Jumpin said:
sc94597 said:
Nem said:
What can happen? Crisis, war, racism, poverty, etc. These arent things you do to "just to see what happens". It's irresponsible and cruel.
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I think the separation of powers and dual sovereignty federalism do a great deal to prevent a "hitler" in the U.S. Too many different positions and none of them have any unbalanced authority over the other. So it shouldn't be a big deal to be honest.
A U.S president doesn't determine whether or not a country will be impoverished. Racism is primarily a cultural phenomena.
In the U.S system war has been something which it seems the legislative branch has relaxed its authority over, and consequently it has become solely a presidential/executive decision. Unfortunately that is an area that is a huge issue, but as bad as Trump is he isn't the worst candidate as far as warhawkiness goes (I personally think Jeb, Cruz, and a few others would be worst.)
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So far the best people running for President seem to be Hillary Clinton and Bern Sanders. The rest that I have seen are all thoroughly insane.
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Hillary Clinton is a same-old same old moderate. Would be the same as Bush and Obama. Not interesting.
Bernie Sanders is a typical European politician in policy, and is promising more than he can bite off. Not necessarily interesting to Americans who realize Europe has its own problems caused by the same policies Bernie is espousing. The only thing I agree with Bernie Sanders more than with any other candidate is the reduction of the military-industrial complex to nothing. But even he doesn't go far enough. There should be no standing military, in my opinion.
Honestly there isn't any candidate who is good in any political system who also lasts very long in said system. It is always a vote for which individual will do the least harm along side their special interest. I usually vote for the situation that makes it hard for sociopaths to maintain political power. Having said that, I will probably vote for Rand Paul in the Republican primary as I think his father will keep him straight if he were to win, and he doesn't take a lunatic stance on social issues, is excellent on drug-war policy and policy reform, and is fiscally frugal. Also he isn't much of a war-hawk when compared to even moderate Democrats like Hilary and Obama, let alone the GOP lunatics.
Reasons why I won't vote for somebody:
1. They are a career politican. Sorry, I don't view politics as a legimate occupation. It is something to do in addition to your real - productive - occupation choice. Not to mention that career politicians are the most self-involved and self-interested of them all.
2. They want to restrict my ability to decide my own decisions for my own life choices: whether that be economic or personal. They also want to restrict my economic and life choices through barriers of entry and pigeovian taxes/fines.
3. They want to spend my money or take in huge amounts of debt in my name to fund their special interests at my detriment, with no interest in repaying that debt.
4. They pander to a specific group or groups of people, and only them: big business, minorities, women, poor people, middle-class, etc, etc. The candidate should be well-versed in all individuals, and when they focus on a group they forget that within each group there are different entities. Additionally, many politicians are only interested in their specific groups and fuck everyone else.