>I told a friend that the genrerized differences between the end goals of main stream Republicans and Democrats were about as different as Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi.
I too find this very hard to believe. I'd be interested in hearing your argument.
I too find this very hard to believe. I'd be interested in hearing your argument.
Neither party is concerned about privacy.
Lots of other things in common as well.
Which parts do you disagree with and what evidence would convince you otherwise?
You can tell me the political party you support and I can show you how they have strong pro-war elements.
If you aren't willing to spell that out, we're not having a meaningful conversation.
Like any political opinion it is based upon thousands of observations and arguments over a period of many years.
Would it convince you the Democrats are pro-war if I provide evidence of Hillary Clinton being a war hawk?
What kind of sources will you trust?
Surely if you follow US politics you are aware of the argument already so why don’t we skip the fluff and get into the details?
> If you're making a claim, the burden of proof rests upon you
Sure - so like I said let’s find our common ground and points of disagreement and we can go from there.
If you examine the history of political philosophy of Liberalism you shall see immediately that Republicans and Democrats are both part of the Liberal Party.
I know some people come to this conclusion by viewing it as a conspiracy but it's really not.
That modern day Democrats are called Liberals causes confusion because from the historical context they are just a subset of Liberals. The older definition includes most Conservatives and Libertarians.
Political philosophy is a family tree. If you go back into the history you find that apparent enemies are more accurately described as competitors.
This is demonstrated in the present each time there is an external threat too.
Communism and Monarchy are both Western political philosophies that reject Liberalism. If you say far right or far left and this group still supports the goals of political Liberalism then you've made a category error.
What exactly shows us this?
>This is demonstrated in the present each time there is an external threat too.
Can you list some examples?
I'm not trying to be difficult, but this thread is full of assertions and scant on arguments.
I'm genuinely interested, here, but someone has yet to make a substantive argument.