Teachable Moment Indeed

[berg80]

Maybe. But government isn't a dependable vehicle for that funding, as we're seeing.

We elect the government. So what you're really saying is we aren't capable of governing ourselves.

 

[dblack]

Eggs got too expensive so for the first time we elected a convicted felon as prez. That's on us, not the "government."

That's on the people who voted for him.

 

[dblack]

We elect the government. So what you're really saying is we aren't capable of governing ourselves.

Nah. That's not what I'm "really" saying. At all.

 

[BrokeLoser]

We elect the government. So what you're really saying is we aren't capable of governing ourselves.

Real America, when comprised of core Americans was definitely capable of self governance…The new America you’ve manufactured full of so many different factions…probably not.

 

[dblack]

You're ignoring the structural advantages the minority has by virtue of the EC and the disproportionate representation of rural (conservative) areas in the Senate.

I'm not ignoring that at all. But these buffers to majority rule are under constant attack

But yes, generally speaking, the majority rules. Do you favor anarchy instead?

Not at all. Do you favor totalitarian government?

Or perhaps the dissolution of the republic in to 50 disparate states each having total control within its borders?

What is your "solution" to democracy?

Constitutional limits on government power.

Democracy is fine, when we need to all conform to one decision. But most of the time, such conformity isn't necessary. In those cases, we should strive to solve our problems voluntarily instead.

 

[Unkotare]

HOLY HELL!
“Nitwits”?
The irony….You libs want Mexico’s illiterate people voting, you want America hating ragheads voting, you want children voting, you want desperate swamp creatures and street beasts voting…hahaha…you want all the nitwits voting.
You can’t be taken seriously.

You are exactly like the Democrats. Everything you post is on identity politics rather than principles and policies. You are exactly like the reason why the Democrats are losing and why you remain a loser. You are the problem and the fact that your ilk is increasingly ignored is the solution.

 

[georgephillip]

Sometimes freedom is more important than "free".

Constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly are fundamental human rights vital for a functioning democracy and a just society, and they obviously come with considerable costs.

If it's true the protection of values like democracy and human rights is more important than short-term economic gain, I would argue using government as a fourth factor of production, unconcerned with "turning a profit," allows society to obtain the information it needs to sustain its fundamental human rights.

 

[dblack]

Constitutional rights such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly are fundamental human rights vital for a functioning democracy and a just society, and they obviously come with considerable costs.

If it's true the protection of values like democracy and human rights is more important than short-term economic gain, I would argue using government as a fourth factor of production, unconcerned with "turning a profit," allows society to obtain the information it needs to sustain its fundamental human rights.

Hmm... "unconcerned with 'turning a profit'".

What would they be concerned with instead?

And what in the world does

"... allows society to obtain the information it needs to sustain its fundamental human rights."

mean?

 

[BrokeLoser]

You are exactly like the Democrats. Everything you post is on identity politics rather than principles and policies. You are exactly like the reason why the Democrats are losing and why you remain a loser. You are the problem and the fact that your ilk is increasingly ignored is the solution.

Like Trump and all with a nutsack I’ve turned the tables of the filthy fucks…I’m fully engaged in playing and beating them at their game, I’m in the trenches with the gloves off. Meanwhile, cowards are still trying to play nice.
You believe I’m playing identity politics when I point out that more dark people = a shittier America, when I say more faggots = a shittier America, when I say the chick with dicks ‘movement’ is bad for America, when I say fewer Caucasians = bad for America….BUT what I’m really doing is calling out and countering all the bullshit misleading lies and deceit that you globalist lefties spew. NONE of what you libs stand for is good for America and people have to have the courage to say it.
Now scream BIGOT at the sky.

dblack

 

[Unkotare]

Like Trump and all with a nutsack I’ve turned the tables of the filthy fucks…I’m fully engaged in playing and beating them at their game, I’m in the trenches with the gloves off. Meanwhile, cowards are still trying to play nice.
You believe I’m playing identity politics when I point out that more dark people = a shittier America, when I say more faggots = a shittier America, when I say the chick with dicks ‘movement’ is bad for America, when I say fewer Caucasians = bad for America….BUT what I’m really doing is calling out and countering all the bullshit misleading lies and deceit that you globalist lefties spew. NONE of what you libs stand for is good for America and people have to have the courage to say it.
Now scream BIGOT at the sky.

dblack

Thanks for proving my point. You are a sucker and a fool trying to justify his little girl hysterical fear of things. If we have seen anything from this election is that the ideas and the principal and the suggested actions or what’s important not what the hell what he looks like or what their religion is or where they were from before they became an American or what their gender is over who they like to be with whatever. You are an absolute coward, weakling, and a fool.

