The Atlantic: Is Trump Dragging Down the European Far-Right?

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(03-28-2017, 03:10 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: 1. American political parties are effectively coalitions forged before the election. In parliamentary systems one does not know what one is getting. At some point a European party that gets the largest number of votes might have to choose between supporting a racist party or an Islamic party.

2. Big Business has been doing everything possible to eviscerate labor unions. Really, except for collective bargaining, unions offer little that a company can't offer -- but unless my job is so individual in quality of output, collective bargaining is well worth the union dues just to prevent an employer from forcing a race to the bottom in wages and working conditions in a workplace with machine-paced work.

3. Sorry about the typo. Republicans effectively blocked much of the Obama agenda, compelling him to do by regulation what Republicans could stop by filibusters and no-votes. But I have much more concern with the contempt for the rule of law that Donald Trump exemplifies. I would not want a politician who is effective in establishing torture chambers or labor camps.  

But you admire such sociopaths as Stalin, Hoxha, and Trump, so it is hardly surprising that you put efficacy above human decency.  

4.  Race as a determiner of human character is garbage. But yes, I won't miss those "social conservative boomers who have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel", either -- except that I am of the same age, and when they go, either I am gone or I am soom to be gone.

On point 1:  In European style parliamentary systems one does know what one is getting.  Why?  Because parties are ideologically driven.  When one votes for a Green-Left or the National Front people know what they're getting.

On point 2:  Of course they are--it is in their interests to do so, I wouldn't expect them to not behave that way.  That said, does the state have to go out of its way to destroy whatever protections to US goods that are on the national market?  I want to be clear, while I'm all in favor of internal free trade--the benefits of intranational free trade are not apparent on the international level.

Point 3 is irrelevant because it is your asinine ranting about how evil Trump is.  I will say that the Democrats started the obstruction phenominon under Bush in about 2003 when they started filibustering judicial appointments.  Personally I'd like to do away with the filibuster--but I also want to repeal the 16th and 17th amendments too.

On point 4:  I agree.  I've met nice folks of all races and I've met degenerates of all races.  That being said you've yet to answer my question:  "Which side is obsessed with race and sex?"  Or can you not answer that question because it doesn't have a canned response?