General Discussion

Often it is not very clear what the specific principles are - Science? Environmental issues? Women’s rights? Democracy? Regulatory oversight? Separation of church and state? Roe v Wade? Civil Rights? Checks on defense contracting and its role in war?

Or dare I say it? Immigration reform (boosting Vinod Khosla, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai or Priscilla Chan as model immigrants makes any visitor confused as to what there is to root for except a nonwhite asshole versus a white asshole. I am sorry if I see Elon Musk, Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen, Satya Nadella, Reid Hoffman, Mark Cuban, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai etc as on the same “team” and they will switch just as much and be “our billionaires” with some people in any democracy - our media here in India gushes about Ambani’s vulgar weddings. Same with small creepy guys like Vincent Palathingal- a Jan 6 Trumper who once opportunistically voted for Obama).

I never again want to even consider “purchasing” rights via the marketplace with a musical tacked on. And no more votebank politics. It is not that it is “divisive”. All other people’s worldviews always. Mob populism. Divisive is fine by me. Herding is not.

Not clear what there is here other than a general animosity to the “other team”, which without the context of EarlG and DU would just be some people yelling about some other people. That makes makes the average left lefty just give up.

By now it is pretty clear how context free yelling is working out. I am back on the kind of democratic left that I specifically belong in solo. With alliances of the old kind and no more constant belaboring of the obvious.
I am grouchily heading back to civilization not barbaric hells. My dead-eyed moron mask thankfully died and I stand exposed as a grounchy and cross curmudgeon. Oh well..
Bah.. all humbug. I even tried..something.
It didn’t take..hardest thing I ever did. And beyond pointless. “How would I think if I were a moron!!!” Turns out “I really don’t know!!!”

I will be nice the way I used to be.