Sam B. (he/him)
@sbarbour.bsky.social
Community college econ instructor; music nerd
I saw the original once in the late 90's at the Rockwell Museum in western Massachusetts. I remember it really stood out (in part because of its sheer size), but it's an astonishing work.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I saw the original once in the late 90's at the Rockwell Museum in western Massachusetts. I remember it really stood out (in part because of its sheer size), but it's an astonishing work.
The raspberry at the end of that song always gives me a laugh.
September 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The raspberry at the end of that song always gives me a laugh.
The New Deal Order ends with a whimper, Social Security, Medicare, the NLRB, all paved over to make way for shareholders.
Interaction w government will require access through the internet, and access to services will slowly diminish - made into a labyrinth of algorithms and AI chatbots.
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Interaction w government will require access through the internet, and access to services will slowly diminish - made into a labyrinth of algorithms and AI chatbots.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The New Deal Order ends with a whimper, Social Security, Medicare, the NLRB, all paved over to make way for shareholders.
Interaction w government will require access through the internet, and access to services will slowly diminish - made into a labyrinth of algorithms and AI chatbots.
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Interaction w government will require access through the internet, and access to services will slowly diminish - made into a labyrinth of algorithms and AI chatbots.
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Where I see this going is towards austerity. Trump comes along and creates chaos, and then a desperate, terrified populace willingly goes along with the demolition of public goods - "yes, please, Hoover was right all along, just call off the goon squads!"
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September 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Where I see this going is towards austerity. Trump comes along and creates chaos, and then a desperate, terrified populace willingly goes along with the demolition of public goods - "yes, please, Hoover was right all along, just call off the goon squads!"
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The Trump administration is, in many ways, just the continuation of a theme of slowly accumulated power into private hands in the US - he has cloaked himself in populism to amass power in the same way the Bush first administration did - but I think claims of the end of liberalism are premature.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Trump administration is, in many ways, just the continuation of a theme of slowly accumulated power into private hands in the US - he has cloaked himself in populism to amass power in the same way the Bush first administration did - but I think claims of the end of liberalism are premature.
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Rahm makes a perfect candidate for 2028: he reestablishes elite liberal rule by running austerity policy and putting progressives in their place while dialing back the worst excesses of the Trump administration (which, by then, will be pretty fucking bad).
I mean, I won't vote for him either...
I mean, I won't vote for him either...
July 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Rahm makes a perfect candidate for 2028: he reestablishes elite liberal rule by running austerity policy and putting progressives in their place while dialing back the worst excesses of the Trump administration (which, by then, will be pretty fucking bad).
I mean, I won't vote for him either...
I mean, I won't vote for him either...
No, MAGA wants a return to pre-1929, when California farm labor was easily exploitable non-citizens. When the Okies got out there it was a problem - white people are sympathetic characters in a way foreigners are not.
July 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
No, MAGA wants a return to pre-1929, when California farm labor was easily exploitable non-citizens. When the Okies got out there it was a problem - white people are sympathetic characters in a way foreigners are not.