How and when did Tennessee become worse than Texas and Florida? That’s the home of genuine living saint Dolly Parton, isn’t it? Every time I think I can’t become more disgusted by the U.S. I see a story like this. The ongoing gleeful predation and harm of vulnerable people, both domestic and foreign, is beyond the pale. Peaceful options have failed, and all that is left is descent to unimaginable levels of suffering and depravity and, eventually, violence. And all this at a time where the planet is literally dying and we should be doing everything in our power as a species to claw it back. It’s hard not to feel hopeless.
We’ve been considering moving back to B.C. but the way things are going I think that would only buy us a little time. This problem with fascism, capitalism, and general inhumanity is a global problem and there is no escape.
Sorry folks, I usually try to be more hopeful and solution-oriented, but this hit hard today.
Race to the bottom. Every week I hear another reason why Texas, or Tennessee, or Florida, or Oklahoma, or Missouri are the worst fucking state in existence. I feel like they’re all trying to one-up each other right now and couldn’t give two shits about their citizens.
How and when did Tennessee become worse than Texas and Florida?
When Haslam retired. Which he did because he saw the writing on the wall that there was no longer a place for him.
Haslam wasn’t good, but as a corporate lackey, he just wanted to keep the machine running, he wasn’t ideologically committed to all the christofascist culture war bullshit, and would push back on it when it would rock the boat too much. For a few years, he held back the rising tide of fascism and the state was less bad than most of its neighbors. But as soon as he left, there was a massive wave of legislation making up for lost time. The people running things now are fascist idiots, whether ideologues or opportunists, unrestrained by conscience or reason. If Fox News runs a story about something, there will be legislation about it within a week.
How did things get this bad? Because the corporate lackies created the material conditions for it. They were happy to work with and spur on the christofascists because it gets them voting Republican. And now they’ve created a beast they can no longer control or restrain.
How and when did Tennessee become worse than Texas and Florida? That’s the home of genuine living saint Dolly Parton, isn’t it? Every time I think I can’t become more disgusted by the U.S. I see a story like this. The ongoing gleeful predation and harm of vulnerable people, both domestic and foreign, is beyond the pale. Peaceful options have failed, and all that is left is descent to unimaginable levels of suffering and depravity and, eventually, violence. And all this at a time where the planet is literally dying and we should be doing everything in our power as a species to claw it back. It’s hard not to feel hopeless.
We’ve been considering moving back to B.C. but the way things are going I think that would only buy us a little time. This problem with fascism, capitalism, and general inhumanity is a global problem and there is no escape.
Sorry folks, I usually try to be more hopeful and solution-oriented, but this hit hard today.
Race to the bottom. Every week I hear another reason why Texas, or Tennessee, or Florida, or Oklahoma, or Missouri are the worst fucking state in existence. I feel like they’re all trying to one-up each other right now and couldn’t give two shits about their citizens.
When Haslam retired. Which he did because he saw the writing on the wall that there was no longer a place for him.
Haslam wasn’t good, but as a corporate lackey, he just wanted to keep the machine running, he wasn’t ideologically committed to all the christofascist culture war bullshit, and would push back on it when it would rock the boat too much. For a few years, he held back the rising tide of fascism and the state was less bad than most of its neighbors. But as soon as he left, there was a massive wave of legislation making up for lost time. The people running things now are fascist idiots, whether ideologues or opportunists, unrestrained by conscience or reason. If Fox News runs a story about something, there will be legislation about it within a week.
How did things get this bad? Because the corporate lackies created the material conditions for it. They were happy to work with and spur on the christofascists because it gets them voting Republican. And now they’ve created a beast they can no longer control or restrain.