circularfish

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Alternative title: “A very bad take on The Handmaid’s Tale”.

To join, the group demands faithfulness, virtue, and “alignment,” which it describes as “deference to and acceptance of the wisdom of our American and European Christian forebears in the political realm, a traditional understanding of patriarchal leadership in the household, and acceptance of traditional Natural Law in ethics more broadly.” More practically, members must be able to contribute either influence, capability, or wealth in helping SACR further its goals. “Most of all, we seek those who understand the nature of authority and its legitimate forceful exercise in the temporal realm,” a mission statement reads.

 

I am avoiding linking to the Fox article so as to not send them traffic. Can’t make this stuff up.

 

Let’s hear all about your progress. Don’t disappoint your judgmental internet buddies!

[–] circularfish@beehaw.org 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Amazed at how the same people who defend a business model that depends on price inelasticities to extract the last dime for lifesaving meds somehow react with horror at the idea that the biggest negotiator of pharmaceutical prices in the U.S. has the gall to negotiate lower prices. The government isn’t ‘dictating’ anything. It is using its market power to drive the price down.

That is the vaunted free market at work. Anything else is just corporate socialism.

 

Making any progress, you slackers? Tell us about it!