Yes I know how the system works and the order of succession but if I’m going to dream I might as well dream big.
WuWei
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I think MAGA and America First are kinda conservative concepts. Execution can very of course.
When a Mongoose and Cobra fight, which one do you root for?
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Will you ever learn to converse in anything other than political slogans?
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Sure but “LETS GO BRANDON” has such a nice ring to it.
WuWei
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It’s not in my book, but in a managed, debt-based economy…
Isn’t there such a thing as “good debt”?
I am more than willing to cut the military budget in half, beginning with that stupid “Space Force”. A savings of $391B with one cut.
Match me from your pot.
Our local Kroger. We usually get gas and groceries at the same time.
WW
Both sides have their intelligentsia. Populists of my brand do not.
And I’m going repeat something that I apparently have to periodically. In my lingo, which I’ve learned and adapted from others in the past, “intelligentsia” is not synonymous with “intelligent”. Why would one use 6 syllables if 4 suffices? I don’t give a rats ass if one can run to some dictionary to refute what I’m about to say. This is the difference.
There are many intelligent people. But SOME of them believe that their intelligence bestows upon them both the authority and the responsibility to speak for the masses as though the masses don’t have the intelligence to say what they really want and need. And they tell the masses how to live. THESE are the intelligentsia.
Now almost as a parenthetical comment as a favor to you - but it needs no debate as it is non essential to my earlier points - in my mind, the “intelligentsia” shifts from a collection of these ■■■■■■■■ to a philosophy that they subscribe to. And when it takes that latter form, I occasionally include among that body of believers the wannabees, the stupid, the morons who may or may not recognize their own intellectual inferiority but believe that those who are truly gifted do indeed have that God given authority and responsibility… regardless of whether they themselves have been so charged. I say this because as a political force, the power of the intelligentsia is greater when there are more advocates for the role of the intelligentsia, regardless of who they are. While I will try not to use this broader definition here, you might see shadows of it in my posts if we were to continue this discussion.
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Thank you for this. Really mean that. I love learning about people and this is a really good post. Thank you again.
Smyrna
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we’ve already had this discussion when I pointed out the 419 million spent by Zuckerberg and then showed you several different responses from your fellow libs that you failed to condemn.
Smyrna
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Yeah, yeah…concentrate on that. 
I pick my quotes 
. But it was an essential part of the post since you chose to identify it as a group
Smyrna
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Now…look in the mirror and replace the word conservative, with “lib”.
Guilds
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I am totally OK with Zuck not being able to donate his money to non-profits to shore up voting systems. This should be done with public funds.
I am totally Ok with Zuck not being able to contribute millions to PAC’s, Pols, or those running for office.
You?
populism isn’t a social or an economic it’s an ism used to tell you what’s wrong and who to blame for it.
So again in a vacuum a battle against elite sounds great. That’s not true for a lot of thing. Like communism sucks even in a vacuum so does socialism Because even in their natural form they stifle innovation and progress. Populism is just boogie boogie there is thine enemy
JayJay
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Gotta decouple the military from the economy.
How much economic dislocation you willing to tolerate all at once?
Smyrna
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I have always been and will always be against corruption whether it’s legal or not. Our elections are one of the foundational pillars of our country. If “we the people” lose our faith in them, this country is done.
WuWei
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I don’t really get your vacuum thing.
Populism is the concerns of the people as a basis for policy. Are “elites” not to blame?
Stupid physics reference from high school thought it was more commonly used lol. I mean in its ideal form. Sorry
There is a very very thin line between concerns of the people and people being told what their concerns should be and who to blame for them.
There is nothing wrong with having concerns and targeting those who cause you to be concerned but there is a lot wrong with being told en masse what to be concerned about and telling you that the elites are at fault.
Nevermind the fact that elites, inteligencia, globalism, new world order etc are all populist terms with a lot snd i mean a lot of history of hate behind them.
