04-21-2021, 03:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2021, 03:13 PM by Eric the Green.)
(04-21-2021, 11:39 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:Your side's philosophy that those who seek government help are weak, inferior and dependent, is tempting in times and places where the comparatively wealthy and ethnically established are afraid of losing their position and see threats to their lifestyles and fortunes. So things will go back and forth.(04-20-2021, 03:24 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: You can find some Leftist to call them names; that doesn't mean anything. High military spending is not neo-liberalism; it is neo-conservatism. Biden is more of one of those than Trump, perhaps; although specific military actions are being reduced under Biden.The federal government can hardly run itself these days. It spends more time tripping over itself, undermining itself and getting in its own way these days. It's kind of sad but it is what it is which is why it's going to be let go of in favor of a do over and a fresh new start. It's coming dude and I want to see the look on the Democrats face when it happens and see their response. So, what to do think. do you think their arrogance/aggressive and greed will get the best of them?
The federal government could never run the entire USA energy industry, nor would it ever happen. But there were municipal energy companies created before the neo-liberal era, such as in Los Angeles and Santa Clara CA. Measures to create these more recently have failed even in liberal cities like San Francisco. But now city companies are partnering with energy companies to produce and offer green energy. I now pay only for green renewable energy, and I pay it to San Jose Clean Energy company, although I get whatever is on the grid, and pay a fee to PG&E for this service too. Actually I don't pay anything to SJCE, because I generate more energy than I use from my solar panels.
Right now, the new millennial generation and up and coming Gen Z trend strongly liberal, and on the macro level they see the threat of climate change and an economy stacked against them. Only the government, they see, has the clout to stand against private power and its ruthless methods and greed, which pollutes, destroys and restricts opportunity for all. Also, the younger generations are less populated with the established ethnic groups. So I think what's coming in the short term is a fresh start away from neo-liberalism (Reaganomics, tax-cutting, anti-welfare, deregulation, preventive wars, racial dog whistles/Trumpets). Your side had dominated for 40 years, so it is our side that needs a fresh start. Far from getting in its own way, social government has been unable to get its way at all for 40 years. It is our side that is long overdue for a fresh start.
That said, although Democratic government works well enough when it is allowed to work, politically Democrats are tone deaf when it comes to choosing candidates. They need to heed the horoscope scores, but likely will not. They need to learn the lesson that people don't just vote for the right policies and for policy wonks, although many Democrats do. The people in general also want someone who connects well with them and inspires them as someone who can be a leader. That is what the horoscope scores show. So, if the Democrats lose President Biden and are left with Kamala Harris as the nominee, who is not someone who communicates and inspires well, and whose score is only 3-17, then the Democrats will lose the White House, and that will complicate the overall trend. Whoever wins the White House is less governed by what trends are "coming," and more by WHO is actually nominated by the Parties for the job.
https://philosopherswheel.com/presidenti...ScoredWhat