DBA
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Our right wing is paralyzed by a binary, all-or-nothing mentality that has been drummed into them by talk radio and its resulting allies on the internet.Hey there,
Jim from Canada here. You Americans need to vote for Bernie. You might not agree with all his points, but he's truly your only option.
The United States is moving in a different direction than other democratic first world countries. The US citizens average life span is appalling among the G8, as well as life satisfaction and a slew of other metrics for how good your country is to live in.
And seriously, you guys are really embarrassing right now. Being Canadian can be fun. Foreigners wont have any idea we're not American unless we tell them (the asute foreigner will know straight away when we introduce ourselves like "Hi I'm James" instead of "Hi I'm James, would you like to see a picture of my handgun?")
But now we're forced to introduce ourselves like "Hi I'm James, I'm not American, I'm Canadian, sorry about my countries brother right now guys...."
If you wont adopt a more socialist, mixed market economy, like the rest of progressive human society, then please at least stop bragging about how awesome it is to get shafted by large insurance companies.
Now you might not agree with what Bernie says, but his heart is in the right place. You can either have that, or keep going down the shit slide. Seriously as a Canadian, who is statistically more educated and literate than you, those are your two options...
They simply can't comprehend shades of grey; they don't understand that an economy can have positive elements of both types of economies. To them, it can only be one or the other, that's it.
And their absolute refusal to see the obvious may be the primary driver of this increasing interest in, and openness to, socialism. Of course, they don't/won't see that, either.
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I don't suppose the opposite could be true as well. The Democrats steady move left pushed people into voting for Trump. The evidence for this can be found in looking at the current crop of old Democrats that are running the show. Peolosi, Shiff, etc. have been around a while. They have wanted Socialism and a far left movement for their entire careers and now are giddy about the opportunity to push their policies. They didn't suddenly switch in the last 3 years. Much of this move left has nothing to do with actual policies and everything to do with a personal hatred for Trump, the man.