David Bailey
Member
I want to make it clear that I do very little moderation, most of the time I post here as an ordinary member, whose opinions stand or fall on their own merits. My promotion from Moderator to Administrator was some sort of software glitch!It irked me David Bailey administrator scolds Steve about some casual political remark on the Sean Webb page, which I found apropos because it goes to the heart of posing to have critical thinking skills. Then David proceeds to go into a little pro Trump tirade that smacks of naked hypocrisy.
When I do actually intervene it is usually because someone has pressed the 'Report' button for one reason or another. The main action I take is to PM people and have a private discussion, though real trouble makers do get banned. My comment to Steve, was as an ordinary member.
In the past we have suffered attacks that threatened to bring discussion here to its knees. Either by trivialising the conversation, engaging in endless attacks against anyone whose views were not completely in line with "established science", etc. I took the job on for no pay or perks, simply because I felt that some of the subjects covered here are worth protecting.
IMHO Capitalism is a real problem, but it is really hard to know what to replace it with. President Eisenhower referred to the "Military Industrial Complex", and he was obviously right to fear that. Many of the recent pointless wars have made profits for the arms manufacturers, and to that extent Tump's more cautious approach has probably dented those profits.In the USA here Capitalism is worshipped even though it has totally corrupted our politics.
Here in the US, I haven't met one Trump supporter who doesn't think Trump is trying to protect status quo, i.e. White Western Culture. OK, fair enough, nothing wrong with that, but isn't that a bias?
That clash is similar in Britain. Some politicians want to make everyone feel guilty for what the country did in the past. I really disagree with that approach. Even if you accept the idea that a man should be responsible for what his forebears did, most of the people back then were as crushed by the capitalists as those of other races. Imagine being forced to go and fight a very dirty war and face death and disease for the sake of the profits of a remote elite. I also feel that the Dems are in danger of reigniting racial conflicts. There are very poor communities of white people here and in the states who don't feel racial guilt at all - racial guilt is very much a liberal elitist trip.
Surely it is possible to protect White Western Culture, without so much economic injustice and endless wars?
David
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