You aren’t wrong, Rude. But it’s a feature of all people, not just Statesians. If there isn’t something to unite them (usually a symbol, a cause, an enemy, whatever) they can’t get anything done. And the entire world (specifically Russia, China, India, the EU, and the Murdochs so technically the British Commonwealth) have been working in intelligence and propaganda to drive deep, practicably insurmountable divisions in the US populace. Like what the fuck was all that tan suit bullshit other than retrenching racism? Shit like that.
i get kind of fed up with the whole “burn down the entire government” bullshit that comes out because the current government is using structures with the potential to do a lot of good to do a lot of harm. like the us army corp of engineers can and has been used as a rapid response unit for natural disasters like floods and fires. put up a usable (not great or terribly long term, but usable) bridge and road in an afternoon to evacuate a stranded community. shit like that what never gets advertised or in the press, but when pops was in the army, that’s what he did. if we’re going to decimate the gubmint, prune out the bad shit but leave the good, right? keep the grant programs what give money to the soup kitchens at least.
You aren’t wrong, Rude. But it’s a feature of all people, not just Statesians. If there isn’t something to unite them (usually a symbol, a cause, an enemy, whatever) they can’t get anything done. And the entire world (specifically Russia, China, India, the EU, and the Murdochs so technically the British Commonwealth) have been working in intelligence and propaganda to drive deep, practicably insurmountable divisions in the US populace. Like what the fuck was all that tan suit bullshit other than retrenching racism? Shit like that.
i get kind of fed up with the whole “burn down the entire government” bullshit that comes out because the current government is using structures with the potential to do a lot of good to do a lot of harm. like the us army corp of engineers can and has been used as a rapid response unit for natural disasters like floods and fires. put up a usable (not great or terribly long term, but usable) bridge and road in an afternoon to evacuate a stranded community. shit like that what never gets advertised or in the press, but when pops was in the army, that’s what he did. if we’re going to decimate the gubmint, prune out the bad shit but leave the good, right? keep the grant programs what give money to the soup kitchens at least.