NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLvAnd some utterly damning charts.1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English. pic.twitter.com/pOoziEK5mZ— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 31, 2023
Well, theoretically speaking it’s not inevitable because people still have not chosen sides and fascists aren’t out there feeding people. If the right people serve the underserved then any fascism or attempted fascism can be fought.
Now that’s where the doomer side of me comes in. I look and just cannot imagine a leftist movement in the US that’s strong enough.
Not by ourselves, FUCK no. The future of the people living in this cursed land depends on wether or not Americans can swallow their pride and accept help from outside. Our politicians rejecting the Belt and Road Initiative is exactly the problem I'm thinking of here. That attitude, the assumption that acting tough and doing it all ourselves will get us a medal or something... that'll kill us.
Well, theoretically speaking it’s not inevitable because people still have not chosen sides and fascists aren’t out there feeding people. If the right people serve the underserved then any fascism or attempted fascism can be fought.
Now that’s where the doomer side of me comes in. I look and just cannot imagine a leftist movement in the US that’s strong enough.
Not by ourselves, FUCK no. The future of the people living in this cursed land depends on wether or not Americans can swallow their pride and accept help from outside. Our politicians rejecting the Belt and Road Initiative is exactly the problem I'm thinking of here. That attitude, the assumption that acting tough and doing it all ourselves will get us a medal or something... that'll kill us.
Brainworms are too deep, we lack the capacity for change. We can’t even get fucking democrats to agree on a public option lol
"We" includes yourself. If you already gave up, of course it's not going to happen.