Politics Thread

[GoMuskies]

I’m pretty sure he polled significantly better against Trump than Hillary did, didn’t he? Not sure if that would have made the difference in the electoral...

I think he simply means he likes Bernie less than Hillary as a potential president. I know I did. Yuck.

[xu95]

I think he simply means he likes Bernie less than Hillary as a potential president. I know I did. Yuck.

Correct. Socialism is not a step in the right direction for our country.

xu95

[Lloyd Braun]

Correct. Socialism is not a step in the right direction for our country.

xu95

I prefer socialism to fascism.

[GoMuskies]

I prefer socialism to fascism.

I don't really want either of them, although a well-functioning society certainly needs a dab of both.

[xu95]

I prefer socialism to fascism.

If you think we live in a fascist society right now, I don't think we can even have a reasonable conversation about it.

Is Trump a dumbass who says stuff he shouldn't say? Absolutely. Is he steering our country towards fascism? Absolutely not.

xu95

[paulxu]

I've tried to understand this tariff stuff as something logical, and not just a bully swinging a stick on the playground.
I'm really having a hard time though.
Anyway, I don't think it's going to help my city/county in the long run. Hope I'm wrong.

The largest BMW assembly plant in the world is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Last year, it posted a new production record of more than 400,000 vehicles — 70% of which were exported to other countries.

[Lloyd Braun]

If you think we live in a fascist society right now, I don't think we can even have a reasonable conversation about it.

Is Trump a dumbass who says stuff he shouldn't say? Absolutely. Is he steering our country towards fascism? Absolutely not.

xu95

I don’t think we live in a fascist society. Just like if Bernie won we wouldn’t be living in a socialist society. I don’t believe Trump is a fascist either but I think it would be appeasing to him. Trump is too much of a phony to be a complete fascist.

[GoMuskies]

I don't think he's competent enough at running a branch of government to be a facist. He probably ran the Trump Organization in a way that was somewhat "facist", and that's fine. You can always quit working for a company if you don't like it.

[xu95]

I don’t think we live in a fascist society. Just like if Bernie won we wouldn’t be living in a socialist society. I don’t believe Trump is a fascist either but I think it would be appeasing to him. Trump is too much of a phony to be a complete fascist.

We can agree on this. Obviously we wouldn't turn into a Socialist society with Bernie, we have too many checks and balances in place for that to happen.

xu95

[Caf]

I don't think he's a fascist, but I do worry he believes he's more important than the state. He has made it very clear that he thinks he's the only good and effective member of the government.

The way he was calling into question 2016 election results before they came out will be in the back of my mind in 2020.