(09-22-2020, 01:14 AM)classicdrogn Wrote: The teal deer there is looking like "Socialism works, if you have at least a plurality acting in good faith for the common benefit." Which is why it won't work with the current culture in America, acting for the common benefit means sometimes putting it at least slightly above your own interests, and no one gets into a leadership position by doing anything but advancing their own interests first, last, and always.
And not just those in leadership positions. A fair percentage of the population -- not just the Republican base, but you can be sure they're a big part of it -- thoroughly embraces a "me first, everyone else can go to hell" philosophy, as evidenced by the ridiculously large number of people who are "rebelling" against masks. Which caused the other is a pointless question, but it's clear the modern Republican party is encouraging, exploiting, and profiting from it.
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I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....