Democratic Primaries

The whole 'while tenants live for free' line contains an unspoken assumption, that tenants are lesser people than landlords. People of many stations are going to need relief and assistance. But turning people out of their homes in time of plague is the sort of thing revolutions are made of, and ought to be made of. Rather than complaining about rent relief for people in financial difficulties owing to public health measures, perhaps landlords ought to band together and petition the government for some dedicated relief, a tax holiday, and income support through the crisis, and a pause in mortgage collections.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."