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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
I meant this: being intellectually honest with yourselves doesn't seem to matter, on a board where there really is no contrary poster. There is no reason for me to be here. Enjoy!
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How in the hell can you be intellectually honest about politics? It's like being intellectually honest about religion.
The cycle so far has been nothing but platitudes. The only two candidates touching the serious issue - trade - are Sanders and Trump. And neither is offering anything tenable. Enhanced tariffs? Not happening. Tax penalties for inversions? Not happening.
What's Hillary peddling? Whatever policy her polling people tell her will win the room. Or, more recently, whatever Bernie's peddling. And those speeches to Goldman, where she speaks candidly and would provide a glimpse into how she'd govern? "No one's interested in that."
Prison and criminal justice reform? Not happening. Why? Prison industry lobbyists/Catering to the "tough on crime" (read: racist) vote > Paul/Booker/Koch Brothers* And if you think Hillary's going to engage in criminal justice reform, you're irretrievably deluded. How she and her husband sell themselves as the best choice for the Black vote is baffling. They sold out the liberal wing of the party and played ball with the GOP on welfare reform, which in part ushered in our current "incarceration bubble."
Trump will govern as a moderate Republican. Hillary will govern as a Reagan Democrat. In either case, you're going to get more of the same. It may be more entertaining to see Trump in office, but that's about the only difference I see.
You see any intellectual honesty in this carnival? It's a fucking joke. Trump has destroyed any last shred of faith the process had dignity left in it.
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* The Kochs only being in it to lessen white collar penalties.
