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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Anyone else watching the inauguration? The stream I'm watching randomly cut to a shot of some Democratic Members of Congress And Sanders looking very, very sad and lingered on it for a good minute, not sure how that's supposed to be taken
edited 20th Jan '17 8:38:06 AM by CaptainCapsase
A thread about the Republican history with the National Endowment for the Arts.
Or "why I will forever find their cries about political correctness utterly laughable."
Everybody made fun of it at the time, but you know what? "So this is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause" as actually a damn fine bit of dialogue.
Let's be careful not to get off-topic here, though. We've been warned about that before.
It upsets me how prescient that movie ended up being.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
eh, if he is one, I won't condemn him for it. In the end, we are all human, no?
There is a difference between populism and popular politicians or policies.
Populism in essence are policies designed for higher approval ratings by whatever political cabal is holding the power, regardless of their social, human, environmental, economic, etc costs.
Trump's MAGA slogan and bring back coal/manufacturing to America is populism. It was designed to appeal to a mass of voters who'd cast their votes and support on those promises without thinking on the consequences.
You don't want populism, seriously, as the other South Americans in this Forum can attest, while populism can make things better for a short while, the long term effects are usually devastating and require years to fix the issues. Which is exactly what Trump is promising.
They are on the same vein of the Bush 43 Era tax cuts and deregulation to keep his voter base and investors happy led to the Sub Prime 2008 crisis, there was a boom followed by a very hard bubble burst.
Populism isn't a good thing by a wide margin, anyone who likes to claim otherwise is forgetting how many times populist policies brought entire countries down because while it didn't take much effort to realize that those good times wouldn't last, those who did spend time thinking about it were either too afraid to tell it to everyone or were ignored and hostilized by the masses who'd rather believe that everything is fine now so and will remain fine.
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I remember him first posting here and asking whether Republicans were welcome. The answer surely wasn't very encouraging.
Populism is the inevitable result of large sectors of the population being ignored and marginalized, and while it can be among the most destructive forces in politics, it can also be extremely constructive.
edited 20th Jan '17 9:02:54 AM by CaptainCapsase
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Yeah, populism is a double edged sword.
edited 20th Jan '17 9:03:41 AM by AlphaVII
Warrior to the very end! My tumblr, dood!

A correct statement for once. From what I know it isn't just a Republican sentiment, either.
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