Forum Post: Liberals and Conservatives
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 22, 2011, 8:49 p.m. EST by PartyX
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Kind of an oxymoron it seems.
Liberals are people who are pro-choice which is conservative on growth,
Conservatives believe in making babies which add to the population.
Liberals want to raise taxes to pay as you go for spending (or so do they say).
Conservatives do not want to raise taxes. So over spending is acceptable.
What if this is all one puppet show put on by a bunch of asshole, who think their constituents are a bunch of sheep?
Yes, it is a puppet show put on to keep us united with one side and against the other side. It keeps the base energized to vote so that they can maintain power.
It is the wool that is pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
no doubt
I'm tired of the right vs. left infighting that is going on - it is distracting us from the real issue. The corporations and other special interests love to turn this into a right vs. left hometown football rivalry, in the meantime they are laughing all the way to the bank. Here's my 2 cents if we really want to bring about change: For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for (both on the right and the left). Don't get distracted by the symptoms - we need to address the root cause. Concentrating our efforts on getting the money out of our politics is the best way we can create an environment in which further reforms can be realized. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the LAP DOGS of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - End the LEGALIZED BRIBERY!!! CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests!!!
Totally agree, grass root movements and write in candidates is probably the answer on the lower levels of gov't... not sure about this electoral college form of gov't; however, write-ins in control can eliminate the laws we want to amend. Slowly, the masses on here are becoming more educated with the process that will eventually be taken as a legitimate 3rd party and possibly controlling majority.
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the terms Liberal and Conservative have been so distorted in American politics, they hold no meaning whatsoever.
True Liberalism is Friedrich Hayek,Liberty and Ron Paul.
And it is true...we have the illusion of opposites in this country. Its a ONE party system that is kept alive by the propaganda mouthpiece for the Military Industrial complex called the mainstream media. Think about it...the so called most 'free' nation on earth ONLY has .........two.......parties?