"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst Thälmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, Thälmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. Thälmann famously said that ‘some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forest’ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ‘social fascists.’
After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, Thälmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitler’s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."
History isn’t people? History is nothing but people.
Also, nothing you wrote disproves what I said.
We had the New Deal in place, and Reagan came along and stripped away things like banking regulations.
We could have a 90% tax rate tomorrow if people voted for it.
History isn’t people? History is nothing but people.
History is the process of Material Reality moving through time. The events of history are guided by the past, they aren’t random, chaotic events. In your analysis, Social Democracy came because FDR came, in my analysis, Social Democracy came because America was recovering from the Great Depression and the Ruling Class was terrified of a US Revolution, coming hot off the heels of the October Revolution.
We had the New Deal in place, and Reagan came along and stripped away things like banking regulations.
Why was Reagan elected in the first place? Why did he have the ideas he had, and why did people vote for them?
We could have a 90% tax rate tomorrow if people voted for it.
Where’s the ballot measure for that?
We could have a 90% tax rate tomorrow if people voted for it.
Where’s the ballot measure for that?
Now you’re just playing word games.
What you call a ‘Process of Material Reality’ could as easily be called G*d or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
You can’t disprove what I wrote about voting, so you’re trying to change the discussion.
What on Earth could you have possibly meant? When could we have voted for a 90% tax rate?
Secondly, are you actually denying that history is a physical process? Like, if I throw a ball at someone, they will then be hit by that ball shortly after, right? Then they are hurt, and may retaliate, right? History is a series of reactions, not random special heroes and heroines being born.
I have never tried to change the discussion, you’re resorting to weird debatelord logic and aren’t worth engaging with anymore. Have a good one.
Assuming God exists, God is outside material reality, as is the fsm. People are a part of material reality, and also not the entity of it, despite our grandiose illusions. As US citizens, ourselves have very little say so, regardless of who is in office. Until we decide we do. Voting isn’t the deciding factor, is what I’m understanding.