09-02-2012, 01:55 PM
princealbertofb Wrote:A difference in sensibilities, Genz. (Maybe due to the fact that you haven't been to the States?)No i haven't been to the US properly.(I'm pretty sure Disney World doesn't count :tongue
Sometimes, America (the "beacon of democracy") worries me... Honestly. There are a lot of things that don't "compute" in my mind with what it does as a nation, and what it proclaims to be (to the world).
I think people sometimes need to be reminded of Hitler / Stalin / Pol Pot / etc.
I did not say Mitt Romney was Hitler. Like other dictators of this world, Adolf Hitler represents a danger that people can now identify. Before WW II it might have been Gengis Khan or some of the Roman rulers, but all that is in the too distant past.
Note that I use the word MAY a lot... What has happened before MIGHT happen again, but not necessarily. It's good to be aware and not blind.
Nah, those are just a few things i've picked up debating on US politics over the last year(and politics in general).mile:
Yes it important to remember those "colourful" characters from political history; what is unfortunate is that it seems most people on the political right think fascism, Nazism, and any kind of totalitarian/authoritarianism are left wing ideologies.
And it also seems some people on the left believe conservatism/religious conservatism always leads to fascism. Which is closer to reality than the above, but still relies heavily on a political slippery slope.
What i'm trying to say is, referencing to these figures from the past has lost its usefulness in discussion due to...well...the nature of politics.
Doing such is saved for hyperbole nowadays, and if it's not used in that manner, it tends to be assumed as such by people who disagree with whatever was said.
I just thought pointing such out may be helpful.mile:
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