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RE: The Republican America
November 22, 2020 at 5:01 pm
(November 22, 2020 at 4:10 am)Eleven Wrote: What happens if the one party system does fall into place? What if it ends up being the Republican party, thereby dissolving the Democratic party to the point where there is no hope of it being returned in the foreseeable future?
Is such an event possible? I am not politically minded enough to know for certain, but I am smart enough to understand that such a future is scary for at least half of the country.
In such an event, will the Republicans take away your freedoms? Are you going to allow yourself to get stuck in such a country or will you have left before it was too late?
There is a precedent for such a state. It wasn't pretty.
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RE: The Republican America
November 22, 2020 at 9:49 pm
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There are Republicans waiting in the wings, waiting for their turn to dismantle democracy.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Republican America
November 22, 2020 at 10:22 pm
A bunch of cultists essentially saying "fuck democracy "
"Change was inevitable"
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RE: The Republican America
November 23, 2020 at 2:28 am
Really, look at this video and tell if there is anything normal in it or about it
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Republican America
November 23, 2020 at 3:13 am
(November 22, 2020 at 5:01 pm)Nomad Wrote: (November 22, 2020 at 4:10 am)Eleven Wrote: What happens if the one party system does fall into place? What if it ends up being the Republican party, thereby dissolving the Democratic party to the point where there is no hope of it being returned in the foreseeable future?
Is such an event possible? I am not politically minded enough to know for certain, but I am smart enough to understand that such a future is scary for at least half of the country.
In such an event, will the Republicans take away your freedoms? Are you going to allow yourself to get stuck in such a country or will you have left before it was too late?
There is a precedent for such a state. It wasn't pretty. I was going to bring up Ceaucescu’s Romania, but that seems to have hit the nail on the head. At any rate, if you want to imagine what life for women is going to be like under a strict one-party Republican system, watch 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days.
To be fair, it seems like what the Republicans want is an ever-shifting mix between Gilead, Galt’s Gulch, and the west of Blood Meridian, so it’s possible that the simple act of trying to put an image to their desires is meaningless.
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RE: The Republican America
November 23, 2020 at 5:15 am
(November 22, 2020 at 9:03 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: ♫Always look on the bright side of life...♫
And now for something completely different, a man with a hurricane up his nose.
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RE: The Republican America
November 23, 2020 at 9:54 am
The best comparison I can make of the Republican mindset with contemporary film culture is that they are The Borg.
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RE: The Republican America
November 23, 2020 at 9:58 am
I think inertia is going to win in the end.
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RE: The Republican America
November 23, 2020 at 12:07 pm
(November 23, 2020 at 9:54 am)Eleven Wrote: The best comparison I can make of the Republican mindset with contemporary film culture is that they are The Borg.
Nooooo...
The Ferengi are a much closer match.....
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RE: The Republican America
November 23, 2020 at 3:56 pm
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They could be ferengis but for having less scruples, less cunning, less principles, less humanity, and more lust for power.
Find any loathsome character that seem to represent some aspect of the republicans, and you will find that character puts far too endearing a face on what republicans really are.
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