There's been more than a little chatter about the results of Tuesday's Presidential Election in the US, of which former President Trump won. Besides being the first President to serve two separate administrations, he's also the first Republican non-incumbent to win the popular vote since 1988. While every election has brought cheers from the supporters of the winners, and some sadness from those who didn't win, Trump's victory has had many Democrats not just worrying, but in outright despair.
... poorer people at some point no longer believe that wealth
will ‘trickle down’ fairly from the richer people, and they become more
and more distrusting of each other until eventually they are only
willing to back candidates who claim they will somehow restore their
seat at the economic table and level the playing field. That is where
we are right now - we’ve elected a president, for a second time, who has
campaigned on the promise that he will restore economic equality.
Rosedale commented that a Harris administration would have been a "'rip the bandaid off' moment," involving much civil unrest and probably some violence, but there would at least be "some reductions in inequality." With Trump in power, he feels while there will be gains, they will be temporary and only going to the wealthiest Americans, "with overall inequality increasing further until some new breaking point is reached."
One can read Philip's commentary in full (here).
On a final note, one should take care when discussing politics, especially when trying to have a reasonable discussion with someone with a different viewpoint. If you say you've been trying to see why a relative with extreme views thinks that way, if they hear it wrong they may think you agree with those views.
Hat tip: Zada Bury
Bixyl Shuftan
That right and left remark, the american left isnt actually left, it's center right at best, but most americans who use the term left in politics especially when refering to democrats don't actually know what left is. nobody in the democrats is calling for abolishing capitol or for that matter taking the money out of anything their just calling for a restructuring and a use of the tax dollar to address public needs where as the far right(republicans) are pretty much the party of well lower your taxes so you can live better, and small government, but then they do nothing to shrink government, just put it in their pocket, I always support the democrats because their the lesser of the corrupt american system, and not say, a party that everytime it gets its way pulls things further right outright to nazi ideaology, much as I've warned you and youve belittled me in response, Philip is missing a big part of the picture, but still, he gets it much more than you do, why dont you? also I think hes refraining from mentioning how certain republican plans such as project 2025 could end SL in the collateral of its anti-trans bigotry, that is to say a big part of project 2025 goes even the slightest bit of sexual teasing is porn, but then also it lumps any lgbtq education that helps people understand it so they discriminate it less as porn too, now SL has a lot of actual adult material, so illegalizing porn would illegalize SL
ReplyDeletekinda something I warned you about when I called you a friend that the republican party was a fascist party and ive been screaming this at you since bush
Just saying this is where your ideaology goes, its just Nazi Ideals, masked with a coating of sugar, or propaganda that were protecting the american dream and family values, and all these little undefined things, things that people should be free to make of them what they wish if they stand for freedom, these protections for freedom of religion for example, republicans went pretty mask off when saying not freedom from religion.
ReplyDeleteThis stated, many of the nazi's didnt know they were nazi's until it was too late, that we didn't know argument, this is what the politically right thrives on it takes fools like you to support it, then discards you when it gets too extreme for you and goes on to the next extremist, its a pipeline
furthermore you guys bash on socialism and communism and you idiots cant even separate them, their leftist ideals, and the dems do nothing to support them, thus the argument dems are center right at best
ReplyDeleteSocialism is a system of shared ownership of the businesses, all employees vote on company changes and direction, its more democratic of a system than capitalism, it does not abolish money, it simply gives everyone employed by the company a stake in it, this does not mean such companies lack management, as managerial roles can be voted in as needed
Communism Abolishes money and creates social contracts, the society becomes classless when under communism, and the citizens are equal whether it be in equality or oppression, the reason communism has never worked is not that it has always had a far right authoritarian fascist at the top of it so it has always functioned oppressively,
You americans are so fucking stupid you keep electing authoritarian fascists in your democracy and all you do is have them whittle away at it, of course the only thing that leader is going to do is make a power grab, you idiots asked for it because you didnt even question the authoritarian, and they told you a sweet little lie.
you guys think capitalism is working but its not, it just creates a ladder to climb, and is duct taped together with balance patches on regulation which of course the people who are already at the top of the ladder stripped away
CEO's wont like it because they would have to be average people, but really you guys should give communism an honest try, and stop bombing it wherever it shows up, and then making up it was their social systems that made it collapse when in fact it was your embargo and whatnot
The reason things work or dont work is because your far right authoritarian leaders said not to let them work.
