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Yet we have two parties

Posted on: March 5, 2020 at 08:45:29 CT

meatiger MU

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that support and defend big government.

There is no choice. You even admitted that you would never vote for someone who did not have a chance. And then you have threads like this where you defend the big government.

Is there much we can do about it today...no...but at least pretend to understand the situation and open your mind.

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Court to cops: You're a bunch of idiots - ashtray UF - 3/5 06:15:13

the police state - pickle MU

- 3/5 07:17:22

Police need to be diligent in understanding the rights - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 07:13:48

They should..but they generally don't and never have. - GA Tiger MU - 3/5 08:02:08

“..... they generally don’t” - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:06:01

I was referring more to past history and - GA Tiger MU - 3/5 09:11:24

I hear you, but would just point out that saying - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:16:31

but they don't - ashtray UF - 3/5 07:35:01

Moreso lack of accountability - meatiger MU - 3/5 08:05:45

It’s not a lack of accountability (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 08:22:22

The hell it isn't. If I said that - GA Tiger MU - 3/5 09:12:47

I would certainly agree accountability should be a key - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:14:55

let go of the myth - pickle MU

- 3/5 08:27:36

who holds them accountable? - meatiger MU - 3/5 08:18:20

All people in positions of authority have greater power - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:26:58

Because in corporations, if it is not run well - meatiger MU - 3/5 08:38:13

That is true of all things government - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:43:20

Lol now that’s laziness (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 08:47:40

Yet we have two parties - meatiger MU - 3/5 08:45:29

I am open to alternatives to what is currently happening - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:51:52

I prefer to be more like ummmm - meatiger MU - 3/5 08:54:37

I believe there is a role for government - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:57:11

government control of an industry is socialism - ashtray UF - 3/5 09:13:14

Not by the definition of socialism used in mainstream - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:19:55

schools are definitely socialism - ashtray UF - 3/5 09:31:33

My children have never attended public schools - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:41:44

and some people in Canada have never gone to a public - ashtray UF - 3/5 09:44:30

lmfao awesome (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 09:24:23

So you can use your emotion - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:00:18

Please explain to me how that was an emotional argument(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:02:25

RE: Please explain to me how that was an emotional argument(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:06:04

What you just described is an example of a thoughtful - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:10:14

When you use your beliefs and biases - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:12:44

I believe that all men are created equal - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:15:33

I understand what I am saying - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:18:59

I don't disagree with much of that - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:21:05

personal beliefs - meatiger MU - 3/5 09:22:45

Not at all - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:43:34

wait! - ashtray UF - 3/5 09:45:05

but they aren't - ashtray UF - 3/5 08:18:16

Certainly not all do - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 07:48:56

why don’t you support the free market? (nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 08:08:04

We get well below 100% with our current - ashtray UF - 3/5 08:07:08

That is a different argument - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:14:04

it is the argument - ashtray UF - 3/5 08:16:38

The argument was never about whether competition would - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:37:10

It’s not laziness. It’s critical to understanding the State(nm) - pickle MU

- 3/5 08:45:05

It is a sympton(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/5 08:39:15

Lack of efficiency is almost always the outcome - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 08:41:02

that's one outcome - ashtray UF - 3/5 09:14:00

Lack of economy. Lack of choice. Corrpution. - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 09:22:15

which is exactly what we get with law enforcement - ashtray UF - 3/5 09:34:52

I don't disagree there may be better ways to handle it - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:03:51

then we will disagree on that belief - ashtray UF - 3/5 10:06:01

Ok - you are free to be wrong - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/5 10:20:16

no, you are - ashtray UF - 3/5 12:32:03

no, that may be what you wanted it to be - ashtray UF - 3/5 08:37:43

He really does not get it - meatiger MU - 3/5 08:19:46

people rip on socialism and failures of gvmt - pickle MU

- 3/5 07:45:02

Cognitive dissonance (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/5 08:07:53

you live in a la la fantasy gvmt land - pickle MU

- 3/5 07:18:28

Overthrow it.... - Tigrrrr! MU

- 3/5 07:36:02