Tractors and (upcoming) tariffs?

[Portuguese Farmer]

I’m willing to bet that much of what is regarded as “liberal” in the U.S. is pretty standard mainstream thought in Portugal and many European countries.

You would probably loose that bet if you actually lived here, the media in the US lies about not only there but here also.

 

[jyoutz]

You would probably loose that bet if you actually lived here, the media in the US lies about not only there but here also.

I’m referring to things like public health care and retirement, not culture wars stuff.

 

[newkiotiguy]

I’m referring to things like public health care and retirement, not culture wars stuff.

You can't separate the 2 because culture war is all they are about. Making 95% of the people change so 5% of the countries feelings don't get hurt gets you voted out of office. As it should

 

[Portuguese Farmer]

I’m referring to things like public health care and retirement, not culture wars stuff.

Ah, health care here is excellent, I hear retirement is equal to SS when you factor the cost of living here, I have no idea about the rest of EU countries.

 

[jyoutz]

You can't separate the 2 because culture war is all they are about. Making 95% of the people change so 5% of the countries feelings don't get hurt gets you voted out of office. As it should

There are such things as social and economic liberalism/conservatism. A perfect example is the Libertarian Party: socially liberal and economically conservative. Yes you can separate things.

 

[newkiotiguy]

There are such things as social and economic liberalism/conservatism. A perfect example is the Libertarian Party: socially liberal and economically conservative. Yes you can separate things.

If that's who I was going to vote for, i would have just stayed home and had a couple beers. Not wasting my time to throw away my vote like that. Care to list all the high ranking officials in the government under libertarian party?

 

[jyoutz]

If that's who I was going to vote for, i would have just stayed home and had a couple beers. Not wasting my time to throw away my vote like that. Care to list all the high ranking officials in the government under libertarian party?

I’m not going to debate this. Pointing out that everything isn’t left or right.

 

[bvanek]

Why are what are called “the elites”, more socially minded when their money was made with vision, hard work and diligence that they didn’t particularly like to give away?

I homesteaded 12 acres of raw woodland....it was hard work physically and also took a great deal of "diligence" Property that was built from the ground up by me and my family.. Probably not your "vision" of success. If "socially minded" is about power and influence in a society then I'm not there. Never been on welfare and i don't want to give away what I have earned either...but I'm required to dole out my low end "contribution" to society regardless.

 

[LouNY]

If that's who I was going to vote for, i would have just stayed home and had a couple beers. Not wasting my time to throw away my vote like that. Care to list all the high ranking officials in the government under libertarian party?

That would be a very short list.

 

[square1]

AI has made many headlines lately for being very biased, and political. You must have missed it.
I’ve played around with it and not only is it biased from the programmers, it’s often completely wrong

I see. So the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Insurify, and Bankrate are biased sources, whereas your sources are as upstanding as the day is long, have impeccable peer reviews, and are even more remarkable in that they non-existent.
Awesome counterpoint! I bet you can post eye popping statements like those one after another all day.