Our Politics appear extreme since everything is over sensationalized by the media...But really the viewpoints from each party are similar to each other. And the end results from either party never seems to be surprising. Illegal immigration for example ? Both parties want amnesty, they just word it differently. But amnesty is still amnesty. There are plenty of other areas where the parties act like they disagree, but when it comes time to vote both parties will vote a resounding yes or a resounding no on issues that at first glance, looked like they were bitterly divided on. In extreme politics, that should be a rarity.
But Im cynical of our Political system anyways so I am biased. I think we need a strong third party since imo both parties are corrupt to the bone with payouts from "Lobbyists". It seems that as far as the parties go and they're views...they are dictated entirely by how many votes they think they can get.
Now if you want to see truely extreme Politics, Europe has it in some countries. Its not exactly the "good" kind of extreme though. The far right in Europe truely means the far right. Those parties tend to be nationalist and want to remove all non-European recent immigrants from they're nations [trying to stop legal immigration would be unheard of here in America]. The far left on the other hand, want to let anyone move to Europe, in any amount of numbers and from anywhere in the world. That is EXTREME polar opposites of politics.
What we have in America is a solid middle ground, where the far right is really just slightly off center and leans right [a tiny bit]. While the far left is way off center and leans all the way left [so in general we are ruled entirely by the left].
If we had true extremes, with say the Repubs = Far right and the Dems = Far left...On Illegal immigration which is a HOT topic, one of the parties would take a solid NO to amnesty stance. That hasnt happened. Both want amnesty and both claim that trying to deport illegals is impossible...So there is some proof of our excessive leftist leanings in American politics. But there are alot more examples than that around.
Bill O'reilly in the more extreme poltical European nations, would be seen as a lefty for sure btw. Yet he is considered by many to be a "crazy" right winger here.
Bill O'Reilly is seen as a nut case in Europe. I can promise you that.
But what you call a bit right leaning to the right, that is actually the stance of the people in the mid to north Europe. Afcourse the extreme left people , we have them here too. But most are solid middle ground. There really is not that much difference as you people are taught to believe. In the EU the people do not hate the US. There are just some aspects we dislike.
Afcourse some people express their concerns about problems which are the results of failing politics. Because the extreme left indeed will cry foul every time a plan is called for to educate an immigrant, the moderate left agree along with the neutral and the moderate right that adjusting is necessary and not an evil.
In Europe, people are allowed to form political parties to some extent. That is the price of democracy. As an example, islamitic parties also rise up in the Netherlands. But as it turns out, most second generation and third generation children of immigrants with an islamitic background still choose for dutch parties. Because they very well realize that the good life they have is not because of some fundamental religious idiot, no it is because of the moderate democratic western view. You can believe in anyone you like, as long as you do not force it upon people. And the educated muslims know that in the past the best islamitic periods where the periods where people with various religious background lived in peace with each other. Afcourse there is some bias in favour of the islam in those cities in the past but what happened in those cities is the same as everywhere else. Progress. And progress can only happen if you live in peace with each other. The same thing is now happening in the Netherlands. The people with an islamitic belief starting to realize that the only reason why Geert Wilder could rise to power in the first place is because of the fears of the dutch people. The fears of the dutch people are based on violent crimes against Jews, against non islamitic people, harassment, sexual harassment, a lack of respect for people who are not islamitic. The islamitic people are starting to see that the dutch and for example the Belgians do not hate immigrants themselves, they hate the behaviour of these immigrants. And when the dutch people say anything about it before Geert Wilders, the dutch or the belgian are called nazi's...
Now, the children of the immigrants and the immigrants themselves realize that life means accepting one and other.
It is a cultural clash. And a cultural clash can only be solved when the immigrants accept that the lifestyle of the accepting country is better then the lifestyle they had. Why would they have come to that country in the first place ? Right.. When people realize this , the biggest step is taken. Then the adjustment comes...
When thinking of my other post, i mentioned Cheney and Rice but it could as well have been Clinton and Lewinsky. Which really made a dent in the impression many people have of the US. However, more balanced thinking people as i myself also am, know that these kinds of affairs happen often in high society circles. As such we are more surprised by the enormous amount of US media time for the affair, while there are a lot more important things in the world.
I do not understand why Obama farting in public is more news then solving an political issue.
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