lostwoodsm
Cinebar, WA
67, joined Jul. 2014
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Is anyone afraid of what's going on in our country but me? I went to the "Independents" group in this site, but could not post. So, I went to the "Republican/Conservative" page... God bless them, only a couple of people writing very long posts...
Who's out there.. ?? are we a conservative state or a liberal one ??
I miss the America I grew up in. The land of opportunity. I worked my way into a good job without a college degree and managed to succeed by working really hard. I'm so afraid for my children. I don't see that happening for them.
And the world is falling apart in the Middle East...
Liberal or Conservative in this State?
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mischiefmanaged
Bellevue, WA
47, joined Jul. 2010
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I think the media caters to really few political extremists, and then this divides the nation into 2 camps. But actually progressive and conservative values are really part of personality. These 2 personality types have been present throughout history around the world. I wonder if some prolific leaders had a mix of both personality tendencies. Both have merits and both benefit from each other.
i think the real issue is, why is our country polarized between the two so much? There's an economics model that proposes a country is made up of 3 major players: capital (money interests), labor, and government. At any given time 2 temporarily unite to combat the interests of the other, and champion their interests. I think the last 30 years the political tone has really changed. I think the very top of capital has been influencing politics and getting both personalities to antagonize each other. This leads to ineffective leadership (we're deadlocked, and it's not anyone's "fault", just the leadership we deserve/earned [we voted for them didn't we]). So now no one is really fighting capital.
so we're not one or the other, we're both. And both are antagonizing each other while the provocateurs do what they want, since no one's really doing anything to stop them.
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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