RE: Say Something Nice About President Trump
June 12, 2018 at 9:02 am
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2018 at 9:04 am by Anomalocaris.)
(June 11, 2018 at 8:00 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote:(June 11, 2018 at 12:08 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: He exposes the ridiculousness of the system, including the people who oppose him.
I will say this, the Dems may get ahead for a short while by being "Not Trump" (extremely low bar), but to win in the longer term, they have to give their base what they want. Or at least honestly try to.
That would be democracy at its worst, pandering to those whose interests can only be served to the detriment of the greater good.
Democracy at its best Involves confusing the base as to make the base believe what is good for the whole is actually good for the short term selfish interests of the base as well, which is false at least half the time.
The reason why republicans are successful is it managed to enlist the technique of democracy at it best, but not the goals of democracy at its best, to benefit itself in a way only democracy at its worst can.
