> I'm the one laying the cards on the table

> Your analysis is micron deep but you're acting like the smartest person in the room.

Prior post:

> There is a part of me that wonders how wise this is, not because Trump doesn't deserve it

> Republicans will do the "my turn" and try to witch-hunt every opponent

> Donald Trump is a criminal

> having "only" a tax fraud prostitution coverup is not ideal. Unfortunately

> Republicans in the Senate proved how disloyal they are to this country

> retaining their psychotic base

> There is very little reputable right-wing sources of news

Do you even read what you are writing? It's a wall of hatred.

Do you know what happens in this country to people who dare speak up even at a centrist or moderate level and ask for reason? They get destroyed by the left. They are attacked online. They are attacked in person. Their careers and businesses are destroyed. Etc.

The down-voting and flagging of my post on HN is just one example of this.

Don't believe me?

You post something asking for moderation and see what happens.

Wait a few days. Then post something jumping on Trump's throat. Compare results.

I'll tell you what will happen:

The first post will be downvoted and flagged. One or more people will take swipes at you and insult you. Call you stupid. Even try to be clever about it (your analysis is micron deep). Gang-up on you if they can.

The second post will get a bunch of up-votes and comments in agreement, even expanding on your attack.

That's reality. And, in that context, well, why would anyone want to engage full-tilt?

I try like hell to remain independent (registered as such) and pull myself towards moderate thought. Technically, I am a Classical Liberal (or Libertarian, these labels are hard to merge/sort). Watching this from as far as I can mentally, there is one thing that repeats with alarming consistency:

This is about POLITICIANS NOT PEOPLE.

The truth always seems to be the exact opposite of what Democrats say they represent.

They say they are for diversity. Their actions promote segregation and hatred.

They say they are not racist. Their actions are racist.

They say they are for the poor. Their actions fuck the poor at every turn.

They say they are for justice. Their actions are criminal.

They say they are for freedom. Their actions are totalitarian and restrictive.

Interestingly enough, the US southern border provides examples of nearly all of the above.

Somewhere between 5 and 6 million people have poured through the southern US border without controls over the last two years or so. If someone consumes leftist media and only listens to Democrat politicians, they have no clue this has been going on. Reporting on this invasion has been light to none in those circles.

Even worse, unemployment numbers do not reflect this at all. In other words, a lie. These people, by definition, have no jobs. In other words, a government agency is lying to the public. Government officials are lying. If the people who have pushed through the border were included in the last statistic (3.6% unemployed), the number would more than double to about 7.3%. At the current rate, we are probably looking at close to 10% by the end of '24.

This country is NOT producing new jobs at a rate of an ADDITIONAL ~200K jobs per month. Quite to the contrary, we are still bleeding jobs and skills.

So, what are we doing? What are we doing when people who Secretary Mayorkas shows-up at a congressional hearing, lies, ignores questions and everyone in this administration pretends all is fine at the southern US border.

Do Democrats (the people) even know that thousands of people tried to rush one of our entry points a few weeks ago? There's video of this. Of course, it was not shown on any of the mainstream news outlets.

Democrats say they are for women's rights, children, etc. We have lost count of how many women and children are being raped and abused just making the crossing through the southern border. This border is the highest source of human trafficking in the US. It's in the tens of thousands of women and children per year. And this administration, for some incomprehensible reason, has decided open borders is just fine.

Here, read it from the ACLU, not a right-wing organization at all:

https://www.aclu.org/other/human-trafficking-modern-enslavem...

Quoting:

"The U.S. Department of State estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year.8 However, these numbers do not include the many individuals trafficked within U.S. borders."

So, once again, Democrats (politicians) claim to be for the poor, women and children and yet, their actions effectively lead to enslavement, abuse, rape, murder and all kinds of other suffering.

The layers of the onion being uncovered with regards to Twitter and other social media platforms are showing just how far into totalitarianism Democrats would want to go. Anyone disagreeing with this is free to reply with a list of, say, 100 Democrat-leaning posts on Twitter that were cancelled by the same FBI and other interventions. You cannot. Because the truth shows they targeted the other side.

They say they are for the poor. And they let six million other poor come into the country to compete for the same or similar jobs.

They say they are for the poor, lure them into voting for them using a higher minimum wage as the bait. Then they spend like crazy and drive-up inflation. The net effect being that the new minimum wage, in terms of spending power, is LESS MONEY than what they got before they got the "raise". Brilliant.

The bit of world history Americans are missing is that leftist ideology has managed to destroy every nation that has come under its grips. That's what Democrats are about. And, yes, they will manage to destroy this nation if not opposed and brought to a more balanced posture that would benefit us all.

You talk to any immigrant who came from a leftist country and ask them about this. I am one of those, BTW. I have yet to find one who does not slap their forehead in disbelief for what this country is allowing leftists to do. It is nothing less than insane.

I fully understand that almost every single American HN reader who attended university here was likely brainwashed to different degrees and will see this differently. I have seen this myself. My own son attended a major tech university in Boston and was forced to take a course exalting the virtues of Karl Marx. He could not believe it. He, too, has cultural context from outside the US. However, if he did not take this class it would delay his CS graduation for one year (that's how they force a decision). He took it. Resisted projectile vomiting. Said what they wanted him to say and moved on. However, many of his classmates, lacking context and education, drank the Coolaid. Indoctrination is a powerful thing. Politicians know this. And they love to use it wherever possible. The left uses the media and education. The right uses church.

One day people need to wake up and see things for what they are. I hope it isn't too late.

Today, in the US, we are in the grips of leftist power --through decades of indoctrination of our young. Not sure we can pull away from this until the people supporting this ideology actually experience everything going to shit. History does not have good things to say about this path either. What it says is that it is a point of no return. A well-known political commentator from Guatemala said it best, paraphrasing: The left loves the poor so much, it makes more of them.

The left --all of it, media, politicians, people, schools, government organizations, etc.-- has been engaged in destroying Trump and his entire family since the day he became a candidate. Six/seven years now? This has never before happened in the history of this nation. And it should make everyone take pause.

Neither the left nor the right should have supremacy over government,
education, media and other institutions. Neither extreme has resulted
in good outcomes across time and space.

Until you (plural) understand the degree of indoctrination you are
operating under (both left and right), you (plural) will never be
able to see reality.

If you (plural) were not taught this in school and understand it, you (plural) will never understand the world as it is being presented to you. This was written 2400 years ago. You'd think we might have learned by now (TED-Ed video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA