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Like @StrangePackage, I also no longer have a prime membership to nix. I canceled a couple years ago when "free next day shipping" quietly and somehow became "free next day shipping - eh, mostly" and when it was reported that they were going to increase the membership price and include ads in prime video unless you agreed to pay an extra three bucks a month. Fuck 'em.I get it but to hit at the actual villain here, it seems like we would be cancelling Amazon Prime instead.
I grew up in a poor rural community in Oklahoma. Many are poor but they aren’t suffering. They have food and housing security.The macroeconomy is doing fairly well, but a lot of rural communities aren't doing very well. A lot of working class folks aren't doing very well. And a lot of working class folks and folks in rural communities have essentially hit the same place that Germans in the 1930s hit.
Add in the folks who feel that the US is completely losing its way on social issues and you can start to see why so many Americans are turning to an authoritarian, fascist strongman.
All in all 5 humans essentially get regular deliveries on mine So its how I justify itI've never had a Prime membership. It just never felt right.
It's more me being quirky. I order from them but I'm never in a rush and wait until I'm ordering enough to get free shipping , anyway. I just never needed it and thought it would encourage them to bother me more. Ordering books on Kindle did enough of that.All in all 5 humans essentially get regular deliveries on mine So its how I justify it
They need to move where the jobs are. People from central America are walking hundreds of miles to take jobs that some backwoods losers won’t move 50 miles for. Enough of this BS. If Trump wins I want them to get exactly what they deserve. Misery. Biblical level misery.You'd be amazed how many folks in rural areas are using community food pantries or other similar services on a regular basis.
I wasn't clear enough in my reply, though, so let me be more clear. I'm not saying that our rural communities are as bad as 1930s Germany. I'm saying that many of these communities are now on a 40-plus-year decline of manufacturing jobs and that many of the folks in these communities feel very, very hopeless about the future. And it's the loss of hope that create the conditions that push folks to turn to authoritarianism as a solution.
No. I don't have time to listen. I read. Get me a transcript and I'll read it.Did you listen to the episode or no?
Like you, 4 including myself. Pays for itself that way. Not concerned with delivery time and I think I've only watched prime video twiice.All in all 5 humans essentially get regular deliveries on mine So its how I justify it
What is it you think the Dems should do differently?Not sure that there is one. But I’m not going to rehash this argument with you again when you won’t even bother to listen to the podcast in question.
It’s not “both siding” to point out that the Democratic Party is not perfect, particularly when it comes to fending off a rising fascist movement w/o the press to help them. That’s literally what the podcast, Rick’s column, and his forthcoming book are about.
Canceled WP today. Won't take effect until end of January. Will talk to my wife about downsizing Amazon, losing Prime, and waiting to order until we have enough for free shipping.I cancelled mine today.
If the Infernal Triangle consists of three points, one of which is the GOP and one of which is the Dems, then it's both-siding. It' not a question of "even bothering." It's a question of ROI on my time. If he is making a different point than the Dems are also to blame for the GOP's authoritarianism, then maybe he shouldn't write about an infernal triangle.Not sure that there is one. But I’m not going to rehash this argument with you again when you won’t even bother to listen to the podcast in question.
It’s not “both siding” to point out that the Democratic Party is not perfect, particularly when it comes to fending off a rising fascist movement w/o the press to help them. That’s literally what the podcast, Rick’s column, and his forthcoming book are about.
I don't want to talk about it enough to listen to the podcast. How about this? I'm tired of people, not necessarily Rick Perlstein, shitting on the Dems as if they are somehow responsible for virulent racism and ugliness pouring out of GOP sewers. The Dems have a really fucking hard job and for the most part they do it well. All these people sitting around, talking about how inept the Dems are -- I mean, we get that on this board too. I get the frustration, but calling the Dems inept or dysfunctional or feckless or clueless bothers me.That’s not what he’s arguing. Listen to the podcast if you want to talk about it.
He is? Log Cabin?Why would he do that? Tim Cook is a Republican.
These posts have taken me 10 minutes to type and I can listen to other things in the background. Do you agree with my assessment above about people, not necessarily Rick Perlstein, who talk shit about the Dems?I already said Perlstein isn’t arguing that Dems are responsible for the Republican’s turn to authoritarianism. In the time you’ve spent typing out these posts, you could’ve easily listened to the podcast or read his Infernal Triangle articles in TAP.
I don’t want to argue about the content of the podcast. I was posting it for people who were interested in it, not people who don’t listen to podcasts and just want to argue about what they think Perlstein might be saying.
No idea. My brother used to work at Apple and said that Cook's politics were a source of consternation for a lot of people. And back in 2016, he was raising a lot of money for Paul Ryan.He is? Log Cabin?
You don't know how fast this dude types. Whew...In the time you’ve spent typing out these posts, you could’ve easily listened to the podcast or read his Infernal Triangle articles in TAP.
Do you think talking shit about progressives is fair game?No, I think talking shit about the Dems is completely fair game, and you’re not going to convince me otherwise.