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Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, self-described democratic socialists, are examples of modern left-wing populist politicians. Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's populist message tend to place the people in opposition to big business and the very wealthy...

I think it is also magnified by not having term limits. The counter argument to term limits has always been that new faces aren't experienced enough to do the job. But at this point in time, there is so much corruption as to surely better to get rid of that than for any advantage of experience.

The Revolutionary War was fought for America's independence from the British. For freedom and liberty. That's why they call they call our founding document the "Declaration of Independence". Maybe there were slaves or others mistreated during the war; I wasn't there so I can't say. But the...

Are you claiming Bernie Sanders was receiving his funding from the Koch brothers and the Mercer Family? I did not know that. Bernie Sanders was heavily involved with the liberal populists movement right after the 2008 banking crises but I did not know he was funded by conservatives. You are...

Are you claiming Bernie Sanders was receiving his funding from the Koch brothers and the Mercer Family? I did not know that. Bernie Sanders was heavily involved with the liberal populists movement right after the 2008 banking crises but I did not know he was funded by conservatives. You are...

It is not the governments job to make anyone happy. But it is the governments job to make sure everyone has equal opportunity and make sure the laws are fair for everyone. The populism that developed during the banking bailouts did not happen because of poverty. They happened because those...

Happiness has everything to do with government. People like freedom and liberty. And the founders of the US were willing to die for it.

The 60's and 70's were no comparison. Never during that time were there discussions of succession or civil war 2 like behavior we observe all the time today. Back then there were generally peaceful transitions of power nor any efforts to interfere with elections.

Is it so much to ask that the people should expect our government not to be corrupt at all? And that our elite should follow the same laws they make for us? For example, if Martha Stewart can not do insider trading, should we not expect Nancy Pelosi not to do insider trading? Its not just...

In my lifetime, they have never been more unhappy. Especially since the 2008 occupy Wall Street movement.

If our government represented the people properly there would be no left or right wing populism...because the people...would be happy. I blame corruption, ineffective leadership, and too centralized government causing the populism to manifest itself in the first place. Perhaps the goal of...

Nancy Pelosi offers the compelling 10 minute argument that modern populism has become a threat to democracy here: But Winston counters her argument here: While I do believe Pelosi has the correct stance regarding the negative uses of populism especially by a con artists, it is the...

Not sure I fully understand the beef there is with beach access. Don't the local authorities normally provide zoning for both public and private beach development? And if a parcel of land has been zoned strictly for private development, why should the owner be compelled to provide trespassing...

You make a good point I did not consider. Just how much of our public schools fall under the governance of the federal government though? Perhaps that is a discussion in and of itself. According to wiki here...

Preservation of history. Especially if it happens to be history you don't like. A population that remains ignorant of its own history will be a population that is sure to repeat the same mistakes in the future. It would be one thing to raze an old school building down and name the...

What? Then how did the present life on this planet get here if not by reproducing? Please explain to me how life is all around us without being born or otherwise hatched from an egg? Virtually all life on this planet has a finite period it can live so it must reproduce or it then becomes...

That is compassion. Evolution is the long process of the non fit (bad) dogs who have no self control to getting removed from the population. The good dogs still might have a taste for chicken but they are smart enough not indulge. Then they reproduce and their offspring make good dogs...

Of course it is about evolution. Humans (both smart and stupid) are an integral part of the theory of evolution just like the rest of the animal knigdom. Human actors also affect other animals as part of their natural selection. If a human kills a dog how is that any difference to a shark...

Honestly, I love animals myself and believe they are Gods gift to all of us. But for all the do gooders out there, at least be more honest with what this is all really about. Because there are real consequences even for acting compassionate.

This. If this would have been a choice on OP poll I would have chosen it.