(January 26, 2019 at 9:30 am)Brian37 Wrote:(January 26, 2019 at 8:57 am)Nomad Wrote: Not arguing semantics, simply pointing out that the US isn't democratic.
Um yes we are. It is just one party that doesn't want to play fair. The GOP has gerrymandered and deregulated since Reagan, but that does not mean we cant get back to the sane post WW2 policies that were more fair to workers.
We do have voting, and we have checks on power, but it is still up to the population to participate to insure those things work, even if not perfectly, we are still far better than dictatorships and theocracies.
Right now we have allowed too much power to our top earners, but that does not mean it has to stay that way.
You know, the Clintons were probably far more effective at tearing down your 'sane post WWII' policies than any of the Republicans. They are the ones who dismantled welfare, threw disabled people out into the street, and turned their backs on organized labor.
Do you know why they were more effective at it? Because of Animal Farm mentalities like yours. Four legs good; Two legs bad. Democrats good; Republicans bad. The Dems are frequently the Animal Farm pigs. Just because the Republicans are bad, it doesn't make the Dems good. When the Republicans are destroying your world, you scream like a little bitch. But when the Democrats are destroying your world, you cheer like a stupid cunt.
Personally, I am not convinced that Trump is all that much worse than Hillary. Trump is incompetent. Hillary is competent. When it comes to dealing with evil people, I actually do sort of prefer the incompetent ones.
We do not inherit the world from our parents. We borrow it from our children.