D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
Grandfather, father, cyclist, Methodist pastor, dabbler in theology, ethics, politics, economics and whatever else comes to mindl
Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, SMU
Philosophy
31%
Political science
27%
A Modest Proposal for Resistance:
For the foreseeable future, do not stand, say, or sing the pledge of allegiance or national anthem.
The MAGA crowd who attacked the capital on January 6 now rule America. To pledge allegiance to it is to pledge allegiance to them. There is no alternative.
For the foreseeable future, do not stand, say, or sing the pledge of allegiance or national anthem.
The MAGA crowd who attacked the capital on January 6 now rule America. To pledge allegiance to it is to pledge allegiance to them. There is no alternative.
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 24
How do you read comments on bluesky? All I get is my own possibility of replying.
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 23
lol. So true.
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Musk and Ramaswamy's anarcho-techno-capitalist fantasy in their DOGE plan:
AI meets austerity through executive actions with the help of SCOTUS
No one elected Musk and Ramaswamy to implement their anarcho-techno-capitalist fantasy, but they will try.
AI meets austerity through executive actions with the help of SCOTUS
No one elected Musk and Ramaswamy to implement their anarcho-techno-capitalist fantasy, but they will try.
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Nope. I’m in LA now visiting my son. Hope you are well
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Making random posts to see how bluesky works.
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 14
America:
Markets are self-regulating. The government has no power over them.
Why didn't the government fix the economy; eggs cost too much.
Markets are self-regulating. The government has no power over them.
Why didn't the government fix the economy; eggs cost too much.
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Trump's Competence:
Create a new bureaucracy "Government Efficiency" to eliminate bureaucarcies.
Maybe, just maybe, incompetence will save us.
Create a new bureaucracy "Government Efficiency" to eliminate bureaucarcies.
Maybe, just maybe, incompetence will save us.
D. Stephen Long
@dstephenlong.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Truth Telling in a Post-Truth World - General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
In recent years, truth has become a relative term. How can we recognize the truth when everyone does “what is right in their own eyes”? When we accept and expect lies, how is civil society possible? I...
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