Political Memes

Damn. My bad comrade.

No worries. It's the internet, no one knows I'm really a ~~dog~~ socialist. And I often argue on practical grounds, with what can be achieved in this immensely right-wing country, so I understand that I can come off as more 'liberal' than I am. But ultimately, my position is that action is only sustainable with popular support, so we need to do what we can now to minimize the damage of the immediate actions of government, and work to establish the conditions for popular support of actual leftist policy.

Doing just the former is putting off death another four years and accepting injustice - better than the alternative of embracing death and intensifying injustice, but obviously not good. Doing just the latter is self-defeating; like handing your enemies a hatchet to bury in your back. The least one could (and should) do is dull the blade's edge and put it on a high shelf before turning away to write your manifesto.

The “Republican Jesus” memes never escape Liberal circles. They need someone they can recognize as their own to call them out. I won’t be happy until there’s protests outside of Megachurches calling the Pastor a “Grifting Antichrist”, telling the Parrish to Repent this Sin.

As much as I'd love a modern Hussite movement, warts and all, I think the evangelicals have hit on a psychological profile that's too refined and modern to be simply dislodged.

Unfortunately, I think only time and decreasing religiosity in each passing generation will defeat them.