RIP American Democracy (1964-2024)https://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3munhifr3i222How do they get away with being so anti-American? With insulting US soldiers like this? I will never understand it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3munhifr3i222https://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mummsk7h322vHOW ARE DEMOCRATS STILL SO BAD AT THIS? Don't they have staff to help them with attack lines? This is pathetic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mummsk7h322vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumjfojrw22hOne interpretation of the end of the American Age is that democracy was destroyed by the Billionaire Boys Club. Wealth inequality became so extreme that a few people who own everything can wreck our whole civil society. China has a way of dealing with this problem - the US does not.03 Sep 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumjfojrw22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumiljmd3c2hEvery fucking day we wake up to take the measure of just how much of our lives and our futures Donald Trump has fucked up today. Do we hide under the table, or fight back? It really is like living in the home of an abusive alcoholic father. MAGA voters: War to the death. That's what I offer today.03 Sep 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumiljmd3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumibzrgbc2hHere's what I would say to our friends in Canada: The people of the US did NOT vote for a trade war with Canada. Only 1/3 of Americans support Trump, and most of them don't support this either. A fight with Canada was not part of any platform or campaign promise. This was not on the ballot in 2026. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumibzrgbc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumhzip4c227Today is September 3, 2026, and we are all living through a nightmare in which we pretend Donald Trump won't order the nuclear annihilation of 100 million people in Iran. We don't know he won't do that; it's quite possible he will. But it's impossible to live with this knowledge, so we ignore it.03 Sep 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumhzip4c227https://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumhuv2hss2gThis dark fantasy that a black President will initiate a bloody campaign of racial revenge is MAGA at its most revealing. Gun sales skyrocketed after Obama's election. The United States is being destroyed by its Confederate white supremacists, who are determined to break this union. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumhuv2hss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumhowtasc2iI think most Trump voters today do know, somewhere, that what is happening here is not right. But these are people who took a whole decade to admit the Iraq War was a disaster. They have a lot of practice in building barriers in their brain to prevent reality seeping in. Meanwhile, we all suffer.03 Sep 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumhowtasc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumhjbjdo22gObserving my Trump relatives, I continue to believe that we misunderstand how little they actually see of Trump. This feeling we have that Trump dominates every news story - that is not true for Trump voters.. They don't see much of Trump at all. MAGA news protects them from Trump.03 Sep 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumhjbjdo22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumhcfcdr22zIt's crazy that one human generation, the Baby Boomers, lived the whole arc of the American Age (1945-2024), from extraordinary rise to hegemony then precipitous decline into decadence. We couldn't even make it last beyond one human generation.03 Sep 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumhcfcdr22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumgyifunc2zIf you voted for Trump in 2024, I will never respect your intelligence, and I will never again trust your basic human decency, so there is no point pretending we know each other.03 Sep 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumgyifunc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumgvwqipk2zThis is not who we are. We do not hold our Canadian friends hostage because Donald Trump is throwing a tantrum. I will never really understand why this is happening, and I come from a family of Trump voters. I don't understand why they can't see this is unacceptable. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumgvwqipk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mumgrc5kj22zThe President of the United States is a rage-bender old man with dementia who keeps threatening nuclear annihilation in the middle east, and our whole governing system is frozen and unable to respond. Never NEVER forgive the people who voted for this madness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumgrc5kj22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mui4jwymes2wIt is morally unacceptable for the President of the United States to threaten nuclear annihilation of Iran. It doesn't matter if you think he's bluffing, it's unacceptable. Americans should be 100% united on that point. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui4jwymes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mui2itpysc2dAmerican democracy is about to hit the iceberg. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html01 Sep 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui2itpysc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3muhzupt2fk2oThe President is again threatening to nuke Iran01 Sep 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhzupt2fk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3muhqaoj3ok2wWhat you see in the USA today is the Confederate States of America trying to provoke a second Civil War.01 Sep 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhqaoj3ok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3muhq6gctx22wThe damage Donald Trump has done to this country is staggering. The scale of it will only start to reveal himself when he dies. They are going to have to bury Trump is a secret grave because otherwise people will keep pissing on it. In 10 years, no one will admit to having supported this.01 Sep 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhq6gctx22whttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3muhq3x7wos2wCanada is like: Are there any adults at home in the USA? Sadly, the answer is No. That contemptible jackass has a stranglehold on our entire political system. No one will ever believe in the USA again, nor should they. We are a global disgrace today. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/01/house-vote-stopgap-funding-bill-us-federal-government-shutdown-mike-johnson-trump-ballroom-politics-latest-news-updates01 Sep 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhq3x7wos2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mucrk7nyb22nWe are just not a serious country anymore. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucrk7nyb22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mu5hkqm6wc24How can a country maintain its freedom if it's grounded in the mush brains of idiots like this? This man cannot think, he can't reason clearly, he can't explain himself, he speaks in empty slogans. No one will say it out loud, but the American public might just be too stupid to remain free. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5hkqm6wc24https://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mu3f5waqbc2xwe got these maple merchants on the ropes [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3f5waqbc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mu33gshlns2hDear "modern" feminists: You misunderstood the assignment. The bikini line demarcates public/private. Doesn't matter where you put it, you have to mind the gap (else why wear clothes at all). It's gross when your bush hangs out because everyone reads it as making your privates public. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu33gshlns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mu2yuf3hus2qKathleen Walsh sort of made her vagina everyone's lane? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2yuf3hus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mu2x6hsw2c23Every once in a while someone publishes something so pitch-perfect awful it has to be seen to be believed. Behold, Kathleen Walsh didn't shave her pubic hair before putting on a bikini, and no one at the beach cared. For real. That's the story. See for yourself. https://www.thecut.com/article/my-bush-at-the-beach-did-anyone-care.html27 Aug 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2x6hsw2c23https://bsky.app/profile/elliottlusztig.bsky.social/post/3mu2s3wstus2uMy $.02 on AI as a university instructor: So many professors were already teaching like robots, so it's not a surprise their pedagogy can be simulated. AI should encourage a new student-centered approach to learning, but does the tenured class care enough to put in the time and effort to change? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:m2224vaobjgxyexgvgviof6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2s3wstus2u