May I use your phrase "Donvict"? So apropos.

All yours 😀

The vast majority of the planet hates him as much as my parents’ generation hated Hitler

They have concentrated their wealth, and stolen the ignorant with racism.

We must stand on the broad principles of freedom and civil rights, and not allow ourselves to be labeled with extreme ideas.

Our leaders who formulate ideology and party platform should re-read, closely, Tom Paine's "Common Sense".

Bling is what counts not humanity - that’s how they bought the willfully ignorant

is the people who think they are better than others are sheer proof it ain't true

ommmm

They've been playing their game at full throttle and now may find themselves heading down a blind alley with no where to go. The neighborhood is getting pissed.
Also, they may not have foreseen how quickly Trump's fall into dementia would happen.
Are we coming to a political "weekend with Bernie" moment?

Rec

No one person is entitled to more than any other. I have always believed this and always will believe this.

For those that refuse to listen to their 'better angels', I suggest the method they chose to deal with Napoleon.

a continuation of American history from day one in Jamestown. Our colonialism not only continues unabated, it thrives.

That thinking had to compete with those folks who actually believe we are all equal and millions of Americans share that view

He failed to prove, once and for all, that white people are superior, and black people inferior.
It made their brains explode. Black EXCELLENCE fucked them up, and they Big Mad!

And he knows it.
Obama v Donvict - he and they all know the winner and that reality has driven them off the edge.

Exactly and precisely!

TRUTH

Express yourself….BE LOUD!

Peace ☮️

'Where do we go from here though?'

Silence . . .

Encouraged by the silence, the little voice continues . . .

'How do we get rid of the cretins in Government, and how do we regain the trust and co-operation of the rest of the world?'

Still silence . . .

The timid little voice goes quiet, and leaves the room shutting the door quietly behind him - off to look for answers elsewhere.

People close to him may have heard him mutter on the way out . . . 'Fuck Trump and all the troglodytes who support him!'

Oh Malaise you put my thoughts into words.

They will have to learn pretty quick, as a species, we are about to extinct ourselves and take a lot of others with us.

Sometimes I can't help but see orangeanus as a metaphor for humans and their attitude and relationship, in general, toward Earth herself.

Rec

(I agree 100% with the main point of your post)

Your statement

"This planet has enough resources for all of us. "

may or may not be true at this moment - that is a technical question. At some point, assuming continued population growth, it CANNOT be true.

Unless we will all live in concrete and steel boxes, with only AI-generated images (holograms?) for 'beauty' and wonder ... and food generated straight from dirt and sunlight without the bother of other living beings. (and who would control such manufacturing?)

Certainly the planet does not have enough resources for everyone to just take what they want without limit (which I think is the point of your post) - but humans as a species are stupid and uncaring - see: ivory-billed woodpecker, passenger pigeon, Tasmanian tiger. Before anyone says, but those were a long time ago - we are seeing many species extinctions every year. To avoid losing ever more iconic species, such as the monarch butterfly ... not to mention keystone species, and whatever the correct term is for the foundational species of microfauna and microflora that are essential for the food chain - including, for now at least, humans - we MUST set aside more wild space, probably more than most of us currently realize.

The web of life is collapsing under the weight of 8+ billion humans. I do not advocate for "killing off" people - that is a strawman argument often used to deflect from facts and avoid the real question - but we need to face the facts. Or at least acknowledge being okay with the sterile future that awaits humanity, if it is even able to implement and survive such future. To avoid that dystopian future, we need to start by acknowledging that there is, indeed, SOME limit to human population growth, beyond which there is no return. And take steps to HUMANELY reduce or at least balance population growth. ( Like not forcing women to pump out babies they don't want, would be a great start ... allowing women to control their reproduction has been shown to go a long way to balance population growth. Too bad the US is going in the wrong direction in many places, and instead of being the obvious solution that it is, it's a political / religious football wielded by the patriarchy. )

https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/press-releases/catastrophic-73-decline-in-the-average-size-of-global-wildlife-populations-in-just-50-years-reveals-a-system-in-peril/

To repeat, I absolutely agree with your main point. However we go about dealing with the population / ecosystem extinction questions, every person born deserves humane treatment and a chance at a good, reasonably comfortable life. That's just going to get a lot harder though, if we ignore that there is, at some point, a limit to how many of us can share in the wealth that is this beautiful planet.

Thanks

after Nixon was forced to retire.