We’re in a war for the soul of America, Jimmy. we are in a war for the institutions of America who have almost failed, we are in a war to try to maintain the rule of law. We are in a war to try to stand for democracy and to protect people like Ukraine, which is been our country’s positionfor so long that that is one of the main reasons why we are respected.
Making sure that the people who voted and encouraged and whooped and hollered in favor of the upcoming depression suffer no pain is perhaps a more Christian or kind secular response. And that kindness can lead to the further destruction of the country, the further eradication of the rule in law. As it is, the White House is now Biff’s Pleasure Palace home of grift and hatred - and people fly flags in its honor. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING, NOT PEOPLE WHO CAN’T FIND ENOUGH FOOD BECAUSE OF THOSE ELECTION DECISIONS.
When you are in a war, things are different. Sometimes you drop atomic bombs so that 1,000,000 American servicemen won’t die in a Japan homeland invasion. Many of us are saying that the country needs to suffer like Hiroshima, so like Japan, coming out of an authoritarian military controlled culture and government, a new democracy respecting rights and the rule of law can come out of the ashes. I have been vocal about wanting a great depression, because MAGAs need to be on the same soup line with liberals before they all realize that we need unions and we all need healthcare and job security and retirement FOR EVERYONE.
We knew that in the 1930s. We realized all the money going to the oligarch’s was obscene and anti-American. We apparently forgot that, so now blue-collar workers cheer for Elon and Trump and his billionaire buddies while they destroy the country, the economy and the lives of people. Ending that mindset is more important than some people starving. If Jimmy could magically put food in everyone’s pantry, we would continue charging ahead on our MAGA path, undeterred by cruelty and harm.
Here is what I say.
“They should’ve filled their bank accounts and pantries to overflowing before they decorated their porches with the corpse of my beloved American institutions..”