One for MM.

Driftglass on Krugman's latest:

[...]

Because no tactical analysis of Conservatism will ever be be sufficient, and no strategy to dismantle its electoral and media machinery will ever work, until we all get it through our heads that Conservatism is not merely reactionary, but a full blown religious cult.

A cult with with a totalizing vision of reality that rejects science, causality, history, Christianity and democracy in favor of the pronouncements of its Leadership Caste.

A cult which believes with raging, messianic fervor that since all of America's problems were caused by the Original Sin of Big Gummint, the only way to restore their White Christian Nation to it's Righteous and pre-Fallen state (which they have only glimpsed every now and then in certain John Wayne movies) is to destroy the federal government and drive all of Jesusland's scheming, God-hating Liberals and parasitic minorities into the sea.

A cult of giddy fascism....wrapped in the American flag, carrying the bible, with a Toby Keith soundtrack.

A cult in harness to the loathsome agenda of evil men.

A cult which will stab itself in its collective belly over and over again on the orders of its Leadership Caste...just so it can spend another glorious day bitching about how Big Gummint Liberals are making their tummy hurt.

[...]

Colorful, but ...

Cheers,
Scott.

Maybe it seems a muchness, because such a concentration of pithy always does? and many (here) have evinced such thoughts, sometimes as pithily.
But not assembled into this fine needlepoint-with-beads and pearls, eh?

Is this decade+5 unprecedented? I mean: this cult possesses the Means/$$$, Method/money-power and Opportunity to methodically Finish deconstructing
..most every single 'Reason' that most (I wot..) ever thought: made it at all worth living here.

Conclusion then: Got cults? Usually you establish a network of Half-way Houses to reprogram the victims.
Won't work when they're a Gerrymandered majority of those who bother to vote. So we're doomed.

"Half the world's wealth is controlled by One Percent" Brief enough to carve in stone?
(Leaving off the "cha cha cha", of course. Stonecutters aren't cheap.)

Post #398,261 by Another Scott 1/19/15 6:33:09 PM Reply	One for MM. Driftglass on Krugman's latest: [...] Because no tactical analysis of Conservatism will ever be be sufficient, and no strategy to dismantle its electoral and media machinery will ever work, until we all get it through our heads that Conservatism is not merely reactionary, but a full blown religious cult. A cult with with a totalizing vision of reality that rejects science, causality, history, Christianity and democracy in favor of the pronouncements of its Leadership Caste. A cult which believes with raging, messianic fervor that since all of America's problems were caused by the Original Sin of Big Gummint, the only way to restore their White Christian Nation to it's Righteous and pre-Fallen state (which they have only glimpsed every now and then in certain John Wayne movies) is to destroy the federal government and drive all of Jesusland's scheming, God-hating Liberals and parasitic minorities into the sea. A cult of giddy fascism....wrapped in the American flag, carrying the bible, with a Toby Keith soundtrack. A cult in harness to the loathsome agenda of evil men. A cult which will stab itself in its collective belly over and over again on the orders of its Leadership Caste...just so it can spend another glorious day bitching about how Big Gummint Liberals are making their tummy hurt. [...] Colorful, but ... Cheers, Scott.
Post #398,269 by mmoffitt 1/19/15 9:08:18 PM Reply	:-)
Post #398,271 by Ashton 1/19/15 9:28:00 PM 1/19/15 9:34:23 PM Reply	Had dibs on Reactionary all along.. it Fits. Meeja: no guts; it's Murican. Maybe it seems a muchness, because such a concentration of pithy always does? and many (here) have evinced such thoughts, sometimes as pithily. But not assembled into this fine needlepoint-with-beads and pearls, eh? Is this decade+5 unprecedented? I mean: this cult possesses the Means/$$$, Method/money-power and Opportunity to methodically Finish deconstructing ..most every single 'Reason' that most (I wot..) ever thought: made it at all worth living here. Conclusion then: Got cults? Usually you establish a network of Half-way Houses to reprogram the victims. Won't work when they're a Gerrymandered majority of those who bother to vote. So we're doomed. "Half the world's wealth is controlled by One Percent" Brief enough to carve in stone? (Leaving off the "cha cha cha", of course. Stonecutters aren't cheap.) Cheer Up! things could be worse.. So I cheered up and, sure enough ... Edited by Ashton Jan. 19, 2015, 09:34:23 PM EST Expand All History

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