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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4989495" data-attributes="member: 24302">It&#039;s telling how the Left sees the Right, and vice versa.&nbsp; We on the Right see the Left as wanting centralized government with the power to direct our lives for us.&nbsp; Wanting to eliminate faith in anything but the government&#039;s ability to take care of us.&nbsp; To make everyone equal to the point no one has more than others except through their importance in the state hierarchy.&nbsp; Essentially unquestioning worker drones servicing the elite.&nbsp; With a callous disregard for the sanctity of human life.The Left appears, strictly from a conservatives perspective, to believe the Right consists of selfish, greedy individuals who put self interests above those of the group.&nbsp; That the Right has varying levels of superstition that they cling to.&nbsp; That they distrust anything the state does that interferes with their right to make money.&nbsp; And they&#039;re armed to the teeth to prevent a state takeover of their lives.&nbsp; That they put the right of a fetus to be born over the right of a woman to control her own body.&nbsp; As always the truth is somewhere in the middle depending on the subject.&nbsp; But politics sway people in various directions.&nbsp; As usual after the pendulum swings Left people grow alarmed at the rapid radical changes, the increased spending, the slow business growth.&nbsp; And as usual after the pendulum swings Right in reaction people grow alarmed at the wealth being created for the business elite, the rising prominence in religious influence, the gung ho attitude towards American nationalism.We&#039;re essentially caught in the ebb and flow of influence two large camps have on American society.&nbsp; With a lot of distrust and even outright horror at what goes on in the other camp.&nbsp; And now it seems one camp is determined to achieve control politically to where the other camp no longer can influence American society.&nbsp; Are you familiar with what a pressure cooker does when it reaches a level it can&#039;t sustain?&nbsp; The only pressure valve we have is our election process.&nbsp; When people no longer trust the integrity of that process and feel shut out of the political process then the pressure valve will fail and the pressure cooker will explode.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4989495, member: 24302"] It's telling how the Left sees the Right, and vice versa. We on the Right see the Left as wanting centralized government with the power to direct our lives for us. Wanting to eliminate faith in anything but the government's ability to take care of us. To make everyone equal to the point no one has more than others except through their importance in the state hierarchy. Essentially unquestioning worker drones servicing the elite. With a callous disregard for the sanctity of human life. The Left appears, strictly from a conservatives perspective, to believe the Right consists of selfish, greedy individuals who put self interests above those of the group. That the Right has varying levels of superstition that they cling to. That they distrust anything the state does that interferes with their right to make money. And they're armed to the teeth to prevent a state takeover of their lives. That they put the right of a fetus to be born over the right of a woman to control her own body. As always the truth is somewhere in the middle depending on the subject. But politics sway people in various directions. As usual after the pendulum swings Left people grow alarmed at the rapid radical changes, the increased spending, the slow business growth. And as usual after the pendulum swings Right in reaction people grow alarmed at the wealth being created for the business elite, the rising prominence in religious influence, the gung ho attitude towards American nationalism. We're essentially caught in the ebb and flow of influence two large camps have on American society. With a lot of distrust and even outright horror at what goes on in the other camp. And now it seems one camp is determined to achieve control politically to where the other camp no longer can influence American society. Are you familiar with what a pressure cooker does when it reaches a level it can't sustain? The only pressure valve we have is our election process. When people no longer trust the integrity of that process and feel shut out of the political process then the pressure valve will fail and the pressure cooker will explode. [/QUOTE]

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