That is one of the big issues. It's the reason that I question whether we can
ever have meaningful political change. Think about it. The Socialist Workers'
Party has been in existence since at least the 1930's, and not only do they
have this tiny membership, but they're not even on the ballot anywhere. And
there are at least a half dozen other socialist parties, along with the Green
Party which is now, as far as I can tell, a socialist party. And we have a
country run by an oligarchy and a majority of the people who have any political
interest at all, have been propagandized by the mainstream media. We have
immigrants, many of them citizens, who live in their own cultural bubbles,
untouched by anyone's organizing. I see little light at the end of the tunnel.
Miriam
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<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 9:58 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: our country
I can present and defend my beliefs...to my satisfaction. But the
presentations and defenses presented by others, seldom brings about a change in
my thinking.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/24/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, just look at what people are saying on our blindness email lists.I can present and defend my beliefs...rto my satisfaction. But the
The lists are, I suppose, a sample of the opinions of US citizens. The
reason we got stuck on the subject of children's books is that I made
a comment on Nolan's comment without specifically saying it was his
comment. He was saying that he resented, "slogging through", all those
titles of books in foreign languages, but apparently, it didn't bother
him to "slog through"
titles of books that were obviously aimed at elementary school age
children.
Nolan loves reading books about the second world war. Lots of people do.
They see the Nazis as the villains, but Lana was channeling Donald
Trump when she began talking about people from other countries running
for congress who don't respect America. And Gerald is Jewish and lives
in New York City. One would think that he'd know better than to
complain about foreign language books. I've corresponded with him
privately. He's a loyal Democrat. I'm sure that he is also a loyal
Israel supporter. Lana said to me that she and I disagree because we
are getting our news from different sources. There you are. Alternative facts!
Miriam
