Heather Cox Richardson
Running ghost candidates is one of the techniques outlined in the Russian concept of "political technology," designed to capture a political system without overt violence. #politics #voting #elections #nightmare
@CinnamonGirlE @Jezibaba: It used to (and may still) be done in local and state races in IL, PA, MD, LA, and NY. I read about being not at all unheard of in parish, county, and other elections for utility commissions, zoning, and others.
@thedisasterautist @Jezibaba
It all makes me so weary sometimes. I just read elsewhere about Mississippi banning access to online books under 18. Fighting against this idiocy and evil is exhausting.
@CinnamonGirlE @Jezibaba: And it never ends. Because people never stop being people, generationally. After two generations, sometimes only even one, people forget what lessons their earliers learned, often the hard way, in order to make the world those kids or grandkids enjoy. Also, as Hercule Poirot said, "Evil never sleeps."
Or as Q said on the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The trial never ends."
@CinnamonGirlE @Jezibaba: Speaking for myself, I really have never understood why most people seem to believe that changes are in any way permanent.
@thedisasterautist @Jezibaba
I wonder if it because laziness sets in and we think "things are good; I can coast a bit." Or wishful thinking that things will just stay good without effort. Either way? The human condition precludes that. We are complicated creatures.
And of course, democracy has to be guarded. It doesn't just stay.
@CinnamonGirlE @Jezibaba: I believe it's due in large part because of the Monkey Sphere, the Speed of Life, that people have their own lives to lead day-to-day, and that the Average Person is average. There's also 8 billion people on Earth, and there are oceans and stuff separating lots of them, not to mention cultural and other grudges that can go back as far as 4,000 years. Order and permanence or not possible, though "modern Humanity" believes both totally are, which is pure T folly.
@thedisasterautist @Jezibaba
Like I said, complicated creatures. Diverse backgrounds and cultures. And the average person thing is dead on.
@thedisasterautist @Jezibaba
And on we go.
@Jezibaba
If HCR says it, it's right. These damn people. 🤦🏻♀️