@burnoutqueen "America is uneducated" is the most important one. Education is key to avoid extremism.

@burnoutqueen Yeah, she was largely a non-issue, and didn't even get half a percentage point of the vote, much less the mythical 5% people were claiming she might get.

@burnoutqueen https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/its-all-calvinball-now(I need to update this for Kamala Harris, but the calculus hasn't really changed)

@burnoutqueen Republicanism is the terrible, irrational fear that someone, somewhere, might be receiving something they don't deserve.

The Democrats and the Republicans share a commitment to our capitalist and imperialist institutions, and so I criticize them both.However, the Republicans introduce an element of sadism and cruelty to this toxic mix, abuse for the sake of abusing people.This is the difference between the Democratic party and the Republican party.