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The eternal rural dream of being free from government 2021-12-30 31 0 0 0 0 0 1476684986245791745 1476684986245791745
A traditional conservative laments the end of traditional 2021-12-23 30 1 1 0 0 0 1474084833420709903 1474084833420709903
Why does GOP support right-to-life, right-to-shoot, 2021-12-08 30 1 0 0 1 0 1468593631191715842 1468593631191715842
How the European fractured state system led to the 2021-11-12 81 0 0 0 0 0 1459187299321741320 1459187299321741320
Pew political typology 2021-11-12 79 0 0 0 0 0 1459184968693731331 1459184968693731331
Subdivisions in American politics. 2021-11-09 36 0 0 0 0 0 1458222503621390337 1458222503621390337
What happens to the foot soldiers? 2021-10-17 85 0 0 0 0 0 1449862227654111232 1449862227654111232
What happens after the revolution? Political power 2021-10-17 87 0 0 0 0 0 1449852411292512259 1449852411292512259
There's a name for systems in which your rights supersede 2021-10-17 85 0 0 0 0 0 1449616826502025217 1449616826502025217
Single party control is often unsuccessful. 2021-10-14 97 0 0 0 0 0 1448439706375524356 1448439706375524356
Time for regional federalism? 2021-10-07 86 0 0 0 0 0 1446166727457316868 1446166727457316868
Nothing's changed in a year. Issues aren't the issues. 2021-10-06 202 0 0 0 0 0 1445901359677538313 1445901359677538313
Four diverse groups of British immigrants formed four 2021-10-05 230 1 0 0 1 0 1445193468582662145 1445193468582662145
Charles Mills 2021-09-26 486 1 0 0 0 0 1442148717771907078 1442148717771907078
What is a politician's job? Tell you what you want to 2021-08-25 55 0 0 0 0 0 1430531203040382997 1430531203040382997
Catholic social teaching - it confuses political liberals 2021-08-01 46 1 0 1 0 0 1421720192858484737 1421720192858484737
Maintaining a liberal democracy is like climbing a 2021-07-30 35 0 0 0 0 0 1421110824731480068 1421110824731480068
Are dignity and confidence enough? 2021-07-19 18 0 0 0 0 0 1417130801263616002 1417130801263616002
An endless cycle? People get tired of chaos and corruption 2021-07-15 22 0 0 0 0 0 1415672992646844427 1415672992646844427
Celebrity candidates are good for entertainment, but not 2021-07-09 37 0 0 0 0 0 1413557580383723525 1413557580383723525
Most persuadable swing voters don't attempt to discern and 2021-07-06 22 0 0 0 0 0 1412390713644384257 1412390713644384257
Limitarianism? 2021-06-14 36 0 0 0 0 0 1404291603976527872 1404291603976527872
The Pentagon Papers didn't change a thing? 2021-06-11 83 0 0 0 0 0 1403349012409819141 1403349012409819141
Should government use lotteries as a lure to influence 2021-06-06 43 0 0 0 0 0 1401638254932217857 1401638254932217857
The oldest excuse in politics - everybody's doing it! 2021-06-05 47 0 0 0 0 0 1401041642153414666 1401041642153414666
Why does populism always go bad? 2021-06-05 42 0 0 0 0 0 1400968249869799426 1400968249869799426
America's Enlightenment ideals are exactly what the modern 2021-05-28 49 0 0 0 0 0 1398076646603694084 1398076646603694084
Under feudalism, there's no need for public service 2021-05-25 37 0 0 0 0 0 1396980189930786821 1396980189930786821
It was not just Stalin who loved to rewrite history. 2021-05-20 36 0 0 0 0 0 1395248006526427138 1395248006526427138
Progressives get their turn at the bat. If they 2021-05-11 54 0 0 0 0 0 1391911507823263744 1391911507823263744
America won WWII. Would that have happened without the 2021-05-07 64 0 0 0 0 0 1390475453274628102 1390475453274628102
The hardest sales pitch! 2021-04-26 78 0 0 0 0 0 1386810025599922176 1386810025599922176
What are conservatives trying to conserve? 2021-04-25 55 0 0 0 0 0 1386461293586960387 1386461293586960387
Risk vs reward in policy-making. 2021-04-23 40 0 0 0 0 0 1385398188807311361 1385398188807311361
Pluralism vs tribalism - is Israel a glimpse of America's 2021-04-09 62 0 0 0 0 0 1380521912376328197 1380521912376328197
The left learns what it's like to have some power and 2021-04-04 57 0 0 0 0 0 1378777230449373189 1378777230449373189
The urgent always drives out the important - as Covey Time 2021-03-29 44 0 0 0 0 0 1376570140561575942 1376570140561575942
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts 2021-03-18 57 0 0 0 0 0 1372683253983813635 1372683253983813635
Government is not always the problem! 2021-03-05 45 0 0 0 0 0 1367637794277912579 1367637794277912579
"Too much choice creates space for predators" 2021-03-02 40 0 0 0 0 0 1366583514431254528 1366583514431254528
Democrats define bipartisanship according to voters, 2021-02-26 46 0 0 0 0 0 1365110384764493827 1365110384764493827
American-born Latinos and Asians are seeing themselves 2021-02-13 53 0 0 0 0 0 1360649891580530689 1360649891580530689
Conservatives want to conserve the best things from 2021-02-11 62 0 0 0 0 0 1359733464367394817 1359733464367394817
Conspiracy theorists don't all think alike but they all 2021-02-03 48 0 0 0 0 0 1357003830144036872 1357003830144036872
If you can't open somebody else's mind, maybe you can open 2021-02-01 34 0 0 0 0 0 1356033982568165380 1356033982568165380
When fanatics encounter resistance, they don't adapt, they 2021-01-28 45 0 0 0 0 0 1354792217227849735 1354792217227849735
Bipartisanship is a means to an end, not an end. Most 2021-01-27 49 0 0 0 0 0 1354572603751428100 1354572603751428100
So much for American exceptionalism. 2021-01-19 38 0 0 0 0 0 1351397225922891776 1351397225922891776
What do separation of powers in the Constitution and 2021-01-18 42 0 0 0 0 0 1351300937436983296 1351300937436983296
It's no mystery - minority rule gets harder as demographics 2021-01-05 46 0 0 0 0 0 1346269993323806723 1346269993323806723
1846 - Wilmot Proviso - 2021 - secession 2021-01-04 62 0 0 0 0 0 1346164184778559488 1346164184778559488
How can we inspire positive action about long-term crises? 2021-01-03 43 0 0 0 0 0 1345591269381210114 1345591269381210114
How politics corrodes character. 2021-01-01 47 0 0 0 0 0 1344812004133859328 1344812004133859328

