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Something I've noticed about Republicans.
Id82:
Something that I've noticed that increasingly frustrates me about Republican or possibly conservative thinking is that they consistently view problems at the surface instead of getting deep down to the root of a problem, and so they implement policy to pull the weed out but not kill the root. I've been seeing this with multiple issues:
Abortion: Too many abortions are happening so you have to kill the places that cause abortions, get rid of planned parent hoods and women will stop having abortions right? Instead of getting deep down to the reason why women have abortions to begin with. Increased poverty, teenage pregnancies, single mothers. Getting rid of planned parent hoods won't make these problems go away which instead will lead to more poverty, abandoned children etc.
Inner city crime rates/Gang Violence: Martial law and order increased police force will stop gangs right? Instead of going deep down to figure out why many minorities are joining gangs to begin with or finding out why gangs are fighting one another. Decades of mistrust in the system, mistrust in police officers, POVERTY, increased incarceration of young black men, bad education systems all leading to lack of family unit which leads young men and women to seek these things out in unhealthy ways.
Drug use: Make drugs illegal and implement just say no programs and people *cough* minorities *cough* will stop using drugs right? Instead of figuring out why people would take drugs to begin with. Addictive personalities, lack of education, POVERTY, Making things illegal tends to make people go into hiding to use. Crack or heroin dens, drugs manufactured in unsafe unclean environments.
Teenage Pregnancy: Teach the little boys and little girls not to have sex and they won't have sex right? Instead of figuring out why girls are getting pregnant at a young age. Lack of education, lack of contraceptives and contraceptive education, lack of knowledge of how their own bodies function.
Gun Violence: More guns and a militarized police will make more people feel safer from the people that kill people with guns right? Instead of examining why people are shooting up other people in the first place, making mental health more easily accessible, studying gun violence.
Terrorism: Going to war with Terrorist will show them that we mean business and won't be terrorized right? Instead of figuring out what breeds terrorists in the first place, nation building where we're not wanted, getting involved in foreign affairs that had nothing to do with us in the first place. POVERTY The fact that war with terrorism just creates more terrorism.
Police Brutality: If black people weren't so prone to violence the police wouldn't have to kill them in the first place, why are they burning down buildings can't they protest peacefully, stop protesting and get a job, now is not the time to protest! Instead of years of systemic racism, forced POVERTY poor education, a mistrust for the police has lead to these circumstances.
I'm sure there are others but I'm noticing a trend of Political Occam's razor with the Republican party. Out of boredom I was listening to the 1992 US presidential debates. Funnily enough they were arguing about the same bullshit were arguing about now. When the question about gang violence came up Dan Quayle said that gang violence occurred because of a lack of a father figure in the home, and went on to blame black people for this reason and saying that men need to get out of these gangs and be at home for their children. Instead of the reasons that these problems were occuring in the first place.
A lot of these issues when you come down to it find its roots in Poverty and lack of education. Is it just a Republican's mind state to be more reactionary and to just throw something at a problem and saying there that solves it? To work on their gut feelings instead of actually seeing what is causing the issue?
Am I the only one that's noticing this? How do we change this?
Art Vandelay:
At risk of sounding a tad dramatic here, Republicans (at least more so than Democrats) are the puppets of the rich. They'll never outright say it in any official capacity, but their aim isn't to help people in the first place, it's to exploit them as efficiently as possible. Keeping the majority of people poor, ignorant and fighting amongst themselves isn't the unfortunate result of poorly thought out solutions, it's exactly what they're trying to do in the first place. They have to pretend otherwise to sell it to the voters, but they know full well what they're doing.
dpareja:
Getting the middle class to blame the poor for why they can't become rich is the oldest trick of the elites, and it lets them run out the back door with all the money while everyone else is distracted.
rookie:
--- Quote from: Art Vandelay on February 15, 2018, 07:52:22 pm ---... but their aim isn't to help people in the first place, it's to exploit them as efficiently as possible. ...
--- End quote ---
You lost me a second there, Art. Who is it that is (not supposed to be but really is) looking out for the poor and middle class? Because from where I'm sitting (Baltimore, MD) the democrats sure aren't wasting money on lubrication for the shaft they're giving the poor and middle class.
dpareja:
--- Quote from: rookie on February 15, 2018, 11:10:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Art Vandelay on February 15, 2018, 07:52:22 pm ---... but their aim isn't to help people in the first place, it's to exploit them as efficiently as possible. ...
--- End quote ---
You lost me a second there, Art. Who is it that is (not supposed to be but really is) looking out for the poor and middle class? Because from where I'm sitting (Baltimore, MD) the democrats sure aren't wasting money on lubrication for the shaft they're giving the poor and middle class.
--- End quote ---
The Democrats (most of them, anyway, and not quite to the extent of the Republicans) are bought and paid for by the rich, just like the Republicans.
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