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So, are there any differences then ? Please elaborate...
Between the Democrats and the Republicans? They have huge, huge differences in almost every political area, and huge differences in the demographic that votes for them. You seriously can't spot any differences? Democrats=D and Republicans=R.
Bomb? D: Some R: A lot Taxes? D: Some, at least for rich people R: Less, at least for rich people Government spending? D: Some R: Less, except, in reality, more, so its more taxes or more debt They don't differ that drastically from each other when you compare to other countries. Stuff like free education is unlikely to happen in USA, or other services that would be provided via higher taxes. I'm not really up to speed on the status of healthcare, not even over here. Healthcare in the US is not as bad as it's cracked up to be. When I was unemployed a few years ago with no insurance, I had to go to the ER and I was afraid I was going to have a gigantic bill waiting for me a month later.
After my visit, I met with some financial lady at the hospital to tell her my situation and came out with the good news that I wouldn't have to pay a dime! So yeah the system worked for me anyway :) Bomb?
D: Some R: A lot Taxes? D: Some, at least for rich people R: Less, at least for rich people Government spending? D: Some R: Less, except, in reality, more, so its more taxes or more debt It's pretty unrealistic to expect answers like: Taxes? D: Yes, all of them R: None To those sort of questions. These are mainstream parties. One (still) acts a bit Reagan-era and the other prefers a bit more state involvement, but if you're expecting a choice between communist russia and the wild west then I agree. They're not *that* different. ...if you're expecting a choice between communist russia and the wild west then I agree. They're not *that* different.
So if I understand correctly, there is a middle right party (Democrats) and a right party (Republicans)... a kind of right party "flavours".. and then it explains why it is so difficult for non-US citizens to "feel" the differences... I also think it will not change that much the US international policy, maybe much more the US internal policy, regarding all the "social" things Obama would like to put in place... Well, wait and see ;) We also need a racism thread. Also, a script that automatically moves all of Trinca's posts into it.
We also need a racism thread. Also, a script that automatically moves all of Trinca's posts into it.
i LOL'ed :) 40 years ago the United States had things like investigative journalism, freedom of speech, a constitution. Today, our "news" is mostly American Idol chatter and celebrity gossip and very superficial political news.
Today, disclosing "secret" information and the government has no regard for, say, what the US constitution says about freedom of speech, due process. Laws are written by "regulation", not passed by Congress. Wars are conducted without a declaration of war [although Vietnam was an undeclared war and so was the Gulf War]. All information about the conduct during the war is a state secret. Revealing said info leads to brute force bully behavior. The United States is sure acting a lot like China. Who are we to criticize China's censorship of things like Tienanmen Square and massive web censorship and jailing people arbitrarily without a trial. There is a big and powerful religion that worships at the altar of "big government" and Washington culture and citizens must sacrifice freedoms and must not know government secrets. The Fed even sought to keep spending of the bank bailout and stimulus money secret [it failed, and several large companies like General Electric, Ford, Toyota received several billion $$$]. Both parties are fully immersed in this Washington culture. And this system of government shrouded in secrecy, behaving in my opinion corruptly, free from oversight, waging a permanent war in Afghanistan for unclear reasons, with the ability to incarcerate or detain without trial is a kabillion dollars in debt. And is on a collision course with a massive financial crisis unseen in the history of mankind The immovable object --- a behemoth government deeper in true debt [including future obligations] than the wealth of the entire Earth times 3 -- is going to collide with the irresistable force of utter lack of credit and bankruptcy. Part of me is very concerned about what will happen when this train runs off the track. Greece got bailed out by Germany. The Greeks protested reforms in the streets for months and resisted all change. The entire world couldn't begin to bailout the United States. And yet, whatever happens, the sun always rises and years will go by. But it is quite puzzling how this all will resolve itself. The United State (singular) has no party system, not even a two party system. The State has a hydra, and either of its heads are 'elected' to serve its purpose. It serves no purpose other than to take social power and replace it with State power.
It is certainly true that the business of gov't, in maintaining freedom and security, and to secure those rights is to make recourse to justice costless, easy and informal; but the State, on the contrary, is primarily concerned wih injustice, and its function is to maintain a regime of injustice; hence, as we see daily, its disposition is to put justice as far as possible out of reach, and to make the effort after justice as costly and difficult as it can. One may put it in a word that while gov't is by its nature concerned with the administration of justice, the State is by nature concered with the administration of law--law, which the State itself manufacturers for the service of ts own primary ends. Therefore an appeal to the State, based on the ground of justice, is futile in any circumstances, for whatever action the State might take in response to it would be conditioned by the State's own paramount interest, and would hence be bound to result, as we see such action invariably resulting in as great injustice as that which it pretends to correct, or as a rule, greater.
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