re: #85 EPR-radar

Fron DailyKos:

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The basic thesis is that because the US got rid of its actual leftist political parties in the various red scares and purges of the 20th century, there is a natural tendency for the US to drift right politically.

This is plausible, since the dominant voices out there are moderates prone to compromise, and an intransigent and radicalizing right.

This may be the best simple answer to “Why can’t the US have the nice things they have in Europe” that I’ve seen.

I sometimes wonder if crazy shitheads are a greater percentage of the population here than in Europe, and if so, is it because a lot of the crazy shitheads who lived in Europe emigrated here, and bred more crazy shitheads in the fertile plains of American, while the rest of Europeans decided they’d stay in Europe, because it was much nicer with fewer crazy shitheads.