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The eternal rural dream of being free from government
means, instead, being subject to whichever gang has the
most guns.    That's anarchy, just like in Portland.
Which is just what they want to escape.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/oregon-secession-idaho-move-border/621087/

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570533009957879

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time 2021-12-30 22:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476684986245791745

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A traditional conservative laments the end of traditional
conservatism vs traditional liberalism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/22/center-right-is-collapsing-globally-it-has-only-two-options-survival/

Now it's populist cult of personality fueled by social
media and cable TV vs rule of law.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565764360434744

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474084833420709903

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Why does GOP support right-to-life, right-to-shoot,
anti-vax?  There's no moral logical consistency.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/how-is-gops-coronavirus-recklessness-compatible-with-being-pro-life/

The answer is that there is POLITICAL logical consistency -
essential to GOP minority rule.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1555545634789950

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engage 1
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time 2021-12-08 14:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468593631191715842

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How the European fractured state system led to the
Enlightenment and the United States.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-europe-became-so-rich

That's what Trumpism is trying to undo.

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impress 81
time 2021-11-12 15:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459187299321741320

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Pew political typology

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology-2/

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impress 79
time 2021-11-12 15:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459184968693731331

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Subdivisions in American politics.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/09/democrat-republican-voters-survey

Stressed Sideliners can decide the future of the country.
But that are the least informed about and active in
politics.

