Why Are There No Democrat Intellectuals?

[PoliticalChic]

Read the title and the answer is clear.

Why Are There No Democrat Intellectuals?​

The title was an insult which sets the bar for any intellectual discussion.

Why are there no Republican intellectuals is a better question?

The bar is reset.

I know you are a Democrat, but of the Left, or the Communist Left.

I trust you are brave enough to answer this question:
If the direction of the Democrat Party, nationally, mirrors that of Mamdani, Bernie, and AOC, will you vote Democrat?



Mamdani proposed increasing taxes on white neighborhoods –
A document on his website explains the policy idea to “shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”

Mamdani is already leaning into his socialist views, telling CNN that he has “many critiques of capitalism.”
….he would eliminate fares on all city buses
......he plans to address the cost of food by creating city-owned grocery stores that will pay no rent or property taxes, buy and sell at wholesale prices from centralized warehouses and partner with local vendors to keep prices down.
.... raise NYC's minimum wage to $30





"Pressed on whether New York’s Jewish population could depend on him to protect them with antisemitic attacks on the rise in the United States, the candidate answered emphatically: “Antisemitism is not simply something that we should talk about."www.the-independent.com



Zohran Mamdani’s political positions, from Trump and ICE to Israel
Progressive shocks front-runner Andrew Cuomo in New York City mayoral race with stunning upset
www.the-independent.com www.the-independent.com



... won the New York City primary race because of his support for Palestine,









I am looking for thinking Democrats, who understand what WaPo wrote:

The Post agrees, and they give the entire game away in their headline: Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party.




Where do you stand?=============================================

 

[PoliticalChic]

The least-educated states overwhelming vote Republican, and the best-educated Democratic.

That reality provokes silly questions like this.

I know you are a Democrat, but of the Left, or the Communist Left.

I trust you are brave enough to answer this question:
If the direction of the Democrat Party, nationally, mirrors that of Mamdani, Bernie, and AOC, will you vote Democrat?



Mamdani proposed increasing taxes on white neighborhoods –
A document on his website explains the policy idea to “shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”

Mamdani is already leaning into his socialist views, telling CNN that he has “many critiques of capitalism.”
….he would eliminate fares on all city buses
......he plans to address the cost of food by creating city-owned grocery stores that will pay no rent or property taxes, buy and sell at wholesale prices from centralized warehouses and partner with local vendors to keep prices down.
.... raise NYC's minimum wage to $30





"Pressed on whether New York’s Jewish population could depend on him to protect them with antisemitic attacks on the rise in the United States, the candidate answered emphatically: “Antisemitism is not simply something that we should talk about."www.the-independent.com



Zohran Mamdani’s political positions, from Trump and ICE to Israel
Progressive shocks front-runner Andrew Cuomo in New York City mayoral race with stunning upset
www.the-independent.com www.the-independent.com



... won the New York City primary race because of his support for Palestine,









I am looking for thinking Democrats, who understand what WaPo wrote:

The Post agrees, and they give the entire game away in their headline: Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party.




Where do you stand?=============================================

 

[Kilroy2]

I know you are a Democrat, but of the Left, or the Communist Left.

I trust you are brave enough to answer this question:
If the direction of the Democrat Party, nationally, mirrors that of Mamdani, Bernie, and AOC, will you vote Democrat?



Mamdani proposed increasing taxes on white neighborhoods –
A document on his website explains the policy idea to “shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”

Mamdani is already leaning into his socialist views, telling CNN that he has “many critiques of capitalism.”
….he would eliminate fares on all city buses
......he plans to address the cost of food by creating city-owned grocery stores that will pay no rent or property taxes, buy and sell at wholesale prices from centralized warehouses and partner with local vendors to keep prices down.
.... raise NYC's minimum wage to $30





"Pressed on whether New York’s Jewish population could depend on him to protect them with antisemitic attacks on the rise in the United States, the candidate answered emphatically: “Antisemitism is not simply something that we should talk about."www.the-independent.com



Zohran Mamdani’s political positions, from Trump and ICE to Israel
Progressive shocks front-runner Andrew Cuomo in New York City mayoral race with stunning upset
www.the-independent.com www.the-independent.com



... won the New York City primary race because of his support for Palestine,









I am looking for thinking Democrats, who understand what WaPo wrote:

The Post agrees, and they give the entire game away in their headline: Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party.




