I’ve been reflecting on a few books I’ve read lately:
Fascism (Madeline Albright)
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Just finished reading "How Democracies Die". I think it should be required reading for everyone.
Disturbing stuff really, as far as how fragile they paint American Democracy.
But what struck me is the discussion of the demographic change that is shaping our politics. As the Republican party represents, and courts, the shrinking white working class, it clings to power with ever more desperate tactics, gerrymandering, voter suppression, legislative overreach, court packing, executive fiat, etc. The recommendation from the authors was for the Democrats, representing a growing minority soon to be majority non white electorate, return to status quo ante norms of restraint and respect. They warn against reciprocal use of political hard ball, as being counter productive. I don't know what the answer might be, but I don't hold out much hope that a one sided call for decency and decorum will change the polity and save democracy. Addressing racism and wealth inequality will be more messy than the gentleman's game of civil politics when one side is entrenched and dedicated to winning at all costs.
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This world keeps getting weirder.
True. Democrats get the house and the unruly children since they are the bitches.
- both political parties are corrupt so don't try the all high and mighty from either side.
both parties do their best to rig elections. Whether it's voter suppression or registering dead people, it's wrong.
Since our team is struggling, I thought I would head over to different areas to see what's going on. Good Lord, we have some freaking delusional people out there.
Just my two cents....
- race relations have been an issue long before Trump. He doesn't help things but also the media slants everything negative anyway. The guy could cure cancer but the media would say he only wanted to cure it for white people. The media sucks.
- if people want to complain about global warming, don't drive your car. Once you stop that, I can take you seriously.
I'd like to get into more, but I know I'm wasting my time for anyone wanting to be objective anyway.
Are you a real person?
And I mean that in the are you a real person like Stoked, Bulletproof, and Dr. Jones? Or a "real person" like babe, thriller and dutchrudder?
I don't know what you mean.
Of course I'm a real person who has lived all over the country. I have lived in blue areas and red areas. One thing I've learned is that voters are pawns that each party does their best to manipulate.
I don't recall the Democratic party pulling these specific moves before, meaning what's happening in Wisconsin and Michigan specifically, and it doesnt strike me as any kind of good trend. It does seem to be a way to dulute election results after the fact. We've had two major political parties for a long time know. In elections, it's always been "win some, lose some". Isn't this new development, just that, new, and how is pointing it out being high and mighty?
Doesn't this lead to "my vote does not count anyway" being irrefutably true, and, if so, how is that good for our democracy? Are you saying this is to be ignored, or not raised at all, because both parties have pulled crap before?
How do I know you're not just a Republican voter, attempting to sweep this under the rug under the guise of the "both parties" mantra? (And I am a Democratic supporter in the Trump era, trying to focus light on this by bringing it out from under the rug where some would sweep it.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna945506
"Both national and statewide experts said they had never seen such efforts like the ones in Wisconsin and Michigan before — and that the GOP actions indicate a new level of toxicity has arrived in state government.
"Until recently, no party has tried to hamstring their opponents' future power to the way the Republicans are doing it now," John Chamberlin, professor emeritus of political science and public policy at the University of Michigan, told NBC News, adding, "They are a bad sign that state politics is being infected by the toxic national political environment."
Democrats are just as corrupt as Republicans. In TN, the left has been registering dead voters for years. And that's in addition to promising stuff to local communities just so they can ship them to polling stations the day of voting. It's pretty despicable.
@LoPo
You can play the both parties card all you like but do both parties presidents and their candidates act like Trump does? Do both parties presidents tweet all day long and act like weirdos every time they get in front of a camera? Do both parties presidents have job resumes that with no political experience and having the TV show The Apprentice on it? Do both parties presidents have catch phrases like "your fired"?
LeBron and Raul neto are both NBA basketball player so since they have that in common they are the same obviously. Just like both parties do some ****ed up **** sometimes so they are the same too. Doesn't matter that LeBron is a much better basketball player than neto and doesn't matter that one party does worse **** more frequently than the other. They are all the same right?
I'd like to get into more, but I know I'm wasting my time hoping you would be objective anyway.
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Always nice when the sports dummies come over to this forum and prove themselves to be regular dummies as well.
I think the exposure of the way the DNC jobbed Bernie is a HUGE reason why Trump got elected. There were many people who might normally side with the Democrats, or independent voters who otherwise would have voted for Hillary over Trump, but that scandal either kept them from voting or led them to hold their nose and vote for Trump. I knew MANY MANY people who said they just couldn't vote for Hillary because of how corrupt she is. Please don't act like nobody noticed, Trump got ****ing elected and he's a steaming pile of ****.Democrats are just as corrupt as Republicans. In TN, the left has been registering dead voters for years. And that's in addition to promising stuff to local communities just so they can ship them to polling stations the day of voting. It's pretty despicable.
Speaking of corruption, just look at this whole Russia thing. So, some Russian special intelligence person hacks into the Democratic National Convention messages and exposes their corruption. In the messages, there are clear conversations about how the DNC colluded against Bernie, paid people to start fights at Trump rallies and more. Since Trump got elected, all the media left and Democrats want to do is link Trump to the hacking Russians rather than talk about how messed up it is that the DNC colluded against Bernie, tried to mess up Trump rallies, etc.
It's so stupid yet people are dumb. Biased people are even dumber (and that goes for both sides). But for the left to be so outraged at Trump maybe being involved with Russians who exposed the DNC dark secrets is just laughable. It's about as bad as D'Angelo Russell being the bad guy because he leaked that his teammate was cheating on his girlfriend/wife. If you weren't a scumbag cheating on your girlfriend/wife, it wouldn't be a story to begin with. Take responsibility for your actions, get better and move on.
I think the exposure of the way the DNC jobbed Bernie is a HUGE reason why Trump got elected. There were many people who might normally side with the Democrats, or independent voters who otherwise would have voted for Hillary over Trump, but that scandal either kept them from voting or led them to hold their nose and vote for Trump. I knew MANY MANY people who said they just couldn't vote for Hillary because of how corrupt she is. Please don't act like nobody noticed, Trump got ****ing elected and he's a steaming pile of ****.