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impress 36
time 2021-11-09 23:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458222503621390337

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What happens to the foot soldiers?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/16/us/capitol-riot.html

They take the risks for the benefit of the leaders that
they want to put in power.        The leaders inspire and
lead from a safe distance.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520574338287080

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impress 85
time 2021-10-17 22:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449862227654111232

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What happens after the revolution?     Political power
attracts ideologically flexible people interested foremost
in power and the trappings of power.    Eventually they
take over for their own benefit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-insiders-view-of-chinas-communist-party-corruption-and-capitalist-excess/2021/10/13/679696c4-1189-11ec-882f-2dd15a067dc4_story.html

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520574338287080

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impress 87
time 2021-10-17 21:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449852411292512259

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There's a name for systems in which your rights supersede
the rights of others.   Anarchy, if superior rights are
decided by superior might.    Feudalism, if superior rights
are decided by superior caste.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-legislature-new-hampshire-misinformation-f2545555283926ca3baea10a9476fac2

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520078328336681

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impress 85
time 2021-10-17 06:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449616826502025217

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Single party control is often unsuccessful.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/opinion/democrats-control-congress.html

because both parties contain elements going in different
directions.     Failure to act is more a problem for
Democrats than GOP, which is happier doing nothing than
supporting Democrats.

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impress 97
time 2021-10-14 00:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448439706375524356

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Time for regional federalism?

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html

It's clear that the red states want a different federal
government than the blue states, but the red states want
the blue states to pay for it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/maga-politics-broken-federalism-state-national-power/

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impress 86
time 2021-10-07 17:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446166727457316868

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Nothing's changed in a year.  Issues aren't the issues.
Attitude is the issue.

"they want somebody, above all, that's going to fight
the Democrats. They actually don't really care often what
you're fighting about"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/magazine/trump-influence-gop.html

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impress 202
time 2021-10-06 23:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445901359677538313

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Four diverse groups of British immigrants formed four
distinctive strands of American culture - the differences
have pervaded American culture and politics for 400 years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/books/review/joe-klein-explains-how-the-history-of-four-centuries-ago-still-shapes-american-culture-and-politics.html

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time 2021-10-05 01:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445193468582662145

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Charles Mills

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/opinion/charles-w-mills-dead.html

Feudalism didn't start out racist - it was an adaptation
to frontier conditions in the New World, where white
indentured servants lacked "social visibility" in the
words of Louis Lomax.

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time 2021-09-26 15:27 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442148717771907078

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What is a politician's job?     Tell you what you want to
hear or tell you what you need to hear?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/24/why-jd-vance-may-be-just-kind-phony-gop-voters-are-looking/

Perhaps it's the difference between a politician and
a statesman.    How many living people would you call
"statesmen"?

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impress 55
time 2021-08-25 14:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1430531203040382997

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Catholic social teaching - it confuses political liberals
and conservatives, who each try to adopt what they like
and ignore what they don't.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/opinion/catholic-church-politics.html

#PS1theory

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impress 46
time 2021-08-01 06:31 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421720192858484737

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Maintaining a liberal democracy is like climbing a
knife-edge ridge on a mountain, with precipitous drops on
both sides.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/world-is-reminding-us-that-democracy-is-hard/

Democratic institutions take generations to build but can
be quickly undone.

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impress 35
time 2021-07-30 14:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421110824731480068

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Are dignity and confidence enough?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/18/joe-biden-social-democratic-moment/

Or is that too much to expect, given the forces of minority
rule arrayed against them?

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impress 18
time 2021-07-19 14:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417130801263616002

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An endless cycle?  People get tired of chaos and corruption
and accept dictatorship, often non-violently, then get
tired of suppression and corruption and restore democracy,
often violently.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-religion-government-and-politics-a127151d7208b79c02767b435355511d

The "liberators" often have hidden motives.

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impress 22
time 2021-07-15 14:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415672992646844427

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Celebrity candidates are good for entertainment, but not
much else.      We need more than that from legislators.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/memo-celebrity-candidates-its-not-easy-you-think/

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impress 37
time 2021-07-09 17:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413557580383723525

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Most persuadable swing voters don't attempt to discern and
address root causes - they just vote their pocketbooks on
election day.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-american-crossroads-galesburg-house-elections-il-state-wire-762490073a28e84336c3820de1847b1c

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impress 22
time 2021-07-06 12:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412390713644384257

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Limitarianism?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/12/is-it-time-limit-personal-wealth/

In order to maintain equality of opportunity it's
necessary to limit the liberty of the extremely wealthy.
A good start would be to eliminate unlimited dark money
in politics.

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impress 36
time 2021-06-14 04:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404291603976527872

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The Pentagon Papers didn't change a thing?

They only confirmed what everybody already knew -

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/pentagon-papers-daniel-ellsberg.html

Every administration since made the same mistakes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/pentagon-papers-vietnam-afghanistan.html

"National security" is often just "administration
security".

