Coming to terms with my feelings. Long, sorry.

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tsing Tao, Nov 8, 2012.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    So it is immature to suggest that Obama could go down the line of a dictator, eh? I'll bet if there were internet forums in the 1930s and 40s, we'd be able to pull up posts by your generational equivalent saying the exact thing about Hitler. "It is so immature to say Hitler is a dictator."

    Obama has shown himself willing and able to circumvent "checks and balances" whenever it suited him. There is no reason to suggest he won't do so now.

    We don't live in a true Democracy. Not anymore. This is crony capitalism at it's finest.
     
    #571     Nov 15, 2012
  2. Hitler achieved adoration from the masses, particularly women. The Third Reich was a fascist state that came to power through false flag attacks such as the Reichstag Fire, and endeavored to pit one group of society against another. It was also a police state through the use of Brownshirts, and Gestapo. Also, the use of propaganda played a crucial role. How do these attributes stack up with the US under Obama, whose term ends in 4 years. Some consider the comparison irrelevant. Ron Paul, who is derided as an old kook in some quarters, says the US is headed down the road to fascism.
     
    #572     Nov 15, 2012
  3. +1

    An interesting thing that I notice here is that some folks can be quite intelligent but also irrational at the same time.
     
    #573     Nov 15, 2012
  4. Ricter

    Ricter

    There are other possible reactions to the crisis of inequality besides fascism. Perhaps we'll go the route of Caesarian reform under Julius, or France under Louis XVI. Or perhaps even elements of our own history in the years following the Gilded Age.
     
    #574     Nov 15, 2012
  5. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Did all of your other examples have a significant debt overhang? I'm asking honestly, because I do not know without having to look it up.
     
    #575     Nov 15, 2012
  6. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    This post made me smile, as I clearly remember almost identical posts being made while Bush was in the office by the left. He stepped down after his term limit ran out, so will Obama.

    4 years will pass and another President will take the office.

    Meanwhile, I am planning to enjoy life, my wonderful family and friends, and will try to make a world a better place according to my abilities.
     
    #576     Nov 15, 2012
  7. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    France was heavily indebted under Louis XVI, in part due to helping us winning our Independence.
     
    #577     Nov 15, 2012
  8. Ricter

    Ricter

    True. The crisis really didn't come to a head until, once again one of Nature's favorite history changers came along, poor harvests. It's at those times you don't want to be a parasitical money renter, or priest. : )
     
    #578     Nov 15, 2012
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Dance the summer away, grasshopper. Never mind that winter is coming.
     
    #579     Nov 15, 2012
  10. 377OHMS

    377OHMS

    Excellent, then you can quit whining like an 11-year old girl and cease making moral judgments that nobody here is interested in.

    Your surprise is due to your extreme naivety. Your English is atrocious and painful to decode and your opinion has the weight of a crack dealer in a back alley.
     
    #580     Nov 15, 2012