User:Woozle/LwaC/2014-10-21

Today at #lunchWithAConservative, we learned (once again) that the Democrats are exactly as much in the pockets of the big corporations as the Republicans are, because vague reasons (edit...)

<added> ...I've been reminded of the reason, which was the Obama administration's revolving-door practice of giving government financial-regulatory posts to big Wall Street players, as evidence of the administration's collaboration with Wall Street -- which is true as far as it goes, but does not really compare with the depth of corruption present in the Republican Party. The Dems at least push for regulation and measures to benefit the 99%, while the Reps (when they're being honest) openly embrace their support for enriching the rich at the expense of the poor (and they often are not honest about it). </added>

This seems to have become the designated Sophisticated Skeptic position: it's safely Not Exactly Wrong, while still serving the Big Money Entities' goal of weakening the thinking vote.

(Also, the Republicans' open admission of being in the pocket of big business makes them more honest -- and therefore we should vote for them? He didn't go quite that far...)

(Edit: To his credit, though, he likes +Senator Elizabeth Warren. Unfortunately, the first reason he gives is that she's "cute" (this is the same reason he liked Sarah Palin). Fortunately, the second reason he gives is that she seems to be the only person in Congress who is actually trying to do something about the problem.)

I've been thinking I should write a book about that. The following potential chapters come to mind:

• The depths of Republican stupidity and hypocrisy on a number of issues (maybe 2 chapters?)
• The extent of Republican support for a deeply hierarchical plutocratic and theocratic state
• The worst examples of Democrat stupidity and corruption (I've been challenging anti-liberals to give examples; so far, they haven't come up with much)
• (added) Maybe a chapter specifically on "small government" -- how the Republicans claim to support it but don't, and how the most commonly advocated means for "shrinking government" lead to more oppression
• Possibly a chapter examining frequently-claimed instances of Dem/lib stupidity that actually isn't stupid (only seems stupid to the misinformed)
• The mathematical basis of the "two-party system" that makes it pointless to vote for anything but an R or D candidate in most elections
• The ways in which Republican corruption provides covering fire for the worst tendencies of the Democratic Party, thus depriving liberals of representation
• Conclusion: eliminate the Republican Party as a political force so that a third party will have a chance and the Democrats have to start actually representing their supposed constituents if they don't want to lose elections

If I started on it next year, I could probably have it ready (at least in e-book form) by early 2016.