I like how he thinks his idea of America being a gun toting, government fearing, God's Wrath fearing state of narrow minded asshats as a good thing.
Conservatism is not a bad thing, every government should have IDEAS TO PROMOTE THIS, but Republicans? All of them seem like crazy greedy old men with 19th century values.
Really?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-a-coffin.html
"Stay at home, watch it on TV. Don't even risk it ... because you could end up coming back in a coffin."
The "Liberal" media ran stuff like that all the time. People from the US always wonder why no one is Patriotic in Europe. Well you can see why. Second you say you love your country and don't want foreign influence you are branded a racist.
A strong government has the leverage to enforce its authority. A government backed by a large army and huge funding can be strong without being large provided it is not granted authority in spheres it does not belong.
A large government finds itself involved in areas it does not belong, inefficient and subject to corruption and special interests. A government can be large and inefficient without being strong. Look at the Indian government. It's one of the largest and most inefficient clusterfucks on the planet yet can't enforce rule of law within its own borders.
I only feel sorry for poor Poland who's economy is JUST turning around under this to be branded as a shithole just as much.
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You know.. there are more things than "No Employment" and "Full Employment" right?
You realize that that's in the Telegraph, right..?
First off: Most of the EU countries don't have the Telegraph.
Second: It's a sports item. In an English newspaper. Yeah; I've got some prejudice about sports in the English media. Translating some pieces made me cringe. If it's in an English sports section, you shouldn't take it seriously.
Your ideas about government are confusing and based off of semantics, you basically say the Government isn't big if it has huge administration because it has "Laws" that make it not able to do... some things?
That sounds like a constitution, something EVERY Western country has.
Don't hate nor do I love my country. Although I'd say I'm lucky to have been in one of the most non-oppressive & tolerant countries in the world.
I feel some sense of belonging watching various sports where my countrymen compete in, and when mentioned in International news. But other than that I feel nothing special.
Patriotism is pretty much a no go for me, going by the wiki definition it basically means blind loyalty to your country. Nationalism is a little more "open-minded" but I don't think I'd qualify for that group either. I'm just sort of neutral/not interested; if anything I'd say I'm "loyal" to logic, reason & humanism.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance