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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Trump’s America Becomes One of Those ‘Shithole Countries’ — John F. Harris
The Greek tv networks last night interrupted their regular programming (unlike FOX affiliated tv stations, I might add) and provided instead live news updates of the events transpiring in the US.
So, my mother, father, and I are watching, and my mother turns to me and asks what did the Greek news anchor mean when he referred to the US as a "banana republic." I answered her that that derogatory phrase was reserved for undemocratic countries, specifically of the kind that have bananas as one of their major sources of export income: for example, Guatemala.
Can you believe it? The fuckin' confederate flag was brought inside the Capital building!!! What the hell!!!
Trumpism is just a symptom, not a root cause, of an unjust economic system based on usury and debt, not broadly owned equity.
ReplyDeleteThe Greek tv networks last night interrupted their regular programming (unlike FOX affiliated tv stations, I might add) and provided instead live news updates of the events transpiring in the US.
ReplyDeleteSo, my mother, father, and I are watching, and my mother turns to me and asks what did the Greek news anchor mean when he referred to the US as a "banana republic." I answered her that that derogatory phrase was reserved for undemocratic countries, specifically of the kind that have bananas as one of their major sources of export income: for example, Guatemala.
Can you believe it? The fuckin' confederate flag was brought inside the Capital building!!! What the hell!!!
In the Age of Covid, it's a Bandana Republic ;)
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