Impressive foresight. Sucks that you're right, but impressive!I hate to say I called it, buuuuut
Just look at Maduro in venezuela. Everyone knows he lost the election but he is still the President of Venezuela.
The people suffer but they don't have the willpower to overthrow him and he just flies under the radar because of "fake news".
The only solution is unpalatable to most.. divorce the country.
If you're not willing to do that.. just stay united under authoritarianism and be happy with beatings, kidnappings, shootings and disappearances if you say anything wrong against the powers that be.
That's about as rosy as you can make where the US is heading. Because if its not that rosy, its concentration camps and mass murder. You know the white nationalists would love an all white country again. How badly do they want it? Nazi bad or just beatings and saying racist shit out loud bad?
Hey, I'm in California, and a liberal bastion to boot. I have to look at your post here and wonder WTF you are to have such pessimistic view of where the US is going. People in CA aren't going to stand for anything like that and CA isn't exactly a pawn in their game.
I hate to say I called it, buuuuut
A more obvious personality disorder, even less capable of formulating a coherent English sentence, still more philistine...
Happy to accept my Nostradamus label, and if the Democrats want help with strategy for 2028 then hit me upYes, yes you did. Genuinely impressive.
Have never understood the weird "Trophy points" thing on this forum, but if there's one for "AT Nostradamus" you ought to be awarded it (though the real Nostradamus was a bit of a con, but can't think of a better title for it)
Impressive foresight. Sucks that you're right, but impressive!
An impressive piece of prognostication.If Trump loses in 2020, I think he's going to run again. Spend two years shouting about how the election was a fraud and suing the pants off the Democrats, refusing to ever admit that he lost, get his base whipped up into a righteous frenzy, and then win the Republican primary again.
Hell, he could even win the general election. If Biden has to spend 4 years cleaning up Trump's mess, the economy is probably still going to be in the shitter.
You agreed with his statement and still voted for Trump because of his policies. Maybe you ignored his last sentence.An impressive piece of prognostication.
I hate to say I called it, buuuuut
I think I agree with this. He's already reaching irreverence now arguably. He can say all kinds of shit at these pressers and everybody just rolls their eyes.
Now for the GOP he's helped make their primary voters even more insane to the level that we're going to have Q believers in congress soon. Eventually this risks more people fleeing the party and a broad loss of power like we've seen on the state level when the state GOP goes all in on the crazy (Virginia being a recent relevant example).
In the interest of accountability I was wrong about this mostly. Chiefly because voters are big mad about prices even though the US had the best recovery by far which has created an anti-incumbency wave globally. They also collectively decided to forget about 2020 entirely which for me is unexpected if not really surprising.
The only people who are not going to suffer will be those who actually are causing the pain of the working class. Ironically the working class is going to suffer the most.We were all wrong.. very wrong.. mostly about who we are and what we want.
I think the balance has tipped into we want pain and suffering rather than we want to be happy and cared for.
The 2008 no bankers/ ceo's going to prison anger has metastasized and working class people want their pound of flesh and someone to really suffer!
When did it become the responsibility of government to take care of us and make us happy? That implies that at some point were going to need a hookers and blow department.We were all wrong.. very wrong.. mostly about who we are and what we want.
I think the balance has tipped into we want pain and suffering rather than we want to be happy and cared for.
The 2008 no bankers/ ceo's going to prison anger has metastasized and working class people want their pound of flesh and someone to really suffer!
So they want to eliminate the Department of Education: I take it they don't realize that this Department owns and is responsible for the billions of dollars in student loans.
It's like they sound a Wheel of Fortune wheel with department names to pick one to demonize.
Ummmm.....When did it become the responsibility of government to take care of us and make us happy?
No one ever accused Trump and his cronies of being smart.They also want to do away with all the basic scientific research the government funds because they think it sounds silly. Especially the kind of research that leads to the foundational discoveries the entire drug development pipeline is perched on.
It's the responsibility of the government to do whatever we want the government to do. You know that whole, "by the people, for the people" bit?When did it become the responsibility of government to take care of us and make us happy? That implies that at some point were going to need a hookers and blow department.
That says we have the right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, it doesn't mean the government provides it.
That’s a nice straw man you’ve constructed.When did it become the responsibility of government to take care of us and make us happy? That implies that at some point were going to need a hookers and blow department.
That's close. We can make the government do whatever we want within the confines of the constitution. The U.S. is a constitutional republic, a narrower category of democracy.It's the responsibility of the government to do whatever we want the government to do. You know that whole, "by the people, for the people" bit?
It doesn't have to *make* us happy, but it should be creating an environment where it is easy for each of us to pursue our own slice of happiness.
The Constitution is a piece of paper that will do whatever we want it to do. It only confines power if people believe it confines power.That's close. We can make the government do whatever we want within the confines of the constitution. The U.S. is a constitutional republic, a narrower category of democracy.
That's close. We can make the government do whatever we want within the confines of the constitution. The U.S. is a constitutional republic, a narrower category of democracy.
The Constitution explicitly states that the purpose of government is to promote the general welfare.That says we have the right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, it doesn't mean the government provides it.
When Capitalism is a predatory vulture, making and then picking apart the carcass of the working class....That says we have the right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, it doesn't mean the government provides it.