#PS1theory

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impress 83
time 2021-06-11 13:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403349012409819141

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Should government use lotteries as a lure to influence
behavior?

https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/-1-million-lotteries-should-play-a-bigger-role-in-public-policy

#PS1theory

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impress 43
time 2021-06-06 20:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401638254932217857

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The oldest excuse in politics - everybody's doing it!

1873 -
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory2os2xmaster/chapter/political-corruption-in-postbellum-america/

2018 -
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/magazine/americans-think-corruption-is-everywhere-is-that-why-we-vote-for-it.html

And Trump signed up 100%.

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/04/635294139/for-president-trump-life-is-just-not-fair-and-what-that-means-for-the-rest-of-us

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428710620806786

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impress 47
time 2021-06-05 05:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401041642153414666

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Why does populism always go bad?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism

Populist politicians start out by mobilizing "the people"
against "the elites".      Their appeal is emotional rather
than rational.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/populist-right-is-still-robust-we-cant-afford-complacency-left/

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428583017486213

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impress 42
time 2021-06-05 00:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400968249869799426

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America's Enlightenment ideals are exactly what the modern
Dixiecrat-Republican party wants to undo.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html

But we must "remain woke to the transformational power of
American ideals".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/american-history-we-should-all-be-woke/

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impress 49
time 2021-05-28 00:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398076646603694084

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Under feudalism, there's no need for public service
workers.   Government is lean and mean!

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-government-and-politics-5026fccc5a2240c4227a1ed044f710d1

#PS1theory

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impress 37
time 2021-05-25 00:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396980189930786821

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It was not just Stalin who loved to rewrite history.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/capitol-riot-tulsa-massacre.html

#PS1theory

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impress 36
time 2021-05-20 05:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395248006526427138

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Progressives get their turn at the bat.    If they
hit a home run - they might be good for a generation.
But the tide always changes.      No need for anybody to
get apocalyptic.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-26/biden-s-progressive-agenda-isn-t-the-apocalypse-it-s-a-cycle

#PS1theory

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impress 54
time 2021-05-11 00:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391911507823263744

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America won WWII.    Would that have happened without the
New Deal before it?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/herd-immunity-us.html

America could not defeat Hitler today.    Half the country
would support him and half oppose.    Just as in most of
the countries that he conquered.

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impress 64
time 2021-05-07 01:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390475453274628102

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The hardest sales pitch!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/biden-address-congress-defense-of-democracy/

The most pressing need in the country is a return to the
Enlightenment ideals of its founders - not their practices
which often fell short of their ideals.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402681670076348

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impress 78
time 2021-04-26 22:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386810025599922176

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What are conservatives trying to conserve?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opinion/sunday/republicans-conservatism.html

Conserving minority rule and cult of personality?
Neither fit "conservatism" as preserving the good things of
the past.  Nowadays "conservatives" are just reactionaries.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative

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impress 55
time 2021-04-25 23:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386461293586960387

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Risk vs reward in policy-making.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/our-policymakers-are-still-obsessing-over-risks-but-forgetting-about-rewards/2021/04/22/9ae72c7a-a39b-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

You will lose your job if you guess wrong.     You might
keep your job if you guess right.

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impress 40
time 2021-04-23 01:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385398188807311361

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Pluralism vs tribalism - is Israel a glimpse of America's
future?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/opinion/us-israel-elections.html

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.  We all came from vicious
tribalism - is that where we will return?

https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/

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impress 62
time 2021-04-09 14:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380521912376328197

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The left learns what it's like to have some power and
influence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-joe-biden-tamed-the-left--at-least-for-now/2021/04/03/1c23d4d2-93b6-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html

One thing to learn is you can't get everything you want,
any more than all the other players can.     You have
to fashion legislative majorities out of conflicting
interests.

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impress 57
time 2021-04-04 18:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378777230449373189

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The urgent always drives out the important - as Covey Time
Management students learn.

In a democracy, it is very hard to address problems that
might not arise immediately, or might not arise ever,
no matter how catastrophic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/18/future-forecasting-strategic-planning/

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impress 44
time 2021-03-29 16:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376570140561575942

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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts
absolutely."

