Multiplicities In Paradise

 Americans have always been center left, they just no longer believe they are. The cause of this is largely that language has been systemically sabotaged to manipulate and deceive. America has a particular version of liberalism that has always been divergent from the norm. It's always been a term that is a little puzzling. This is true of "conservatism" in America as well frankly.  The words have particular meanings in the US that are dissimilar to the rest of the world's understanding. It seems if you nonchalantly ask folks to describe their political views, many respond with "conservative". What they really mean has more to do with with the broader meaning of the word 'conservative", rather than the meaning of a political conservative which is primarily about strengthening and protecting an existing social hierarchy.    In Europe, the word "Liberal " has traditionally meant a preference for things like limited government, separate privat...

Dear decent people, First let me explain a few things to you. The Republican Party, whatever it stood for in the past, no longer stands for that. Nor anything else for that matter. We stand only for our own personal accumulation of power and wealth, and that's it. Stop trying to appeal to our ethics. We have none. Stop trying to appeal to our humanity. We have none. The Republican party is also known affectionately as the  God  &  Oil  Party (GOP). It is a division of  Halliburton  and a subsidiary of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. Today's GOP is the largest misanthropic organization in the world. We may cite Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt as proof we are not assholes when we want your vote, but remember, Roosevelt left the party and took all the decent people with him. As for Lincoln, he was no states rights champion, and we'd drum him the hell out if he were alive today! (that damned atheist bleeding heart progressive opposed slav...