Quote:I'm not afraid to admit that the Brits, Canadians, Kiwis, and Australians do a few things better than we do.

 

We haven't had truly effective government since the Clinton years.  Funny, he's not nearly as polarizing now as he was when he was in office.  The right and the left both, at the very least, respect the man.

 

Why is that?

 

IMO, that's when the polarization we have now began.  He was a master triangulator.

 

I think operators on both sides have since committed to such hyperbole, etc. in an effort to paint one another as extreme.

 

Remember when it was cool to call everything "extreme" in the 90s?  Didn't matter what the product was, that's how it was merchandised.  Culture began to shift.

 

Any rational thought from either side is now annihilated by those seeking to destroy the other.  There's no debate any longer.  There are no winners or losers in public discourse.  Any salient point is completely ignored, misrepresented, or flat out lied about.  After all, you tell a lie enough, it becomes "true."

 

Once upon a time, we had leaders who believed and were able to articulate that yes, indeed there were truths that were self evident.

 

Now, all that's left is lawyeresque spin.  Depends on what the definition of "is", is.... etc...

 

I'd encourage anyone who cares, to study how this nation's government was founded.  They were very, very bright people who searched every corner of earth and it's history to develop the best system before or since based on what did/didn't work in the past.

 

They also warned of keeping this once great nation from becoming what it has by trying to limit government.  But unfortunately, even they knew that a government run out of control would be it's own undoing, and they also knew it was likely to happen again over time.  History repeating itself.

 

But just like the people had the power to form it when the nation was founded, the foundation remains there to do the same again if necessary.  Should in the course of human events it becomes once again necessary.

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