[Lazamataz]

Yeah, apart from the thousands of Chileans tortured for disagreeing with their government.

See, I'm okay with that, so long as we are on top.

[FormerFRLurker]

See, I'm okay with that, so long as we are on top.

I'm not, because there's no guarantee we would remain on top. First rule of politics: everything you do to the opposition will be done to you when the opposition comes to power. Second rule of politics: no party or ideology remains in power forever. Maybe the older Freepers wouldn't be around to pay the price when the counterrevolution happens but as a 30-something I will. I'm not paying the price for yet another Boomer fantasy.

[Alvin Diogenes]

“Yeah, apart from the thousands of Chileans tortured for disagreeing with their government.”

See, I'm okay with that, so long as we are on top.

It never works out that way. Give the bullies a little bit of power and you end up with tyranny.

Just go back to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Founding Fathers understood human nature and set things up right.