Generally speaking, people always complain about the political landscape in which they live. Trump has made me significant amount of money. That's primarily because I don't vote but rather simply react to the environment in which I find myself. I don't really like democracy anyway; I'm more comfortable with a theocratic aristocracy, but that's nothing more than a side note. If Biden were the President as opposed to Trump, then I'd be again making money and reacting in terms of social clubs or whatever I do as I merely react to the opportunities and limitations of whatever surrounds me.
I would refrain criticizing politicians too much because these people are nothing more or less than a reflection of the voting populace. Alexander Hamilton, I think correctly, observed that all democracies are condemned to result in nothing more than "mob mentality." Plato also asserts that what the majority of people believe is likely "wrong." Hence, in a democracy, ALL of the decisions, if a reflection of public opinion, are likely the wrong things to do.
Plato also said an indifference to public affairs leads to idiots ruling
The kids in Red States are 2 - 3 Grades behind those in Blue States ... The people dying in red States from subpar Healthcare are on the average 11 - 13 years younger than those who pass away in Blue States ... We have an Emergency ... but instead of helping ... the government is trying to destroy Healthcare Nurses & Teachers ... Stupid is as Stupid does Idiots Ruling in the USA right now' & the biggest idiot will be remembered as such Donald J Trump
@CountDorio said in #31:
> Generally speaking, people always complain about the political landscape in which they live. Trump has made me significant amount of money. That's primarily because I don't vote but rather simply react to the environment in which I find myself. I don't really like democracy anyway; I'm more comfortable with a theocratic aristocracy, but that's nothing more than a side note. If Biden were the President as opposed to Trump, then I'd be again making money and reacting in terms of social clubs or whatever I do as I merely react to the opportunities and limitations of whatever surrounds me.
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> I would refrain criticizing politicians too much because these people are nothing more or less than a reflection of the voting populace. Alexander Hamilton, I think correctly, observed that all democracies are condemned to result in nothing more than "mob mentality." Plato also asserts that what the majority of people believe is likely "wrong." Hence, in a democracy, ALL of the decisions, if a reflection of public opinion, are likely the wrong things to do.
It is not talked about it enough how the US was designed explicitly to be a Republic that guarantees the rights of people before responding to the mob, right.
That is not to say that it is meant to be explicitly undemocratic... Rather, democracy is meant to provide transparency and peaceful transitions of power and to also reflect the will to some degree. But the project of America is not the expression of the masses through the government, rather it is the guaranteeing of the human rights of the people through the government. The people are to express themselves through their liberty and their own resources, organizations, and choices that they make.
Too often we think of the government as the engine which is meant to solve all of our problems and to be a vehicle of progress.
@ThunderClap said in #32:
> Plato also said an indifference to public affairs leads to idiots ruling
Check out the Republic.
It's quite a transgressive book from a 21st century perspective. I think it would not line up much with your world view.
@ThunderClap said in #8:
> Teachers are very important & Nurses are very important
@ThunderClap said in #36:
> > Teachers are very important & Nurses are very important
Plato was a teacher, and who doesn't enjoy a good hospital drama with a commanding head nurse!
Brilliant stuff.
However, repeating these sorts of statements has very little to do with fiscal policy.
@ThunderClap said in #1:
> Decreasing the number of Nurses & Teachers is another stupid result of the recent big billionaire bailout
@Decaffeinated
That's a good point regarding Plato's point regarding idiots ruling when people lack interest in government. I guess I have 'some' interest but I have very peculiar beliefs such as egalitarianism and kindness and so forth. Not the stuff for Democrats and Republicans and since this is a two party system I utilize efforts in my local church and community. I leave politics for politicians which, though it is a republic, is a mob mentality republic though thank God we have some artificial boundary between decision making and total chaos with elected officials.
@Decaffeinated said in #29:
> > Because trump does not care about the people
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> Absolutely tremendous observation. Game changing. I had never considered this as a possibility.
Post #28 is the symmetrical opposite (with less verbosity) of your post #3:
> and he truly feels beholden to the American people to some degree.
That's called having an opinion, and they don't have to be game-changing to be shared in a public forum. That's what forums are precisely for. I am not sure at all that #3 is game-changing either.
Furthermore, I'm genuinely curious on how you manage to know Trump's feelings. I can agree with you that Trump has a unique talent for communicating with a sizeable fraction of the US population (America is a continent btw). But I'd very much like to understand how you know how he does feel about them.
For myself, I only have access to transcripts of his discourses and third party accounts of facts. One such account concerns the short-lived Trump University. In my opinion, it was a scam. Which makes me wonder, how can a person scam the very people he feels beholden to. One explanation could imply a psychological disorder. Another explanation could be simply that person does not care about said people.
I conclude this mundane and ordinary post with another opinion. Trump is a smart person, who shuns ideologies, and whose behavior is governed by money.