What? The “World Economic Forum” is Davos, the single biggest gathering of billionaires and capitalists in the world. If you think they are “earth-worshipping hippies” you might need to recalibrate.
So all of the problems listed here are entirely due to Republicans seeking power rather than looking to govern well…and you call that a “both sides” problem?
Once again, this is a “one side is breaking things purely for the sake of chaos, but the other side isn’t as pushy on my central issue as I want” thing.
@mlester101: Your argument here isn’t about how many people enjoy a thing, but the effort exerted. If the effort is the same, the pay should be the same: that’s what you’re arguing. As @Boise Ed pointed out, that includes all creative activity, a whole lot of digital goods, etc.
Maybe a side order of “let parents veto every school decision,” too, because that always works out really well for leftists and is NEVER, EVER purely a cugel for right-wingers to force progressive ideas out of schools.
No one is the “nominee,” for either party. That won’t happen for more than a year. So if there is an actual person, who is actually running or might run, you could actually try to drum up support for that person to help them win.
Or, y’know, complain vaguely that other people aren’t doing something-or-other, so the world sucks and we might as well be totally disengaged in order to help the Russian-backed candidiate win. Like you often do.
(Quick tip: if one of your complaints is about how old the presumptive candidates are, a “Draft Bernie” campaign will find little traction.)
Also: things HAVE changed. A lot. To the right, over the past thirty years. If you’re on the left, you might want to fight back against that.
All I know is that The Chalice from the Palace has the Pellet with the Poison, but the Flagon with the Dragon has the Brew that is True.