(07-28-2017, 09:31 AM)Kane Wrote:

(07-27-2017, 04:52 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: That sounds great, but history shows, that doesn't happen.  People don't see the future.   They don't understand that they are going to be losing their jobs.   And when they finally do lose their jobs, they demand the government bail them out.   It happens every time.  

And as soon as the have-nots outnumber the haves, you know what will happen. 

Okay, let me put it in a way that might move some of you.   All these future unemployed people will become Democrats.  Unless we do something about this.

That's silly. You don't become a democrat because you're unemployed. You become a democrat when your social environment around you (parents, teachers, etc) convinces you that you deserve something for nothing and that capitalism is bad.

My opinion is, you become a democrat because you want some income redistribution, you think the playing field is not level, you want the government to help you.   You become a Republican when you want to keep what you have, whether you earned it or inherited it.   It's all about the money.   Politics at its core is just a fight over money.   People decide which party or philosophy is most beneficial to them, and then they go looking for justification for that point of view.   That's why poor people are mostly democrats, and rich people are mostly republicans. 

You say, "You become a democrat when your social environment around you (parents, teachers, etc) convinces you that you deserve something for nothing and that capitalism is bad."   Well, it's pretty easy to convince someone of that when they are poor or  unemployed, and it's pretty hard to convince someone of that when they are rich.   So a person starts with "what's best for me" and then they figure out all the reasons why they are right.   And that's why unemployed people will tend towards income and wealth redistribution and government help.

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