Reply #6: I think his political analysis is correct. [View All]

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He gets some details wrong, e.g. he says Dean was the only
anti-war candidate.

The core problem is that the current ruling oligarchy doesn't govern
well, in fact they govern really badly, and they are nevertheless
anxious to retain power, and they cannot do that without all the
foreign adventures and such, which serve as a distraction and a
pretext for the various extra-Constitutional maneuverings they employ
to that end.

Hence the bashing of "isolationism", as though minding your own
business was some sort of moral turpitude, or the pretense that it's
selfish of all us citizens to want to spend all that tax money on
something that would improve our lives, e.g. first class schools or
decent public transit or free public health care.

The fact is that "isolationism" is a perfectly reasonable political
position, and in fact it dominates in most countries in the world,
and it was held in high regard by the founders of this nation. All
the speculation as to the harm that might follow from "isolationism"
is quite condescending in it's attitude towards the rest of the World,
as though it would all collapse without our constant intervention.