Thoreau Away
@thoreauaway.bsky.social
Christian, American, liberal, geoist. Big fan of compassion and taxing rents. Not a fan of oathbreakers or NIMBYs.
Everything in politics is now secondary to preserving our Constitution.
Everything in politics is now secondary to preserving our Constitution.
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Mind you, I’m all for taxing the rich. I just don’t think this is a good way to do it.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Mind you, I’m all for taxing the rich. I just don’t think this is a good way to do it.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
Mind you, I’m all for taxing the rich. I just don’t think this is a good way to do it.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Mind you, I’m all for taxing the rich. I just don’t think this is a good way to do it.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
It’s like hunting deer. Blowing up deer with a grenade launcher is a great way to dunk on the vegans. It’s not a great way to get deer meat.
Except one time taxes are only efficient if they’re credibly non-recurring. If the whole messaging behind them is “behave or we do it again”, the tax loses that element.
February 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Except one time taxes are only efficient if they’re credibly non-recurring. If the whole messaging behind them is “behave or we do it again”, the tax loses that element.
No, they oppose it because it’s awful economics. There’s a reason even progressive economists hate wealth taxes.
February 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
No, they oppose it because it’s awful economics. There’s a reason even progressive economists hate wealth taxes.
>Macron Impeached for Loving Wife
February 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
>Macron Impeached for Loving Wife
The last Democratic Vice President not to gain a Presidential nomination was Barkley
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The last Democratic Vice President not to gain a Presidential nomination was Barkley
I’ve honestly seen refreshingly few people here defend him.
I’m still terrified that he’ll somehow win the primary anyways, and a man who does not deserve it at all will need the party to fall in behind him to take down Collins.
I’m still terrified that he’ll somehow win the primary anyways, and a man who does not deserve it at all will need the party to fall in behind him to take down Collins.
February 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I’ve honestly seen refreshingly few people here defend him.
I’m still terrified that he’ll somehow win the primary anyways, and a man who does not deserve it at all will need the party to fall in behind him to take down Collins.
I’m still terrified that he’ll somehow win the primary anyways, and a man who does not deserve it at all will need the party to fall in behind him to take down Collins.
Stephen “I am the progressive alternative” Lynch
February 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Stephen “I am the progressive alternative” Lynch
You mean the vampire-who-is-clearly-bi-but-goes-from-saying-straight-to-saying-lesbian rodeo?
February 16, 2026 at 3:04 AM
You mean the vampire-who-is-clearly-bi-but-goes-from-saying-straight-to-saying-lesbian rodeo?
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Candidate for Congress reposting openly Georgist account 👀
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Candidate for Congress reposting openly Georgist account 👀
Candidate for Congress reposting openly Georgist account 👀
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Candidate for Congress reposting openly Georgist account 👀
Unironically, floor leader and PR leader need to be different positions
February 16, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Unironically, floor leader and PR leader need to be different positions
Trans people can’t win the fight for acceptance without winning at least the acquiescence of people who Rowling used to be like. People like present day Rowling are just going to have to be made social outcasts.
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Trans people can’t win the fight for acceptance without winning at least the acquiescence of people who Rowling used to be like. People like present day Rowling are just going to have to be made social outcasts.
I legitimately think Rowling had some prejudiced-but-not-beyond-the-pale opinions, expressed them, and got addicted to the outrage machine until she became a monster.
My liberal mom’s original reaction to her posts was “well she has something of a point” and has become “oh dear”
My liberal mom’s original reaction to her posts was “well she has something of a point” and has become “oh dear”
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I legitimately think Rowling had some prejudiced-but-not-beyond-the-pale opinions, expressed them, and got addicted to the outrage machine until she became a monster.
My liberal mom’s original reaction to her posts was “well she has something of a point” and has become “oh dear”
My liberal mom’s original reaction to her posts was “well she has something of a point” and has become “oh dear”
Of those countries:
-Sweden, Italy, and Japan already have right wing governments with far right influence
-Britain, France, and Germany all have significant odds of electing such a government in their next election
-Canada is uniquely protected by being negatively polarized by nationalism
-Sweden, Italy, and Japan already have right wing governments with far right influence
-Britain, France, and Germany all have significant odds of electing such a government in their next election
-Canada is uniquely protected by being negatively polarized by nationalism
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Of those countries:
-Sweden, Italy, and Japan already have right wing governments with far right influence
-Britain, France, and Germany all have significant odds of electing such a government in their next election
-Canada is uniquely protected by being negatively polarized by nationalism
-Sweden, Italy, and Japan already have right wing governments with far right influence
-Britain, France, and Germany all have significant odds of electing such a government in their next election
-Canada is uniquely protected by being negatively polarized by nationalism
You’re right - I *did* confuse the radius of the Earth’s orbit around the sun with the radius of the Earth. Nice catch!
