Most people would rather die than think, and most people do. -Bertrand Russell
Before the camps, I regarded the existence of nationality as something that shouldn’t be noticed - nationality did not really exist, only humanity. But in the camps one learns: if you belong to a successful nation you are protected and you survive. If you are part of universal humanity - too bad for you -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
But, social issues matter. Hitler's platform was largely based on social issues.
Both parties are for big government, that's for sure. When dealing with social issues, it would be hard to determine which party is more authoritarian. Both want to ban things they don't like. Both support different safety nets and social programs. They just happen to disagree on what their priorities are. In the end, both parties are rather socialistic.
i feel happy for american, finally they got a president who will fight for his people instead of letting his country be filled with fucking inmigrants, wish we had a president who put and end to all the colombians polluting our streets
wait a moment...
YOU sir are part of the problem your country has.
The democrats are completely corrupt.
The republicans are all innocent angels that will go to heaven?
You're either delusional. Or ignorant. Or dishonest.
There is no such thing as one side is the bad side, and the other one isn't.
There's no such thing as only one side is corrupt.
The 20 trillion debt is at large parts the result of lobbyism and that itself is corruption.
Lobbyists of the weapon industry are in the way of meaningful gun legislation and military spending.
Lobbyists of the pharmaceutical industry are in the way of acceptable costs for much of the medical treatments.
And that list goes on, and on, and on.
Both parties are targeted by certain lobbyists.
Just stop it with your partisan nonsense.
"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
We were referring to America in that instance. Someone else actually accused liberals in America of opposing America as a principle. Liberals in other countries are more than capable of being nationalistic, but once again, America tends to screw up the definitions of words. In America, liberals aren't really liberal, and conservatives aren't actually conservative.
Let the fear mongering from the left begin!
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-- Capt. Copeland
Christ, you lot have had weeks to get used to the idea. Democracy has spoken. Look at all the "peaceful" protests, people getting attacked, windows getting smashed... yeah nice one lads.
Seeing as Trumps presidency can be described as not much else but the victory of demagoguery and ignorance, yes it will.
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Hitler's politics were, unsurprisingly, a combination of nationalism and socialism - handouts for Aryans, gas chambers for everyone else. This is why people are always comparing modern day ultranationalist politicians to Hitler, because they similarly advocate policies that amount to little more than stealing from "them" and distributing the spoils to "us" with little attempt to even justify it. Think about how on the campaign trail, Trump kept promising to take the oil from Iraq, and make Mexico pay for the wall, and so on.
More so..
One side wanted to keep a Zero dollar wage costs situation upheld. And the other side wanted to eliminate that part, since no one can possibly compete in a market where one side has virtually no such expenses.
It's a bit how they cry now about the low wages paid in countries like China and India, or others.
So, the slavery topic was less that of freeing people, but more so an issue of economy and business questions.
"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."