Both Republicans and Democrats were happy with using the very same tools in the very same way these assholes now are using them, and even the supposed greatest Democrat president of the last 3 decades, Barack Obama, very specifically relied on changing the meaning of words (just like the Fascists do) by specifically redefining the meaning of “enemy combatant” to hide in the final tally the most immoral and unethical effects of his choices.
“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until recently … and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.”
― Gore Vidal
Sociopathic sleaze has been the way of the office of POTUS and cronies for a long time and in many things such as this, it’s not different Ethics and Morals that really distinguishes Democrats from Republicans
The western mass media venerates the holocaust of foreigners, particularly browner-skinned foreigners, on the grounds that they are savage and our bombs and bullets bring modernity. As Trump brings imperialism home to the industrial core, we’re going to see these same promises of modernity used to justify the demolition and decimation of the American interior.
“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until recently … and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.”
― Gore Vidal
The western mass media venerates the holocaust of foreigners, particularly browner-skinned foreigners, on the grounds that they are savage and our bombs and bullets bring modernity. As Trump brings imperialism home to the industrial core, we’re going to see these same promises of modernity used to justify the demolition and decimation of the American interior.