Mite vs Mote. Speck vs. Plank. Democrats only offering is a dictatorship of the proletariat - the Lenin/Stalin thing.
Democrats tend to be better educated than Republicans [theatlantic.com] so your characterization of a "dictatorship of the proletariat" seems pretty far off base.
Republicans are a coalition of the extremely wealthy, white trash, and evangelical Christians. Two of those groups are being played by the other.
It's really strange that you accuse Democrats of seeking a dictatorship when our current president openly fawns over dictators and doesn't understand checks and balances on executive power.
The nationalist socialist party culturally misappropriated that symbol from the Navajos and others. The Navajos were on the winning side of WW2. When will the Judeo-Christian traditional symbol the rainbow be won back.
Now that's the type of mental gymnastics I would expect from someone with an Ayn Rand donate URL in their sig. I do find it delightfully ironic that the Ayn Rand Institute asks for donations rather than raising funds by selling goods or services on the free market. I don't think Howard Roark or John Galt would approve of accepting charity. I also think it's weird that Objectivists don't see eerie parallels between Trump and James Taggart.
But what do I know? I'm apparently brainwashed because I went to grad
Better educated (aka went to college) does not equate to being smarter.
Not in all cases, no. But in many cases it does. Most importantly, it demonstrates a willingness to learn and become better. Something that most Americans once used to value, but now many seem to devalue instead. As if not educating oneself is somehow a good thing. No wonder an idiot like Trump can become "president". It is disgraceful.
It is very true from my (admittedly) large anecdotal evidence that Democrats are more highly educated. I work in a professional, scientific field dominated by people who both have degrees and align with Democrats. This however, does not mean they are smarter. Lately, I actually am seeing that educational factor as a huge negative among those Democrats; it gives them an over-confidence in their knowledge and understanding of a situation and context. They're the group who repeatedly says "listen to the sc
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Pointing to a small splinter faction on the other side does not remove the exceptionally large stain on the Republican's honor, integrity and decency.
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Mite vs Mote. Speck vs. Plank.
Democrats only offering is a dictatorship of the proletariat - the Lenin/Stalin thing.
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Mite vs Mote. Speck vs. Plank.
Democrats only offering is a dictatorship of the proletariat - the Lenin/Stalin thing.
Democrats tend to be better educated than Republicans [theatlantic.com] so your characterization of a "dictatorship of the proletariat" seems pretty far off base.
Republicans are a coalition of the extremely wealthy, white trash, and evangelical Christians. Two of those groups are being played by the other.
It's really strange that you accuse Democrats of seeking a dictatorship when our current president openly fawns over dictators and doesn't understand checks and balances on executive power.
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The nationalist socialist party culturally misappropriated that symbol from the Navajos and others. The Navajos were on the winning side of WW2. When will the Judeo-Christian traditional symbol the rainbow be won back.
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Now that's the type of mental gymnastics I would expect from someone with an Ayn Rand donate URL in their sig. I do find it delightfully ironic that the Ayn Rand Institute asks for donations rather than raising funds by selling goods or services on the free market. I don't think Howard Roark or John Galt would approve of accepting charity. I also think it's weird that Objectivists don't see eerie parallels between Trump and James Taggart.
But what do I know? I'm apparently brainwashed because I went to grad
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Better educated (aka went to college) does not equate to being smarter.
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Better educated (aka went to college) does not equate to being smarter.
Not in all cases, no. But in many cases it does. Most importantly, it demonstrates a willingness to learn and become better. Something that most Americans once used to value, but now many seem to devalue instead. As if not educating oneself is somehow a good thing. No wonder an idiot like Trump can become "president". It is disgraceful.
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