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TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
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#41226: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:15:10 PM

Wow, there's actually a movement to assimilate people into the Liberal Borg. God, I love TV Tropes OTC.

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#41227: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:15:26 PM

Of course, I have a radical world view, so I'm extremely disappointed with both parties, and I'm sympathetic to the Green party which fits very nicely into the definition of liberal, and love the Peace and Freedom party, which fits very nicely into the definition of radical... >.>

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#41228: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:15:46 PM

[up]x6 This. [tup]

edited 19th Nov '12 4:16:50 PM by Euodiachloris

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#41229: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:16:03 PM

Resistance is futile. Our cookies are better, bitches.

TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
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#41231: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:29:13 PM

True conservatives are the Vulcans. They piss you off, but really we're just trying to do things that make sense and not give in (too much) to emotions.

American political conservatives are the Romulans. Always starting shit to preserve the sanctitiy of the Star Empire.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#41232: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:30:38 PM

[up]That is the best analogy I have ever seen.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#41233: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:30:52 PM

The Ferengi are Libertarians and Objectivists. tongue

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#41234: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:32:34 PM

Neo-Consevatives are Klingons.

Communists are The Borg

edited 19th Nov '12 4:34:14 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#41235: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:33:30 PM

The main problem is that the Democrats have effectively become the Liberal, Moderate and Conservative party. All at once. tongue

As Fighteer said. The fact the Democrats are simultaneously all those camps is a sign of how pathetic American politics is. The British for example, must be wondering why our choices are effectively the Tories or the BNP.

Also, I do think Maxima is a Republican/Conservative. He's just one from a bygone era, the extinct "Rockefeller Republican" who, representative wise, have all been culled from the Republican Party.

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#41236: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:33:58 PM

I guess that means all the Democratic candidates since George Mc Govern pretty much count as conservatives. Kerry being the worst offender.

While every Republican since The '90s can be considered Romulans.

Then again I'm not really a Trekkie,I'm only going off what I've heard and trying t piece it together.

TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
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#41237: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:34:09 PM

God I love this site.

edited 19th Nov '12 4:36:28 PM by TheStarshipMaxima

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#41238: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:34:11 PM

...Nah, the Borg are more leftist than liberal, and the Ferengi are more rightist than conservative.

The difference being that liberal and conservative deal with how one views change, and leftist and rightist deal with how one feels we should handle the economy. I mean, it's true that the majority of liberals are leftist and the majority of conservatives are rightist, but that's not a certainty. For example, Marxist Communism is a conservative version of leftist policies. It holds that leftist policies are good, but we should adopt them slowly, starting with a dictator to help us transition to democracy, rather than saying that we should just going to democracy.

Going off of that, the Borg are very leftist as they are basically communists and the Ferengi are very rightist as they are basically all capitalists in a society that believes in the free market. Both are liberal, though. The Borg assimilate different cultures into them, allowing them to change and adapt, while the Ferengi will do anything to make a profit, changing and adapting to fit the circumstances to help them do so.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#41239: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:35:02 PM

[up]

Like I said Communists are The Borg.

I guess that means all the Democratic candidates since George Mc Govern pretty much count as conservatives.

Even Carter, Mondale and Dukakis?

edited 19th Nov '12 4:37:41 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
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#41240: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:36:14 PM

Also, I do think Maxima is a Republican/Conservative. He's just one from a bygone era, the extinct "Rockefeller Republican" who, representative wise, have all been culled from the Republican Party.

Wait, so I'm really Buck Rogers In The25th Century??

This just keeps getting better [lol][awesome]!

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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#41241: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:37:23 PM

Guess I'm just a center-left human. Eh, could be worse.

Personally, though, I'd rather be an Ork.

edited 19th Nov '12 4:38:54 PM by Ekuran

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#41242: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:39:45 PM

[up]Well, that's pro-red... but not communist, by any meaning of the word. [lol]

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#41243: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:39:51 PM

Upon further thought the ferengi are pacifists so I guess current republicans are more klingon then anything.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#41244: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:41:37 PM

I'm a Keynesian Liberal who believes that people aren't ready to have their training wheels off as a species.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
TheStarshipMaxima NCC - 1701 Since: Jun, 2009
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#41245: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:42:50 PM

[up] Ah, you're an Enteprise-era Vulcan, pre-Syrranite revolution.

so I guess current republicans are more klingon then anything.

No, they'd have to have more honor. If Worf met Newt Gingrich, he'd rip his head off where he stood.

edited 19th Nov '12 4:43:59 PM by TheStarshipMaxima

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LooseCannon The Groose Is Loose from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jun, 2012
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#41246: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:44:48 PM

I dunno what I am. I prescribe to the social democrat way of thinking, but I also believe that drastic changes create unwanted distortions.

Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#41247: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:44:51 PM

American liberals are like Anakin Skywalker because they start out as promising, charismatic people who eventually betray everything they stand for and become evil.

Real liberals are like Yoda because most of us are three foot tall intellectuals who happen to be very green.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#41248: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:46:38 PM

This all seems very off topic somehow. I mean, yeah, the metaphors can be used for comparison and description, but just shoehorning real life groups and people into organizations from media is way off topic, guys.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#41249: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:48:18 PM

No, this is on topic. What we're doing it making American Politics more accessible to our geeky minds by comparing the parties to things we have more familiarity with. We are using metaphors to clarify our discussion.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#41250: Nov 19th 2012 at 4:48:20 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Republican

I'm just going to leave this. Most of this sounds like Maxima. The problem is most of these view points were discredited in the Republican Party when Nixon was found to be uh. Effectively nuttier than a fruit loop in terms of paranoia.


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