CdnFox Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 10 minutes ago, impartialobserver said: no matter the time (1960, 1980, 2023), there will be a subset of the population that is relatively conservative. its inevitable. Usually it is those who live in rural places, are older, or simply hold on to the past more. And there will always be a percent that is relatively liberal. Usually the inexperienced, those who don't actually produce or who wish to spend other people's money. Liberals produce very little. So you only tend to see them in larger numbers when a society or country is doing well. When times are tough - people turn to the tories. THere's no money for feel good unproductive nonsense. People need for things to actually get done. Which is why right now in Canada we're seeing young people flocking to the conservatives in droves, even in the major metros. Their future depends on getting rid of the liberal gov't and getting back to good governance - and honestly it was the same at the end of his father's reign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 1 hour ago, robosmith said: Your ^desperation is showing. LMAO Toast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 (edited) 40 minutes ago, CdnFox said: And there will always be a percent that is relatively liberal. Usually the inexperienced, those who don't actually produce or who wish to spend other people's money. Liberals produce very little. So you only tend to see them in larger numbers when a society or country is doing well. When times are tough - people turn to the tories. THere's no money for feel good unproductive nonsense. People need for things to actually get done. Which is why right now in Canada we're seeing young people flocking to the conservatives in droves, even in the major metros. Their future depends on getting rid of the liberal gov't and getting back to good governance - and honestly it was the same at the end of his father's reign. In the USA... it is not that dire. Yes, macroeconomic fortunes go up and down. But the downs do not generally lead to a wholesale change in one's political preferences and lifestyle choices. in the USA at least.. we would have to see another Great Depression in order to see current liberals abandon the party and do so permanently. as I see it.. most liberals that I know are simply those who want to solve social ills or inequalities but do not want this change to be organic. They want to bring government in as a way to speed it up. They are just too naive or idealistic to know or ackowledge the limits of human nature, physics, or economics. Edited September 22 by impartialobserver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robosmith Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 9 minutes ago, impartialobserver said: In the USA... it is not that dire. Yes, macroeconomic fortunes go up and down. But the downs do not generally lead to a wholesale change in one's political preferences and lifestyle choices. in the USA at least.. we would have to see another Great Depression in order to see current liberals abandon the party and do so permanently. as I see it.. most liberals that I know are simply those who want to solve social ills or inequalities but do not want this change to be organic. They want to bring government in as a way to speed it up. In both the Great Depression and the Great Recession (2008) the voters elected Democrats (FDR & Obama) to fix the excesses of capitalism that FAILED. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluge Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 1 hour ago, impartialobserver said: no matter the time (1960, 1980, 2023), there will be a subset of the population that is relatively conservative. its inevitable. Usually it is those who live in rural places, are older, or simply hold on to the past more. Impartialobserver finds the woke agenda to be interesting and compelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 Just now, Deluge said: Impartialobserver finds the woke agenda to be interesting and compelling. quite the jump in logic.. So let me guess if someone is talking about the price of corn.. you chime in with something a transgender issues in Spain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluge Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 1 minute ago, impartialobserver said: quite the jump in logic.. So let me guess if someone is talking about the price of corn.. you chime in with something a transgender issues in Spain? Nope. I move to a different thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCanMan Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 1 hour ago, impartialobserver said: no matter the time (1960, 1980, 2023), there will be a subset of the population that is relatively conservative. its inevitable. Usually it is those who live in rural places, are older, or simply hold on to the past more. No matter the time, there will always be a subset of the population that is entirely credulous and is therefor powerless to resist false narratives from the MSM and politicians. That has never been more evident than it has been over the past decade. Sadly, the people who spent all of their formative years training their minds to learn by rote are by far the most susceptible. These people don't just become mild believers - an alarming percentage of them are utterly brainwashed. For example, it's not uncommon to see a Dr still trying to make the case that we have a covid vaccine, despite the fact that "vaxing" 85% of our population in 2021 only led to a 30% increase in covid deaths the following year, with almost 90% of those covid deaths coming among the ranks of the multi-"vaccinated". No sane person would equate that level of failure with "working vaccine". For an actual Dr to say that is outrageous. We live in strange times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 1 minute ago, Deluge said: Nope. I move to a different thread. Well.. your jump is equally egregious. Describing how some will always be Conservative to saying that I find the woke agenda compelling... the two are not even closely related. 