tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post6040631789242996291..comments2024-01-13T08:49:14.041-08:00Comments on Myrhaf: Election ThoughtsMyrhafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-48044477039859099402008-04-24T21:21:00.000-07:002008-04-24T21:21:00.000-07:00Myrhaf?Haha, thanks?;-)On the serious side, howeve...Myrhaf?<BR/><BR/>Haha, thanks?<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>On the serious side, however:<BR/><BR/>Most young folk I have met are aware only of the fact that they are being taken advantage of and that something badly needs to be done about it. However, for the most part they are clueless when it comes to <I>what</I> is responsible for it. For the most part, the only idea they have for a solution is an acceleration of the same statism which caused the problems in the first place. They have been taught nothing else. They hate and distrust the government, also, but attribute its failure to "work" to corruption rather than fundamentally flawed premises.<BR/><BR/>Ayn Rand said it decades ago in "For The New Intellectual:"<BR/><BR/>"<I>Everybody seems to agree that civilization is facing a crisis, but nobody cares to define its nature, to discover its cause and to assume the responsibility of formulating a solution.</I>"<BR/><BR/>And it holds true today. It's just that the pace and desperation are accelerating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-39664088849561336652008-04-24T14:48:00.000-07:002008-04-24T14:48:00.000-07:00Billary scares me.Obama scares me even more.And I'...Billary scares me.<BR/><BR/>Obama scares me even more.<BR/><BR/>And I'm not exactly thrilled with McCain.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'll be doing another write-in vote this November.<BR/><BR/>About the young people: Most of them I know are fairly wary of the government and although not cynical, they are aware that they have been lied to with impunity. <BR/><BR/>These are kids in the late teens, early twenties. They all remember the Clinton years. And not fondly.<BR/><BR/>They are not a representative sample, I am sure. But they do give me hope.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-73284859593502316532008-04-24T14:22:00.000-07:002008-04-24T14:22:00.000-07:00Actually, to be more precise, their problem is ign...<I>Actually, to be more precise, their problem is ignorance - ignorance of history specifically on a scale I haven't seen in their elders.</I><BR/><BR/>I usually see that ignorance being shown and exploited by Christians who go around claiming that America is a Christian nation while pretending that the years of *actual* Christian hegemony known as the Dark and Middle Ages didn't happen.<BR/><BR/>Which is not to say that there isn't a lot of overlap between believers in Christ and believers in Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-1779618276449961452008-04-24T09:39:00.000-07:002008-04-24T09:39:00.000-07:00Inspector, I can find nothing in your analysis to ...Inspector, I can find nothing in your analysis to argue with. Which kind of scares me.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, you nailed it, especially on the war.Myrhafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-18105342803713997412008-04-24T01:17:00.000-07:002008-04-24T01:17:00.000-07:00I can say there is one accurately reported thing w...I can say there is one accurately reported thing with the millennials: the stupid. Actually, to be more precise, their problem is <I>ignorance</I> - ignorance of <I>history</I> specifically on a scale I haven't seen in their elders.<BR/><BR/>But I think their influence may yet be overblown - you see, they aren't much for voter turnout either.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you on Hilary, Myrhaf. On the other hand, I fear those presidential powers which aren't directly checked by congress, such as appointment of judges and the cabinet. (and the Fed)<BR/><BR/>But the other thing about Hilary is that she will bring less confusion to politics. If we are to move to statism either way, let there at least be less confusion about what is to blame for the resultant misery.<BR/><BR/>That philosophical confusion is what got America into this mess in the first place - say what you will about how far America has fallen, but we still only elect <I>crypto</I>-socialists and <I>crypto</I>-fascists. Remove the confusion, and you're almost halfway there.<BR/><BR/>As for the war, I'm not concerned about that in this election as all three candidates will do roughly the same thing (yes, really!). But again, the Dems will be properly blamed for their actions while McCain will only obfuscate the problem like Bush has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-1916953848326191822008-04-23T20:35:00.000-07:002008-04-23T20:35:00.000-07:00The problem I see with your theory on Hillary is t...The problem I see with your theory on Hillary is the same problem with the plan to build Jurassic Park. It doesn't matter how much control you have over the dinosaurs, because there is still a fair-to-decent chance they can find a way to do a lot of damage just by thrashing about and doing what they do. Extrapolating that to real life, I think the election of Hillary would make America so much more the laughingstock of the world that rogue nations such as Iran and Syria would just start openly killing Americans on the street, wherever they happened to encounter them. Instead of fearing a society-ending reprisal at the hands of a McCain, the barbarians know that Hillary will try to "reason" with them, and they can laugh all the harder. As much as you think Hillary will be opposed, and you're certainly right that she will be, I suggest that her power to destroy America will be only partially blunted at best.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125745545009130612noreply@blogger.com