Continuations by Albert Wenger : Everything Wrong with the Democrats

The US political system is in turmoil because the Republicans have been high-jacked by Trump and the Democrats have become hypocritical technocrats. I have written a fair bit about Trump and will write more, but today’s post is reserved for “everything” I find wrong with the Democrats. There is more and also more detail to each of these criticisms, so consider this to be an overview: Democrats have embraced an intrusive ninny state that patronizes citizens. I blame books like Nudge and the theories behind it. Government should be about creating the conditions for progress, not about micro managing citizens’ lives. Democrats have supported the surveillance state and forever wars coming out of 9/11. The recent extension of the Patriot Act is an utter disgrace. Abroad, Democrats have supported poorly thought through interventions (I am not for splendid isolation, just for not succumbing to the neocon hawks). Democrats are largely anti innovation (sometimes inadvertently, sometimes on purp

The US political system is in turmoil because the Republicans have been high-jacked by Trump and the Democrats have become hypocritical technocrats. I have written a fair bit about Trump and will write more, but today’s post is reserved for “everything” I find wrong with the Democrats. There is more and also more detail to each of these criticisms, so consider this to be an overview: Democrats have embraced an intrusive ninny state that patronizes citizens. I blame books like Nudge and the theories behind it. Government should be about creating the conditions for progress, not about micro mana