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In reply to the discussion: I think we are missing the most damaging aspects of the shutdown to the right... [View all]GoneOffShore
(17,337 posts)59. I posted about this earlier in the week. These people want to eliminate 'the state'.
Because ,'The state should not be seen to work. If the state is seen to work, we shall never be rid of it.'
This has been the position of Republicans since the days of Herbert Hoover (Eisenhower being a remarkable exception).
Look back at the lunacy of Grover Norquist et. al.
They don't want 'the state', they want oligarchy.
For a different take read '60 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong', particularly the chapters on how government is viewed in France.
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I think we are missing the most damaging aspects of the shutdown to the right... [View all]
GulfCoast66
Jan 2019
OP
And having a competent electorate requires work. And awareness of the actual issues,
guillaumeb
Jan 2019
#61
The interesting thing is "small government" will hurt the people pushing it most.
Blue_true
Jan 2019
#54
No right-winger will have the foggiest idea what ""regenerative infrastructure" means.
pangaia
Jan 2019
#43
Basically, I think, yes. They hate what they sneer and smear as big government.
calimary
Jan 2019
#18
This libertarian bull has been going on ever since James Buchanan and his band of merry men
turbinetree
Jan 2019
#11
Another bullshit narrative along with trickle down economics, yet intelligence challenged
world wide wally
Jan 2019
#32
Here is the thing about big vs small government and how the RW sells it to voters..
world wide wally
Jan 2019
#35
Kind of like "women's work".. you know, the boring, maintenance kind of stuff.
annabanana
Jan 2019
#48
I posted about this earlier in the week. These people want to eliminate 'the state'.
GoneOffShore
Jan 2019
#59