The American Politics Thread

I think that we are roughly over 3.5 billion over our capacity. The Earth's bounty can only accommodate  roughly 4 billion humans. We have to find other things to do other than sexy sexysexy. Voompa voompa voompa. Boucny bouncy bouncy. 

npjnpj wrote: Erm, ... that seems to be a very even-handed answer.

Oh, um, yes indeed. I was referring to the thrust of your post, not to the part about you being off the beam. I think people get lots of information and don't know how to evaluate the source.

npjnpj wrote: Well, at least I haven't been shot down (yet). Personally I'm wondering whether it might be that we're suffering from acute overdose of information accompanied by the constant demand for snap decisions. I see this every day in my working life. I have the destinct impression that the flood of information prevents its sorting and sensible processing because this takes time which we don't grant ourselves any more. Then again, I might be completely off beam here.

Yes indeed.

Well, at least I haven't been shot down (yet).

Personally I'm wondering whether it might be that we're suffering from acute overdose of information accompanied by the constant demand for snap decisions. I see this every day in my working life. I have the destinct impression that the flood of information prevents its sorting and sensible processing because this takes time which we don't grant ourselves any more. Then again, I might be completely off beam here.

This is not exactly about American politics, but there might be a connection:

I'm not joking when I say that in general all over the globe really really stupid things are happening practically all the time now, and what makes it alarming is that the rate at which such things are happening seems to be increasing almost exponentially. I'd be happy to give lots of examples on request, but there's not enough room here. A host of them can be found in present US politics. But that's only one of many.

People all over the world seem to be losing their faculties more and more. I'm not talking about an IQ drop, that could be measured, but sensible judgement seems to be on the decline. I don't have any doubt about this, based on both permanent personal observations and research into an ever growing number of cases in the public domain. It's a fascinating study.

Based on assuming that this decline is a fact, the question is: what could be causing this? Is it the media or the excruciatingly stupid TV programing, or is it the plague of mobile networks that apparently nobody can do without any more, social media perhaps, or is it something else?

I've no idea what's been causing this over the last 15 years or so, but I'm certain there must be something. Any opinions here about this (without any barmy conspiracy theories)? I think it's a side effect of something we haven't realised yet.

^It's a f**king American politics thread. The reason it makes no f**king sense is because almost all American politicians are f**ked up like you wouldn't believe.

tszirmay wrote: Can someone out there in Progland explain to me why the US has only two political options? There used to be middle of the road opinions which seem to be now drowned out by idiotic ultra-leftist garbage and ultra-right nonsense. Can one not be fiscally conservative AND socially respectful? Polarization : between two arctic wastelands , where is the land of the free?  This tit for tat world is so primitive.....

there is hardly anything that is center in the US, let alone left

Tillerman88 wrote: [QUOTE=omphaloskepsis] I apologize if my opinion upset you.  Since you disagree with me, would you prefer me not to post on this American Politics Thread?   I thought this thread was a place where Progarchive membership could discuss American Politics.

Edited by omphaloskepsis - February 27 2017 at 18:22

tszirmay wrote: Can someone out there in Progland explain to me why the US has only two political options? There used to be middle of the road opinions which seem to be now drowned out by idiotic ultra-leftist garbage and ultra-right nonsense. Can one not be fiscally conservative AND socially respectful? Polarization : between two arctic wastelands , where is the land of the free?  This tit for tat world is so primitive.....

 

Edited by tszirmay - February 27 2017 at 17:09