Your reaction almost seems like you are offended... Die-hard liberal reaction??
One could think. No, I´m neither a democrat, nor a liberal in the american sense of politics. If I could answer your question with yes or no, my world would be just as black and white.
Politics are controlled by the economy (over here as well as over there). They´re all corrupt in one way or the other. You could give those parties alot of names they wouldn´t come close to justice.
- Democrats. It´s a big word and has its roots in democracy. One should think they´re acting in a democratic way. Do they ?
- Republicans. Has its roots in republic. Which means politics that are oriented alongside commonwealth and common welfare. In France at the time of the french revolution it was meant as a counter concept to monarchy. (all power emanates from the people)
Should we laugh or cry ?
Nowadays it comes all down to egoism and/or social behaviour and which party stands for more of those two aspects. I would always vote for the party which stands for more social behaviour. If this is the democrats, I don´t know but looking at the current U.S. politics, I guess not. But if I had the choice of only those 2 parties, I´d lean to the democrats more, yes.
One could describe me as a socialist who adheres to certain conservative values. Left from the middle but not far left, so to speak.
What I don´t like is propaganda in any form. It is not only impure competition, it is very dangerous because ´ordinary Joe´ falls way to easily for it and this way you can mobilize masses for the wrong beliefs. It worked a treat in Germany of the 30ies.
One needs to understand how it works: the topic suggests that there is a fence (in the middle) and there is one side and the other side (just as if we hadn´t the choice to vote for a 3rd party or none). Your options are restricted and you need to make a decision. We will help you making up your mind, by adding a couple statements, which you´ll either find to be true or untrue (black and white). Make up your mind. Decide....
If you understand the psychology behind the propaganda, you´ll easily looking through its purpose.
Whenever I read such propaganda on these boards or elsewhere, published by yourself or anyone else, it´s always in favour for the republicans but never in favour of the dems, which leads me to believe that a party that fools itself by using such impure tools, like propaganda must be a bad party to vote for. So, I´m not necessarily pro- democrats but this way I become more and more anti - republicans.
Propaganda offends me, yes. It offends (no, it even insults) my intelligence, rather than my political views.
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