Presidential election, 2016

[Classic-Xer]

(11-29-2016, 05:34 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(11-29-2016, 01:49 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I'm not exactly a cake eater. I don't fit their social profile or the uppity red stereotype that's associated with them. Me, I work like everyone else who works in the trades. I don't toot my horn, flaunt my wealth and promote my association with higher wealth in public like play Playdude. I will toot my horn, chime in and inform Playdude that his wealth and political connections and the bulk of social programs associated with them doesn't mean much to me. How large and how much more technologically advanced is the group who are associated with those who earned their independence and gave us the Constitution? Ever think about that? Well, 60 some million for sure and probably millions more once the shooting starts and sides are taken. Had core America showed up in force in this election. Is it a helluva lot bigger than you ever thought it was? Is it much bigger and more powerful than you ever believed or were able to comprehend?

You are still very much mistaken in thinking Red America is America.  The country is truly split, and the role and values of both halves or American have contributed and will continue to contribute.  We're stuck on a see saw, with two groups of politicians getting power for time, pushing the perspective of one culture or another, ticking off the other culture in doing so, thus guaranteeing the other will take over for a time.  If the blue side has a snobbery about it, believing in the superiority of urban culture and the virtue of their values, the red side seems to have a proactive vindictiveness to it.

In engineering classes it is called feedback.  If pushing things one way results in a force that pushes things back the other way hard enough, things swing back and forth with increasing and vicious intensity.  The best known example is the scream produced when a microphone gets too close to a speaker it is driving.  While the feedback loop is unstable, no other signal is discernible.   The system is unusable.  One has to move the microphone further from the speakers or reduce the volume level on the amplifier.  I suppose one could also pull the plug or crash a guitar through the speakers...

I for one am in favor of reducing the volume some.  If we keep pushing at each other hard whenever we have the chance, the feedback will continue.

You've already lost the majority of the country. If the country were to split, how much of the country would you have left? The majority of the country wants its independence back. The majority of the country voted to retain its national sovereignty.