I blame.......for our present shit show.

Flint · 03-03-2020, 01:55 PM

Maybe "center" isn't the right word.
The question is, "is the system, as it is, basically okay" or "do we need to change anything we're doing"?

Trump has succeeded at doing a whole new thing, by just saying, "I'm different!" People WANTED that.

The DNC response is to put things exactly the way they were before Trump.

But then, why did Trump get elected? If everyone thought "the system is basically okay" ??

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eta: how did Obama win? By promising "CHANGE." People WANTED that.

Griff · 03-03-2020, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Is there a different perspective than this?

"McGovern lost in 1972" --48 years ago?

tw seems to think so?

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

The time of reformation is at hand. There is no longer a center to aim for. The battle is for how the parties will be defined, to see whether their new form will hold.

Absolutely, there is a great re-sorting. It can't hold where it is.

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Originally Posted by Flint

Maybe "center" isn't the right word.
The question is, "is the system, as it is, basically okay" or "do we need to change anything we're doing"?

Trump has succeeded at doing a whole new thing, by just saying, "I'm different!" People WANTED that.

The DNC response is to put things exactly the way they were before Trump.

But then, why did Trump get elected? If everyone thought "the system is basically okay" ??

...

eta: how did Obama win? By promising "CHANGE." People WANTED that.

Yep. The DNC actively opposes the challenge of change because the system works for $ome.

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Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Maybe "center" isn't the right word. The question is, "is the system, as it is, basically okay" or "do we need to change anything we're doing"? Trump has succeeded at doing a whole new thing, by just saying, "I'm different!" People WANTED that. The DNC response is to put things exactly the way they were before Trump. But then, why did Trump get elected? If everyone thought "the system is basically okay" ?? ... eta: how did Obama win? By promising "CHANGE." People WANTED that. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 03-03-2020 at 02:03 PM.

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