It’s cute that you think [positive] … Frankly, I expect [negative] … and nothing will be done about it.
You may have intended a sardonic or exasperated tone, rather than defeatism, in which case I was too harsh.
Even so, we must be cognizant of how easy it is to inadvertently amplify cynicism and despair. Some have little fight left and might just stay home when they are needed most.
Yeah I was being somewhat cheeky. But it is true in one sense, because we’ve entered a new chapter and everything has changed.
Now it is clear that the only thing that will mobilize the American working class to overthrow a fascist regime (and the 0.1% class they serve) is a rock-solid, revolutionary promise of extensive socialist economic reform, broad democratic electoral reform, and an explosion of public works that would make FDR blush.
There is no going back. Status quo politics died on November 5th, 2024. That era is gone. No more “moderate“ republicans. No more “Liberal” democrats. GOP now can only elect trump cronies. Dems now will struggle to elect anyone but progressives.
As to who leads the charge, I think it will be AOC, because Bernie is setting up an alley-oop and she is the only one among them with the energy and chutzpah to slam dunk a national bash-the-fash campaign.
Suffering winds the spring of reform.
If at first you don’t fricassee, fry, fry a hen.
Bolshevising the nation
But that requires one generation teaching defeat to the next. Kind of like you’re doing now.
Like to see him try in this city. New Yorkers are always spoiling for that kind of fight, and their beef with trump goes a long way back.
Stow that shit. If you’ve given up, fine. But don’t take others with you.
I often see it between common names, which makes me think they might just be trying to differentiate.
That’s a good point. There is a type of delivery in the US that’s all-inclusive, where more than one delivery person show up and it’s assumed they bring it in and install it.
Standard delivery though is often some form of freight where final delivery is handled by a local carrier/vendor. Usually they arrive with a commercial delivery truck rather than a van or pantechnicon.
Unloading from the trailer to a loading dock is the easiest. Curb delivery is possible if the trailer is outfitted with a lift or a slide out ramp. But any further and the delivery can become a lot more involved, enough to throw off their delivery schedule.
Drivers often still offer to do it unofficially as a side-hustle, but if I don’t have cash on hand I won’t ask them to do it just as a favor.
Curb/dock drop: no.
Into home: yes, but at that point you’re “tipping” for an additional service usually purchased separately (eg, moving service, appliance installation)
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If you’re thinking of the author of the Dirk Pitt stuff, that’s Clive Cussler.
My partner’s a Clive Barker fan. Said they don’t know of any historical fiction.
She’s a winner in my book.
That’s the highest Scoville rating I’ve seen on a USB stick
Have you tried the new-and-improved flavor of “slam?” It’s a BLAST
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Agreed except that’s definitely not the only way into the system.
It’s just the only way to have implicit trust from most while on the inside. That’s because (deep breath) who in their right mind would forfeit their birthright to save their lessers?
Of course I’d like to think I would but will never know. In history, however, we can see that there are always a few individuals who do precisely that.
Also one way to fix it from the inside goes kaboom.