Where do you stand?=============================================

As a republican , do you see yourself as a ultraconservative, authoritarianian , or align yourself more with ultranationalism, or nativism?

Where do you stand?

 

[Kilroy2]

As a republican , do you see yourself as a ultraconservative, authoritarianian , or align yourself more with ultranationalism, or nativism?

Where do you stand?

 

[PoliticalChic]

As a republican , do you see yourself as a ultraconservative, authoritarianian , or align yourself more with ultranationalism, or nativism?

Where do you stand?

Is there a problem with answering the question I asked?

 

[PoliticalChic]

None of the Democrats asked that simple question have responded.

Much less than the fact that there are no Democrat intellectuals, it appears there are no Democrat posters capable of answering without their party telling them what to say.


The party and the nation are in trouble.

 

[Kilroy2]

Is there a problem with answering the question I asked?

No but you seem to not want to answer my question. As the threat starter you need to answer questions to reveal your motives and what you are seeking. Instead you want to lay traps and hope that someone falls for it.

 

[Kilroy2]

So to keep you happy here is a list for you to feel good about

https://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/16-great-conservative-thinkers/2013/11/18/id/537274/

13. Barry Goldwater (1919–1998)​

He was also a racist by many accounts

But also a great conservative thinker

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

What mars him is his communist leanings. When we see people like him in power, it is where they are form as elected. it is obvious he is a shill from infecting our nation. He is a pure prog in a red state.

You're a communist....you support the communist Trump who wants Walmart to implement price controls.

See? It's easy to play this stupid ******* game.

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

The least-educated states overwhelming vote Republican, and the best-educated Democratic.

That reality provokes silly questions like this.

Since being educated doesn't make one an intellectual, the point is moot.

 

[Kilroy2]

Is there a problem with answering the question I asked?

Could you please repeat that question in a single sentence.

 

[HikerGuy83]

The least-educated states overwhelming vote Republican, and the best-educated Democratic.

That reality provokes silly questions like this.

Like what?

As as has been pointed out before, your statistic is pretty meaningless as less educated and well educated states all have a continuum.

This, again, only demonstrates that (1) you are pretty uneducated (2) a liar who is not interested in the truth.

 

[HikerGuy83]

When have I had a better choice than a democrat since 2014?

And why havent you answered these claims you know are straight up LIES?

• Murders went up under Trump
• Energy exports went up under Biden
• Trump did not reduce fentanyl deaths by 100,000

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FYI: It is You're, a contraction of You are ====> You're

 

[HikerGuy83]

And why havent you answered these claims you know are straight up LIES?

• Murders went up under Trump
• Energy exports went up under Biden
• Trump did not reduce fentanyl deaths by 100,000

These claims are lies ?

I thought murders did go up under Trump.

 

[Stryder50]

1. That means here, on the board. There certainly are Leftist intellectuals....Johnson actually wrote a book titled "Intellectuals." And, of course there was Kal Marx, Alinsky, Gramsci, Lenin, Mao......


2.Definition: An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the nature of reality, especially the nature of society and proposed solutions for its normative problems. Google.



3.But here on the board, basking in the most beautiful aspect of America, free speech, we can't seem to get beyond cursing and juvenile tit-for-tats that don't address the pivotal aspect of our Left-Right views. Where are the "good point," or "I never thought of that" or "I don't agree because..."?
Where are the carefully posited view points, documented with important quotes and statements by names we all know and respect?
While this board could be college or grad school, it is largely junior high.



4.So where are the clearly written, well thought out, documented beyond simple opinion, OPs about why the Left/Far Left (that's the Democrat Party today) is better for America and Americans, and how they wil bring their plans to fruition? In an article today, Chuck Todd reveals that the Democrats have no ability to do any of those things, and voters who just vote for the party no matter what, are the same.


