好文!兩屆大選對於多數中間選民而言,都是先看誰的理念和劣跡自己更不能接受,然後捏著鼻子選他的對方。想美國從建國時期的精英國父走到今日,真是江河日下!國父華盛頓離職演說時就警告美國,黨爭禍國殃民。黨派作為政治生物,太自然的會把自身的利益存亡淩駕於國家人民的利益之上了。兩黨走到今天這一步,先下黑手的是民主黨。當年水門事件,老布什被GOP派往全國各地考察黨情,發現大多數共和黨都會支持彈劾總統,所以尼克鬆引咎辭職。可見當年的共和黨還是有底線,有氣量的。數年之後 Robert Bork 被裏根提名最高法院大法官,他的聽證過程被民主黨人徹底玩殘到Bork變成了一個動詞。其實Bork本人是十分正直優秀的。Bork也是最後一個在聽證問答中言之有物的法官。值得注意的是Bork Bork的首當其衝的主黨之一就是拜登。
回到當下,我本人最擔心的一是教育,二是媒體的自由和公正。所以即使川普從人品和風度等多方麵都是窟窿滿滿,但是主黨被教師工會把持,不給貧困生(包括白人黑人及各色人等)他們唯一可以合法改變自己命運的機會(參見Thomas Sowell的著作和視頻);他們把持大中小學校的choice of indoctrination, 和媒體一樣不鼓勵free speech跟critical thinking,著重培養票倉的"I want, I deserve, I am entitled"而不是individual responsibility, shoulder the consequence of one's own decisions.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” - Alexander Fraser Tytler