Originally Posted by Greger
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It's kind of weird because you seem to be contradicting yourself.
First you're mocking my mention of anti-democracy operatives, aka thugs etc, then you imply that if you don't fight back, your ship isn't worthy of surviving a "storm".
Can't have it both ways.

I simply have faith that the America we have built is a sturdy enough ship to survive any storm.

You. on the other hand, are running about and shouting that the ship is sinking.

Your ship is apparently weak and unseaworthy. Mine is going to weather this storm without any problems.
I have faith that our system is seaworthy, but I am not willing to ignore the storm. Sturdy ships have been lost at sea with some regularity, and keeping up maintenance and protecting the ship by sailing out of harm's way are the best preventatives for sinking.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich