Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been imploring his colleagues for decades to gut a crucial part of the iconic Voting Rights Act that prohibits practices denying Blacks, Hispanics and other racial minorities an equal right to vote.
Pearl Harbor happened because America, and FDR, cared just enough about Japan’s invasion of China to embargo them. That’s simply not going to happen with Trump.
What you should be looking for in a historical comparison is rebellions and revolutions, in which case the cause is either people going hungry or Trump fucking with his own power base.
Yeah, although it took them a couple years to even do that. I keep wondering what their “Pearl Harbor” will be that finally gets them to take action.
I think that time has come and gone. I hope I’m wrong.
Pearl Harbor happened because America, and FDR, cared just enough about Japan’s invasion of China to embargo them. That’s simply not going to happen with Trump.
What you should be looking for in a historical comparison is rebellions and revolutions, in which case the cause is either people going hungry or Trump fucking with his own power base.
Lot of empty fields out there with food that isn’t getting picked right now. This may be closer than we think.