Comment by Sabinus
1 day ago
>But I don’t really care who wins anyway, I’m not sure why I’m even engaging here.
The democrats are so far from the 2008 version that you don't care if they lose? That Trump's activities are as bad as Biden's?
1 day ago
>But I don’t really care who wins anyway, I’m not sure why I’m even engaging here.
The democrats are so far from the 2008 version that you don't care if they lose? That Trump's activities are as bad as Biden's?
As I said earlier, Republicans are doing a pretty good job of dismantling the empire, and I care about that more than whatever either party is offering domestically (not much). So if they win, so be it.
2008 Dems had a large “liberaltarian” presence, which isn’t perfectly aligned with my views, but it was close enough that I was often in favor of their policies. Current Dems just want the war machine to focus more on Russia while sticking it to red states at home.
Antiwar sentiment in the party died after the entry of “CIA Democrats” like Spanberger, who now have outsized influence within the party. I don’t see much good coming out of a Dem victory until they are expelled.
"Current Dems just want our country to honor its commitments" is quite a criticism!
Maybe I'm just some war hungry lunatic, but I actually think that when the US tells a country it will defend its sovereignty in exchange for it not having nuclear weapons, it's very important that we honor those commitments.
That's probably because I prefer deterrence, and intermittent war required to assert deterrence, more than I like the idea of every nation in a race to build nuclear weapons and then every neighbor doing scrambling to prevent nuclearization. Basically a warmonger then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You also probably believe in strong regulation of the internet (including possibly ID verification), open borders, and other positions I don’t accept.
As I said, I’m not a fan of the current party, and I hope that the right continues to degrade state capacity until neither side has much left to work with.
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