 

[konradv]

Maybe. But government isn't a dependable vehicle for that funding, as we're seeing.

Ergo, the end to American exceptionalism.

 

[dblack]

Ergo, the end to American exceptionalism.

Guess it depends on how you're defining American exceptionalism. One might argue that a dedication to the principles of free trade and limited government is exactly the kind of thing that makes America exceptional.

 

[fncceo]

LOL....You may as well walk up and shank a lib in the liver and it would not hurt them near as much as even the mere mention of freedom and personal responsibility.

The shiv in the liver seems to hurt them a lot every time I tried it.

They just won’t stop screaming for 2 to 4 hours.

 

[Unkotare]

We haven’t been exceptional since the Caucasian population dropped below 70% in our population centers….and since Mexico took much of our nation. That’s just a simple undeniable fact…The globalist GDP chasers fucked us all out of quality of life.
We’ve become a lost and divided nation with no identity, we’re $37T in debt, we have a larger homeless population than the total population of many countries, we have Veterans sleeping, pissing, shitting and dying in our streets, a middle class that can’t save a dime or get ahead, 50 million unvetted illegals fucking over our citizenry, maiming, raping and murdering our daughters, poisoning our sons, destroying blue collar trade work, destroying our public school and healthcare institutions ….we have a citizenry that hates one another, off the charts levels of criminality, a social media and media steering our elections and the cultural direction of our nation and the tolerant inclusive feelings people continue to embrace, champion and push things they KNOW will only cause further decay and degradation…The anti-America loons have lost all their fucking shit…they can’t and won’t get out of their own way.

This pessimistic pussy ^^^ is nothing like an America.

 

[Unkotare]

Guess it depends on how you're defining American exceptionalism. One might argue that a dedication to the principles of free trade and limited government is exactly the kind of thing that makes America exceptional.

... you globalist lefties ... you libs...

Still wrong, liar.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Thanks for proving my point. You are a sucker and a fool trying to justify his little girl hysterical fear of things. If we have seen anything from this election is that the ideas and the principal and the suggested actions or what’s important not what the hell what he looks like or what their religion is or where they were from before they became an American or what their gender is over who they like to be with whatever. You are an absolute coward, weakling, and a fool.

Thanks for proving my point.

The only think I proved is that you, like all libs, are a scared pretender…You pretend shitty things aren’t shitty because FEELZ won’t allow you to admit to the realities.

You are a sucker and a fool trying to justify his little girl hysterical fear of things.

“Fear of things”?
All sane courageous people with standards and expectations, those who love America just the way it’s always been are fearful of the CHANGE we see happening in our once exceptional nation.

If we have seen anything from this election is that the ideas and the principal and the suggested actions or what’s important not what the hell what he looks like or what their religion is or where they were from before they became an American or what their gender is over who they like to be with whatever.

I don’t even know WTF you just said teacher….What language is that?

You are an absolute coward, weakling, and a fool.

Cowards, weaklings and fools don’t have the nuts to say what’s really wrong with America.
We aren’t American enough anymore…We are the worlds nation now.

 

[Unkotare]

... core Americans ....

There's no such thing. There are only Americans and non-Americans. YOU are a non-American.

 

[Unkotare]

... like all libs,...

Still wrong, liar. I'm no "lib." YOU are just a filthy cockroach who lies when he knows he's losing yet another argument.

 

[BrokeLoser]

There's no such thing. There are only Americans and non-Americans. YOU are a non-American.

You globalists can’t understand…you firmly believe that anyone standing on our soil is American….BUT core Americans can always spot core Americans…it’s a behavioral thing.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Still wrong, liar. I'm no "lib." YOU are just a filthy cockroach who lies when he knows he's losing yet another argument.

You ought to notify your typing fingers…They think they are lib as fuck.