Ship of the World

  https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/lee-chatfield-corruption-case-questionable-spending-strip-club-bill There’s too many values and thoughts that I share with Simon so it’s impossible for me to respond to everything he writes however in this case I think it going to result in nothing but good.   We’re seeing this classic narrative arc of a progressive prosecutor who does get some things done but the last years of their term descend into some sort of madness as they get stuck in the mud.  Progressive people really don’t like prosecutors; that’s my analysis.  At least they don’t like prosecutors who work for the state no matter how progressive they are.  Unfortunately I both think this and admire other progress made from the AG’s office from a distance, which is confusing.  I think there’s layers to it.  I can resist conservatism with a progressive prosecutor in a large group but I can’t agree on the law with them, and too often not ideolog...

  I want to say some words about Mayday and the proposed general strike.   What should be more widely known about May 1st, Mayday, is that it was a festival to celebrate those heroes of the past who protected economic and social justice.   In the classic Saturnalia fashion, where all societal order was decalcified and turned on its head, Mayday was the proof in those inegalitarian and repressive times that a more democratic and egalitarian society was possible.   If you can do it for one day, you can do it for two, then three, then a week, a month, a year; to the whole live long time.   Fast forward to now, and the times are slightly improved, but still, sure as can be, inegalitarian and repressive, but I say this about the general strike: if you can do it for one day you can do it for two, then three, then a week, a month, a year.   The only way to live in that egalitarian and just world we desire is to bring that feeling of labor strife and working class ...