Reply #17: I don't care about the democratic party, but there are reasons to fight. [View All]

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I have always seen the democratic party as more closely alligned with my values, morals, and interests than any other political party but I have never cared a great deal about the party or its leadership. I have always seen it just as the most useful tool available for accomplishing many of the political things I consider worthwhile.

In the past that sometimes has included limiting the power of the republican party even though it often was controlled by fairly decent Americans. Now decent Americans who vote republican have no control over their party. Control of the republican party lies almost entirely in the hands of the Neo-Cons and Theo-Cons. The Tax Cut Monkeys are the only other republicans that have any influence in the party, but even they are subject to Neo-Con and Theo-Con control.

Neither the Neo-Cons nor the Theo-Cons see any value in the rule of law or the US Constitution. They want to spread death and destruction and US domination internationally and sharply curtail civil liberties, social safety nets and many other socially valuable programs domestically. Social justice and dissent are anathema to these people and they will always strive to eliminate both.

But these goals will not be satisfied when the entire "Axis of Evil" has been bombed and destroyed and when the US has reverted to pre-New Deal labor, tax, and economic regulatory laws and the elimination of valuable social programs. Neo-Con and Theo-Con appetites for their goals will never be satisfied. That is the nature of such people. History teaches that they never stop in their quest for control and domination.

New countries will have to be dominated through violence or threats and their laws rewritten to remove the concepts of social justice and economic regulation. No matter what country one might choose to relocate to, it will only postpone the day until the Neo-Cons and Theo-Cons come knocking at your family's door. It may be many years or even many decades but they will come. If not for you, then for your children or grandchildren.

For these reasons, limiting the power of the republican party has become more important to me than ever before. All other political objectives are secondary to that. And I see the democratic party as the most useful tool available to accomplish that. I worry about the likelihood of success but I am convinced of the necessity of trying.