1 minute ago, WestCanMan said: No matter the time, there will always be a subset of the population that is entirely credulous and is therefor powerless to resist false narratives from the MSM and politicians. That has never been more evident than it has been over the past decade. Sadly, the people who spent all of their formative years training their minds to learn by rote are by far the most susceptible. These people don't just become mild believers - an alarming percentage of them are utterly brainwashed. For example, it's not uncommon to see a Dr still trying to make the case that we have a covid vaccine, despite the fact that "vaxing" 85% of our population in 2021 only led to a 30% increase in covid deaths the following year, with almost 90% of those covid deaths coming among the ranks of the multi-"vaccinated". No sane person would equate that level of failure with "working vaccine". For an actual Dr to say that is outrageous. We live in strange times... I could be talking about door hinges and you would find a way to bring COVID into the conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluge Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 4 minutes ago, impartialobserver said: Well.. your jump is equally egregious. Describing how some will always be Conservative to saying that I find the woke agenda compelling... the two are not even closely related. I'm saying that you're a Biden voter before you're a Trump voter. Prove me wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 Just now, Deluge said: I'm saying that you're a Biden voter before you're a Trump voter. Prove me wrong. Another response that is not even closely related. Do the world a favor and never be an analyst or lawyer. To answer your question (even though you do not have the ability to answer mine).. I vote 3rd party about 98% of the time. Only exceptions are where that option does not exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluge Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 3 minutes ago, impartialobserver said: Another response that is not even closely related. Do the world a favor and never be an analyst or lawyer. To answer your question (even though you do not have the ability to answer mine).. I vote 3rd party about 98% of the time. Only exceptions are where that option does not exist Who did you vote for in the last election? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 2 minutes ago, Deluge said: Who did you vote for in the last election? Jo Jorgenson (Libertarian Party). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCanMan Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 15 minutes ago, impartialobserver said: Well.. your jump is equally egregious. Describing how some will always be Conservative to saying that I find the woke agenda compelling... the two are not even closely related. I could be talking about door hinges and you would find a way to bring COVID into the conversation. Note to leftists: licking door hinges is no safer than licking windows or doorknobs. You can get the deadly "unaxxed" strain of covid from them, which can kill you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluge Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 4 minutes ago, impartialobserver said: Jo Jorgenson (Libertarian Party). Vote for Vivek Ramaswamy next time. He has a much better plan. https://www.vivek2024.com/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 (edited) 25 minutes ago, impartialobserver said: Well.. your jump is equally egregious. Describing how some will always be Conservative to saying that I find the woke agenda compelling... the two are not even closely related. I could be talking about door hinges and you would find a way to bring COVID into the conversation. I'm just wondering... Has it occurred to you that for "Conservatives", change is not always welcome. "Conservatives" need a good reason to change. Without that good reason, we see no real reason to change anything. Especially those things that we know work. For instance...for a certain amount of money, we can produce a number of carbon based products that produce energy on demand. All one has to do is burn it. Doing so drives our societies. Liberals want to discontinue this practice because its dirty and appears to be creating an issue within our planet's atmosphere. OK...How big is this problem...precisely? Our entire society is built on the premise that burning fossil fuels produces the energy to drive our society...so it better be dire. Well...predictions say... Hold it...stop...stop..."predictions"? You don't know, do you. Scientists say... Ya ya yaaa...scientists say all sorts of nonsense. Had your 10th jab yet? What you're proposing has monumental consequences. Show me the proof. You don't believe in science? I believe in myself, my family and Gawd. The proof? And so it goes...every day. With no real proof, the Liberal mind demands we commit economic suicide. In the name of shady information, using fear as a club to beat the masses into subservience...for no real good reason. And...because I happen to be a "Conservative"...I call your bullshit. We CAN change our carbon footie-print and make you happy...AND maintain what we have in hand so everyone is not subjugated to this...bullshit. At least a good "Conservative" would figure out a way to walk and chew gum at the same time. Edited September 22 by Nationalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCanMan Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 On 9/21/2023 at 9:39 AM, NYLefty said: And this doesn't even take into account the fact that Republicans are aging out and the die off is well under way. Millennials have shown to be a politically active generation and completely reject right wing ideals, and every year millions more are becoming eligible to vote. Doesn't look good Republicants. Oh well. You're forgetting that as people age, start paying taxes, and gain life experience & wisdom, they start to see leftard drivel for what it truly is. That's not always the case though, the view never changes from your mom's basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 2 hours ago, impartialobserver said: In the USA... it is not that dire. Yes, macroeconomic fortunes go up and down. But the downs do not generally lead to a wholesale change in one's political preferences and lifestyle choices. in the USA at least.. we would have to see another Great Depression in order to see current liberals abandon the party and do so permanently. Well i note that conservatives in the US do win elections pretty regular and by healthy margins so ... some seem to be willing to do so from time to time. Quote as I see it.. most liberals that I know are simply those who want to solve social ills or inequalities but do not want this change to be organic. They want to bring government in as a way to speed it up. They are just too naive or idealistic to know or ackowledge the limits of human nature, physics, or economics. No, they want to force their personal viewpoint of what is or isn't right or wrong on other people by force of law and they want to force others to pay for it. THey're not generally good people, although they are convinced they are When in history has it EVER ended well over time to attempt to force others to your viewpoint by law and gov't? Good liberals are willing to try to convince others that their point of view is good and encourage them to follow that lifestyle. Bad liberals, today's liberals, seek to force change through gov't. People will eventually get sick of that the same way they got sick of virtually every other "gov't knows best' model from the nazi's to stalin to the spanish inquisition. "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still". More