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[SupportSanity]

1. K&R

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. And Poilievre. He says "Axe the Tax" to middle class (who get more back) but he's always been a politician

(Canada)

He's never had a real job but he pretends he is one of the working middle class. He went from university straight into CONservative politics.

His favourite slogan is "Axe the Tax", referring to the carbon pricing placed on fossil fuels. The middle class gets more back from the rebates on the pricing than they pay.

[orwell]

6. The hidden tax...

...that he conveniently ignores, is the externality of climate collapse.

The bill is coming due, but clowns like this urge us to ignore it.

Gaia always balances the books...

[orwell]

3. The Corporations are the Axe...

...and we of the 99% are the trees.

We have given our power to the corporations for the illusion of creature comforts. But when you give a "God" your power you no longer control your own destiny.

The "God" convinces you of his omnipotence. He will supply your every need.

You don't know how your water arrives, how your power is generated, how your words leap from a keyboard to DU or Twitter or Facebook. That is all the purview of the "God".

Obey him and your needs will be met. Disobey and your life is over.

But all of these things are delivered by people, not Gods. When we remember that our lives are deeply intertwined and that our power lies in the fact that we are the forest, the axe wielded by our imaginary "God" loses it's power.

It's as if the Axe never existed at all...

[BattleRow]

5. Utmost eloquence.

[BattleRow]

4. Revolutions are fought by those whose ribs

are easily counted.

[JT99]

7. I have never heard this before

Not sure I understand it. Where does it come from?

[BattleRow]

8. I read this many years ago .It was

relating to the French Revolution.

I've tried my damndest to find who exactly provided this ,but cannot locate it.

Suffice it to say,it was someone way smarter than me ..and a lot older..

[lastlib]

9. IDK the origin, but it's basically saying....

...that hungry people revolt.

[BattleRow]

11. Yes, reality comes into focus

when bread and circuses cease.

Cue Project 2025

[markodochartaigh]

14. The whole quote from Juvenal is apropos today:

Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.

[druidity33]

16. Thank you...

not sure i'd read that whole quote. Or if i did it was LONG ago. It IS relevant!

[surfered]

10. Southern proverb;

Q: How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, Trump just tells them he did and they sit in the dark and applaud.

[BattleRow]

12. There are none so blind as those who

WILL not see...

[DENVERPOPS]

17. Or

The hardest time to learn anything, is when you think you know it all............

[BattleRow]

18. And be the one doing all the talking

I never learned anything new when I was doing all the talking..

[BattleRow]

19. Trying to not double talk and remove post

[iluvtennis]

13. LIke this proverb. Thanks for posting. n/t

[BaronChocula]

15. White wood in this case

But seriously...
(I'll say again) It's the White Man's Pass. The republican party is very white and very male, much more so than the Democratic Party. White men have always received the more credit, passes, and reverence in America whether or not it's been deserved. White male Democrats do not get the same White Man's Pass as republicans due to their affiliation with a less white, less male party.

For a convicted felon adjudicated for rape who suggests taking highly toxic chemicals for COVID and an all out liar (everyone wanted Roe v Wade overturned) to be competitive in a presidential race can only be America's doling out of the White Man's Pass, yet again.