The USA, Russia and China are not our friends. The most successful countries on this planet are Canada and Finland and what they have in common is a need to get along with their power insane and raucous neighbour.
America does not work I doubt it can ever work but here in Quebec,Canada does work and works very well. Our most right wing and our most left wing provinces work well inside our 21st century constitution. There is no way that Texas, California, Oklahoma or New York could be granted the constitutional powers of Ontario, Quebec , Alberta and British Columbia that would see America survive.
America is about a constant struggle for power and the people always lose. The history Thomas Frank tells me is the same history I learned at school but the one thing Chicago teaches well is giving reasoned argument even if the premise belongs in another universe.
While Thomas Frank and my wife try to figure out how to fix America I must wonder about how to make America disappear without too much damage.
Leonard Cohen said it best in a line from Democracy.
The USA has biggest war budget in the world and is constantly selling weapons and invading countries or helping to install leaders that will obey. Im sick of the workdwide suffering this causes. Thomas Frank is a rare voice in a tower of war supporting babble.
Thomas Frank is an amusing but not necessarily even-handed or insightful author. He would hardly be the person I would to for insight into the USA. Just sayin'.
I live in Quebec, I live in a secular humanist liberal democracy. Our people and our democracy depend on trusting our government. Our corporations enjoy no human rights. Our laws care designed to protect our society.. Freedom is just another word.
We have press freedom. We enjoy peace order and good government.
Like Thomas Frank I knew Hyde Park and I knew a lot of Hyde Park liberals and I only listened to the ones that kept their mouths shut. You can't listen and talk at the same time. I kept quiet for 50 years. It is my time to talk.
The only thing keeping America together is a lust for power and what is keeping America apart is a lust for power. Democracy cannot work where power for power's sake is the first principle.
Last night my wife and I watched Thomas Frank 2017 lecture at the Kansas City Public library. My wife is also a Chicago grad and loves America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPYlE72OzZA
I am autistic but I am not crazy.
The USA, Russia and China are not our friends. The most successful countries on this planet are Canada and Finland and what they have in common is a need to get along with their power insane and raucous neighbour.
America does not work I doubt it can ever work but here in Quebec,Canada does work and works very well. Our most right wing and our most left wing provinces work well inside our 21st century constitution. There is no way that Texas, California, Oklahoma or New York could be granted the constitutional powers of Ontario, Quebec , Alberta and British Columbia that would see America survive.
America is about a constant struggle for power and the people always lose. The history Thomas Frank tells me is the same history I learned at school but the one thing Chicago teaches well is giving reasoned argument even if the premise belongs in another universe.
While Thomas Frank and my wife try to figure out how to fix America I must wonder about how to make America disappear without too much damage.
Leonard Cohen said it best in a line from Democracy.
"I love the country but I can't stand the scene"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDi2mJcByns
The USA has biggest war budget in the world and is constantly selling weapons and invading countries or helping to install leaders that will obey. Im sick of the workdwide suffering this causes. Thomas Frank is a rare voice in a tower of war supporting babble.
Thomas Frank is an amusing but not necessarily even-handed or insightful author. He would hardly be the person I would to for insight into the USA. Just sayin'.
I live in Quebec, I live in a secular humanist liberal democracy. Our people and our democracy depend on trusting our government. Our corporations enjoy no human rights. Our laws care designed to protect our society.. Freedom is just another word.
We have press freedom. We enjoy peace order and good government.
Like Thomas Frank I knew Hyde Park and I knew a lot of Hyde Park liberals and I only listened to the ones that kept their mouths shut. You can't listen and talk at the same time. I kept quiet for 50 years. It is my time to talk.
The only thing keeping America together is a lust for power and what is keeping America apart is a lust for power. Democracy cannot work where power for power's sake is the first principle.