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Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

wE’rE a rEPuBLiC nOt A dEMoCRacY | Ed Burmila

by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 6, 2019 | • Politics, Democracy

wE’rE a rEPuBLiC nOt A dEMoCRacY | Ed Burmila The most impressive thing about the ubiquitous comment-section incantation “We’re a republic, not a democracy” is its versatility. Those six simple words fill the very different needs of several key...

Socialism vs. Corporate Socialism vs. Democratic Socialism

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 8, 2019 | • Politics, Democracy

What follows is the text of a FaceBook meme I see floating around from time to time attributed to DividedWeFall.com (DividedWeFall.online)… Socialism: The government owns most of the major industries. This is an extreme position that seems to fail. Corporate...

Republicans In Full Panic As Billionaire GOP Donor Brutally Trashes Trump – New Century Times

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 30, 2017 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump

Republicans In Full Panic As Billionaire GOP Donor Brutally Trashes Trump (DETAILS) Republicans In Full Panic As Billionaire GOP Donor Brutally Trashes Trump (DETAILS) Donald Trump has made enough of a mess of his presidency (and the United States) that the Republican...

Harvard Business School: The U.S. Political System Has Been ‘Hijacked’ – The Intellectualist

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 22, 2017 | • Politics, Capitalism, Democracy, Economics & The Economy, Education, Health Care, Income Inequality, Jobs

Harvard Business School: The U.S. Political System Has Been ‘Hijacked’ – The Intellectualist A new case study by Harvard Business School asserts that U.S. politicians have rigged the system to such a degree that the U.S. is becoming a failed...

Perhaps The Single Most Important Thing Progressives Need To See And Understand

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 23, 2017 | • Politics, Democracy, The Democrats

Seth’s Blog We may dream of the mass market, but the mass market doesn’t dream of us. Almost no one visits your restaurant, almost no one buys your bestselling book, almost no one watches the Tonight Show. Rare indeed is a market… Growth comes from...

The “Delicious Spectacle” of Donald Trump

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 19, 2017 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump

What can Plato teach us about Donald J. Trump? A lot says British-American author and blogger Andrew Sullivan. WATCH the first of our viewpoints – the “delicious spectacle” of Donald...

The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker | Motherboard

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 6, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump, Sociology

The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker Donald Trump’s rise to power was driven in part by an apocalyptic narrative according to which, in a phrase, you are in grave danger. This is consistent with many people’s intuitions...

It was the Democrats’ embrace of neoliberalism that won it for Trump | Naomi Klein | Opinion | The Guardian

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 6, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy

It was the Democrats’ embrace of neoliberalism that won it for Trump | Naomi Klein They will blame James Comey and the FBI. They will blame voter suppression and racism. They will blame Bernie or bust and misogyny. They will blame third parties and independent...

Evan McMullin tweetstorm on resisting the incoming regime

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 5, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy

Evan McMullin tweetstorm on resisting the incoming regime Some of you will recall Evan McMullin as one of the three major alternative candidates in the 2016 presidential election, after the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein....

Donald Trump’s on-the-record interview with the New York Times.

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 29, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump

Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country I urge everyone to take the time to read the entire transcript of Donald Trump’s on-the-record interview with the New York Times. It will make you cringe, grimace and maybe even cry. Some of it has...

How to Get Beyond Our Tribal Politics – WSJ

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, The 2016 Presidential Race

How to Get Beyond Our Tribal Politics News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump wins Tuesday, understanding the psychological causes of our...

wE’rE a rEPuBLiC nOt A dEMoCRacY | Ed Burmila

Socialism vs. Corporate Socialism vs. Democratic Socialism

Republicans In Full Panic As Billionaire GOP Donor Brutally Trashes Trump – New Century Times

Harvard Business School: The U.S. Political System Has Been ‘Hijacked’ – The Intellectualist

Perhaps The Single Most Important Thing Progressives Need To See And Understand

The “Delicious Spectacle” of Donald Trump

The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker | Motherboard

It was the Democrats’ embrace of neoliberalism that won it for Trump | Naomi Klein | Opinion | The Guardian

Evan McMullin tweetstorm on resisting the incoming regime

Donald Trump’s on-the-record interview with the New York Times.

How to Get Beyond Our Tribal Politics – WSJ

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