Good piece. It’s always hard for me to listen to any state of the Union speech because it’s a circus and so much rhetoric so I appreciate your analysis.
Biden's SOTU speech evoked similar Republican response as any of Trump's pronouncements, or even off-the-cuff tweets. And the GOP Speaker of the House did not demonstratively rip up the text of the speech as Pelosi did: As brazen a sign of utter contempt as possible to imagine. So the Dems continue to divide us, which appears stupid since they are even eroding the built-in majority of voters. They are counting on one thing, and one thing only: They managed, with the active involvement of the major "influencers," --- from Hollywood to EdBiz, from Big Tech to Big Labor, from their allies in Paris to those in Beijing --- to besmirch not just Trump's persona (easy enough) but anyone who is not a never-Trumper which includes many Republicans and even independents who are able to evaluate the Trump years soberly and dispassionately.
Is this a "winning strategy" for 2024? God save us if it is.
How much should we "care about/depend on" the government? We could have created a K-12 reading list for children decades ago but which "leaders" ever suggested such a thing? So here we are wondering if white men's power games are going to start their long suffering WWIII.
I did not listen to either speech. Never do. Don't want to waste the CPU cycles analyzing the drivel.
I should update this a little but no need for basic changes. Economists still can't do algebra.
You hit the nail on the head with every bit of this! Perfectly articulated, thank you!
Good piece. It’s always hard for me to listen to any state of the Union speech because it’s a circus and so much rhetoric so I appreciate your analysis.
Of course, you realize that when disparate sides of White power find common ground, it’s usually in order to subjugate the Black and the Brown.
Biden's SOTU speech evoked similar Republican response as any of Trump's pronouncements, or even off-the-cuff tweets. And the GOP Speaker of the House did not demonstratively rip up the text of the speech as Pelosi did: As brazen a sign of utter contempt as possible to imagine. So the Dems continue to divide us, which appears stupid since they are even eroding the built-in majority of voters. They are counting on one thing, and one thing only: They managed, with the active involvement of the major "influencers," --- from Hollywood to EdBiz, from Big Tech to Big Labor, from their allies in Paris to those in Beijing --- to besmirch not just Trump's persona (easy enough) but anyone who is not a never-Trumper which includes many Republicans and even independents who are able to evaluate the Trump years soberly and dispassionately.
Is this a "winning strategy" for 2024? God save us if it is.
How much should we "care about/depend on" the government? We could have created a K-12 reading list for children decades ago but which "leaders" ever suggested such a thing? So here we are wondering if white men's power games are going to start their long suffering WWIII.
I did not listen to either speech. Never do. Don't want to waste the CPU cycles analyzing the drivel.
I should update this a little but no need for basic changes. Economists still can't do algebra.
http://blog.lostsoulscorp.com/articles/economic-wargames/
Economic Wargames Opinion: https://john-holton.livejournal.com/187356.html
https://www.spectacle.org/1199/wargame.html