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Expanding Voting Access Benefits Everyone, Including Republicans
This isn’t the hot-button issue of the week anymore, so maybe I’m a few days late to share this. But even so, it’s clear as day that the GOP is continuously waging war on voting rights, and it’s important that we continue to keep an eye on this situation.
By Uniquely Human4 years ago in The Swamp
The Crisis Within
The years of inner turmoil have already begun. What many thought the first half of the 21st century would bring are now even more perplexed by the complexities of life today. Amid the inadequacies of government to deal with this rising continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic and the rush to administer a so-called vaccine to the whole population all have contributed to the ongoing catastrophe of this pandemic.
By Dr. Williams4 years ago in The Swamp
Cancel Culture began in 1620
"You're outta here!" From right to left, everyone in America is pretty busy trying to cancel just about everything and everyone (else). Or at least that's the way it’s described by a lot of people, regardless of their political ideologies or whether or not they’re trying to cancel someone or something. Double standards and hypocrisy are running amok in society. But what does cancelling even mean?
By Maria Shimizu Christensen4 years ago in The Swamp
The Problem With America
The problem with America is that we are good people pretending to be bad people. We are like those schoolyard tough guys who protect the small and weak kids when no one’s looking. We threaten and posture and act as if we will truly turn our backs on the weak and helpless among us. In this way, we aspire to a brash, damn-the-torpedoes bravado that no great nation can ever embrace. A mature society sees the world as it is, not as it wishes it to be.
By Stacey Roberts4 years ago in The Swamp
The Reigning Confusion
Rain made everything fresh, vibrant, and new where I grew up, but here it confuses me by not having the same effect. The environment is still full of browns and grays and the faces of people who don’t expect the possibility of incredible things happening in their day.
By The Dani Writer4 years ago in The Swamp
The Myth of Meritocracy
The writings of Jo Littler from the book “Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power, and Myths of Mobility” will be discussed in terms of how the myth of meritocracy has been incorporated into American society and how this insidious myth conceals and rationalizes inequality in the United States. Several key aspects of meritocracy will be investigated.
By Amanda Bonesteel4 years ago in The Swamp
Over & Over
I tend to be kind, to the point of my own detriment. I have shaped this planet with my creativity and art but I didn't write myself in to show love and consideration towards everyone. This of course brought me much in the way of pain and augmented my depression.
By John Oross 4 years ago in The Swamp
Millennials Can't Wait for Baby-Boomer to Die
Generation Z and Generation A will probably feel the same way about the Millennials in forty years! But the Millennials have ten thousand good reasons to want the old decision-makers dead. Dead and buried, and their policies and truly-bizarre views of reality, entirely forgotten. It is no exaggeration to say the Baby-Boomers and the generation previous fucked up royally, made bad choices in all aspects of economic, political and social reform. Those two generations created a 21st Century full of nonsense ideas, with no economic opportunity for tens of millions of people. Those bad choice may lead to a world economic Depression far worse than the Great Depression of 1929 to 1939. Wealth has been firmly concentrated in the upper .001%. And those oligarchs are not creating tens of millions of good jobs. They hoarding the piles of cash, for reasons no rational human can understand. For no reason at all, except that they can. The most wealthy have now secured wealth to make billionaires of the children, grand-children and great-great grandchildren. The rest of us are up the creek without a paddle. Without even a boat. Do not imagine the wealth will be spread evenly among all the little people when our current crop of billionaires kick the bucket.
By Roscoe Forthright4 years ago in The Swamp
Ayn Rand Was a Dangerous, Pseudo-Intellectual Piece of Garbage
Every now and then, a politician will make the unfortunate choice of quoting Ayn Rand because they found a statement that seemingly supports individualism, small government, personal responsibility, or a strong work ethic. However, what they don’t realize is that beyond a few clever soundbites, Ayn Rand was not only a despicable person but she pushed a dangerous philosophy that has been laughed at by philosophers since its inception. Her only supporters today are those that haven’t read her work beyond surface level or are equally despicable.
By The Happy Neuron4 years ago in The Swamp
