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The problem with leftists ...
American Thinker ^ | 21 Feb, 2024 | Richard Berkowitz

Posted on 02/21/2024 6:10:39 PM PST by MtnClimber

I believe progressives and radical Democrats are a peculiar lot and a mixture of many personality types simultaneously.

They are aggressive, mean-spirited, have little regard for ethical restraint, are didactic, insecure, yet, comfortable in their cocoon of always being right, if they say it, it becomes so.

I believe they awake each morning disgruntled that the world is imperfect and only they have the answer how to change it into a better one. They profess to mean well and to have their fellow "man" always in mind.

Take President Johnson who had the "chutzpah" to believe he could end poverty. After spending literally trillions of dollars, poverty remained and those he sought to help were actually worse off because expectations were raised and in the end were dashed.

Meanwhile, after he left office, there was an entire "cadre" of "do gooder" progressives and radical Democrats ready to correct his mistakes claiming they only needed more time and, as always, more money.

After all, who is against elevating the underclass? How can one argue against such a worthwhile endeavor? All it takes, we are told, is more time, more tax dollars. Who, in their right mind, could be so heartless as to question both their motive and methods? All they ask is a free pass to solve the intractable.

Their discontent is assuaged by the fact they also have power beyond the voting booth.

The number of registered Democrats and Republicans is about the same. Democrats may have a modest numerical edge and certainly are more organized because power and control means everything. They do not believe government can function if it is small. In order to accomplish their goals, bigness and distance are the answer.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: communism

1 posted on 02/21/2024 6:10:39 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The communists play to win and there is not much they won’t do.


2 posted on 02/21/2024 6:11:27 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

Solution: Salvation or Heloxipters. Leftest want us DEAD.


3 posted on 02/21/2024 6:25:36 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GFLOBALISM ! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: MtnClimber

The problem with leftists is that they’re walking around alive and free.


4 posted on 02/21/2024 7:08:53 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: cowboyusa

They’re pure unadulterated evil.


5 posted on 02/21/2024 7:09:15 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Noumenon

The problem with leftists is

That they won’t STFU and they pretend they know better. Ask any of them, they’ll tell you.


6 posted on 02/21/2024 7:24:47 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: MtnClimber
The problem with leftists ...

There's only one?

7 posted on 02/21/2024 7:32:36 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

8 posted on 02/21/2024 7:43:28 PM PST by Dick Bachert (not)
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To: MtnClimber

Imagine Stalin as a Karen.

That is today’s leftists.


9 posted on 02/21/2024 7:44:04 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

“Imagine Stalin as a Karen.

That is today’s leftists.”

Yep, you nailed it.


10 posted on 02/21/2024 8:28:40 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: MtnClimber

The problem with leftist policies is two-fold.
1) They cost too much
2) Like their target constituents, they don’t work.


11 posted on 02/22/2024 3:58:41 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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