It’s a brilliant film. And all the issues of the 60s were played out really well, particularly the choice between absolute personal freedom, and commitment to others, which was exemplified by the choices that Leonardo DiCaprio made to raise his daughter, and lovers choice to remain personally free

Nice to see an old pal show up on my phone!

And given the full political spectrum of parliaments from communism through Green Party, all the way to fascism, they’ve done a much better job of serving their populations with strong unions, free higher education, clean safe mass transit, better education and less homelessness.

The addiction to money is ubiquitous, and we have failed to protect our political system from its corrosive power. But the parliamentary systems of our western European allies and Scandinavian allies do a much better job. Most of government funding of elections. Most refused corporate donations.

Yes, it is, and who, in our Congress has ever stood up and fought for full federal funding of elections, or universal voting, or mandatory voting, which would weaken the power of big money. Who has put forward legislation that would set standards for the behavior of Supreme Court justices.

You can blame John Roberts for a whole lot of stuff starting with Shelby V holder where he let the southern states off the hook and allow them to change voting laws without getting clearance from the government.

It’s funny that they didn’t even have the courage to say it was them that felt inferior. I wonder when uneducated became a social plus and ignorance became a sign of class identity. It’s bullshit.

TItle is: Some ‘Things" etc. Is there no edit function on Bluesky? Help?

This is just the beginning. See my post on BlueSky and Substack about the plan to privatize 290 million acres of public land, with no public input, environmental reviews or regards for the needs of animals and plants.

What are we watching, Chris?

Clinton deregulation allowing multiple ownerships that condensed media corporations from around 50 to 3, insuring one, national corporate voice. EVERY SINGLE COMPROMISE WE MAKE IS WITH MONEY. It never compromises with us. The supreme court has INSURED that this remain the case. We need better law.

We need to reclaim the Fairness Doctrine which protected our public airwaves from one-sided propaganda, and arrange a budget for PBS that is outside the control (and threat) of Congress. The Brits put a tax on the sale of radios and TV for the BBC. We need to break up media monopolies, undo the

That is where we need to be. we need to consider fighting for a Parliament—a much more democratic form. Full funding for elections. Banniing corporate donations (since their mandate is only to look after their shareholders.) Time to color outside the lines. We need to think farther afield.