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• Commented on an opinion:Why do so many people support Trump?

  (This was captured brilliantly in a cartoon that appeared during Reagan's tenure that showed a... 21 h

• Shared opinion:Why do so many people support Trump?

  Cards on the table, I am a Republican who does not care for - and did not vote for in 2016 -... 21 h

• Shared opinion:Latest Rasmussen poll has Trump at over 51% approval , higher than Osama Obama , is it over for Biden now?

  Leaving aside your poll - some of whose failings will be illustrated in what follows - I would... 21 h

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque No, not quite. The government makes laws. It responds to populism via policy by enacting... 22 h

• Commented on an opinion:How do you feel about "Make America Great Again"?

  Thank you very much for your generous compliment. I am glad you found some value in what I wrote. 1 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Pal, I think we need to stop chasing down the rabbit hole at this point. There was... 1 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Well, by that rather feckless reasoning you have just eliminated the reasons for... 1 d

• Commented on an opinion:How do you feel about "Make America Great Again"?

  Type-o: This sentence - "The whole slogan, in a populist era, amounting to little more than a... 1 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Yes, governments will tend to reflect the errors and flaws in the thinking of their... 1 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Exactly. However, that is the problem with the formulation of "quality of life vs. saving... 1 d

• Shared opinion:How do you feel about "Make America Great Again"?

  Not sure I understand the question. It is a political slogan that is, in terms of intellectual... 1 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Thanks for the article. As to your prior posting. No one, least of all me, said that it... 2 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Yes, but a debate defined by the extremes and dogma - see also lives vs. quality of life... 2 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque NOT AN EITHER/OR. This is my point. There are no perfect solutions. The costs must be... 2 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque That is a value judgment. NOT an objective scientific calculation. Besides, they should... 2 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Again. Repeating. It is a false dichotomy. Sacrifice quality of life by lockdown.... 2 d

• Commented on an opinion:Did more people die in both world war 1 and world war 2 than in covid 19?

  @ayque Okay. Well, South Dakota here in the USA had no lockdown at all and California is still... 2 d

• Shared opinion:Would you agree that the American media is doing everything it can to ensure that Trump loses?

  Voted "Yes," but not in the sense that the question characterizes it. Let us keep perspective... 2 d

• Shared opinion:Do you guys think that Texas is going to go blue soon, aka turn into a Democratic stronghold like California and New York?

  Well, the question is a bit vague as it offers no specifics in terms of a time horizon. Thus to... 2 d

• Shared opinion:When is it acceptable, if ever, to disobey the law?

  Only two conditions make disobedience to the law acceptable. Neither of these existing at this... 2 d