Biden Reportedly Asked For Debate Breaks, Refuses To Get Inspected For Ear Piece Or Do Drug Test

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[–]IridescentAnaconda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Some of the other candidates were pretty good. I'm not saying I agreed with all of their platforms, but they were coherent and put forth earnest policies to address some real problems the U.S. is facing. Joe's only platform was "I'm not Trump".

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

His platform was actually stability and a return towards the center. He ran that platform simply by being quiet. His long career in politics made him the "democrat party of the past" candidate. People are fucking tired of the AOC communist bullshit. Everyone knows Antifa and BLM are rioting on behalf of the Democrats. They don't agree with the trans agenda. They see Democrats pushing pedophilia. They know that if Democrats had their way the entire us would be like the CHAZ. They are tired of it and they just want to go back to 2008.

[–]IridescentAnaconda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I hate the AOC communist shit. My favorite candidate was Warren. I didn't agree with all the socialism, but what mattered to me was the direct engagement with serious issues around (in particular) affordability of healthcare. The reality is that we will never be able to return to 2008. I would like a candidate that acknowledges the serious issues that face our country, even if I disagree with their policies (which would never get through congress in their original form anyway).

I hated Trump through most of his term, but I acknowledge now that at least he has brought to the forefront some of these issues, albeit in a somewhat negative and indirect manner.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You can't fix the serious issues while denying reality, and the left has left reality behind a long time ago. If you can't acknowledge that the biggest factor for disparities between races is IQ then you are left making up bullshit reasons and then demanding solutions that "fix" your bullshit reasons. That can't work.

I would like to see more affordable healthcare too, but what the democrats proposed wasn't that. They proposed that the cost of healthcare should be pushed into a black box and paid for by "the government". It's a catastrophe in the making and it is so frustrating that the majority of people are just too stupid to see that. The healthcare system is full of price gouging, bill padding, and outright fraud.

Fix the VA, make it easier to become a doctor, make prices transparent and make shopping around easy, and then it will be affordable without bankrupting joe taxpayer.

[–]IridescentAnaconda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't disagree with your assessments on single-payer healthcare. Sometimes to solve a problem you need to propose a solution that can't work but can start the conversation towards a working solution. Obamacare simply hid the problem under an unworkable system that couldn't be talked about publicly and ultimately made matters worse. So it doesn't count. Transparent fee structure would help a lot, but how are you going to get there without at least talking about it?

As for race and IQ. I understand your point as far as countering the new consequentialist habit of ignoring causal inference in assessing structural differences (e.g. the over-representation of black men in the prison system is ipso facto evidence of "systemic racism" rather than the end result of a network of causes, some of which can be intervened upon and some of which cannot). That kind of wokism is a communist abomination. However, I'm uncomfortable with applying it in any other way (e.g. encoding into the legal framework as was done in the past). I'm not saying you are doing that, but I need to be clear about where I stand on issues of race.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It is certainly wrong to be absolutist about statistically derived group differences. So any law that is based on race as a proxy for other characteristics is wrong and immoral. However, that is not something that we left in the past. Affirmative Action IS racist. Claims of white privilege are racist. We live in a country that is incredibly racist against white people, but we have been brainwashed into believing the exact opposite.

Claims of white racism are shoehorned into everything by the left. It is systemic demonization and slander.

But all of that is beside the point. The point is simply that if you deny reality and substitute it with fantasy you can't possibly ever fix any problem. To have any chance you have to be honest and pragmatic, especially when the truth is brutal because that is where people most often go astray. That is why we need the right to run things for now. Until the pendulum swings back and the right goes from simply stating facts to demanding sterilizations and whatever the fuck else. Right now nothing that is considered left wing is in the realm of sanity. There is zero chance of progress.

You have to understand that a bad solution is worse than no solution. If you stick your foot into acid to cure toe fungus you will have a burnt foot with toe fungus. The left is only making things worse.

[–]IridescentAnaconda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well I have to admit that I was open to government-sponsored healthcare (with an allowance for private supplementation) because it seem(ed) to work in Europe. This was all pre-covid. For me the lockdown measures exposed the risks of government-sponsored healthcare and really government-sponsored anything. My political orientation has shifted substantially to the right in the last 6 months. So I have to qualify my support for Warren as being pre-covid (but even 9 months ago I didn't agree with Warren entirely, e.g. "free education" is also an abomination for a number of reasons having to do with issues around compensation and degrading the value of higher degrees). I still think Biden (who I note is pro-lockdown) was the worst of all the realistic candidates, both today and 6 months ago.

As for racism against whites, I agree. If you haven't read this already I highly recommend it: https://newdiscourses.com/2020/09/great-silencing-america-hallmarks-woke-totalitarianism/

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There are a lot of claims that go both ways on how good and how bad European style health care is. I don't think a reasonable and unbiased person can rationally deduce which is true. But government control over people is bad, especially when the radicals have proven in cities like Portland and Seattle that they can take control. People think government healthcare means Not-For-Profit, it really doesn't. It just means the huge costs are hidden by putting them all into the "tax" pot with infrastructure and everything else. This misunderstanding then gives them the incorrect belief that government healthcare is cheaper. There really isn't any benefit to society as a whole, and has the huge drawback of putting the government's iron claw on your balls. Don't do what they like and they squeeze, no healthcare for you.

Mandatory vaccines suddenly become the least of your worries. Suddenly your kids are put on hormone blockers without your consent or knowledge because one of their socialist teachers convinced them to say they aren't sure which gender they are. They are already taught where to get birth control no questions asked.

I actually liked Tulsi Gabbard, but she didn't tow the line enough to have a chance at the nomination. The DNC is not about those fee and fair elections. Bernie was robbed in 2016. Personally I can't support any democrat in the current environment. The colleges have brainwashed an insane amount of people. When literal terrorist groups like Antifa can't burn cities with impunity leaving behind the mangled bodies of people who just want to defend themselves and their property we can have another look.