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Are You OK with Your Country Going Fascist?
Are You OK with Your Country Going Fascist? by Lawrence S. Wittner 487 words Recently, many opinion polls indicate that Donald Trump?a convicted criminal, a pathological liar, and the latest in a long string of rightwing demagogues?is likelier than not to be elected President of the United States. I was born and raised during World
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Going Up the Fool’s Gold Escalator
Going Up the Fool’s Gold Escalator by Tom H. Hastings 622 words Labeling From his opening remarks in 2016, straight through to this week, Donald Trump labels others, whether they are immigrants from Mexico, political opponents, or entire nations. He calls them many pejorative names–rapists, animals, vermin–designed to set them apart as less than human. Stereotyping
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Democrat’s Democracy vs. Republican’s Republic
Democrat’s Democracy vs. Republican’s Republic by Bob Topper 1024 words America is both a democracy and a republic. Citizens hold supreme power, and so America is a republic. At the same time, it is obviously a representative democracy. MAGA Republicans, however, like to say America is not a democracy, but a republic, which is ironic