The People Too Must Rise

An interruption to your regularly unscheduled content: the six of you who follow this blog may have noticed that the moment I committed to more posts every week, I fell off. I do have the outline of EOs 31 - 35 put together; I just need to edit it into a suitable blog post. The delay is because of an opportunity I have to write an article about executive orders for a wider audience. I am hoping to land more opportunities to write for that site, but I'm still committed to the Project 2025 comparison. It may not move at the same pace as previously planned, but I'm not dropping it all together either.

But, for now, here's a quick scream into the void about the latest bout of corruption and self-servitude by America's most powerful billionaire:

Elon Musk sold Twitter to himself. To xAI. And we're not allowed to know if he profited off of it, because they're private companies? I think we can make an educated guess. The richest man in the world is enriching himself by giving himself assets he already has, while more than 13% of Americans are facing food insecurity. The number of people facing the prospect of starvation only grows, and Congress seems poised to make deep cuts to SNAP benefits, which millions of Americans depend on to afford food. Why? Because we want to explore a "let them eat cake" moment, or...?

One of my favorite movies is Les Miserables, the one with Hugh Jackman and Russel Crowe. I've probably watched it 100 times over the years. It's been my comfort movie for a decade. Let's not think about what that says about me. There's a line sung by the leader of the revolutionaries. He says "The people, too, must rise.." as he stares into the distance. It's as if he knows the masses were not stirred, and the rebels would soon meet a very bleak fate. I think about that line a lot, staring off into the distance myself. 

The rich are only getting richer, and the poor are getting much poorer. All of America should be standing against this injustice. I genuinely hope the people are rising, but a big part of me has strong doubts.