So it was just a matter of time before Facebook,
Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google, Twitter, et al  would
be scrutinized.

https://apnews.com/article/publishing-health-coronavirus-pandemic-book-publishing-airlines-383681c569b18262df1d95baf65484a4

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376818629329319

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impress 57
time 2021-03-18 22:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372683253983813635

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Government is not always the problem!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-is-showing-the-world-that-us-government-can-work-again/2021/03/04/2cf54be2-7d27-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

Sometimes, anti-government Republican zealots are the
problem.

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impress 45
time 2021-03-05 00:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367637794277912579

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"Too much choice creates space for predators"

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/opinion/deregulation-health-care-electricity.html

This is the folly of libertarianism - normal  people
can't investigate every aspect of their lives - they need
government to weed out bad choices.      Those who profit
from bad choices disagree.

#PS1theory

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impress 40
time 2021-03-02 02:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366583514431254528

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Democrats define bipartisanship according to voters,
not according to GOP senators and their donors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-bipartisan.html

A majority of GOP voters support a majority of Democratic
economic proposals.

#PS1theory

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impress 46
time 2021-02-26 01:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365110384764493827

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American-born Latinos and Asians are seeing themselves
as GOP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/democrats-latino-hispanic-black-asian-american.html

"a GOP coalition of secure minorities and anxious whites
may be a match for a Democratic coalition of anxious
minorities and secure whites"

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355052401505942

#PS1theory

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impress 53
time 2021-02-13 17:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360649891580530689

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Conservatives want to conserve the best things from
the past.       Reactionaries want to recreate a golden
age that never was.

https://aeon.co/essays/nostalgia-exerts-a-strong-allure-and-extracts-a-steep-price

It's good marketing for populists and fascists, to keep
the people busy working towards the unreachable past.

#PS1theory

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impress 62
time 2021-02-11 05:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359733464367394817

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Conspiracy theorists don't all think alike but they all
feel alike.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories.html

#PS1theory

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impress 48
time 2021-02-03 16:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357003830144036872

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If you can't open somebody else's mind, maybe you can open
your own.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/opinion/change-someones-mind.html

#PS1theory

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impress 34
time 2021-02-01 00:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356033982568165380

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When fanatics encounter resistance, they don't adapt, they
redouble their failing tactics.      Politicized religion
drives normal people away from religion and increases the
secularization the fanatics despise.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/christian-nationalists-capitol-attack.html

No man can serve two masters.

#PS1theory

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impress 45
time 2021-01-28 14:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354792217227849735

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Bipartisanship is a means to an end, not an end.  Most
people don't care what the vote was if it produced results.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/americans-say-they-want-bipartisanship-theyre-wrong/

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#bipartisanship

If your goal is preserving minority rule, bipartisanship
is a dead end.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

#PS1theory

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impress 49
time 2021-01-27 23:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354572603751428100

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So much for American exceptionalism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-is-not-exceptional-after-all/2021/01/18/13275a56-59ab-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

#PS1theory

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impress 38
time 2021-01-19 05:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351397225922891776

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What do separation of powers in the Constitution and
antitrust legislation have in common?    They limit
concentration of power.  To prevent economic and political
fossilization, active steps preserve economic and political
mobility.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1338108893200293

#PS1theory

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impress 42
time 2021-01-18 22:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351300937436983296

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It's no mystery - minority rule gets harder as demographics
go against the ruling class, so the lies and actions have
to get more extreme.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/opinion/trump-republican-party.html

It was inevitable once LBJ got the civil rights and voting
rights acts passed.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

#PS1theory

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impress 46
time 2021-01-05 01:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346269993323806723

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1846 - Wilmot Proviso - 2021 - secession

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/04/1846-not-1861-reminds-us-why-seceding-wont-work-disgruntled-trump-fans/

Regional federalism might be a better idea -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html

#PS1theory

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impress 62
time 2021-01-04 18:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346164184778559488

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How can we inspire positive action about long-term crises?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/30/crisis-catastrophe-communications-action/

Short-term crises with actionable options are easier
to handle.

#PS1theory

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impress 43
time 2021-01-03 04:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345591269381210114

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How politics corrodes character.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/josh-hawleys-heedless-ambition-is-a-threat-to-the-republic/2020/12/31/1d3f8260-4b9c-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html

Sometimes politicians rise to meet a crisis.    More often
they stoop to embrace it as an opportunity.

#PS1theory

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impress 47
time 2021-01-01 01:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344812004133859328