The 2020 Presidential Election

[Jellyfish]

Guns formed merica? I did not know that! LOL! Wendull, you're a trip.

 

[Wendull C.]

No the colonists threw rocks at the British. Made them leave quick. Look it up. I will wait.

 

[Jellyfish]

Oh Wendull, take a joke. Or a shower. Either one. I don't care. You amuse me, boy.

 

[Wendull C.]

Too hard to Google huh?

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Imperialism formed America.

Guns are only capable of horrible shit.

So said Google.

 

[Wendull C.]

The colonists were imperialistic? Which colonies did they found in the late 1700's? I need to bone up on my history. Be back after this bong hit....

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Colonies are indeed imperialistic by nature.

You need more than a bong hit.

 

[audiohi]

Imperialism serves as the underlying ideas, whereas colonialism is an established form of imperialism.

 

[h.h.]

Colonies are indeed imperialistic by nature.

You need more than a bong hit.

Absolutely. The colonies were pure capitalism. Companies rescued by their government when they failed.

Karl Marx

According to Karl Marx, the expansion of imperialism was directly linked to a growth in capitalism due to one fundamental reason: the fact that capitalism was a worldwide system and unable to be constrained within the boundaries of a single country or nation-state (Chandra, 39). This viewpoint of Marx is reiterated by historian Bipan Chandra who states: “by its very nature capitalism could not exist in only one country…it expanded to encompass the entire world, including the backward, noncapitalist countries…it was a world system” (Chandra, 39). In accordance with this view, Marx argued that capitalism required an “international division of labour,” in which the capitalists sought to convert “one part of the globe into a chiefly agricultural field of production, for supplying the other part which remains a chiefly industrial field” (Chandra, 43). Thus, according to Marx, imperialism served as a means to extract a large amount of “raw materials” and resources in a relatively cheap manner – all at the expense (and exploitation) of the indigenous peoples of the world that came into contact with the imperial powers. Ironically, Marx viewed the expansion of capitalist societies into the world as a necessary evil that would, ultimately, shift societies toward the path of communism. For Marx – who believed that society followed a series of progressing epochs – imperialism was simply the next (and unavoidable) step for capitalism’s relentless expansion.

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Capitalism-and-the-Expansion-of-Imperialism

 

[igrowone]

and the DOW is down over -2000
i can feel the tidal wave of prosperity that Trump will be re-elected on
edit: and Pence just announced there wasn't any confusion after Trump's speech
i guess i can agree with that, not confusion but shear fear

 

[audiohi]

11,000 total tests performed in the US to date.

 

[armedoldhippy]

even if biden somehow beats trump, the right will put someone up even more deranged than Trump after Biden's term if he even makes it through.

Trump was elected because of the utter failure of the neoliberal corporate party known as the democrats. elect another neoliberal and watch what happens. you'll get someone even worse than trump.

Cruz?

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

- Tom Cruz? -

Cruz?

 

['Boogieman']

- Tom Cruz? -

I believe he is talking about Ted Cruz who is not very liked in the Republican party for once being a never Trumper.

 

[armedoldhippy]

- Tom Cruz? -

Ted Cruz, loose cannon Texas GOP Senator abhorred by many members of both parties for being a flaming asshole.

 

[Microbeman]

I believe he is talking about Ted Cruz who is not very liked in the Republican party for once being a never Trumper.

C'mon eh; half the republican suckholes presently in power were never Trumpers. There was no draining of the swamp. It was just beaten into submission.

 

[Zeez]

We did have an agency called Global Health Security Agenda which was part of the CDC. Too bad the Agency was stripped of funding and the director fired by trump

'The CDC has been helping other countries stop dangerous, fast-spreading outbreaks, such as SARS in 2009. But a few years ago, the agency decided to try a different approach: Help other countries set up their own disease-detection facilities so they can find outbreaks before they spiral out of control.'

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/ghs/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...security-national-security-column/4872524002/

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...cuts-in-detecting-disease-outbreaks-worldwide

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/31/us-coronavirus-budget-cuts-trump-underprepared

 

[Jellyfish]

I believe he is talking about Ted Cruz who is not very liked in the Republican party for once being a never Trumper.

Clueless people sometimes don't recognize humor, not referring to anyone in particular.

 

[NEW ENGLAND]

Clueless people sometimes don't recognize humor, not referring to anyone in particular.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[NEW ENGLAND]

Boston marathon postponed till autumn.