Article: "America's Future Is Texas"

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Wow, I sure have missed a lot since last reading this post. Although much of what people are saying has been making my blood boil. I'll attempt to respond to all of this in a respectful way.

First off, the rights accusation that liberals and leftist are communist/socialist is silly. I'll agree that a small margin of Liberals and far-left people are communist..however a bulk of Liberals agree with many aspects of capitalism. What we disagree with is crony capitalism. When political leaders and business officials use themselves to get ahead. This is why the top 1% of the nation is crushing the middle and working class. What liberals want, and many moderates should want as well, is to ensure that the wealthy corrupt business are no longer exempt from taxes because they are in bed with a politician. The same goes for politicians who cuddle up with Wall Street in order to get elected. Liberals understand that outright communism doesn't work. History has proven that. The same can be said about crony capitalism as well, people are being crushed. I'm getting severely off topic so I'll cut the economic talk short. I am simply telling conservatives/right that progressives still support capitalism, but we want a safe and fair economy. Not one that has been rigged for the wealthy for years.

Now to discuss this idea that Black Lives Matter and Antifa are just as to blame for the chaos that ensued in Charlottesville. Attempting to put together Nazis and White supremacists in the same boat as people who- despite being radical- are fighting for equality- is simply vile. If the "alt-right" didn't have the belief that their skin color makes them superior, no fight would have broken out. Saying there is blame on "both sides" is like saying the U.S fighting against the Nazis is WWII deserve blame since they too caused chaos. It is completely backwards and a disgusting comparison to draw. BLM is a reactionary group in this situation. They have had riots in which I do not personally agree with. But you have to understand the playing field in which they are coming from. BLM has dealt with justice inequality, living inequality, and opportunity inequality for a very long time now. So how can we expect them to sit back and watch a hate group spew hatred and bigotry in the streets. It's sickening to hear our President say "both sides" are to blame and that the "alt-left" is just as bad as racist cowards that are the "alt-right".

I didn't reply to one single poster because I'm not trying to win an argument, I'm simply trying to educate the fact that equating a hateful group of Nazis to counter-protesters to me seems insane. As does the idea that Liberals want communism in the country. The right needs arguments to toss at us, so they make us seem like we're waiting for Karl Marx to come visit us. I am a Liberal who supports capitalism, as are 85% of all the Liberals in this country. This topic was supposed to be about Texas....but it has become yet another Left vs. Right argument. Can their be a winner? Of course not. The right wont change my mind and I wont change theirs. But I hope this rant can provide someone with something, because it made me feel better. I also apologize for continuing to be off topic, but I just couldn't sit still.