Communal concils wrote:The New Teutonic Order wrote:
If we're bringing back old arguments for the OP to respond to, then I guess I better do it with mine.
1. Isn't all society governed by thought crime, it's called morality. If you think in a certain way, then people will think of it as a ethical crime. America has been a nation of contradictions for so long.The founding fathers said that "all Men are created equal". However, slavery was still legal(until 1865).The civil Rights Movement didn't destroyed institutionalize racism until 1969.Though out the cold war, there was the Red Scare. Red squads attacked trade unions. The Vietnam war also showed how "freedom is to the government "Men were drafted and sent to a foreign land that they didn't understand. Even worse, the South Vietnamese Government was a Presidential Dictatorship. So no one was getting the "freedom of the west" in that place.
2.Sweden is not the most "Leftist" nation in the world. That title belongs to Cuba. Unlike Sweden, that country changed the old order and replaced It with a New one. Racism is a complex thing, it will not magically fade away. The Immigration issue has increased Xenophobia and Racism universally across all Industrialize and develop nations.
3.The world has a growing hatred for the united states, the republic is in debt, and it is suffering from a Job shortage. The demands for unlimited immigration from the libertarians and liberals of all forms may seem benevolent, but in reality it is bring the poor in a trap of debt and rent. Military intervention across the world affect the country, The military budget could be used to solve all of these domestic issues. Also China does not care for any ideological ideals, it only cares about power. This Chinese capitalism is full of "Chinese characteristics".Indian Government is still corrupt regardless of the systems it's compared to. It's Government is bad at enforcing policies.
4.My propose that my ideology allows for gaining power in many ways. Reform and Revolution are not always desirable, because their can be other ways. Sometimes, these are the best.
5.Regradless if people think that the flat Earth theories are true, then this would allow for people to embrace even more foolish conspiracy theories.
6.Have you ever thought of the Weimar Republic, or the resent boom in similar movements in Europe. What about Euromaidan, Neo-Nazism is flourishing in Western Ukraine. If democracy is Good, then it will only be good when people are restricted of bad concepts. Singapore is an example of this. There will be many people that agree with you, but there will be many that support what I have stated as my thoughts. Their are many political parties with beliefs similar to mine.
1. The main part of morality is what you do, not what you think. And I am not saying that democracies don't do bad things sometimes. I'm just saying that they give the most freedom to people, while your system would kill everyone who doesn't agree with your position (btw, I've seen no-one on this thread completely agree with you, so that means that all of us would be executed under your system, or sent to the gulag or something).
2. Cuba is a dictatorship that restricts peoples' freedoms. Sweden is a democracy that allows peoples' freedoms, and is much more tolerant than any other nation, which is why they're getting some backlash.
3. I wouldn't say that the world has a growing hatred for the US. They might be growing more distant from America under Trump, but that doesn't correlate to hatred. The only people who truly hate America are those that hate freedom (Iran, North Korea, ect.)
4. In most cases, reform is good, and revolution is bad.
5. Yes, but these "foolish conspiracy theories" that don't promote any kind of hatred (i.e. Flat Earth, belief in aliens, ect.) aren't harmful to anyone. I, for one, believe that intellegent life exists somewhere in the universe other than Earth. However, I am not hurting others with that belief.
6. With the exception of the Weimar Republic, which was extremely flawed as a democracy, none of these movements have "taken over" democratic countries. However, a key part of democracies is allowing the freedom of opposition groups to speak their minds (freedom of speech). Also, you say that many parties espouse your values, yet you deny that your values are similar to any one group. I challenge you to name one group, or even one person, who agrees with you on all of the important aspects of your philosophy.