好文!两届大选对于多数中间选民而言,都是先看谁的理念和劣迹自己更不能接受,然后捏着鼻子选他的对方。想美国从建国时期的精英国父走到今日,真是江河日下!国父华盛顿离职演说时就警告美国,党争祸国殃民。党派作为政治生物,太自然的会把自身的利益存亡凌驾于国家人民的利益之上了。两党走到今天这一步,先下黑手的是民主党。当年水门事件,老布什被GOP派往全国各地考察党情,发现大多数共和党都会支持弹劾总统,所以尼克松引咎辞职。可见当年的共和党还是有底线,有气量的。数年之后 Robert Bork 被里根提名最高法院大法官,他的听证过程被民主党人彻底玩残到Bork变成了一个动词。其实Bork本人是十分正直优秀的。Bork也是最后一个在听证问答中言之有物的法官。值得注意的是Bork Bork的首当其冲的主党之一就是拜登。
回到当下,我本人最担心的一是教育,二是媒体的自由和公正。所以即使川普从人品和风度等多方面都是窟窿满满,但是主党被教师工会把持,不给贫困生(包括白人黑人及各色人等)他们唯一可以合法改变自己命运的机会(参见Thomas Sowell的著作和视频);他们把持大中小学校的choice of indoctrination, 和媒体一样不鼓励free speech跟critical thinking,着重培养票仓的"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