America is a sick society

[Eric the Green]

(12-29-2016, 10:48 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-28-2016, 06:09 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: You have a point there about the Millennial Generation. I think they will upend neo-liberalism (libertarian economics) soon, but their rationalist solutions may leave out much of the human element, and restraint toward enemies could be lacking as the 4T climaxes.

The blame for the failure of the Democrats lies mainly with the people who vote Republican. There's no way to sugarcoat it. They fell for the deception of neo-liberalism. The people now wake up, or enter permanent sleep. It's our choice. Democrats have made mistakes, and lots of lousy Democratic nominees have been put up. Still, nothing can ever justify or excuse voting for any Republican in our era. Absolutely nothing. If people vote Republican, the responsibility for the problems of our country and our time rest upon themselves. They should know better; it's that simple.

Eric, the reason the Dems lost is clear: the offered nothing.  You can't beat something with nothing, even something as cockeyed and half-baked as the 2016 GOP freak show.

Don't blame the voters.  Blame the losers.  They had all the advantages Trump lacked: vast amounts of money, GOTV operations and every flavor of expert, and they still managed to lose.  They simply sucked.

I blame the voters. The Democrats offered plenty. They didn't have the best possible candidate, and didn't pay enough attention to the Rust Belt and other red-state places. Of course. But I still blame the voters. We could have had a very good president, much better than she was as a candidate. The voters couldn't see that. They wanted the freak show instead. Well, 77,000 voters in 3 states did, for an electoral college win, that is. I am very well aware of whom Americans vote for; I've studied that, remember? Americans often simply do not vote properly; that is, when they bother to vote at all. It's always the peoples' fault if the wrong choice is made. That's democracy.

And it's not just the freak show. It's the continuing dominance of libertarian economics in all its aspects, that has us entrapped.

The Republicans managed to hire an appealing and entertaining freak, and his base of voters would have supported him even if he went out on 5th Avenue and shot someone. Sometimes it's just the breaks of who you have to run. Hillary was well-respected and had high approval ratings in 2014. I don't blame Democrats for going with her. They could not have foreseen Trump and his appeal, or even if Sanders had any chance (and he might have lost too anyway). Even I only foresaw what might happen after Trump and Sanders announced in the middle of 2015, and looked up their horoscopes. Sometimes it's just destiny, and in this case destiny is the character of the candidates. And that, my friend, to a large extent, is written in the stars.

I wonder if anyone will pay attention to what I say about the candidates for 2020.