IT WILL BE NICE TO HEAR FROM THE REPUBICANS ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG DURING THE LAST EIGHT YEARS...!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH REPUBLICANS IS THIS:
REPUBLICANS, AT THEIR BEST, ARE "ME THINKERS"....
THEY ONLY THINK ABOUT THE "ME" SIDE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS...
DEMOCRATS ARE "WE" THINKERS...
DEMOCRATS CONSIDER THE WHOLE BODY POLITIC...THE WHOLE ECONOMY.
IN A MASS SOCIETY, AS WE HAVE NOW...THE "WE" THINKERS HAVE MUCH MUCH MORE TO SAY THAT IS RELEVANT...
THE POLITICS OF THE REPUBLICAN "ME THINKERS" IS AN ATTEMPT TO GO BACK TO SOME IDEALIZED PAST ....WHERE INDIVIDUALS MATTERED MORE THAN THEY DO TODAY...
TODAY'S COMPLEX SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL STRUCTURES REQUIRE "WE THINKING" ON A HUGE SCALE...
THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH REPUBLICANS IS THAT THEY THINK "GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM"...
THEN, THEY GO OUT AND SEEK GOVERNMENT POSITIONS...!
AND PUBLIC OFFICE!
REPUBLICANS BELEIVE THAT GOVERNMENT HAS NONE OF THE ANSWERS...AND THAT GOVERNMENT IS FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED...
THEN, WHEN REPUBLICANS ARE IN OFFICE...
THEY PROVE THEIR POINT BY GIVING US LOUSY GOVERNMENT...!!
JUST LOOK AT BUSH...MASSIVE SPENDING, DEBT, WARS AND FINALLY A DECENT INTO CHAOS AT THE END....
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE..?
AND NO.... IT'S NOT THAT BUSH "STRAYED" FROM THE REPUBLICAN FAITH...
RATHER ...IT'S THAT OUR COMPLEX SOCIETY DEMANDS SOLUTIONS THAT ARE SOCIETY WIDE.... NOT INDIVIDUAL IN NATURE..
AND IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT THE "WELFARE STATE"....
THE REPUBLICAN WELFARE STATE IS STRICTLY FOR CORPORATIONS AND WALL STREET... BUT IT IS A WELFARE STATE NEVERTHELESS... SOMETIMES WE CALL IT "LOOTING"...!
HENCE, THE MASSIVE DEFICITS IN EVERY REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION....
REPUBLICANS AS "ME THINKERS" ARE NOT DEEP THINKERS...
HOW CAN YOU BE A "DEEP THINKER" WHEN YOUR ARE STUCK AT THE "ME THINKING" LEVEL...? YOU CAN'T...
SO, THEY TEND TO RELY ON MANTRAS, SLOGANS, GENERALIZED NOTIONS AND HEAVY DOSES OF BULLSHIT TO PROVIDE THEIR BELIEF STRUCTURES...
HOW ELSE CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT BETTER EDUCATED PEOPLE TEND TO BE DEMOCRATS...
AND LESS INFORMED VOTERS TEND TO BE REPUBLICANS...
FINALLY, IT MUST BE SAID FOR THE REPUBICANS THAT EVEN THEY MUST HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR POLICIES LATELY...
LOOT, POLLUTE AND SCOOT...IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE POLICY POSITION...
IT IS INTERESTING TO WATCH THESE PEOPLE ....AND TRY TO CATAGORIZE THEM INTO THEIR VARIOUS ODD MISGUIDED PIDEGON HOLES...
THE UNDERLYING THEME OF ALL REPUBLICANS IS AN INABILITY TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT ANY ISSUE FROM A "WE" POINT OF VIEW... AND THAT IS THEIR FATAL FLAW...
ONE THING REPUBLICANS CAN NOT LET GO OF IS THIS GREEDY "ME FIRST" ORIENTATION...
HENCE, THEIR CONSTANT APPEAL TO GREED, HATE, WAR, AND SELFISHNESS...
ALL OF THE REPTILIAN BRAIN FUNCTIONS REALLY!!
WHILE DEMOCRATS DEAL IN THE MORE COMPLEX BRAIN FUNCTIONS OF "WE" THINKERS...
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FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND NEGOTIATION....
WHICH TYPE OF THINKER ARE YOU...?
I HAVE A SUGGESTION...
WHEN IN DOUBT ALWAYS GO FOR THE HIGHER BRAIN FUNCTIONS....
AND STAY AWAY FROM THE REPTILIAN BRAIN STEM IN YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS...
