why do people vote democrat ?

SamSpade

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But getting past his laughable egocentrism and ham-handed communication style when not reading from a script, he was right - you didn't build that. At least not single-handedly.

But the lefties somehow anthropomorphize "government" into this altruistic entity which exists for YOUR good - just as die-hard unionists feel about unions.

If "We the People" means a damned thing, it's that the government didn't build the bridge or the road - WE did. Making it - mine.

When I drive along lonely, long roads in the Northeast, I find that - this route at least has existed since colonial times. MANY hands went into clearing the wilderness to make a road - and maintain it for centuries. BUT - it exists because WE built towns - and stores. And built businesses and factories and conducted trade. We built ships the government didn't make but which made damned sure we paid money to use them.

To facilitate life and "promote the general welfare", the government participates in buying land, using taxes to have works built and seeing to it they are maintained. But they are public servants. WE are the lords of the land - the government is SUPPOSED to be at our behest. WE made this nation differently - in Europe the sovereign had the power and you owed your life to the king or lord. We turned it around - the king is OUR servant. We are the nation.

That is the way it is supposed to be, and it may be these strata of government types need to be reminded.
 

vraiblonde

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But the lefties somehow anthropomorphize "government" into this altruistic entity which exists for YOUR good - just as die-hard unionists feel about unions.

That's because they're emotion-based and everything is seen through the prism of feels. Look at how Democrat manipulators talk to them - not as rational adult human beings, but as emotional children.

That is the way it is supposed to be, and it may be these strata of government types need to be reminded.

I agree with you, but I don't think you can convince emotional creatures of something so foundational. Because you're right: they do think of government as something outside of and above themselves. This big benevolent Daddy who will reward them if they're good and punish them if they're bad. They can ONLY succeed in life if they please Daddy.

It's very much how religious folks think about God, and I don't say that as a knock on the faithful, I say that because that's how the Left views government - and more specifically the Democrat Party: as their God. The parallels are uncanny. Look at anti-religious Communist countries - who do they revere? That's right: their government leader. Because when God has been banned, the People will look for something else to worship.

That's why the first thing dictators do when subjugating a populace (besides disarming them) is ban whatever they revere so they can replace it with themselves.
 

UglyBear

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That's because they're emotion-based and everything is seen through the prism of feels. Look at how Democrat manipulators talk to them - not as rational adult human beings, but as emotional children.



I agree with you, but I don't think you can convince emotional creatures of something so foundational. Because you're right: they do think of government as something outside of and above themselves. This big benevolent Daddy who will reward them if they're good and punish them if they're bad. They can ONLY succeed in life if they please Daddy.

It's very much how religious folks think about God, and I don't say that as a knock on the faithful, I say that because that's how the Left views government - and more specifically the Democrat Party: as their God. The parallels are uncanny. Look at anti-religious Communist countries - who do they revere? That's right: their government leader. Because when God has been banned, the People will look for something else to worship.

That's why the first thing dictators do when subjugating a populace (besides disarming them) is ban whatever they revere so they can replace it with themselves.
Excellent post. Almost exactly what I was going to reply to @SamSpade .
This stems from delayed adolescence and the fear of being responsible for your own actions, good or bad.
The lefties fail to think one step beyond “big omnipotent Daddy Big Government” — the government is made of people. With all of their faults and passions, but completely unchecked by private industry’s competition or possibility of failure.
A bureaucrat doesn’t have to be smart or good at their job to advance — they just have to be manipulative and vicious. So the worst kinds of people rise to the top and become “the government “. Example: every dang socialist country ever.
 

vraiblonde

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A bureaucrat doesn’t have to be smart or good at their job to advance — they just have to be manipulative and vicious. So the worst kinds of people rise to the top and become “the government “. Example: every dang socialist country ever.

Exactly.

Look at the terrible people in government now - these are people who are so loathsome you wouldn't have them in your home. If your daughter brought one of them home and introduced him as her new boyfriend, you'd go get the shotgun. But because they could out-finagle and out-manipulate the rest of the scumbags, as in they were a bigger scumbag than the rest of the scumbags, they hold a position of government power.
 

UglyBear

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Exactly.

Look at the terrible people in government now - these are people who are so loathsome you wouldn't have them in your home. If your daughter brought one of them home and introduced him as her new boyfriend, you'd go get the shotgun. But because they could out-finagle and out-manipulate the rest of the scumbags, as in they were a bigger scumbag than the rest of the scumbags, they hold a position of government power.
Exactly. See: Fauci and whatever the head of the CDC is.
They absolutely suck as scientists, don’t know their a$$ from the hole in the ground, change their statements all the time, but are gods to the left. Because they are The Government and The Science.
And people are already being shot for daring to question them.
 

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