tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post7614212827216191372..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: The Lesser Evil: Enemy of the Greater Goodd.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-84462474707711973572009-09-08T18:30:08.840-04:002009-09-08T18:30:08.840-04:00Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you...Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you on this Damon, but I think one of your recent posts illuminate what I would have suggested. In your post, <i>Toward a Green-Libertarian Alliance</i>, we see signs that two poles (virtual opposites)have realized their third party alliance can be used to draw independents, both right and left, away from the duopoly.<br /><br />This required a AnarchyJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500477535693970944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-47632330673632314612009-09-05T13:25:28.873-04:002009-09-05T13:25:28.873-04:00Jack,
I think the focus on the presidency can b...Jack, <br /> I think the focus on the presidency can be a distraction for third party activists. Duopolists are fond of arguing that because a third party candidate will not likely win a presidential election any time soon, all third party activism is a waste of time. <br /> We are in a really bad way when the strong argument for the Democrats is that they don't explicitly endorse tortured.erishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-69941658868653456362009-09-04T13:11:38.902-04:002009-09-04T13:11:38.902-04:00You are correct that there was tacit support among...You are correct that there was tacit support among Democrats. However, there is a pattern of employing the "Goering" tactic in the Republican Party, dating back to Joseph McCarthy, when he used the "red scare" in the same way that Bush used the fear of terrorism.<br /><br />Hermann Goering observed that it was easy to get the people to do what their leaders wanted: all you AnarchyJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500477535693970944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-85019018017764672482009-09-03T19:07:49.001-04:002009-09-03T19:07:49.001-04:00In the particular context, I warn people not to as...In the particular context, I warn people not to assume that President Gore would not have invaded Iraq or taken other constitutionally questionable steps following the 9/11/01 attacks. Hindsight tends to discredit anyone who didn't vote for Gore in 2000, but unless Anarchy Jack can show how he could know what Bush would do after the attacks before they happened he shouldn't regret the Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-34528391744294963332009-09-03T14:44:58.851-04:002009-09-03T14:44:58.851-04:00Jack,
You make a good point, but I would note t...Jack, <br /> You make a good point, but I would note that most of what was accomplished in the Bush era was done with a significant amount of Democratic support or at least with their tacit consent: the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretapping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the creation of the DHS, "enhanced interrogation," etc. To this list one could also add long-standing d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-38636275857236432952009-09-03T12:34:47.107-04:002009-09-03T12:34:47.107-04:00Damon,
While I'm against duopoly thinking, I...Damon, <br /><br />While I'm against duopoly thinking, I'm not sure that in the short run the people aren't better off to pick the lesser of the evils, particularly since the greater evil will always do more damage.<br /><br />In 2000, Rage Against the Machine had a video in which George W. Bush and Al Gore were sent by aliens to confuse people: they looked and sounded exactly alike.AnarchyJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500477535693970944noreply@blogger.com