I think mandatory voting is an excellent idea. Lying and violence has no place in a religion or spirituality that advocates lovingkindness, love, truthfulness and sharing (which may need to be required by tax law). A good source for thinking about this would be the writings of Stanley Hauerwas. As always thank you John for your thoughts. I thoroughly agree with your comments about Liz Cheney and Republicans in general. If they were morally good people they would leave the GOP behind and become Independents or Democrats.
". If they were morally good people they would leave the GOP behind and become Independents or Democrats." YES to this! Been thinking it for a while now.
I think there is now a more that 50/50 chance the USA as we know it is broken up within the next 10 years. - God willing...peacefully.
The 65% who know better (And create the wealth) simply do not live in the same country as the 35% that are deranged. And the deranged 35% punch WAY above their weight because of the way our system is tilted toward them and their overlord powerbrokers- AND - they the MAGAt 30% is unfixable. They will never come back down to even a Cheney style of conservative.
I keep looking for a way in which we live under that same roof - but I don't see how. The coming official end of Roe V Wade will draw these lines very clearly...
The MAGAts are rabid dogs. You can't make nice with, befriend, work with or train rabid dogs.
The way things are looking, I do believe that a breakup with red states would not be such a bad option of worse options. The logistics would be staggering.
Agreed about the logistics... it's urban/rural more than Red/Blue state - There will need to be some self selecting... But still If someone can see a way rational way forward that keeps New England and the entire West coast in the same country as say...Alabama and South Carolina I'd love to get a look.
And I think the only reason Moderates and Liberals don't talk about this more is low grade denial and fantasy. Never Trumpers see what's coming and MAGATs are excited about it.
I think mandatory voting is an excellent idea. Lying and violence has no place in a religion or spirituality that advocates lovingkindness, love, truthfulness and sharing (which may need to be required by tax law). A good source for thinking about this would be the writings of Stanley Hauerwas. As always thank you John for your thoughts. I thoroughly agree with your comments about Liz Cheney and Republicans in general. If they were morally good people they would leave the GOP behind and become Independents or Democrats.
". If they were morally good people they would leave the GOP behind and become Independents or Democrats." YES to this! Been thinking it for a while now.
I think there is now a more that 50/50 chance the USA as we know it is broken up within the next 10 years. - God willing...peacefully.
The 65% who know better (And create the wealth) simply do not live in the same country as the 35% that are deranged. And the deranged 35% punch WAY above their weight because of the way our system is tilted toward them and their overlord powerbrokers- AND - they the MAGAt 30% is unfixable. They will never come back down to even a Cheney style of conservative.
I keep looking for a way in which we live under that same roof - but I don't see how. The coming official end of Roe V Wade will draw these lines very clearly...
The MAGAts are rabid dogs. You can't make nice with, befriend, work with or train rabid dogs.
The way things are looking, I do believe that a breakup with red states would not be such a bad option of worse options. The logistics would be staggering.
Agreed about the logistics... it's urban/rural more than Red/Blue state - There will need to be some self selecting... But still If someone can see a way rational way forward that keeps New England and the entire West coast in the same country as say...Alabama and South Carolina I'd love to get a look.
And I think the only reason Moderates and Liberals don't talk about this more is low grade denial and fantasy. Never Trumpers see what's coming and MAGATs are excited about it.
I'll add the "acela corridor" to new England... Are new Yorkers gonna go along with MAGAt rule ever again? No.
I favor mandatory voting too as really the only way we will prevail in saving our democracy.