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[–] Wolph 4 points 17 points (+21|-4) ago 

America is not going to tolerate religion and politics together for much longer. Young intellectuals will eventually realize they don't like their money being taken by an incompetent government, they will be more likely to go republican if there is no religious core to the party. Sad, but it's true.

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[–] wmp 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

"Young intellectuals" (read as: college kids) are some of the most brainwashed folks I've met. The lack of critical thinking and application of those reasoning skills is honestly quite shocking. Anything that's slightly unsavory is dismissed with an -ism.

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[–] Novius 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Gamergate put the Libertarian in contact with Left Anti-Authoritarian, I hope a party emerges that is tech/business savvy and grows the middle class by rewarding honest labor.

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[–] Almightyzentaco ago 

You seem to be under the impression that voters actually get a say in what happens

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[–] purr 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I'm a young intellectual who doesn't mix my religion with my politics. I'm not a Republican, but a libertarian. You say that people who don't want their money taken by the government will vote Republican, meaning that people will think that the Republicans support low taxes and small government. However, the public should not be misled: this is not true of most Republicans. This mises.org article and this creators.com article provide some evidence.

edit: Add that the public should not be misled.

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[–] newoldwave [S] 3 points 3 points (+6|-3) ago 

The stoggy old GOP is being shown the door. Two non-politicians and only sorta Republicans are leading the way in Iowa. Trump has tossed down the gauntlet and told the GOP he'll either do it with them or without them

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[–] Rommel79 2 points 8 points (+10|-2) ago 

You act like the exact same thing isn't happening with the Democrats.

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[–] newoldwave [S] ago 

I haven't gotten to the Democrats yet, but they're betting on a lame horse and just don't get it.

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[–] knowsguy 6 points 1 point (+7|-6) ago 

Such a tired and unsubstantiated claim.

Yes, both parties primarily prioritize the interests of their corporate donors above Joe Average.

Besides that clear similarity, there are other areas where they are clearly different.

I'd rather have a democrat in office or congress if I'm gay,

or if I'm a woman who chooses contraception or to end an unwanted pregnancy,

or if I'm an unskilled worker who would like more than $8.50,

or if I want to be protected from dangerous work conditions,

etc...

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[–] postmortem 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

100% true.

Prairie fires start like this. Lots of little embers that get a little bigger when the wind is just right. Then next thing you know 2 fires become 1 bigger. And it just keeps going until 5000 buffalo come rage-assing at you.

But by that time, yer fucked.