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Thanks for assuming that all Republicans voted for Trump. Your hasty generalization shows you know us well. I am a Republican and voted for Rubio in the primar

Thanks for assuming that all Republicans voted for Trump. Your hasty generalization shows you know us well. I am a Republican and voted for Rubio in the primary and Gary Johnson in the election. I'm sticking with the GOP because despite the evangelicals and Tea Party--both are anti-intellectual movements that breed the Trump swamp--the party's core values of limited government and equal opportunity ring true in ways that the democrat party has never worked for me.

radicalbyte 7y ago
This is the thing that I don't get about the USA. The Democrats are center-right. If you ignore the Army, Police and various intelligence / paramilitary parts of the USG (the bigs the Republicans expand and the Dems just roll with) then the USG under the previous administration was pretty small and efficient. They're also pretty big on equal opportunity - for all, no matter who their parents are or what colour their skin. The problem is the lack of choice in your two party first-past-the-post system. You see the same thing in the UK. It's too easily abused by well-funded minorities to amplify their power.
- 18pfsmt 7y ago
  The USA is unique from the rest of the world (the Old World) in that it is based on an idea, not genetics. We are the first start-up country. We are comprised of the greatest minds in the world from all genetic backgrounds. Rep. Amash is of Palestinian and Syrian descent, and he is more American than most notorious politicians with whom I am familiar. America is based on an idea, and he embodies it. Old World people from Europe and Asia have no idea what they're talking about WRT the USA. Classifying the USA in European terms (i.e. "center-right") makes no sense in this context, and we do not use such terms for a reason. Humanity deserves at least one country where individual freedom is a revered principle and people do not emphasize outcomes other than technical innovation. Not every country needs to operate in the same way (nor every US state).

radicalbyte 7y ago

This is the thing that I don't get about the USA. The Democrats are center-right. If you ignore the Army, Police and various intelligence / paramilitary parts of the USG (the bigs the Republicans expand and the Dems just roll with) then the USG under the previous administration was pretty small and efficient. They're also pretty big on equal opportunity - for all, no matter who their parents are or what colour their skin. The problem is the lack of choice in your two party first-past-the-post system. You see the same thing in the UK. It's too easily abused by well-funded minorities to amplify their power.

18pfsmt 7y ago
The USA is unique from the rest of the world (the Old World) in that it is based on an idea, not genetics. We are the first start-up country. We are comprised of the greatest minds in the world from all genetic backgrounds. Rep. Amash is of Palestinian and Syrian descent, and he is more American than most notorious politicians with whom I am familiar. America is based on an idea, and he embodies it. Old World people from Europe and Asia have no idea what they're talking about WRT the USA. Classifying the USA in European terms (i.e. "center-right") makes no sense in this context, and we do not use such terms for a reason. Humanity deserves at least one country where individual freedom is a revered principle and people do not emphasize outcomes other than technical innovation. Not every country needs to operate in the same way (nor every US state).