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Talking about big boats and the ultra-rich…
For many years I’ve been paying special attention to the utterings and “ideas” of ultra-rich people. That is, I’ve been struck by the social stupidity of people who’ve risen to the top of the Big Money pile. We’re supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Fascism, Government, political campaigns, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged "libertarians, Arizona Senate race, Blake Masters, Evan Osnos, gun violence, HuffPost, Kamala Harris, Mark Kelly, megayachts, Peter Thiel, Seasteading Institute, the Guardian, The New Yorker
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Contemplating Freud’s holy trinity
Elon Musk’s apparent amorality got me thinking, not for the first time, about morality. A convenient way of looking at morality is through Freud’s conceptual triad of id, ego and superego. So I pulled out both my Latin-English dictionary and … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged "libertarians, Adam Wyden, conscience, ego, Elon Musk, id, Nancy Bass Wyden, Ron Wyden, Sigmund Freud, superego, The Strand, transactional analysis
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Trump has only one campaign “tactic”: Projection
Projection. Many people — not only mental health professionals — have described this pathological instinct Trump displays virtually whenever he speaks. He accuses others of doing or being what he is, what’s stewing in the roiling swamp that is his … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, political campaigns, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "libertarians, American fascism, berderbt, bestechlich, dark money, Democracy in Chains, Jane Mayer, John Cassidy, Lugner, Nancy MacLean, New York Times, New Yorker, Putin, QAnon, Rick Reilly, Trump, Trump and golf, verdorben, white supremacists
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