08-18-2016, 07:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2016, 07:31 PM by Eric the Green.)
(08-18-2016, 03:58 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: True, I liked Reagan. I've seen myself being emotionally tied memes and slogans associated with Ayn Rand by liberals even though I've never read one of her books, I never learned about her philosophy in school and I didn't know her name until I started posting here.
99.9% of the American people who are hooked into Ayn Rand, have never read her books. So that's nothing new. The trickle-down, free-market economics slogans are so ubiquitous that they still enthrall half the country and make it nearly impossible for our government to conduct business. If you liked Reagan, you liked his ideas-- which were strongly related to those of Ayn Rand.
I did watch and record the PBS doc on Reagan; being from CA, he was a dominant figure in my public life for 30 years. I don't know of anyone who could match that. He is a splendid TV host and narrator, whether telling fantasy stories or weaving fantasy policies like voodoo economics. Charming and handsome, but what he did took our nation off track and hooked it on the wrong ideology.
As I mentioned on the astrology thread, the outer planets indicate that he was the first president since TR who took us off track from the spirit of the times and American world leadership in the progress and affairs of humanity. Obama brought us back on track, and Hillary would keep us there, while Trump would take us not only off-track, but likely into a derailment.
Quote: How did I respond to the racist white guy using a dog whistle? Did my actions match the slogans and memes and stereotypes associated with dim witted progressives? Slogans and memes and stereotypes that needy Democrats are dumb enough to pick up on and use in elections and (lose?) power because of their own stupidity.
No, your actions and views often match the slogans and memes and stereotypes associated with dim witted regressives who respond to racist dog-whistles. Slogans and memes and stereotypes that have no appeal whatever to needy Democrats, nor to those smart enough to go the other way and (I hope) win elections as the power of those slogans and memes and stereotypes wanes.