Hello Jarod,
It's the altruism found on the left, but missing from the right. In it's place on the right is a selfishness which manifests into glorification of personal rights. It is now exaggerated into the right to hate government and disbelieve the news with a tendency to believe in unsupported conspiracy theories.
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Jarod (08-11-2020)
LOL. Dude, you're going to give me diabetes posting like that. Granted the Left is more motherly and the Right is more fatherly. Granted the Left is more nurturing and the Right stern, "stand on your own two feet". Too much of either is bad. Finding a good balance is best.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
PoliTalker (08-10-2020)
Hello Dutch Uncle,
Totally agreed on that. The left and the right need to work together to keep each other in check. But for that to happen, each must stop dehumanizing the other and remember we are all Americans and our fate is shared. That used to be far more possible before hate radio and internet hate peddlers. The left is not the boogie man, nor is the left the enemy, nor does it deserve to be ridiculed nor hated. But you cannot tell that to most of the right, which, inexplicably, seems to want to demonize half the country. How the right figures America can function without the cohesive mutual respect of most is completely overlooked. Part of the problem is that there is a lot of money to be made making up lies and putting sensationalized conspiracy theories out there. Just ask Alex Jones.
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"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
“The Communist party must control the guns.”
― Mao Tse-tung
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PostmodernProphet (08-11-2020)
if he/she would be against globalist stupidity, yes. this is what it's all about, china, globalism and bad trade deals.
bernie was solid on those issues. he had a better chance than hillary, but internationalist fascism is more important to the dnc than anything else, so they fucked bernie over.
The premise of the question is that Trump is a radical conservative firebrand, and he's not. Trump's appeal isn't political, it's personal. As a political leader Trump is ridiculous. He is a cartoon character come to life. But his bombastic self promotion sells to a broad segment of voters as much or almost as much as it repels others, including genuine conservatives. So I think your question is could a liberal autocrat get elected?, which is a contradiction in terms.
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PoliTalker (08-11-2020)
You make a good point, Trump* is not true to traditional conservatism.. but he is true to the neo-conservative non-reality based angry lashing out, which the liberals are somehow able to keep relegated to the lower levels of their elected politics. What I am asking is why?
20th Century Conservatism has always had a bit of a bent toward autocracy, and authoritarianism and my question is why does their organization bend that way when the other side is more able to keep that shit farther away from leadership?
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LOCK HIM UP!
Hello Dutch Uncle,
Hasn't that ship already sailed?
Our dysfunction has things pretty screwed up already.
And I don't see any way around the right to free speech which would curtail hate peddlers.
They are going to whip up the worst emotions of the impressionable, sell product, and care not for the damage they do to our national psyche.
American unity is shattered and I can frankly see no way to rekindle it.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
It goes through phases for sure. There are things that could happen that would result in unity. A Pearl Harbor with a different president would rekindle unity. As long as people like Trump* are even on the sidelines stoking ridiculous conspiracy theories, such as birtherism and such, unity is going to be very difficult. There are enough mentally ill wannabe authoritarians (Trumps* base) in this country that it becomes disruptive.
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18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
PoliTalker (08-11-2020)
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