2 thoughts on “POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: “Collectivism vs. Individualism””

1. I’m sorry, but the two halves should be much more similar than they are.

   The Democrats voted in favor of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan (even though neither one had any particular connection to 9/11, while our “ally” Saudi Arabia had its fingerprints all over it). They acquiesced to Obama’s insistence that there would be no discussion of single-payer or a public option. They’ve been happy to let BP get away without so much as a slap on the wrist, they’ve been complicit in gutting the EPA every time it has happened (which it does with some regularity), they’re just fine with “Too Big To Fail” banks, and the repeal of Glass-Steagal occurred under Clinton, they’re constantly on board with both religious rhetoric and anti-abortion rhetoric (albeit using marginally less toxic language), they are frequently involved in de facto segregation via housing projects… etc. etc. etc. Heck, wind power is by and large a bigger thing in red states than blue ones — although admittedly that’s mostly an accident of geography, since southern states are easier to get significant energy from. (Biggest source of wind power, according to Wikipedia: Texas.)

   The only reason the country doesn’t completely look like the right half of the picture yet is because the U.S. has an awful lot of land in it, so it takes time to turn everything to crap. We’ll get there eventually.

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   • The Vicar,

     You will get no argument from me; we are tracking, hence my redirecting the focus to “Collectivism vs. Individualism.”

     In Reason,
     Madison

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