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Re: Where have all the centrists gone?
« on: April 24, 2009, 05:34:31 pm »
well in theory you could have the proper mix of both, combining their benefits, instead of combining their ills.

That's what everyone hopes for, but in reality it's not possible. The broad masses are so stupid that they don't know good from harmful, and have to be taught reactionarilly what to object to.

For example, if we lived in a pure Capitalistic Democracy, the people would know to object to welfare and bailouts. If we lived in a pure Socialist system, the people would know to object to the present state of the "middle" class.

The nature of the Politician is such that he is able to pass anything harmful off as beneficial, and the only defense against such is childhood indoctrination to a system that precludes whatever garbage the Politician happens to be trying to sell. In other words, "This is America; we don't do that here."