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Thoughts On Where We Are, and Where We're Going
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(09-06-2018, 11:57 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I would like to see a non establishment candidate, or more than one, take over one or both parties.  That trend is real.  One element of the upcoming conflict is the division of wealth, and both rural and urban populations could benefit by non traditional anti establishment candidates.  This wave is growing, but so far the establishment is hanging on to power.

But the wave against the establishment is growing.  I am not seeing it breaking yet.  I am not seeing new values
triumphing soon.  I could be wrong.

Any non-establishment candidate who runs has to offer something real or (s)he's just another Trump. Bring me ideas first, then pick a champion to bring them about. I only have four critical issues: addressing climate immediately, establishing international relations on a win-win basis (definitely avoid war), move quickly to reduce inequality, and show basic competence. A lot of other issues make achieving those hard to impossible, but they are symptoms rather than core issues -- race and gender being the two most potent. Unless a candidate with FDR-like charisma, guts, energy and savvy emerges out of the political soup, we're still a few election cycles away from getting there.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.
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RE: Thoughts On Where We Are, and Where We're Going - by David Horn - 09-08-2018, 08:29 AM

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