that is a very interesting comment. what are our interests? unlike decades ago, we have so much opportunity that to be 'for the people' doesnt seem to be as important. of course i could be wrong.
for me, i find that i have always been traditional (republican) on things like family and perhaps education. i am finding that i walk the line between conservatism and moderate thinking overall.
the fact that 'we' are not mostly of the same mindset anymore might work to our detriment. i cant help but feeling that too many of us are still waiting for the jacksons and the sharptons of the world to 'save' us, whereas those of us in the 'know' will be politicking for personal interests rather than for the people.
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Originally posted by enigma_AKA
PREACH!! I had this same discussion the other day--Why do so many of us feel like the Democrat Party is FOR US and the Republican Party is AGAINST US? Alot of times, do we even know why we feel aligned with either party?
We rarely look at the other factors of conservatism and liberalism (Republican v Democrat); that is the less federal government -more state governance/less regulation of BIG business/harsher crimes for criminals/etc versus more active governance/more regulation of business/promotion of social welfare/less regulation of social norms ('to each his own' thinking) because it's easier to say "I'm a Democrat and Republicans can kiss my a$$", without ever doing the research to truly proclaim allegiance to either party.
This is sad. In response to darling1's comment, NO, I don't think most of us know that no one party can truly represent our interests. But then, what are OUR interests?
enigma_AKA
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