5. ""I think this is the identity crisis that the (Democrat Party has). I think it’s just a collection of people that don’t like Trump...."
This is a party whose sole platform since June 16th, 2015, when Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower, has been hatred of a man they once revered.

They, quite literally, stand for nothing else. And their movement from center-left to radical far-left is just a sign of the intensity of that hatred growing ever more extreme."

Chuck Todd Finally Figures Out the Problem With the Democratic Party and Thank You Captain Obvious

Chuck Todd analyzes the Democratic Party's identity crisis post-Trump's victory.

redstate.com

Anyway, we could have a lot more stimulating discussions.......debated.

Thread topic is an oxymoron.
Real intellectuals are too smart to be Democrat morons.
Democrats aren't smart enough to be intellectuals.

 

[Mac1958]

The least-educated states overwhelming vote Republican, and the best-educated Democratic.

That reality provokes silly questions like this.

This thread has "completely obliterated" the Dunning-Kruger Irony meter.

It's a true USMB classic. A remarkable achievement. A feat of historic proportions. An accomplishment for the ages.

 

[Rigby5]

I don't get the point of the thread since the left has always been the working class majority who believe in equal rights of a republic, and the right has always been the wealthy elite who want an aristocracy.

The right then hates communism because it would cut into their profits.
But everyone should like communism because it should cut prices in half from not having to pay profits to the wealthy elite owners, stockholders, and banks.

But every time I try to being up any real points, the right just starts throwing out name calling.

 

[Soupnazi630]

I don't get the point of the thread since the left has always been the working class majority who believe in equal rights of a republic, and the right has always been the wealthy elite who want an aristocracy.

The right then hates communism because it would cut into their profits.
But everyone should like communism because it should cut prices in half from not having to pay profits to the wealthy elite owners, stockholders, and banks.

But every time I try to being up any real points, the right just starts throwing out name calling.

You never bring up real points

you make up lies

Intelligent people hate communism because it is evil and rooted in slavery tyranny and genocide

 

[22lcidw]

As a republican , do you see yourself as a ultraconservative, authoritarianian , or align yourself more with ultranationalism, or nativism?

Where do you stand?

There is ample proof that during the Covid agenda, that Progressive controlled government sin our nation were dictatorial. With the leadership involved for the most part violating the edicts they forced on the population they ruled. I understand what you are saying. Progressives work outside the box using violence as a tool for getting what they want. The social justice gains are incredible of the last near 60 years. Today's Republicans are just cleaning up the excesses that you will not admit to with sense applied to ways of life and work.

 

[schmidlap]

I know you are a Democrat, but of the Left, or the Communist Left.

I trust you are brave enough to answer this question:
If the direction of the Democrat Party, nationally, mirrors that of Mamdani, Bernie, and AOC, will you vote Democrat?



Mamdani proposed increasing taxes on white neighborhoods –
A document on his website explains the policy idea to “shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”

Mamdani is already leaning into his socialist views, telling CNN that he has “many critiques of capitalism.”
….he would eliminate fares on all city buses
......he plans to address the cost of food by creating city-owned grocery stores that will pay no rent or property taxes, buy and sell at wholesale prices from centralized warehouses and partner with local vendors to keep prices down.
.... raise NYC's minimum wage to $30





"Pressed on whether New York’s Jewish population could depend on him to protect them with antisemitic attacks on the rise in the United States, the candidate answered emphatically: “Antisemitism is not simply something that we should talk about."www.the-independent.com



Zohran Mamdani’s political positions, from Trump and ICE to Israel
Progressive shocks front-runner Andrew Cuomo in New York City mayoral race with stunning upset
www.the-independent.com www.the-independent.com



... won the New York City primary race because of his support for Palestine,









I am looking for thinking Democrats, who understand what WaPo wrote:

The Post agrees, and they give the entire game away in their headline: Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party.




Where do you stand?=============================================

I am not a resident of New York City, so mayoral candidates there do not concern me.

I recognize the superior knowledge of scientists, medical doctors, and educators in their respective disciplines over political ideologues, however fanatical.

Only dumb folks swallow crap like the Blowhard you worship lying about Black immigrants eating pet cats and dogs.

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