So your theory is that Trump isn't racist, but he exploited racist sentiment to get himself elected. That is just totally vile, to use the darker part of the popular psyche to advance yourself. I'd prefer it if he was just racist.
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So your theory is that Trump isn't racist, but he exploited racist sentiment to get himself elected. That is just totally vile, to use the darker part of the popular psyche to advance yourself. I'd prefer it if he was just racist.
Well that's usually why somebody calls for unity in my experience.
You mean, the will of "less than half" the people.
But you're right. Anything is possible. That's why I'm working on my exit strategy as we speak.
Spoken like an individual who has been very lucky in life and has NO clue what it is like to "need".
You cannot just remove these things. It sounds good in theory, just like communism. But what they need is fine-tuning, or maybe even replacing with something better. Privatization is not the answer in all scenarios.
And we're talking about the three most IMPORTANT areas here, that have a DIRECT impact to the future:
-The environment. If we frak it up we're ALL dead. Human beings and Corporations NEED policing.
-Education. Right, let's waste minds out there because they weren't born into money. They might grow to SOLVE other problems.
-Health coverage. We ALL break. Even the unfortunate ones.
People who think like you are the reason why I'll NEVER vote Republican, even if I stand morally with many of its principles. It's because the Republican Party lost something it had when Abraham Lincoln was alive:
Compassion and true care for their fellow man.
It is ALL about money.
Which now makes sense to me that you feel this way...this is an Apple forum. You need to have money to join the Apple club.
You bought the new MBP-right? Max-specs?
My main issue is the hypocrisy. Stop patting yourself on the back about how "diverse" you are when you price your products specifically to exclude groups of people.
When they are talking about diversity, they are talking about their workforce, not their customer base. They welcome all customers from all walks of life. For as long as the customer has money. Which is exactly how I as a stockholder want it.
I ask you to consider another look at this. Among the most compassionate and caring people I know are many Republicans. In fact, there's plenty of data out there indicating Republicans give more to charity than Democrats. Remember what Joe Biden put on his tax return?
Illegal immigration is a perfectly legitimate issue. There's nothing racist about a democratic nation state enforcing it's borders. Every country on the planet earth does this. Mexico protects it's southern border and deports hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants every year. As a general rule people do not appreciate people flooding across their borders without going through the proper immigration channels. It's an issue Republicans and Democrats have been trying to deal with for decades now. Democrats (including Hillary Clinton) were even working on putting up a wall in the past. Ditto for middle eastern refugees/migrants.
No, the whole USB-C/no mag safe thing is complete and utter stupidity.
Actually, if you count the people who stayed home because they did not care one way or another, you can argue that the majority are okay with the direction the Republicans want to go.
Exit polls say that 53% of people 45 and over voted for Trump. You know, the people who are currently are about to benefit from social security and medicare. Sounds to me like they don't care about these programs.
52% of people who have less than a college degree voted for Trump. You know, the people who might need a mechanism to access healthcare insurance. The people who might need new job training.
The very people who would benefit from these programs voted against the person who wanted to fund these programs.
So sorry but we are wasting precious money on programs that people don't want.
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Ah, the typical "I'm not a racist" response. And yet it was you who made this exchange exclusively about race.
It is you who is excluding race as a factor, in an overtly racist country.
I said "a black and really-left wing President".
Do you really think that the resistance Obama got at every damn turn in office was 100% racism-free?
You know what? Never mind. I said it in one of my own posts above:
Sometimes, there is nothing you can say or do to convince a racist-in-denial of the "denial" part.
Well, during most of general election I thought he had to be a Hillary plant trying to hand it all to Hillary... I think I'd prefer he wasnt a racist and just a manipulator of racist ding dongs TBH.
Fine, their "perceived self-interest". Doesn't change the fact that blacks, hispanics and just about every other group votes strictly along racial lines (in much higher percentages than whites do).
I didnt say anything about enforcing immigration laws being racist or not a legit issues.
I'm not insulting them. I'm stating that they have to stake personal responsibility for their situation and stop blaming free trade and immigration. Many of the effected people would still be out of work. I realize that anyone could be in their situation that's why I support higher taxes on the wealthiest americans and big businesses to fund free education for all, robust Social Security, Universal Healthcare etc...My, my, my. That's a mighty broad brush you paint with there.
Map of the Rust Belt according to Wikipedia.
List of college educated by State.
By all means continue to insult a large portion of Americans simply because they live in former manufacturing areas.
So I implore people to think practically about their living situation and if it's tenable or not. Bigger cities have economies of scale advantages that small towns do not and will not have. That's why I say people need to be thinking logically if it makes sense to not bring themselves into the urban society or at least arrange their living situation so they have regular and cheap access to it. I think we can learn from each other.
I'm also arguing that I honestly don't think it makes much sense to live in a rural society given the lack of benefits it provides over the long term according to my own experiences. I've lived in a small town before. It was quite expensive compared to the salary I was earning at the time. I had $900 rent and made 40k and now in NYC I have $700 rent and make six figs+.
Hmm. Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my post.
I believe there are good people everywhere. I also believe there are bad people everywhere.
But, Republicans comprise the Republican party, and they put a man like DT in office. 'Nuff said.
Fundraiser? Oh you a quipping about the one for the DNC? He also did one for the GOP.
Every corporation is involved with politics. Most make sure they contribute to both major political parties.
Ah, the typical "muh racism!!!" hyperbole from a frantic leftist throwing a temper tantrum. How were the protests? Write any cool anti-white graffiti on a bank? Beat up any Trump voters?
So I both "made this exchange exclusively about race" and also "excluded race as a factor"? That's quite the impressive feat, you must admit.
And I've never doubted that certain corners of the country are overtly racist. Increasingly, those corners are black and brown more than white. Check twitter and see the calls for white genocide and tell me about racism again. Hell, 75% of BLM movement is based on pure tribalism and racial resentments blacks have for whites.
The thing is, for minorities, voting for self interest has a lot to do with racial issues. If you for a second assume that there are inequalities that afflict minorities that do not afflict the majority (caucasians), then you might understand why.
What makes many of my white brehtren look like racists without them realizing it is that they put out arguments like these without stopping and trying to understand why blacks and hispanics do this and put themselves in the same situation, with the same socio-economic history and background to...um...color their perception.
You're either too stupid to realize it costs society more in the end to allow seniors and kids to go hungry and homeless, not to mention remain uneducated, or too much of a selfish prick to care. Public education and land grant universities are responsible for helping millions of people pull themselves out of poverty. I want to pay for education because I don't want to live in a country full of idiots.
Huh? Those businesses went to China because they could pay their workers a fraction of what they made in the states. You're saying the Feds are hostile to business, so in your mind the solution is for the Feds to somehow make sure businesses can't produce products where they want to? Isn't that in itself hostile to business?