It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
If you have $5 or $10 to spare, send it Jules’ way. She needs food and medication while she’s battling cancer and applying for jobs. AI has completely decimated the industry she’s worked in, and has made getting a job, and job in any industry, a nightmare in Australia.
If you have $5 or $10 to spare, send it Jules’ way. She needs food and medication while she’s battling cancer and applying for jobs. AI has completely decimated the industry she’s worked in, and has made getting a job, and job in any industry, a nightmare in Australia.
I’m quoting this because it is a very fair point for which I have an answer: The first thing is to recognize that in a democracy there is no such thing as “ the majority.” Instead, there are many and multiple overlapping majorities that can be assembled from different parts of the whole.
Most of the criticisms are fairly weak, but he does make the valid point that Americans are not as progressive as we wish they were. How do we achieve these goals when the majority of people are so ignorant and wrong about everything that they voted for Trump?
August 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m quoting this because it is a very fair point for which I have an answer: The first thing is to recognize that in a democracy there is no such thing as “ the majority.” Instead, there are many and multiple overlapping majorities that can be assembled from different parts of the whole.
A notable cultural shift over the last 40 years is that DJs used to have names like DJ Funky Paul and now DJs all have names like DJ Adult Circumcision
September 21, 2023 at 10:24 AM
A notable cultural shift over the last 40 years is that DJs used to have names like DJ Funky Paul and now DJs all have names like DJ Adult Circumcision