btw philip Im sure wouldnt agree with me, Im just using him as a stepping off point, pointing out his error but also saying pushing things further and further right no matter what the rights saying is never the solution, hes trying to say we might lose SL, without putting the nail in the coffin by citing the reason why, but honestly, if it doesnt go under the radar and project 2025 happens in its entirety as intended, SL wont stand a chance and will be collateral in the republican bigotry, but honestly may as well just say so now because the first time some trump pub idiot gets the boot somewhere their gonna do that whole send a screenshot and report it thing, so only way SL survives this I cant legally say, in spite of the first amendment, so Ill leave it to your imagination, but hey we had this great playground and you guys could never get the hint and always flipped your evils on the other guy, now were about to suffer the consequences as the germans once did, where the smaller lower classes of society get whittled away at from one to the next to the next and with each one is no longer left standing to defend the other
ReplyDeletethis is where right ideaology always go, its benign it starts off like a snowball its a little unpleasant to get hit with, then it rolls into an avalanche and soon those you love and the things you enjoyed, and the stuff you had is crushed, all I can say is enjoy it while it lasts and hope it whethers the storm, and the dems find a way to pull the brakes on this project 2025 crap
but I mean what you expect from a party that says its pro life when it comes to abortions, and then fights feeding those children tooth and nail, Obviously its not their motive, their only motive is greed and power and you guys fed it, you should of been using the dems to pump the brakes, and then fighting them when they didnt give, rather than upholding the people that never give in response to them, what is wrong with you people, I been called sheeple by your bud so many times, but trump was an inevitability of your ideals, and I saw that the moment I got into politics
Lets say philip doesnt know about this project 2025 crap, Im sure hes more than enough so aware that SL depends on people trading their ideas and IP, and its all mostly lower class people doing this, when people don't have disposable income SL suffers, people trade less, and less build their virtual homes people dont have places to stay, and thus dont hang out and fall off the grid, regardless of how you spin it, republican ideals arent compatible with secondlife
ReplyDeleteSorry Just wanna further comment
ReplyDeleteYou republicans, yes all of you who vote for them are the stupidest people on earth, and quite frankly your falling for the oldest scam in the countries political history
I mean as an example you guys use the term communism and socialism interchangably, their two totally different things, but, oh great leader told you that its all the same and you bought it, that alone should of had you asking questions, you believe transgender people are pedophiles because oh great leader said so but I mean how does wanting to change your gender mean a preference for.... that disgustingness? oh because oh great leader said so and then you call us sheeple when we call you out, bixyl you should probably show this to your buddy, Its part of the reason I left your bunch was their hate. and willingness to twist things around to support it this is where your blind devotion goes, you just destroyed it all because you didnt pick out the obvious signs oh great leader wasnt so great, and you just kept slipping into greater and greater extremes, welcome to fascism buddy this is how the republicans did it, and this is just how the nazi's did it too
Your stupidity makes me sick, I had been pointing out to you the course of the politics for years where it was going and had told you you should make this into something, instead you put fascism on the left, the republican party as a whole is baby brained, whenever its found guilty of something you guys just point at the left, and things are pulled so far right in the US the left is pretty much dead its just right and far right, and you guys still blame it, all the talks we had you were more offensive to speak to than you could perceive, and thought yourself an expert in your responses, lets look at this outside SL though, how many other things are going to fall apart, also this wont just be a 4 year rough patch if project 2025 comes to proper fruition, the intent is to stay in power, so if theres not a radical and extreme response, SL's gone and so are so many other things because you guys appointed a dictator
ReplyDeleteHell this is the big I told you so and you probably still don't get it
ReplyDeleteIn your previous post you made some reference to the liberal tears thing I have to say, really yeah, what was the point of your victory? your party tends to say that in response when liberals complain about you guys as though it proves you right, it doesn't it just proves you the bigger arsehole, and your the reason people cant have nice things, American Freedom, But only if it fits in the cookie cutter niche that fascism draws out, you guys are an afront to freedom, your also an afront to patriotism too, those that want to improve our country you accuse of hating it, I tell you the most patriotic americans are the most anti-patriot ones, fascism though, its all about imagery, have fun looking great fitting into that cookie cutter and falling in line, yknow, until you dont anymore, then just remember when they come for you, you helped them to tear down everyone else that didnt fit before, its always a sliding goal, its why the republican party has to appeal to the worse of society, cruelty is the point of the ideology
ReplyDeleteWhen we're all gone - the disabled, the queer, the immigrants, the PoC - they'll turn their attention towards you and yours because they have to have a scapegoat to rile the masses against to stay in power and keep their billionaire buddies profiting. Fear is a powerful motive, don't be surprised when people you trusted fall for it.
ReplyDeleteI won't be here to say "I told you so".