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Oh yeah, I really think that he has been about as competent and successful of a liberal Democratic Obama as Biden. It's just that Obama has always that once in a generation charisma that I think most Americans miss and love him. Plus, even though Biden is smart and wise in his own right, Obama has always had a much more impressive level of intellect than Biden. Obama has been recognized by most people as a political genius and sophisticated intellectual. It's just like how back in the mid 1900s, after FDR passed away, most Americans missed him because of how incredibly inspirational, heroic, and brilliant he was. Same thing with JFK after he assassinated in 1963. Same with Teddy Roosevelt after he left office in 1909. Bill Clinton to some extent was also missed by some majority of Americans for his own brilliance, charisma, and success.

Oh Okay. So, did you like her tax cut and deregulation policies? Also, what do you think about how the critics accused her of pandering to racism or "new racism"?

We need Biden to win to make sure that the policies he already successfully implemented get baked in for another 4 four years before Trump, DeSantis, or some Republican fascist undoes everything Biden and the Democrat have done since 2021 and then goes on to destroy our country like Noam Chomsky has talked about. Then for 2028, we should go for someone else who is a more populist version of Obama.

I sincerely doubt that. Yeah, didn’t Thatcher promote neoliberalism and far right conservative values in the UK like Reagan did in America?

Obama won in 2008 and 2012 not because of his superior intellect (which he does have). It’s because he had an incredible talent for being able to relate and inspire the majority of American voters’ emotions of hope and excitement for a new kind of change that most Americans were appealed to. Also, his populist rhetoric worked for him because he has always been politically and socially savvy with most Americans and knew how to connect with the traditional cultural values of that most Americans still hold dear to their hearts. including God, Judeo-Christianity, patriotism, security, prosperity, free-market enterprise, fiscal responsibility, innovation, law and order, American exceptionalism, etc. At the same time, his message entailed liberal values that most moderates and every liberal in America believe in such as economic equality, social justice, stopping the rich from destroying the middle class and the poor, curbing the greed of Wall Street and the Big banks, gay rights, healthcare being a right for everyone, criminal justice reform, compassion for those in need, federal spending to recover and stimulate the economy, etc. While, Biden doesn’t have charisma and youth like Obama during his career as a politician, Biden has still been able to greatly connect with everyday voters on an emotional level and knows how to appeal to the all of the conservative and liberal cultural values that I just mentioned above, which most Americans believe in. Can Marianne Williamson do all of that?

I think a majority of Americans miss having Obama as president. I know I do. He was probably the best president we ever had since FDR.

If she has potential of galvanizing the progressive base as much as Sanders did if not more, then why did she do extremely poor in the primaries? Why doesn't she has as much name recognition and status as someone like Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, or Bernie Sanders? Why hasn't she received any big endorsements from any democratic leaders or big donors? Also, Leo is right, her message on New-Age spiritualism is way too ahead for most Americans who are still too tradition-oriented. Most Americans are still either Christian or Jewish or practice some other kind of traditional religion. In fact, no progressive is ever going to become POTUS until maybe decades later. Even Elizabeth Warren who has never even labelled herself as a democratic socialist like Bernie Sanders and placed 3rd in the 2020 primaries didn't come anywhere close to winning the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. Besides, why rock the boat when we need to make sure that a Democrat wins the presidency and not some right-wing fascist lunatic?

I didn't say all conservatives around the world are toxic. It is also true that left-wing ideologies such as communism/socialism have indeed backfired terribly. I actually have a lot of respect for moderate conservatives and I don't know what most in countries like the UK are like, but unfortunately most conservatives in America have been brainwashed by MAGA. Some Conservative values are still good to have, but I was pointing out all of the atrocities that have occurred because of many toxic forms of conservatism

So, even some far-right and some far-left views can be acceptable depending on the context of the situation?

So, would you say that having both moderately conservative and moderately liberals views is the best way to live a truly happy and meaningful life? Societies such as the US are also becoming increasingly atomized, which makes things even worse on a collective level.

Why are most conservatives in America are shameless MAGA zombies? What about many of the Catholic priests and monks throughout history who molested and raped many innocent young boys? So many religious leaders since the dawn of mankind have had massive egos, have been very delusional and grandiose, and used religion to gain power and wealth for themselves. How about the fact that toxic conservatism has throughout history caused ethnocentrism, racism, religious dogma, nationalism, countless wars, mass destruction of places around the world, murders, torture, unhealthy forms of emotional repression, maiming, abuse, trauma, injustice, tyranny, and so on and so forth? I'd say that some majority of conservatives throughout history have been sanctimonious hypocrites who have done more harm than good to themselves and to their own society. That's one reason why I think the idea of following religion and abiding by traditional values has most of the time been a big joke.

