The Progressive Professor Notes From The Study

Anyone studying the psychology of the public knows full well that if you want that public to approve and accept something, like tax policy that helps the rich, make it sound like an irresistible brownie and ice cream. How about a tax break, ya’ll? 

There is nothing we can do to stop the expansion of the universe or escape the fate of black holes. But there is much we can do to end the rampant evil that rears its ugly head at this moment in our history, and that includes fighting back against the illegal and the immoral.

It seems beyond doubt that the tech billionaires are motivated by greed and that the rest of the MAGA club is motivated by racism. They swear at each other, insult each other, and vow to fight to the finish. But it’s all a distraction, whether they know it or not.

Human attitude toward land is two-sided. We always want more, that’s one side, but once we get it, we don’t take very good care of it. That’s the second. Beginning with the wanting more, the search for good land and what it can provide has always been a driving force in human history.

One lesson learned during the pandemic was that we are all “essential workers.” We function as an integrated web of builders, truck drivers, doctors, painters, teachers, and librarians. Some will have more wealth than others, but no one should live in the fear of poverty or with the stigma that you are not important and essential to the functioning of society.

St Francis of Assisi died Oct 3, 1226 CE. Siddhartha Gautama, more commonly known as the Buddha, lived in SE Asia during the 5th or 6th century BCE. From a historical perspective, they have been separated for almost 2000 years. From a human perspective, they are not separated at all.