There is absolutely an ideological battle going on. If you think this not true, then why are you here? You should care nothing about politics, because it's all kayfabe, and all irrelevant.
You can "reject the current paradigm" all you want, but that will have absolutely zero impact in the real world.
If the Repubs and the Dems are both full of shit we need to reject their boilerplate nonsense and aim for a third way. For example, in terms of immigration shut down illegal immigration which puts wage pressure on blue collar laborers and increase the numbers of engineers, programmers, doctors, etc. that are allowed in even if they put wage pressure on white collar laborers.
I do. Elect as many Democrats as possible, to every office, at every level.
Of any action that is actually possible in the real world, this will do more to help the poor and disadvantaged (mostly in the US, but also throughout the world) than anything else.
Nothing you say shows that there is anything more real-world effective than electing Democrats.
If you think electing Democrats over Republicans has no impact on anything, then you should have no interest in politics. You should either be ignoring politics entirely, or be off in the hills, planning violent revolution.
Your choices in 2020 were Trump or Biden at POTUS. If you think which one won makes no difference, I have nothing to say to you. If you have an actual plan to do BETTER than electing Democrats, by all means let's hear it. I'm listening.
1. Shut down illegal immigration by shutting down employment of illegals. Mandate a national ID for employment. Set up a bounty program with massive fines for whistle blowers and massive penalties for employers who break the law.
2. Massively increase the number of H1B's. Remove the employment requirement--if you get in and you get laid off temporarily you have six months to find a new job before you need to leave the country. Get rid of the current immigration system and replace it with one that favors skill based immigration, especially for immigrants with college degrees.
I mean massive payouts for whistle blowers. If you shut down a meat packing facility for employing illegals you should be set for life. And by shutting down a business I mean forcing them into bankruptcy because of massive criminal penalties.
Strawman. Not what he said. I disagree with some of FreddieтАЩs points here but donтАЩt reduce it too a false binary. We have Twitter & cable news for that.
So, both teams are the same. (Absurd, but okey-dokey.) Now what? What is your plan?
There is absolutely an ideological battle going on. If you think this not true, then why are you here? You should care nothing about politics, because it's all kayfabe, and all irrelevant.
You can "reject the current paradigm" all you want, but that will have absolutely zero impact in the real world.
Which is not for me, thank you very much.
If the Repubs and the Dems are both full of shit we need to reject their boilerplate nonsense and aim for a third way. For example, in terms of immigration shut down illegal immigration which puts wage pressure on blue collar laborers and increase the numbers of engineers, programmers, doctors, etc. that are allowed in even if they put wage pressure on white collar laborers.
Fine. How are you going to accomplish this, exactly?
You, like Freddie, HAVE NO PLAN.
I do. Elect as many Democrats as possible, to every office, at every level.
Of any action that is actually possible in the real world, this will do more to help the poor and disadvantaged (mostly in the US, but also throughout the world) than anything else.
Nothing you say shows that there is anything more real-world effective than electing Democrats.
If you think electing Democrats over Republicans has no impact on anything, then you should have no interest in politics. You should either be ignoring politics entirely, or be off in the hills, planning violent revolution.
I enjoy your description of American politics as the ongoing abusive relationship it is.
"Why do you make me keep hitting you!"
You have stumbled on one of many examples of a rabid, ideologically tribalistic zealot that uses psychological terrorism against critics.
Here, a liberal social scientist explains the problem:
https://areomagazine.com/2018/03/17/the-reality-of-the-rise-of-an-intolerant-and-radical-left-on-campus/
Your choices in 2020 were Trump or Biden at POTUS. If you think which one won makes no difference, I have nothing to say to you. If you have an actual plan to do BETTER than electing Democrats, by all means let's hear it. I'm listening.
1. Shut down illegal immigration by shutting down employment of illegals. Mandate a national ID for employment. Set up a bounty program with massive fines for whistle blowers and massive penalties for employers who break the law.
2. Massively increase the number of H1B's. Remove the employment requirement--if you get in and you get laid off temporarily you have six months to find a new job before you need to leave the country. Get rid of the current immigration system and replace it with one that favors skill based immigration, especially for immigrants with college degrees.
I mean massive payouts for whistle blowers. If you shut down a meat packing facility for employing illegals you should be set for life. And by shutting down a business I mean forcing them into bankruptcy because of massive criminal penalties.
Dude: anybody can propose policy. The problem is GETTING POLICY IMPLEMENTED. That's where you have no plan.
Your "plan" is hyper toxic and will lead to even more totalitarianism than already exists.
Strawman. Not what he said. I disagree with some of FreddieтАЩs points here but donтАЩt reduce it too a false binary. We have Twitter & cable news for that.