09-07-2016, 01:57 AM
(09-07-2016, 01:29 AM)Galen Wrote:(09-07-2016, 01:20 AM)taramarie Wrote:(09-07-2016, 01:14 AM)Galen Wrote:(09-07-2016, 12:59 AM)taramarie Wrote:(09-07-2016, 12:37 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: You realize there is a partisan symmetry to this? All someone centered on a red perspective has to do is speak what they perceive of as the truth, and you will respond with what they perceive of as venom? From the sidelines it's like watching a tennis match.
From a real side-liner observing Americans now THAT is the truth.
I am not exactly happy with the Republicans either. Come to think, of it the Libertarian Party is pretty lame these days but they have taken to nominating Republicans these days.
All have their strengths and weaknesses. What amazes me is how polarized it can get over there. Especially culturally at times. I have never seen anything quite like it.
That is what happens when you try to make everyone and everything the same through government force. Unless you have a homogeneous society, which the US has never really had, it tends to go this way. Everyone tries to get the ring for himself. If you want to get an idea of how limited the Federal Government was supposed to be I would suggest reading the US Constitution and then take a good hard look at what it does today.
The problem with that is, society needs to accomplish things together. Individuals acting alone does not accomplish enough for society to get along or make life better. I know it is a utopian theory that individuals acting alone will by an invisible hand do what's best for society. Something like this may even work someday, if and when people are guided spiritually from within. But many people agree that this theory does not work, and that organization is needed. Decisions have to be made and laws have to be passed, and this costs money; and a minority will not necessarily agree with what's done. Those who lose at first may come back and win later. Tides change, trends take hold, and society moves forward or backward. Meanwhile, coercion may be needed against those who do not obey the law. Society works best when people obey the law voluntarily, and when the laws are fair so that people want to obey them.