Sick of extreme right views

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Personally I dont think government should work in a bipartisan manner at all but I think everyone should still be willing to be civil about it.

Reagan was so far left by today's standards - even Bernie can only dream of a top marginal income tax of 50% now.

We are living in the wet dream of neoliberalism and the only reason why Reaganomics is a rightwing ideal is because of the framing - de facto, Reagan won, and he won on every front, decades ago.

And I think it's clear that it isn't working, and if it keeps not working, the angry poor will get so angry they will follow anyone who promises to tear it all up. It's no longer Hayek or Keynes - it has been Hayek for a generation now. It's Keynes, Hitler or Stalin again. But this time with nukes and an American population armed to the teeth.
Enjoy your civil war

Someone on Ben Shapiro’s subreddit complained about pride flags in classrooms, specifically middle school classrooms. I responded with this:

“The pride flag is necessary to have in a classroom because it is important for LGBT students to understand that they are accepted in a world of homophobia, especially if they have parents who disown them for being gay, which happens way too much. If this were at an elementary school I could understand the backlash but middle school is obviously where people first discover their sexuality”

Someone replied to that:

“No, it isn't. My job is to teach them English and keep them from killing each other while they're in my class. It is not to do anything else. And no one who isn't my principal gets to tell me what I have to have on my room walls.”

That person completely missed the point, which of course they did, bc something like LGBT acceptance has to be something America is divided on.

Even though I was never in a classroom with a pride flag, I understand their intent with the use of the flag and I don’t make a big deal about it. But no, it’s gotta be more complicated than that.

Why are you on the Ben Shapiro subreddit? I thought you were tired of right wing opinions?

Sales and property taxes fall disproportionately on the poor and those who can least afford it.

So. Do you really think that the poor, who can't afford it, should fund the government, while the rich, who obviously expect to benefit from government and have more control over it, shouldn't pay a fair share?

Pretty much. We tax income earned by personal effort higher than income earned from investing or leveraging. There are far fewer loopholes for those who actually work for their wealth, as well. The system here in the US heavily favors existing wealth, investment and leveraging.

Reaganomics did not actually work. It increased the pay gap disparity and lowered the standard of living for middle class Americans, reversing everything that had turned the US into THE world dominate economic power by the 1970's (which we longer are). 99% of Americans are literally worse off than before his presidency. In reality, wealth trickles UP, not down. And I say that as someone who supported Reagan's tax cut back then, thinking no one should pay more than 50% of their income in taxes. I've been alive long enough to see the mess that started. Increasing middle class poverty does not help you or anyone else financially; it increases anger and frustration, reduces the motivation to do a good job, increases crime, reduces life expectancy, reduces productivity, and so on. There is a delicate balance to be found between incentivizing the "investors" and incentivizing the "workers." We've gone far to far to the "investors" side, to where they aren't actually using their money in ways that benefit the overall economy at all, and to where workers are frustrated and ANGRY.

I like to pay attention to what’s being said on that side and in this case, explain to peeps why they would want to have a pride flag on a class room and why it shouldn’t be a big deal.

So, it's fair to say that you're complaining about views that you actively seek out?

Yes, that way he can complain from first-hand experience, rather than simply making assumptions.

Of course, you would never intentionally join a subject you didn't like just so you could complain about it, right?

As much as you champion your outrage of "leftists", you sure are determined to mix and mingle with them, only to complain about it, to them.

Anyways, you were making a point about seeking out things to complain about. Please continue.

Yes, everyone is familiar with my long history of posts about hanging out on Democratic Underground and then complaining about finding Democrats there.

I believe it's essential that one read divergent views, and not to avoid anything.

It's better to "hear" it from the "horse's mouth" than it is to listen to third-hand accounts.

I wonder if I should start a thread titled “Sick of extreme left views’”

Go for it

I don’t know, might be considered an act of trollery if I did it. Different rules ya know.
Just sayin’....

Go for it, buddy!

It'll probably be of the same character as the "sick of extreme Right views" thread.