When you say healthy forms of conservatism, do you mean ones that are moderately conservative as oppose to those on the far-right?

Do you believe that if a woman sleeps with a lot of men then she will become more damaged psychologically?

So, are you pessimistic about this trend ever turning for the better decades from now?

Yeah, so I am skeptical about the idea that being miserable necessarily makes you more likely to become some kind of fascist or psycho.

Weren't all leaders of historic movements such as Frederick Douglas, leaders of the Populist Party, MLK, leaders of the feminists movements all so miserable?

Yeah, but if there's a serious contest for the Democratic nomination between Biden and another Democrat then that will cause the Democratic party to split throughout the country, which would also spoil Biden's of winning re-election.

I don't like it when people like her trying to run as a third alternative. I don't think that she has enough of a following to spoil the 2024 presidential election, but I hope I am not wrong about that. She lost badly the last time she ran for president. She also doesn't have charisma like Trump does. Furthermore, she hasn't even received any serious endorsements from any Democratic leaders or big donors.

Shit. Well, he probably shouldn't have smoked a lot cigars. Smoking regularly increases your risk of lung cancer.

According a poll done by the Pew Research Center 2018, "Most Americans want to limit campaign spending, say big donors have greater political influence." https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/08/most-americans-want-to-limit-campaign-spending-say-big-donors-have-greater-political-influence/ Additionally, according to a Gallup poll done 2019, most Americans are not satisfied with the campaign finance laws we currently have: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/politics/campaign-finance-polling/index.html I couldn't find polls that were done in 2020, 2021, 2022, or this year, but I am sure that the vast majority of Americans still believe that has been has been undermining our democracy, subverting will of the voters, influencing politicians to not pass many of the much needed reformist measures for our country Plus, it's not just almost every Democratic voter and Liberal voter in America who believes that all of that. The majority of conservative voters and Republican voters in the US also agree with all of that as well. So, why hasn't there yet been some kind of widespread movement for passing a constitutional amendment for banning all corporate donors and rich donors from financing campaigns?

Boy, if Teddy Roosevelt was still alive and in his prime, he probably would’ve led a massive nationwide movement to ban all corporate donors and big money from politics. He did it with Congress before in 1907 with Tillman Act. He also has the courage, wisdom, integrity, and willpower to fend off every corporation and rich person who tried to bribe him. John Rockefeller, who eventually became the first billionaire in the history of the world, tried coercing T.R. with money to not break up his monopoly over oil, but Roosevelt refused and went on with breaking up the oil monopoly into separate smaller competitive ones.

The constitution used to be amended about every 1 to 40 years, with new meaningful amendments. I am no lawyer or legislator, but I don't see how why coming up with a viable constitutional amendment that bans corporate money and big money from politics is too difficult. Btw, haven't other first world countries such as the UK, France, and Canada banned corporate money and big money from politics? How would one side lose power if every politician from every party was banned from receiving any PAC money or any corporate money from politics?

But if they passed constitutional amendment that banned rich donors and corporate donors from donating any money to any politician in the US, whether it be a Republican or Democrat or Independent or what have you, then it would a level playing field for every single candidate running for any kind of office. So, why would any politician or any candidate have a problem with that? Also, couldn't some brilliant campaign strategist or marketer out there come up with some compelling brand or some catchy message about this extremely important issue? For example, what if they put out powerful ads on television or on the internet that shows how rich donors and corporate donors having bribing politicians to poison America? Or how about having major nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience campaigns out on the streets about how corporations have been extorting politicians to grant them the authorization to destroy the middle class and working class as the rich keep getting richer and the poorer keep getting poorer? Couldn't those kind of things rile up the reptilian brain of many Americans across the country? How did the abolitionists, political activists in the early 1900s progressive era, civil rights activists, feminist activists, gay rights activists, climate activists, and all other kinds of activists throughout history all succeed?

But isn't it concerning that this problem of the increasing amount of men who are lonely might get to a point where most men in westernized countries might become single and alone for the rest of their lives? Can you imagine how that will turn out?

tragically, yes.