Ironically, that's the guy I was talking about. Josh Hawley. Scary stuff.
I do, however, take some solace in the fact that Biden and the Dems at large seem to have learned from the mistakes made under Obama. Or at least, they feel pressured out of their worst neoliberal instincts by the progressive groundswell post-Bernie. I have been pleasantly surprised that Biden has not been just a repeat of Obama so far. I never thought I would hear him say something like "the risk is going too small, not too big".
No clue what you just said there but lets stop the 'your in this category so your thoughts don't count'. Everybody brings something to the table, we can work it out. We can cooperate with each other. We have common ground. We all have the same concern. It doesn't have to be the same old way of doing politics.
Having said that, Josh Hawley has been bought by the good old boys way of doing things.
Wait, what? What does that have to do with what I said?
In any case, certain opinions
are and
should be beyond the pale. Advocating for exterminating other races is and should be beyond the pale. Advocating things that violate the constitutional and human rights of others is and should be beyond the pale. Everyone does not bring something to the table. We've all already agreed on that. The only thing we can't agree on is where the line should be drawn. We cannot cooperate with people who don't want to cooperate with us. We cannot extend democratic power to those opposed to democracy itself. The entire system would collapse if you were that radically permissive.
Unless you think you can cooperate with everyone on earth including literal Nazis, you already agree with me; certain views are beyond the pale. Hell, our entire justice system is built on legislated morality. There is nothing but a broad agreement on the immorality of murder as something beyond the pale in acceptability that makes it illegal. We already, as a society, pick and choose what kinds of behavior are beyond the pale to the point of putting others in jail for them.
If UPS and Fedex couldn't keep up during Christmas they sure as shit wouldn't be able to keep up if we went to 3 days a week. I also would like to continue to pay my bills and I would not be able to do that because I would probably not be needed if we were to cut it down to 3 days a week. That would put a lot of people out of work! Talk about a downturn for the economy. 