traditional liberals are a boon to society - hopefully we'll get back to that and away from the socialistic version we see today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robosmith Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 2 hours ago, WestCanMan said: No matter the time, there will always be a subset of the population that is entirely credulous and is therefor powerless to resist false narratives from the MSM and politicians. That has never been more evident than it has been over the past decade. Sadly, the people who spent all of their formative years training their minds to learn by rote are by far the most susceptible. These people don't just become mild believers - an alarming percentage of them are utterly brainwashed. For example, it's not uncommon to see a Dr still trying to make the case that we have a covid vaccine, despite the fact that "vaxing" 85% of our population in 2021 only led to a 30% increase in covid deaths the following year, with almost 90% of those covid deaths coming among the ranks of the multi-"vaccinated". No sane person would equate that level of failure with "working vaccine". For an actual Dr to say that is outrageous. We live in strange times... Yes it is very strange when someone like Goddess can look at a graph which clearly shows the most vaccinated have the lowest excess death rates, and come to the OPPOSITE conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robosmith Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 2 hours ago, Nationalist said: I'm just wondering... Has it occurred to you that for "Conservatives", change is not always welcome. "Conservatives" need a good reason to change. Without that good reason, we see no real reason to change anything. Especially those things that we know work. For instance...for a certain amount of money, we can produce a number of carbon based products that produce energy on demand. All one has to do is burn it. Doing so drives our societies. Liberals want to discontinue this practice because its dirty and appears to be creating an issue within our planet's atmosphere. OK...How big is this problem...precisely? Our entire society is built on the premise that burning fossil fuels produces the energy to drive our society...so it better be dire. Well...predictions say... Hold it...stop...stop..."predictions"? You don't know, do you. Scientists say... Ya ya yaaa...scientists say all sorts of nonsense. Had your 10th jab yet? What you're proposing has monumental consequences. Show me the proof. You don't believe in science? I believe in myself, my family and Gawd. The proof? And so it goes...every day. With no real proof, the Liberal mind demands we commit economic suicide. In the name of shady information, using fear as a club to beat the masses into subservience...for no real good reason. And...because I happen to be a "Conservative"...I call your bullshit. We CAN change our carbon footie-print and make you happy...AND maintain what we have in hand so everyone is not subjugated to this...bullshit. At least a good "Conservative" would figure out a way to walk and chew gum at the same time. Some of us understand the LAWS OF PHYSICS and ^some choose to believe an ancient book with even greater fervor and commitment. Apparently because of a belief that it works and they need absolute proof to change their beliefs. IOW, far more proof than it took to form their INITIAL and LONG-STANDING beliefs. Do you understand the LAWS OF PHYSICS that govern GHG in the atmosphere? Believe that is MAGIC? Do you know what will happen when the Canadian permafrost melts en masse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted September 23 Report Share Posted September 23 2 hours ago, robosmith said: Some of us understand the LAWS OF PHYSICS and ^some choose to believe an ancient book with even greater fervor and commitment. Apparently because of a belief that it works and they need absolute proof to change their beliefs. IOW, far more proof than it took to form their INITIAL and LONG-STANDING beliefs. Do you understand the LAWS OF PHYSICS that govern GHG in the atmosphere? Believe that is MAGIC? Do you know what will happen when the Canadian permafrost melts en masse? Lol...so no real proof. Just a bunch of smoke and mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myata Posted September 23 Report Share Posted September 23 (edited) That's just a bad, bad thinking. No ruler, not checked and challenged by the society and opponents could and would stay sane. The evidence is just too common in the history, but it's simple, really: if we can fix you, make you better for your own sake, why wouldn't we? Yes, we can! No, just bad idea. The need is for more discussion, more dialogue between the parties and interests, more openness, more questioning more competition and renewal, not less. Not zero, definitely. A bad idea. Edited September 23 by myata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted September 23 Report Share Posted September 23 3 hours ago, robosmith said: Some of us understand the LAWS OF PHYSICS Well you don't. I had to explain how time works to you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLefty Posted September 23 Author Report Share Posted September 23 10 hours ago, WestCanMan said: You're forgetting that as people age, start paying taxes, and gain life experience & wisdom, they start to see leftard drivel for what it truly is. That's not always the case though, the view never changes from your mom's basement. If that's the formula you're hoping will save the Reichwing then all I can say is 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLefty Posted September 23 Author Report Share Posted September 23 9 hours ago, CdnFox said: Well i note that conservatives in the US do win elections pretty regular and by healthy margins so ... some seem to be willing to do so from time to time. No, they want to force their personal viewpoint of what is or isn't right or wrong on other people by force of law and they want to force others to pay for it. THey're not generally good people, although they are convinced they are When in history has it EVER ended well over time to attempt to force others to your viewpoint by law and gov't? Good liberals are willing to try to convince others that their point of view is good and encourage them to follow that lifestyle. Bad liberals, today's liberals, seek to force change through gov't. People will eventually get sick of that the same way they got sick of virtually every other "gov't knows best' model from the nazi's to stalin to the spanish inquisition. "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still". More traditional liberals are a boon to society - hopefully we'll get back to that and away from the socialistic version we see today. You win the tap dance of the hour award once again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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