“Their nihilism and contrarianism have proved to be occasionally quite frustrating over the years, often serving as a twisted, reversed version of what we now might refer to as the “very fine people on both sides” philosophy. (One quote they will never escape came from Matt Stone in 2005: “I hate conservatives, but I really fucking hate liberals.”)”
So everyone has to pick one of these 2 idiotic and emotionally driven sides now? There is no room for a 3rd point of view? That’s where we are at? Look, I know Trump is a racist, lying, dipshit but we need to recognize that both parties have nothing but their own interests at heart. I mean come on. Just look at policy from the Obama era and compare it to policy from the Bush era. Hard to see much of a difference. They are two wings from the same bird and the only way we can make America work for all people and close the income inequality gap is to overcome partisan politics.
I hate this kind of argument - of course the parties care mainly about their own power - they are literally political parties. Obama's policy was quite different from Bush's in many ways (domestically especially) and similar in other ways (say wrt the Middle East). The Democratic party also did not have control of both house and Senate for more than 2 years. During those 2 years the ACA was passed.
What are you getting at? Do you believe that because both parties care first about power means they are equally bad? Or even close?
If you think one party is a lost cause, and the other is our only hope, then you have to focus on the flaws of the latter, don't you? The logic is cruel.
It isn't there isn't room, there isn't time. People don't want to spend time thinking critically. Everything is us vs them but it makes it easy. If you are liberal, you are automatically against the conservatives; not thought required. You don't even have to read the articles, just the headline. The headline must be true. This is how we've turned into a plutocracy. They fund the distraction and get rich while we hate our neighbor who is 99.999% the same as us but somehow we've convinced ourselves they are the devil.
So everyone has to pick one of these 2 idiotic and emotionally driven sides now? There is no room for a 3rd point of view? That’s where we are at? Look, I know Trump is a racist, lying, dipshit but we need to recognize that both parties have nothing but their own interests at heart. I mean come on. Just look at policy from the Obama era and compare it to policy from the Bush era. Hard to see much of a difference. They are two wings from the same bird and the only way we can make America work for all people and close the income inequality gap is to overcome partisan politics.