tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post882722200494140425..comments2024-03-18T15:45:32.866-04:00Comments on bensozia: American TheocracyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-17155282535068882352011-11-22T01:48:50.730-05:002011-11-22T01:48:50.730-05:00it's superbly disappointing how dualism -- the...it's superbly disappointing how dualism -- the simplest, least enlightened, stone-age approach to understanding an issue -- appears to be the sole lexicon of many political leaders (santorum's voice being one of many in a pathetically unoriginal dirge). it has infected discussion of even politics itself to the point where any discussion of political stance must conform to the liberal/conservative trope, leaving no one capable of viewing the liberal/conservative axis as one of two axes, where libertarian/authoritarian forms the other.<br /><br />this narrowing of the political road seems designed -- yes on purpose -- to exclude creative discussion, new ideas or heck different ideas, in order to perpetuate the two-party system.<br /><br />i think every politician currently in and running for at least federal office should be compelled to honestly complete and then publish the results from the <a href="http://politicalcompass.org" rel="nofollow">political compass quiz</a> so that they not only reflect on whether their own tendencies extend or conflict the goals of a republic, but as well so we as an electorate can attempt to choose our representatives more by stance, less by eye-catching explosive issues. it would also be illuminating to simulate past presidents' answers to compare against.leifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097320643676830221noreply@blogger.com