You said — “But how do you reconcile with the fact that every social or political policy enacted by the left in fact cultivates the exact opposite of its initial claim?”
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Well, I wouldn’t say that all that they say turns out the opposite of what they say. If they say they want socialized medicine, I actually believe what they say. I have no reason to doubt them.
When they say that they’re going to close down Gitmo, I sorta believe them, actually. Now, I may be wrong and they may say they intend to close it down, and yet, they will keep it going. That could very well be possible, but I sorta doubt it.
And when they say that they’re going to raise taxes on the upper income groups — I *actually* believe them. I kinda think they really mean it...
When they say that they intend to put curbs on guns and restrict their sales and restrict how guns are used and kept — I sorta believe them, there, too...
Now, if you don’t believe what they say they’re going to do, then I’m kinda thinking you’re not facing reality here...
Clearly, I need to straighten you out here.
The leftist claim regarding socialized medicine is that it will lower cost and improve quality, but 100% of empirical evidence shows us that socialized medicine increases cost because it dries up supply, and quality plummets. The leftist elite use an entirely different, market based system.
The leftist claim about raising taxes on the rich is that it makes it more fair in general, but the truth is that it decreases prosperity across the board.
The leftist claim about gun control is that it will decrease death and injury by gunshot, but in fact the opposite occurs when gun control measures are put in place.
The leftist claim about closing Gitmo is that it will honor the principle of justice, but in truth it violates justice because the primary function of the enemy combatants, when they are liberated, is to kill innocent civilians. And if they are processed through our civilian courts, they will force unwilling taxpayers to fund their defense and eventually they are likely to be freed or given an unjust sentence by confused leftist judges with the help of idiot defense attorneys.
I rest my case.