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Burkean-Trotskyists FOR a well-established permanent revolution. AGAINST corporate personhood. Pro-Kafka, anti-Kafkaesque.

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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

H.L. Mencken

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Obsolete Units Surrounded By Hail

An A to Z of Brexit. Cathartic fragments, pessimistic conjectures. I had to write something, and so I wrote this.

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Greenplease. Muzzled by the animal agriculture industry. But first — eat up. “Ag-gag” has more than one meaning.

https://youtu.be/ynWHUmRzNBA?t=8m13s

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The ethical conservative believes, with Samuel Johnson, in knowledge of the commonsense kind derived from experience, including the historical experience of humanity, which Edmund Burke called “the general bank and capital of nations and of ages.” This kind of conservative sees the usefulness of humble, honest, informed reason, but he honestly concedes, with Socrates, that there is much he does not and cannot know, limited as he is by his particular experience and imperfect reason. He holds much of what he knows tentatively, admitting that he cannot prove conclusively much of what nevertheless seems certainly so. He accepts this uncertainty as an inescapable aspect of human existence and is deeply skeptical of attempts to construct elaborate systems of abstract knowledge or ambitious schemes for restructuring society, confessing with Russell Kirk that “[t]he cardinal principle of conservative thought is the conviction that new systems and structures incline dangerously toward presumption.”

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Is consciousness a matter of social consensus?

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What is the process for an amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision?

All amendments follow the same process: 2/3 of both houses of Congress propose it and then ¾ of states need to approve it. 

This animated video from our exhibit explains how we amend our Constitution, through the proposal and ratification process: 

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Which failed amendment came closest to ratification?

The Equal Rights Amendment fell only three states short of ratification. It would have ensured that all laws would apply equally to men and women. 

This letter to Congress written in 1971 explains some of the reasons why people were opposed to the amendment.

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The 1% — always out to end civilization.

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#inequality #StripTheRich

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It's all here, baby.

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https://theintercept.com/2016/05/12/mozilla-wants-heads-up-from-fbi-on-tor-browser-hack/?comments=1#comments

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Our government should be free from the corrupting influence of big money in politics and solely dependent upon the People. I declare my support for pro-democracy, anti-corruption reforms, including voting rights protections, citizen-funded elections, and a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

http://www.equalvoice4all.us/

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Leftist Redundancy IS Leftist Regressivity

sign at Trump rally

http://democracyawakening.org/

http://www.democracyisforpeople.org/

http://www.democracyspring.org/

http://engage.dems.gov/

http://www.equalvoice4all.us/

and of course:

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