danielpalos
Diamond Member
- Jan 24, 2015
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The only evasion of reality is right wingers engaging in right wing fantasy. Government is socialism. Congress commands fiscal policy and the Fed commands monetary policy. The executive branch is supposed to faithfully execute those commands.Socialism keeps coming back because there isn't really anyone challenging the bs premises on which it is built - collectivism, altruism, contempt for pleasure, pessimism and skepticism.
Since Socialism is an evasion of reality, it is no surprise that the economic argument does not convince them.
The actual problem is that their worldview is one where people are too dumb to look after themselves and that the group is the primary unit of existence. Furthermore, they argue we cannot really know anything for certain and that money and other pleasures are inherently evil. The so called "Right" of today actually agrees with all of these premises which is why we see figures like Bernie and AOC rising to popularity - No one is there to challenge them.