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Originally posted by Lothar
They (Democrats) have always tried to attract votes by means of dressing up a collectivist agenda.
Republicans have demonstrated over the past 12 years that they are capable of the same and have failed to reduce intrusive government and restrictions on personal liberty.
The difference between you and me is that you still have a dog in the partisan debate. I don't.
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I'm unhappy with both sides of the aisle. We agree on that. And you do seem to have some grip on the agendas and mistakes of both sides. I have a real problem with the party that seems more inclined to regulate people than business. And.....with all due respect to capitalism and its pure followers, I don't think this survival-of-the-fittest economy is going to win in the long run. I think a stable, long term political/economic system will need to accept a certain amount of what you would probably call 'socialism.' I do not think that a shared, community-based problem solving system is the demon that you have been taught to believe it is. And I think this country needs to shake loose of the forces that work toward keeping people from solving the problems together. The current divisiveness in our nation is deliberately anti-socialist. Socialism is the opposite of the divisiveness you see. The divisiveness you see is for the deliberate purpose of politics and commerce.