I wish America would build an Arcology!

monkey’s paw curls

Andrew Jackson and it’s not even close. Not to downplay the horrible crimes committed by many of our other presidents but I don’t think anything rises to the level of the Trail of Tears.

Remove Jackson from the running and it’s a more interesting conversation, however thinking about it reveals just how interconnected all of this stuff is. While the current genocide is occurring under Biden, we can’t forget that the conditions that lead to Oct 7 were created under Trump. For that matter so were the conditions that lead to the escalation of the war in Ukraine.

I think the worst in my lifetime by a mile is Dubya, but while his wars were massive and consequential we can’t forget that George Senior also killed scores of people in Iraq, and Clinton carried out the sanctions regime that killed scores more. Clinton was also the one who broke Labor’s influence within the Democratic Party - but it was Obama who was swept into power on the promise of a working class revolution only to smother it in its crib.

But yeah my top two are Jackson and Dubya but beyond that I’m not sure there are a lot of crimes in the history of America’s presidency.

I gotta think that if one of our two major parties was actually defending the trans community via messaging and policy this would be different. The right runs their anti-trans messaging basically unopposed except by individuals on social media and chronically underfunded advocacy groups.

In America it’s not just fear either, it’s a healthy dose of hate and resentment. Whenever kids or especially teenagers decide to spend time somewhere they’re treated like an invasive species and driven out.

This is pretty clearly interference from the judge. The guy who ran the bankruptcy auction has a ton of experience with this stuff and there is no reason to think he wasn’t impartial or that he didn’t get the best price for everything. Jones’ lawyers are just kicking the can down the road and delaying for as long as they can.

Trump: “If I see you peeling the bandage off slowly, I’m gonna rip it off real fast!”

In the Soviet Union the Great Purge lasted less than a year, but we’ve been doing the equivalent for like forty.

Preparing to submit my new pamphlet to marxists.org

A Dialectical Comparison of Conditions in the 19th and 21st Centuries and How Useful Revolutionary Tactics Have Changed

or Why It’s a Good Idea This Time

from natopedia

Lucy E. Parsons (c. 1851 – 1942) was an American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist

She was a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World and edited radical newspapers.

Following the Russian Revolution in 1917, Parsons moved towards communism. She became a notorious political figure and Chicago police attempted for decades to stop her speaking publicly.

Every day I learn about a new cool person from history, it never stops.