The State of the Republican Party Post-2017

[Northern Davincia]

Diem was assassinated before Nixon. Besides, those juntas would have been preferable than communist tyranny. South Korea and Taiwan are living proof.

There's a distinct lack of consistency in a country that during that period bragged about being a beacon of democracy propping up juntas and dictatorships that brutalize political dissidents like an Olympic sport.

Consistency could not matter less when the red plague spreads across the globe undeterred.

[Petrasylvania]

There's a distinct lack of consistency in a country that during that period bragged about being a beacon of democracy propping up juntas and dictatorships that brutalize political dissidents like an Olympic sport.

Consistency could not matter less when the red plague spreads across the globe undeterred.

Who's the Number One U.S. trading partner? Oh right...

[Northern Davincia]

Consistency could not matter less when the red plague spreads across the globe undeterred.

Who's the Number One U.S. trading partner? Oh right...

>trade deficit
>steals intellectual property
>causes labor outsourcing
>threatens Japan and Taiwan on a regular basis
>supports North Korea
>major holder of US debt

MacArthur had the right idea.

[Petrasylvania]

Who's the Number One U.S. trading partner? Oh right...

>trade deficit
>steals intellectual property
>causes labor outsourcing
>threatens Japan and Taiwan on a regular basis
>supports North Korea
>major holder of US debt

MacArthur had the right idea.

Nuke China then? Great idea.

[Collatis]

Actively propping up either a corrupt Christian plutocratic family that actively oppressed the Buddhist populace or a string of juntas that were too busy infighting to be competent. A ton of money, materials and men spent on What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Brilliant.

Diem was assassinated before Nixon. Besides, those juntas would have been preferable than communist tyranny. South Korea and Taiwan are living proof.

Both of which only adopted democracy in recent decades. In fact, for a long time North Korea had a higher standard of living than South Korea. While South Korea and Taiwan are both far preferable to North Korea and China nowadays, that doesn't, not for a second, mean that we were on the side of the angels. We supported brutal dictatorships in the name of combating tyranny. I thought opposition to oppression and violence were supposed to be the reasons we opposed communism in the first place. When we compromise the very values we claim to uphold to crush those who oppose us, we're no better than our supposedly backwards adversaries.

[Northern Davincia]

>trade deficit
>steals intellectual property
>causes labor outsourcing
>threatens Japan and Taiwan on a regular basis
>supports North Korea
>major holder of US debt

MacArthur had the right idea.

Nuke China then? Great idea.

It's obviously too late now. The opportunity was wasted when the Soviets got the bomb.

Diem was assassinated before Nixon. Besides, those juntas would have been preferable than communist tyranny. South Korea and Taiwan are living proof.

Both of which only adopted democracy in recent decades. In fact, for a long time North Korea had a higher standard of living than South Korea. While South Korea and Taiwan are both far preferable to North Korea and China nowadays, that doesn't, not for a second, mean that we were on the side of the angels. We supported brutal dictatorships in the name of combating tyranny. I thought opposition to oppression and violence were supposed to be the reasons we opposed communism in the first place. When we compromise the very values we claim to uphold to crush those who oppose us, we're no better than our supposedly backwards adversaries.

We opposed communism because it was not only against our way of life culturally, but because it seeks to spread worldwide revolution. If we had done nothing, it would have infected Japan and western Europe and the other last vestiges of freedom across the globe. Nuclear weapons only made this pandemic worse, if the Cuban Missile Crisis is anything to go after.
If brutal regimes were necessary to contain the red menace and keep it out of our backyards, so be it.

[Conserative Morality]

>trade deficit
...
>causes labor outsourcing
...
>major holder of US debt

Means nothing.

>threatens Japan and Taiwan on a regular basis

Empty threats.

>supports North Korea

Hardly anymore.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

The ACA premiums or the other insurance?

Both. It's a lose-lose situation. Nevertheless, ACA recipients are only doing 'better' through parasitism.

Thats really a dehumanizing phrase.

[Collatis]

Both. It's a lose-lose situation. Nevertheless, ACA recipients are only doing 'better' through parasitism.

Thats really a dehumanizing phrase.

Dehumanization is how libertarians sleep at night. That and the calming sound of laboring children.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Thats really a dehumanizing phrase.

Dehumanization is how libertarians sleep at night. That and the calming sound of laboring children.

Am libertarian, can confirm.

[Collatis]

Dehumanization is how libertarians sleep at night. That and the calming sound of laboring children.

Am libertarian, can confirm.

And guns, of course, for WRA.

[Petrasylvania]

Thats really a dehumanizing phrase.

Dehumanization is how libertarians sleep at night. That and the calming sound of laboring children.

