An admittedly zealous Democrat promotes his party and skewers the GOP.
They're Not Even Close? The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010
His many graphs sure seem to support his claim ..... except that his thesis founders on this sentence:
"Democrats Reduce, Republicans Increase, Government Deficits [= Public Fiat = Public Initiative]"
(My additions, in brackets.)
:) Makes you wonder whether Dems always get credit for GOP "deficits!"
And vice versa, whether GOP gets blamed for DNP austerity? :) LOL!
While neither group knows "Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot" is really going on? :(
Two moronic processes captured in each other's orbit, neither noticing that the sum of their orbital interactions produces sparks of group intelligence?
They need outside observers to even see the sum of themselves. No wonder oligarchs usually wield the keys to every Democracy. It's usually a basic matter of perspectives in gridlock, & therefore easy prey for transistor-like "control" signals, no matter how weak in & of themselves?
Any discussion of conservatism ought to include questions about what, exactly, it is that they're trying to conserve.
If it's adaptive rate, then there's no fight between conservatives & progressives. The latter generate diversity, and the former help select additions from it, continuously.
Co-selection produces more than the sum of both parts?
(Thanks to Prof. Brad Lewis of Union College, for excellent discussion, leading to this train of thought.)
What Hakim said.
ReplyDeleteHakim,
ReplyDeleteFirst, your comment is entirely orthogonal to the point being discussed.
Yet, since you brought up a different point, surely any sensible country would restrict FDI as something that equates to explicit colonialism.
There have been endless studies showing that protectionism works within proper tolerance limits, while zero tolerance limits just gets the recipient occupied and it's language, culture & even population soon extinct.
Why not develop distributed democracy by preserving distributed ownership - and development - of an electorate's assets FOR that electorate?
Accepting colonialism is personally tempting for many individuals, but the long-term outcome is always wavering on the verge of selling one's entire country down the river.
So, the Koch bros agenda is that of the "Looting Lobby" -
ReplyDeletetheir consistent platform is "freedom to operate" - aka, deregulation
http://www.thenation.com/article/179034/whats-really-behind-koch-attacks-democrats
This is finally getting a bit more press
ReplyDeletehttp://qz.com/200622/ordinary-americans-are-powerless-but-the-us-isnt-really-an-oligarchy/