DigitalDave (11-04-2020), Doc Dutch (11-04-2020)
I am radicalized in my belief in moderate government. The lunatic fringes on each side
can't see each others point of view. It is imperative that a political movement exist that can
see the actual philosophic merit in both sides.
Yes, as the right does I see the need for a society where effort and excellence are the lodestar aim and virtue, and sloth and indolence can
result from a nanny state that coddles and creates a learned helplessness of an underclass.
Yes, I see that losing is a structural side effect of robust capitalism and that a strong social safetynet is a moral imperative. I see health care
as a right. Those who can pay for it, must pay for it, those who cannot must be subsidized.
But you people left and right of me can't even see the opposite viewpoint at all. Reasonable disagreement and countervailing
costs and ends are not even acknowledged as existing.
I am therefore RADICAL in my clutching to moderation. I feel as strongly about being moderate as you ideologues do about
your non negotiable extremist views, paradox be damned.
DigitalDave (11-04-2020), Doc Dutch (11-04-2020)
You are a lunatic on the far left.
Fascist ideologues ^^^
I will retort using a random number generator
59728841
I win.
Depends on the point of view. I see from my vantage large swaths of people to the far right and far left of me.
The wholesale destruction of beneficial societal norms. The fact that a media exists that can cause, by hook or crook and the electoral college, the election of a immoral incompetent lying crazed lunatic.
What's weird is that every Capitalist nation in the first world has tax-funded healthcare protocols but the American lemmings still buy into it being that Socialism boogieman. You look back and everything from labor laws to just about any societal advancement for the commoner's sake was called socialism by the elite and believed by lemmings. They complain about liberal elites being the issue while the marionette strings from the corporate elite are clearly attatched.
domer76 (11-18-2020)
This is exactly where you should be Micawber.
You Are Not So Smart Podcast - A celebration of Self-Delusion
I agree with this sentiment. I think age and wisdom make one move closer to the center. Personally I am a pragmatist. For example, I don't believe a one time wealth tax is 'liberal', it's simply a necessary adjustment to wealth distribution to allow the economy to function properly. Same with tax policy. All taxes are not created equal, and the optimal tax policy is almost certainly going to put a greater burden on higher incomes, because those dollars will accelerate if shifted to lower incomes through social programs. All that being said, I consider myself socially liberal and fiscally conservative. It's hilarious to see the 'communist' label placed on me.
For the record, I benefit from Trumps tax policies. Pre-emptive strike.
Thinking a one time wealth tax is necessary isn't Liberal, it's Leftist.
Wanting to put a greater tax burden on the wealthier/higher incomes because you're jealous isn't Liberal. It's leftist.
It's hilarious that you consider yourself fiscally conservative. By definition, fiscally conservative means lower taxes, less government spending, and minimal government debt.
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