And why is it that even dirt poor libertarians on welfare talk like that?

[Washington Resistance Army]

Dehumanization is how libertarians sleep at night. That and the calming sound of laboring children.

And why is it that even dirt poor libertarians on welfare talk like that?

Because humans are hypocrites.

[Collatis]

And why is it that even dirt poor libertarians on welfare talk like that?

Because humans are hypocrites.

Pretty much. Also, a significant amount of Americans are convinced that they are going to be rich someday. And all those tax cuts for the wealthy will finally pay off!

[Washington Resistance Army]

Because humans are hypocrites.

Pretty much. Also, a significant amount of Americans are convinced that they are going to be rich someday. And all those tax cuts for the wealthy will finally pay off!

Am convinced I'll be rich some day, can confirm.

Also daily reminder that tax cuts without spending cuts are fucking absurd and I will never stop mocking the GOP for it.

[Telconi]

Dehumanization is how libertarians sleep at night. That and the calming sound of laboring children.

And why is it that even dirt poor libertarians on welfare talk like that?

Why is it that rich Democrats advocate higher taxes?

[Ism]

And why is it that even dirt poor libertarians on welfare talk like that?

Why is it that rich Democrats advocate higher taxes?

Because they belief it's the governments role to do x, and for that to happen more taxes are needed. Furthermore, they view themselves as being able to spare proportionally greater amounts of money than most without seriously degrading their quality, and perhaps even improving it by paying more taxes, which may help ease social ills. Alternatively/additionally, they may feel it is their duty to pay back into the system that has clearly benefited them greatly. In any case, it is not at all the same situation, and I'm curious as to why you thought they did.

[Thermodolia]

Pretty much. Also, a significant amount of Americans are convinced that they are going to be rich someday. And all those tax cuts for the wealthy will finally pay off!

Am convinced I'll be rich some day, can confirm.

Also daily reminder that tax cuts without spending cuts are fucking absurd and I will never stop mocking the GOP for it.

The best method is no tax cuts while cutting spending. It's a proven way to reduce deficit and debt

[Telconi]

Why is it that rich Democrats advocate higher taxes?

Because they belief it's the governments role to do x, and for that to happen more taxes are needed. Furthermore, they view themselves as being able to spare proportionally greater amounts of money than most without seriously degrading their quality, and perhaps even improving it by paying more taxes, which may help ease social ills. Alternatively/additionally, they may feel it is their duty to pay back into the system that has clearly benefited them greatly. In any case, it is not at all the same situation, and I'm curious as to why you thought they did.

It is the same situation, just as some wealthy people believe that it is the government's role to do 'X' some lower income people believe it's the government's goal to stop doing 'X'. Poor people are just as likely to vote against societal ills as wealthy people, and if they see the welfare system as an Ill of society, they'll vote against it.

[Improved werpland]

Am convinced I'll be rich some day, can confirm.

Also daily reminder that tax cuts without spending cuts are fucking absurd and I will never stop mocking the GOP for it.

The best method is no tax cuts while cutting spending. It's a proven way to reduce deficit and debt

Things have been cut too far. We ought to be raising taxes right now.

[Thermodolia]

The best method is no tax cuts while cutting spending. It's a proven way to reduce deficit and debt

Things have been cut too far. We ought to be raising taxes right now.

Possibly. Though I will agree that we need to raise taxes

[Keaulcan]

The best method is no tax cuts while cutting spending. It's a proven way to reduce deficit and debt

Things have been cut too far. We ought to be raising taxes right now.

Did you know that the tax code is as T H I C C as 10 encyclopedias stacked on top of each other?

[Thermodolia]

Things have been cut too far. We ought to be raising taxes right now.

Did you know that the tax code is as T H I C C as 10 encyclopedias stacked on top of each other?

That doesn't mean that we should lower taxes

[Washington Resistance Army]

The best method is no tax cuts while cutting spending. It's a proven way to reduce deficit and debt

Things have been cut too far. We ought to be raising taxes right now.

That's the sound of voters flocking to the other party.

[Northern Davincia]

Both. It's a lose-lose situation. Nevertheless, ACA recipients are only doing 'better' through parasitism.

Thats really a dehumanizing phrase.

It's accurate. Whether or not it's dehumanizing is irrelevant.

The best method is no tax cuts while cutting spending. It's a proven way to reduce deficit and debt

Things have been cut too far. We ought to be raising taxes right now.

Are you the sort who advocates low spending with high taxes to pay off debt, or the type who combines high spending with high taxes?

Things have been cut too far. We ought to be raising taxes right now.

That's the sound of voters flocking to the other party.

Music to my ears.