that sort of thing? It's not all about whether it gives you what you want when you want it?

Funny it took me so long to realize it but in many ways what people know as Magatonia could just as well be called the New Confederacy. Same southern-based conservatives pushing the same anti-democracy, anti-US Constitution line based on racism, love for the establishment elite, and bad religion.

I read that conservatives, Republicans, who routinely declared their political opponents radicals, extremists, lunatics, demonic are now seeking to consolidate their power by asking their opponents to "tone it down?" Stop calling them out as anti-democracy fascists / gangsters? That's funny.

Did you see doughy anti-democracy conservative, Republican fascist and Neo-Confederate Sen. Graham of the southern Magatonian province of South Carolina, formerly of the CSA, saying the sooner we build Lord Dampnut's Epstein-Trump Golden Ballroom, the "better for the nation." Fascist "socialism?"

The King of Great Britain, the UK, wherever, visiting fascist Leader / crime boss / conservative, Republican US president Lord Dampnut, should help eliminate whatever luster remains of the old British nobility in the eyes of wealth and celebrity besotted Americans. Establishment elite much?

To all the blue dots and specks in the poisonous sea of red Magatonia that have responded to my posts, I salute you. Can't be easy. Many weaker folk would crumble to local convention. I see you and respect you. You're the best of rural and small town USA, the best of southern and central USA.

Funny. I was lured into a short chat about how the American Revolution was like conservative, right wing, Republican anti-democratic fascism, as both were against inadequate democracy. Before blocking I looked at profile, "Anyone who makes excuses for ... the Democratic Party ... will be blocked!"

The results of my entirely unintentional poll are in. Based on volume of responses if not enthusiasm, most on this platform who read the post in question prefer to suppose conservative, Republican voters are merely incompetent, clueless, ignorant, stupid as opposed to cleverly, willfully, evil.

Conservative, Republican men who took time travel and ended up on the Titanic, on the way to the lifeboats, "Out of my way, ladies, kids! Very important person coming through!"

As others have pointed out, it's funny how the tone changes when conservative, Republican fascists are personally affected. Where are all the statements about how shootings are the price we pay for freedom, we need to get over it, it's not the right time to talk about it, and so on? Only if kids?

Wait. "Several rounds" were fired at Lord Dampnut's event yet Lord Dampnut's ear remained unscathed? What are we meant to suppose the perp was shooting at? Remarkable.

Shots fired at Lord Dampnut's event? One assumes as someone leaked his planned Reaganesque hissy fit they went to plan B, another fake assassination attempt, to blow off his other ear, so he could do another "fight, fight, fight" photo op? Comical. Fascists do like to put on a show, don't they?

I suppose the answer to why so many US citizens vote for something then, when they get what they wanted, profess to hate it and blame "The System" for the results, is they really have no idea what they're voting for. They understand the mechanics of voting, but not the thought process involved.

I suspect the force field around conservatism, Republicanism in the USA is so strong it can actually bend space. I thought someone shot an arrow at it, but at the last moment ... "We need to open our eyes and learn hard truths, never vote for ... anyone over 60." So near, yet so far away.

New line in conservative, right wing, Republican trollery: "Democrats who say people should vote for the best available alternative, even if one supposes it less than ideal, just want the Democratic Party to be in control and are thus just as bad as Republican anti-democracy fascists / gangsters."

On fascist Leader Lord Dampnut comparing his Iran War to WW2, casting himself as the new Mr. Hitler, ending opposition, unifying the nation. Does he notice any difference between the swooning throngs of idiots who got behind Mr. Hitler and his own rather pathetic followers? Is he that delusional?

Someone said fascist Leader / conservative, Republican president Lord Dampnut has been comparing his Iran War to WW2. He actually thought all he needed was a war, any war, to get everyone to rally behind him? He really does think he's not only the new Jesus but the new Mr. Hitler, as well.

Old-time market utopian conservative / "neoliberal" critics of the GOP from the 1980s or 1990s. "The system is rigged!" What people today hear. "We need a political system in which no can can 'rig' the utopian economic system of the free market; we need anti-democracy conservative fascism, the GOP."

Funny things conservatives say. "Nominally communist China and Vietnam are fine now because both anti-democracy authoritarian regimes are really more fascist than communist, they're all about economic power, rich people, business, corporations, property, markets, oligarchs, that sort of thing."

Some top areas of fascist trollery: anti-"white supremacy" racism racists trying to foment conflict between those of different ancestries, heritages, cultures; anti-liberal "leftists;" anti-cis "trans activists"; "feminist" anti-male bigots; secular fake "religious"; conservative fake "anarchists."