Political memes ONLY.. To prove your political points.

Fogdog

Fogdog

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mooray said:
Those ones do more harm than good, imo, because they take away personal accountability by focusing on the system, as if to imply that all we need to do is select the right system, which has somehow eluded us for centuries. Any system works just fine with decent people and no system works with shitty people. There is no system that's capable of forcing decency, because of the whole, "where there's a will, there's a way" kind of thing. It's the will that we need to work on.
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What an adorably naive refrain from Reagan's old and dead conservative movement.
 
DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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Fogdog said:
What an adorably naive refrain from Reagan's old and dead conservative movement.
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Better people produce better societies and they in turn produce better more humane systems, the intentions of those involved are very important. A republic or a constitutional monarchy make little difference to liberal democratic outcomes, hatred and prejudice among the populace causing social division does though. The reluctance to form a community with those they despise leads to rightwing libertarian ideology and a rejection of democracy and liberalism, it warps the economic and legal system out of all recognition if left unchecked.
 
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mooray

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Lots of folks don't seem to understand the symbolism behind the scales and blindfold on lady justice, nor that the upcoming trial isn't to determine whether or not Floyd was a good person. [sarcasm]If only we could figure out the reason why people would want to ignore the principles behind our judicial system and want to irrelevantly shift the focus to his character.....[/sarcasm]
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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retarded right winger: we cant do this thing because it exploits these children who i routinely show my obvious disdain for! i am very smart

normal person: maybe we shouldnt exploit child labor
 
TacoMac

TacoMac

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The quote is correct, the grammar is horrific. It's a very simple sentence written by Paine. It should read simply:

When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government.

That's it. Obviously, some idiot trying to dress it up or look smart butchered it with semicolons and unnecessary quotations.
 
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