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In reply to the discussion: When a Centrist Independent is a more reliable vote for Democrats than, well, some Democrats... [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)What has been going on for a very long time. It isn't a battle, it's a race. The race to the bottom, to the pure evil you now claim. Both sides are racing to the bottom, appealing to the lowest of mans (forgive the use of the masculine pronoun, blame the inadequacies of the language) basic instincts.
Psychologists and Sociologists teach us that man has four basic needs. Clothing, Shelter, Food, and Security. Both sides are using the fourth to put in place immoral programs, it is a race to the bottom. Bush started a war, a war we could never win in less than a hundred years. President Obama changed it, turning it over to the Drones whenever possible. This reduced the body count that was such a daily fixture on the news, but it continued the same unwinnable war. So President Obama removed the unpalatable portion of the war from the diet of the majority, and continued in secret the killing of the "enemy".
So now we have Drones that fly all over, with pilots and weapons officers located thousands of miles away, who kill impersonally for them. Very personal for those who die, and those who survive. For those who survive, the resentment is even more pronounced. It is one thing to be killed by an enemy that is there, and you can argue has killed in honorable combat. You might even learn to respect that enemy, history shows that has happened many times. It's another to be killed by an unseen enemy, who is so far away you'll never have a chance to shoot back.
No, I am not saying we should line up our troops on one side, and their troops on another. I began this by saying the war was unwinnable. My point is much like Themistocles our politicians are using fear to get the military they want. Unlike Themistocles, we don't have an enemy that military can defeat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themistocles
We are racing to the bottom, and it doesn't matter who reaches it first, the Republicans, or us. The destination is flawed, so either path is equally repugnant. We need to change the path, before it is too late. If it is not already too late. If it is in fact too late, then our nation is doomed, and there is no hope of saving it.
In that case, history might as well show us going down swinging. So many other empires have gone out that way, we could join a fairly exclusive club. Because now is the time to act, to turn this path around, and climb out of the spiral into evil. For if we accept the lowest common denominator, the lesser of two evils argument, then we are certainly doomed. In that case, the question is not if we get there by a race car, or a family car. The problem is that we are getting there. It's well past time we realized that.
It doesn't matter if the police state martial law is implemented by the Republican should he be the 45th President, or the Democrat who may be the 47th or even 49th President. It only matters that the police state martial law is the inevitable destination at the end of this path.