Another thought provoking Political Orphans post

[ESF]

There's a lot here to unpack, but as usual, worth a read. It actually is one of his more hopeful posts, and highlights some of the more subtle ways the resistance is working in ways that we haven't really talked about here. 


politicalorphans.com/gradually-then-suddenly/

[OscarQ]

Thanks for sharing. I haven't been following that blog lately and need to catch up.

The part about young people not identifying as R seems to be besides the point. If they identify as I and still vote for R's and conservatives who forward the same agenda it doesn't make much difference.

[carmenere]

Not a single one of the pastors in Trump’s “faith advisory council” has distanced themselves from the administration, but corporate CEO’s are putting their conscience on display. Three CEO’s resigned this week. This is an important watershed in our history. Corporate America is becoming our public conscience while religious authorities remain happily complicit. Social capitalism is emerging as a new political and economic force.

[WanderingWinoZ]

i just posted part of this (about social capital) in the other thread, but the whole post was interesting & a good perspective/summary of the insanity of the past week.

[aurora]

I just hope he is right about these other factors coming out on top. From where we're sitting now, it doesn't seem like a sure thing. At all.