Given that wisdom and worldliness are opposite to ignorance, not necessarily intelligence I don’t think the OP is stating that the under/unprivileged people would be smarter by dint of their oppression.

However, maintaining bloody minded ignorance is not only hard work, but stupid. This is why tremendous effort is applied to keeping the ignorant in a culture that props up their ignorance.

Essentially it allows California to gerrymander by removing the independent redistricting body. The stated reason is to nullify Texas’ own partisan redistricting. I believe that there is a clause to that effect. Sort of like if you do this, we’ll reciprocate.

Maybe. But if that’s all she wanted to do, she could just concentrate on that. It sounds like she went above board to fit in.

To these people any society with trans people in it is a destroyed society since their society is trans exclusionary.

Yeah, but it turns out that ignorant, bigoted people are easier to control. So whatcha gunna do.l?

It depends on how much contempt they have for electorate. And their propensity to learn anything.

Despite all his bloviating about militarizing Washington DC being anti crime. He repeatedly shows himself up to be quite the opposite. Rhetoric is cheap actions are where the rubber meets road.

I don’t mean to invoke phrenology but the little girl on the right isn’t doing the right any favours.

Even if the US is belatedly on the right path, and “if” is doing some pretty big lifting hear. Without some honest and deep introspection and recognition that they fucked up, these latecomers will fall for the same old shit again and again. Just can’t trust 'em, bro.

Took me a while to clock it. For those in a similar position the stabbed person didn’t magically get resurrected, like I first thought.

While that may be an explanation. It’s no excuse.

And the politicians that are hoping to sell out.

Is it really a human right if it’s not exercised? Are any rights, for that matter. If a right is negotiated, does that mean that it more an option?

While I think your comment is perfectly valid and I do agree with it. I also think maybe you’re looking too deeply into what is essentially a pity bon mot.

Is that your policy? Sorry bub, even abstaining is a political stance.

Sorry, by “it” I meant the cartoon. I don’t see much fascism on display in the image. The whole obey thing and Unitary executive theory where Trump controls everything is by definition authoritarian. With flecks of totalitarianism when it comes to thr handling of immigrants. Non of this prevents his administration also being fascist.

It’s not really fascism, more authoritarianism/totalitarianism.

What a petty diva Musk is. FFS, every jab Musk tries to land on Trump circles 'round to him. As he, himself stated he got Trump elected despite credible accusations that Trump palled around with and knew about Epstein’s PDFilia.

Most of the legal issues raised in this piece assumes that the executive cares for such trifles. To sum it up concisely: “I’m the President, bitch and I can do WTF I want. Don’t like it? Come at me.”

Unlikely that this will happen but if we are playing a game of escalation perhaps he could deputise people with access to millenary equipment. Remember, the armed forces pledge allegiance to the constitution and nobody else. They also have the duty to not follow an illegal order.