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Originally Posted by Drakonix
Well said.
Expanding the power of Government at the expense of individual freedoms IS the liberal agenda. The end result is the destruction of the United States as a country. Pure and simple, it's communism - proven by history to be an ineffective form of government. In the end the government has everything and the people have little, and are completely dependent on the government for everyday life needs.
This is why I am a conservative Republican.
Nothing is perfect, but the conservative way at least can work whereas communism will never work.
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Calling any political position that is left of centre communist is akin to calling any position right of centre fascist. Now, I don't believe you're a fascist, but framing the debate in such black and white terms regarding the cyclical swinging of the pendulum between left and right is disingenuous. FDR and the new deal didn't finish the US as a nation, they finished ww2 as the premier nation on the globe. That's just the best example I can find in your country's history, but none of the other left of centre major figures were communists either.
Also, many European allies of yours have left leaning governments, which are hardly communist. It's not pure and simple, the world is not black and white.