The Modern Political Rationale

1. Totalistic thinking: There is only one solution to all problems.

2. Those who fall completely and wholly within that totality are the only worthy individuals; all other individuals are the "other," and therefore have no worth.

3. The only victory is the victory that completely falls within the totality I believe is right.

4. If there is a failure to achieve the victory I seek, it is not due to the unworkability of that totality within the political sphere, it's because of unseen corruption, and perhaps even conspiracy.

5. Mass cultural thinking: It is the elites who control the masses. However, I and my totality are immune to the same demagoguery that corrupts everyone else.

6. I refuse to see the world any other way.

I will admit that I am an idiot sometimes and am wrong too. I bet we would all be better off if we admitted then none of us are perfect.

Which means you're totally wrong.

:thumbsup:

The problem we are having now, is compromise being billed strictly as pragmatism when corruption is a more likely and better substantiated explanation.

We are only given a few out of many options. This keeps us artificially fighting. Take HCR. There were other ways to approach the bill, but we are given a few choices while other choices are never given a chance.