A mashup that showcases two of my biggest intellectual interests
What can I say? I've always enjoyed learning about periods in history where a country experiences dangerous mass insanity (like Rwanda, or the Khymer Rouge) and I also love dystopian art, literature and other media. This video is just a perfect mash-up of those two interests.
So why did I post this? Well lets just say sometimes art can hold up a ( Read more... )
So why did I post this? Well lets just say sometimes art can hold up a ( Read more... )
Click to view
I think ultimately the reason I'm so disappointed with the right side of the aisle in North American politics is that there are some things on the traditional right side of the aisle that I agree with. Its just like you said the extremists have hijacked the party and are so far right that they're unrecognizable anymore to moderate Republicans or Red Tories, which is something I suspect I might be if it still existed as a credible presence in Canadian politics. What can I say? I agree with a properly run social safety net, individual freedom and liberty, reasonable taxes and fiscal prudence, a reasonably equipped military, science based policy, environmental protection, and capitalism that isn't so completely unfettered that its allowed to destroy the economy.
But since that seems to be practically Maoist in today's climate all I can say is go Bernie! He crushed it in today's primaries too. :-)
Oh, and did you see the bird that landed on his podium? If I believed in omens that would be a good one.
Reply
"But since that seems to be practically Maoist in today's climate..." Yep - and that is the crux of the problem, really. The right has shifted SO far right that Nixon and Reagan look like liberals.
Reply
Leave a comment