I'm about to become wildly unpopular ...

[plimsoll]

34. Let's make a distinction.

Defeatism, and pessimism.

I’ll say right now that I sincerely question the justice systems ability to prosecute right wing terrorists. Not because they won’t try, but because at this point you are probably unable to seat a juror that won’t contain at least one sympathizer who will lie to get seated. 40 years of attacking the government have undermined our institutions to such an extent that some people believe it’s ok to violate those social contracts when they don’t give you the result you want.

The fact is I believe that prosecutors don’t try rich people because they know that even if they get a conviction judges are very likely give sentences so lenient as to be meaningless, in conditions that may be better than “freedom” for many poor people.

So yes, I don’t believe equal protection under the law exists as reality in this country. 40 years of GOP rule has shattered that.

I’m not a defeatist. All is not lost, we cannot surrender because our opponents have used a phony culture war to further a class system.