Says the moron who added $11.6 TRILLION to the national debt.

Stories like this are exactly what the fascists want. They want Democrats so busy fighting each other that they can’t provide a unified resistance. So far it’s working.

The slavery thing is just an example. It’s a tyranny of the majority thing inherent to pure democracy. Hayek’s statement is right standing by itself. If he was alluding to a democratic society electing to be socialist when he was talking about a democratic government lacking liberalism, he is wrong. But that is to be expected from an economist. Most would rather give up democracy than capitalism.

They wouldn’t need to hedge bets if they simply funded one party and made the other extinct.

Good, no. By almost every metric yes they are better.

He is right in the sense that there can be a benevolent dictator like Cinncinnatus who famously was made dictator, saved Rome from an invading army, and retired back to his farm after 16 days. At the same time a liberal democracy can vote that a minority ethnic group should all become slaves.

I mean spilling the beans about it all being a big conspiracy where both the Dems and GOP are working together.

This keeps the majority trapped in the political sports arena, thinking things will improve if only their party can finally get their way

Republicans took full control and their voters ARE getting their way. They were just too stupid to realize the consequences of what they were asking.

Because Republicans almost universally lower taxes on the wealthy when they get in power and Democrats almost universally raise taxes when they get in power.

Dictatorship and fascism aren’t synonyms.

I can agree with that, but it is a very different thing than saying there is controlled opposition.

So he’s going to sue the shit out of the government, right?

It makes no sense to spend on both parties. They would get more corporate welfare if they spent for Republicans every time.

And why would Democrats participate in such a conspiracy willingly? You really believe that none of them would spill the beans? It’s just not realistic.

It’s really absurd that corporations keep pretending that infinitely replicable digital products should work the same as physical objects.

This is simply a conspiracy theory that falls apart if you think for even a second. Do you think corporations would spend billions to influence elections if the results didn’t matter?

Like God said to Bender in Futurama “When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all”. I propose calling this Bender’s Paradox.

Meanwhile New Mexico has the highest property crime rate and the second highest violent crime rate per capita.

My dad was on an aircraft carrier when he served. One of his favorite stories to tell was when his ship was riding out a hurricane and fishing trawlers couldn’t get into port to unload their catch. The trawlers sold the ship for next to nothing tons of the biggest shrimp they had ever seen. It took 3-4 bites to eat each shrimp. The sailors stuffed themselves on shrimp for the next week.

You are the one who compared drag shows to smoking. I was simply pointing out that such a comparison is flawed.

Edit: actually one way drag shows and smoking are the same is that they are only available to consenting adults who are free to do what they choose regardless of others opinions on what is best for them.

If so it should be easy for you to prove I am wrong. Go ahead. Cite your sources that drag shows kill people.