In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “So you may want to stand up and be part of the resistance to Trump. More power to you. I myself have called for this. But let’s be clear that resistance is treating the symptom, not the ailment,” our columnist David Brooks writes.
Resistance must be accompanied by constructive action. Do whatever you can do to help keep our republic. It is our duty as citizens. youtu.be/6Qp5AZZ-N2A
Right. But, the “ailment” traces directly to the conservatism Brooks has been selling for decades. So Dave can take a fucking seat.
Brooks is in error. He's not correct that opportunity, respect & power has been concentrated among the 'educated' but rather amongst the 'moneyed' class. The working class is gullible & receptive to conspiracy theories and fake news and are basically being lead by the nose down the garden path.
Sometimes you have to first stop the bleeding.
Oh dear Lord.
David Brooks finally has his "A-ha" moment, where he thinks equality, diversity and inclusion should be a thing.....
Dost thou know wherefore the heavens permit maddonald junk lump to ravage thee, O people of America? (And likewise in other countries and places.) 'Tis for that thou hast not ended the religion/relijunk and eliminated the devil zombie communists yet.
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So, is he calling for higher taxes on the ultra-rich, universal unionization to represent workers' class interests, social housing for all the homeless, universal basic income so everyone has a floor to stand on, and ban on private schools and universal free university? No? Fuck off then.
Let's see who Brooks is citing on "education reform" - oh, look - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_... "Ideologically conservative" - more bullshit pushing "school choice", vouchers, and privatization.
the genius of david brooks is he somehow gets @katiekings.bsky.social to keep paying him
This is an absolute masterclass in bullshit😂
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But only social change. Ground-up economic change would actually be super bad, you guys.
Also, ONLY ground-up. Nothing top-down like higher taxes on the rich and redistribution of any real resources to poor people or their neighborhoods. We'd hate for anything to actually change.
yea.. fucking pot and kettle.. where were you in late 2024?? oh yea.. glossing over the orange cheeto's obvious mental decline, pure craziness.. yea, fuck off.. you let this happen along w/all the other big media joints. reap what you sow
I cannot think of a man whose opinions I would value less on this particular topic than David fucking Brooks.
More holier than thou blah blah blah. Sounds good but is useless. The threat is real and imminent and need to be confronted and defeated. We can moralize later.
Hitler wasn’t a ‘symptom’ of Nazism. He was its champion, its voice and its torch. When he fell, it fell.
It seems most Muricans think "resistance" means politely standing around on a sidewalk like a schmuck for two hours a month with cute signs. I see you 50501, Indivisible, etc. Yall wonder why no one gives a fuck about ya or your public group therapy session equivalent.
David Brooks lecturing us on what ails America is pretty funny considering the fact that he spent 30 years advancing the policies that caused the problem. Why does the Times keep giving this idiotic hypocrite any real estate on the op-ed page?
Because the NYT thinks everyone believes in the liberal bias of the media and they pray at the altar of both sides, so 🤷♂️
For years conservatives like Brooks have known Republican lawmakers were misogynists and racist but tried their best not to show it in public, still Brooks promoted them. Now they pretend to be surprised. Yet still find time to tell Democrats they're doing it all wrong
Yes, but first things first.
Not reading that. Fuck David Brooks.
The ailment is Citizens United.
You cannot possibly be this stupid. You're solution is as irrational and ineffective at this point, as closing the barn door after the horses have already gone, would be...it's too fcking late!
So you may be content to die from the symptom as long as you get one final infusion of smug satisfaction from knowing you're smarter than everyone doing their best to fight it.
Retire. Please, just retire.
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