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Well yeah they're regressive religious zealots. As I said in another comment somewhere else in this thread. Civil rights and respect for democracy I will agree with. Rule of law applies to none of our government. 97 members of Congress last year reported trades in companies influenced by their commitees. They were not all Republicans. This is a conflict of interest and they should be removed.
I'm not railing on one side or the other, I have liberal viewpoints and I have conservative viewpoints. I'm railing on the government as a whole. It needs to be rebuilt. My initial point was that everyone is super polarized and that is a problem that needs to be fixed before anything else gets fixed.
Case in point, this thread. I make a comment criticizing Republicans = +20. I make a comment criticizing Democrats = I don't even know, like -45 at this point?
People here are obviously polarized to the left. Granted, yes Republicans in office are bat shit crazy anymore, there is zero tolerance for any criticism towards the other side. And that just blinds anyone from paying attention to real matters. Half the people I know just treat it like a sports team they support. And this is why I generally stay away from discussing politics and have learned my lesson about posting anything political here.
Again, you're overlooking a huge difference. Yes, both sides benefit from a legal loophole that let's them engage in insider trading. But one party tried to literally overthrow the government because they lost an election and then seamlessly pivoted to lying constantly about the results of the election. One party's leading candidate for president is literally promising institute party political purges of civil servants if he's elected. One party has a bunch of heavily armed rednecks swearing personal loyalty to its leader. Do you think insider trading is even worth talking about when that other shit is happening right out in the open?
Yep and what do you think is gonna happen to Trump or any other member of Congress that took part for all of that? Nothing, because the rule of law doesn't apply to them. The Democrats won't push hard enough and the Republicans will whip their moron fan base into more of a frenzy. The point I'm trying to convey is the whole system is fucked and needs to be undone and rebuilt. Climate change doesn't actually matter a damn to either side while they're busy fighting each other and trying to find new ways to line their pockets. Hell several Dems disrupted votes on green deals because they have a stake in fossil fuels. The government should be serving its people and their interests, not fighting itself.
I'm done posting here, off to look at pictures of dogs.