The guy who bragged about being such an awesome businessman lost all of his business partners.
This has been one disheartening week.
As I asked over at Infidel73's blog, is this where we are now?
"In Book VIII of his Republic, Plato uses a fictitious conversation between his teacher Socrates and Adeimantus to explain how democracies—when they become too radical—devolve into tyrannies."
Yes Shaw, I saw your comment at Infidel's. Wanted to express condolences on the "loss" of your brother. I've lost a few friends over the years to rightwing craziness. My brother works at Justice Dept. He rants about Trump worse than I do.
I'm keeping an optimistic attitude that we don't become a tyranny. At least it doesn't look like it's going to happen with our current would-be tyrant. Support seems to be slipping through his tiny fingers.
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The guy who bragged about being such an awesome businessman lost all of his business partners.
ReplyDeleteThis has been one disheartening week.
As I asked over at Infidel73's blog, is this where we are now?
"In Book VIII of his Republic, Plato uses a fictitious conversation between his teacher Socrates and Adeimantus to explain how democracies—when they become too radical—devolve into tyrannies."
Yes Shaw, I saw your comment at Infidel's. Wanted to express condolences on the "loss" of your brother. I've lost a few friends over the years to rightwing craziness. My brother works at Justice Dept. He rants about Trump worse than I do.
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping an optimistic attitude that we don't become a tyranny. At least it doesn't look like it's going to happen with our current would-be tyrant. Support seems to be slipping through his tiny fingers.