Good question. What I am pretty sure about, leaning on Rawls, Nozick and Marx, that there are some kind of feeling for justice in our DNA. Probably has been a good model since huntergatherer days. A good work should be rewarded. After all, grades in school is a fairly accepted system. Feminists strive for "equal pay for equal work". So there is - after all - some kind of feeling that good work should be rewarded. You may call it Meritocracy. Growing up in striving lower middle class, I got that in my upbringing as in my genes. Having done the class journey to a semi-wealthy academical environment it is NOT so obvious. Simply said, the concept of Property, paramount to libertarians do not exactly promote meritocracy, since Property primarely is inherited. Having a semi-successful father (who made the 2nd stage of our family's class journey) I have had some short cuts from that.So I suppose you support a socialist economic model with a jobs guarantee? — Garth
As I said earlier, Trump will f**k his lunatic supporters in the end. He naturally doesn't mean anything he says. Hopefully the idiots will get the memo, but it's unlikely.In reaction to Trump his denouncement of the violence last Wednesday. :rofl: — Benkei
D.C. officials knew of the planned protests and had requested some assistance to help when the "first amendment demonstrations" were planned for January 5 and 6, McCarthy said. Based on this request, officials called up 340 National Guardsmen to help in the peaceful protests. The guardsmen were assigned mainly to traffic control, Metro crowd control, some logistics support and a 40-member quick reaction force to be based at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
"No other requests were made," the Army secretary said.
And you? — Ansiktsburk
Young politicians who are interested in the legacy of Trump:
And secondly, the polarization will thrive, even without Trump. Nothing will change that. — ssu
My dream is - everyone does what one is supposed to do rather than want to do. — Ansiktsburk
This is more a Chinese or Stalin like system. — Ansiktsburk
I spent the evening glued to the news and was disappointed with the reactionary response to the protest, which not only condemned the violence, but also the spirit. — NOS4A2
All that hogwash about an assault on “the citadel of liberty” and "democracy" was laughable, especially given that for the last 4 years we’ve been taught that violent protest was the surest expression of the voiceless. — NOS4A2
Perhaps if the Trumpers burned down innocent people’s businesses and looted Target the politico-media class would paint a different picture. — NOS4A2
Perhaps something along the lines of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. They can take his running dog lackeys with him. — Bitter Crank
Republican senator: White House aides say Trump was “delighted” as Capitol was stormed — Michael
Wherefore President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. President Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. — CNN, Articles of Impeachment, Excerpt
This is confirmation of so much that everyone has said for years now — things that a lot of us thought were hyperbolic. We’d say, ‘Trump’s not a fascist,’ or ‘He’s not a wannabe dictator.’ Now, it’s like, ‘Well, what do you even say in response to that now?’
Twitter executives last month rebuffed a request from the Israeli government to remove tweets from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for the genocide of the Israeli people — claiming in a stunning letter obtained by The Post that the Jew-hate qualified as “comments on current affairs.”
A lot of problems have been caused by people thinking they were in for life. — Bitter Crank
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