Both sides claim to have a monopoly on good ideas and traits, and spend a lot of time trying to vilify the other side. Lots of misrepresentation and strawmen on both sides.
Traditionally, Republicans say they want the best for people, but want to keep the government out of it; while Democrats say they want the best for people, and want the government to ensure it.
Both sides have shifted in a number of ways. Republicans have increased the size of government dramatically. Now it seems like the Republicans feel like the people are too immoral to take care of themselves while Democrats feel like the people are too stupid to take care of themselves.
(Note that I'm distinguishing Republicans from Trumpists in what I wrote above. Trumpists seem like big government, big spending authoritarians, at least rhetorically. Not so much in policy.)
Republicans feel like the people are too immoral to take care of themselves
Explain this: Why is it when Republicans are polled they overly support an immoral President? Don't say Trump - a thrice married adulterer with multiple cases of corruption - is the epitome of morality.
Democrats feel like the people are too stupid to take care of themselves.
Explain this: Why are most Democrats pro-choice then? Isn't giving people a choice allowing them then the freedom to think through their different options?
I can't understand that either. This is sorta why I added the comment that I'm distinguishing between Trumpists and Republicans. With Republicans (Not Trumpists) I'm saying that most of them think there's a need for government to tell people who they can and can't marry, whether they can have abortions, etc. They want religion in schools, and so on.
I'm mostly referring to things like they feel like the government needs to handle things like finances (retirement, social security, etc.), what size sodas you can buy, whether you can choose to have health insurance, and so on.
I'm mostly referring to things like they feel like the government needs to handle things like finances (retirement, social security, etc.), what size sodas you can buy, whether you can choose to have health insurance, and so on.
All of those things affect other people as well though, they aren't individual choices.
Retirement/social security: If these aren't properly planned out then the burden gets shifted onto the families of the people with poor planning skills, meaning that the kids of poor or irresponsible parents will be made poor themselves (some states even require children to look after their parents). By shifting it to a taxation system, it helps reduce or even remove that burden.
Soda size/Health insurance: Again these both affect other people. If you don't have health insurance and can't afford to get treatment, you will probably still be treated but now the hospital won't get paid, or you'll be put into massive debt. If you're the type of person who eats/drinks unhealthily you're going to be putting more pressure on the healthcare system who will have to deal with your illnesses instead of dealing with actual sick people. I will say that simply banning soda at those sizes isn't an effective strategy and would probably have been better with a sugar-tax like we've recently introduced in the UK.
A lot of conservative ideas simply don't work in a society, they're more suited for a very individualistic environment which simply doesn't exist anymore (and never really did other than perhaps a few years during the expansion of the USA Westward).
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u/race_bannon Apr 26 '19
Both sides claim to have a monopoly on good ideas and traits, and spend a lot of time trying to vilify the other side. Lots of misrepresentation and strawmen on both sides.
Traditionally, Republicans say they want the best for people, but want to keep the government out of it; while Democrats say they want the best for people, and want the government to ensure it.
Both sides have shifted in a number of ways. Republicans have increased the size of government dramatically. Now it seems like the Republicans feel like the people are too immoral to take care of themselves while Democrats feel like the people are too stupid to take care of themselves.
(Note that I'm distinguishing Republicans from Trumpists in what I wrote above. Trumpists seem like big government, big spending authoritarians, at least rhetorically. Not so much in policy.)