What that means:
What that means:
February 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
You’re right - I *did* confuse the radius of the Earth’s orbit around the sun with the radius of the Earth. Nice catch!
What that means:
What that means:
Interesting. How did Jefferson justify this?
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Interesting. How did Jefferson justify this?
I suspect the eventual result would have been the states deciding “these rules are stupid” and a new constitution, formed explicitly along Hamilton’s lines of construction, being formed
February 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I suspect the eventual result would have been the states deciding “these rules are stupid” and a new constitution, formed explicitly along Hamilton’s lines of construction, being formed
Bills for internal improvements were repeatedly (and wrongly) defeated on strict constructionist grounds until Lincoln’s Presidency.
Had Jefferson’s 1784 proposition to ban new slave states after 1800 succeeded, I’m having a hard time imagining a violent failure state for the antebellum union.
Had Jefferson’s 1784 proposition to ban new slave states after 1800 succeeded, I’m having a hard time imagining a violent failure state for the antebellum union.
February 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Bills for internal improvements were repeatedly (and wrongly) defeated on strict constructionist grounds until Lincoln’s Presidency.
Had Jefferson’s 1784 proposition to ban new slave states after 1800 succeeded, I’m having a hard time imagining a violent failure state for the antebellum union.
Had Jefferson’s 1784 proposition to ban new slave states after 1800 succeeded, I’m having a hard time imagining a violent failure state for the antebellum union.
Eh, it would have proceeded on much different (and likely worse) terms, but it need not have failed. It quite nearly functioned on Jefferson’s terms from his term through Buchanan’s - the First and Second BOTUS being temporary exceptions - and the cause of failure was not their absence.
February 15, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Eh, it would have proceeded on much different (and likely worse) terms, but it need not have failed. It quite nearly functioned on Jefferson’s terms from his term through Buchanan’s - the First and Second BOTUS being temporary exceptions - and the cause of failure was not their absence.
The “proletariat” as envisioned by Marx is politically negligible in modern American society
The politically active classes are business owners (Republicans) and professionals (Democratic)
“Unskilled labor” divides based on who the laborer sympathizes with more, or annoys the laborer less
The politically active classes are business owners (Republicans) and professionals (Democratic)
“Unskilled labor” divides based on who the laborer sympathizes with more, or annoys the laborer less
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The “proletariat” as envisioned by Marx is politically negligible in modern American society
The politically active classes are business owners (Republicans) and professionals (Democratic)
“Unskilled labor” divides based on who the laborer sympathizes with more, or annoys the laborer less
The politically active classes are business owners (Republicans) and professionals (Democratic)
“Unskilled labor” divides based on who the laborer sympathizes with more, or annoys the laborer less
His age and exhaustion were a problem, but so was Democrats getting utterly dunked on in terms of media reach. Musk bought Twitter. Zuck went chud and took Meta with him. Legacy media hated Biden for not giving Obama-level access. And nominal price shifts are eye popping even when wages keep pace.
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 PM
His age and exhaustion were a problem, but so was Democrats getting utterly dunked on in terms of media reach. Musk bought Twitter. Zuck went chud and took Meta with him. Legacy media hated Biden for not giving Obama-level access. And nominal price shifts are eye popping even when wages keep pace.
I did! Her proposal to tax unrealized gains visibly scared the wealthy?
February 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I did! Her proposal to tax unrealized gains visibly scared the wealthy?
It goes both ways
You can’t say leftists cost Democrats 2024 and then refuse to consider them in your 2028 calculations (although you can argue the cost of losing centrists is worse)
But you can’t say that accusations of leftists costing Dems 2024 are fake and then also claim it proudly
You can’t say leftists cost Democrats 2024 and then refuse to consider them in your 2028 calculations (although you can argue the cost of losing centrists is worse)
But you can’t say that accusations of leftists costing Dems 2024 are fake and then also claim it proudly
February 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
It goes both ways
You can’t say leftists cost Democrats 2024 and then refuse to consider them in your 2028 calculations (although you can argue the cost of losing centrists is worse)
But you can’t say that accusations of leftists costing Dems 2024 are fake and then also claim it proudly
You can’t say leftists cost Democrats 2024 and then refuse to consider them in your 2028 calculations (although you can argue the cost of losing centrists is worse)
But you can’t say that accusations of leftists costing Dems 2024 are fake and then also claim it proudly
A fusion ticket costs Lincoln California, Oregon, and the four electors he won in New Jersey. But every other antebellum free state gave him a majority.
February 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
A fusion ticket costs Lincoln California, Oregon, and the four electors he won in New Jersey. But every other antebellum free state gave him a majority.